setContextMenuPolicy not working with QKeySequenceEdit

[reonZ]

No matter which Qt::ContextMenuPolicy i choose for setContextMenuPolicy of my QKeySequenceEdit, i always get the default windows text edit context menu:

I tried everything ,Qt::NoContextMenu, Qt::PreventContextMenu, Qt::ActionsContextMenu while adding actions and Qt::CustomContextMenu while using a connect to customContextMenuRequested and nothing changes.

[mrjj]

Hi
Yes, it seemed odd at first so i checked the source.
https://code.woboq.org/qt5/qtbase/src/widgets/widgets/qkeysequenceedit.cpp.html
Its using a internal LineEdit so thats the one we click on and hence the ContextMenuPolicy
of the actual QKeySequenceEdit is not really used.

Knowing this we can do

KeySequenceEdit *seqEdit = new QKeySequenceEdit(centralWidget());
    QLineEdit *LineEdit = seqEdit->findChild<QLineEdit *>();
    if (LineEdit) {
        LineEdit->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
        connect(LineEdit, &QLineEdit::customContextMenuRequested, [this](QPoint pos) {
            QMenu *menu = new QMenu(this);
            menu->addAction(new QAction("Action 1", this));
            menu->addAction(new QAction("Action 2", this));
            menu->addAction(new QAction("Action 3", this));
            menu->popup(this->mapToGlobal(pos)); // this might not be excact.
        });
    }

Note this is slightly dirty as we use a private widget. ;)

[reonZ]

@mrjj Arf i knew it would be something like this and i even tried to look for it on my own, sadly i am not experienced enough to go and read sources like you did, thanks really.

Also what do you mean by Note this is slightly dirty as we use a private widget ?

And lastly, is there a way for me to add actions to the default context menu ? the one from the screenshot in my OP.

P.S.: i prefer using Qt::ActionsContextMenu, i don't have to create a menu and connect and the popup is placed automatically at the right position.

[mrjj]

@reonZ
Hi
Well the wobog browser makes it easy to dig around as all is hot linked.
So you just go to https://code.woboq.org/qt5/ and type the class name in the search field.

• Also what do you mean by "Note this is slightly dirty as we use a private widget ?"
  That the LineEdit is not surfaced through any method so we use insider knowledge
  of the class and find a way to access it. if it was ever changed, our code would break.
  But that is very unlikely. :)

-is there a way for me to add actions to the default context menu ?
Yes, you can use
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qlineedit.html#createStandardContextMenu
and then add yours to that.

[reonZ]

@mrjj Ok thanks for everything, it is working: