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Class QWidgetAction

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
      extended by com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
          extended by com.trolltech.qt.core.QObject
              extended by com.trolltech.qt.gui.QAction
                  extended by com.trolltech.qt.gui.QWidgetAction
All Implemented Interfaces:
QtJambiInterface

public class QWidgetAction
extends QAction

The QWidgetAction class extends QAction by an interface for inserting custom widgets into action based containers, such as toolbars.

Most actions in application are represented as items in menus or buttons in toolbars. However sometimes more complex widgets are necessary. For example a zoom action in a word processor may be realized using a QComboBox in a QToolBar, presenting a range of different zoom levels. QToolBar provides QToolBar::insertWidget() as convenience function for inserting a single widget. However if you want to implement an action that uses custom widgets for visualization in multiple containers then you have to subclass QWidgetAction.

If a QWidgetAction is added for example to a QToolBar then QWidgetAction::createWidget() is called. Reimplementations of that function should create a new custom widget with the specified parent.

If the action is removed from a container widget then QWidgetAction::deleteWidget() is called with the previously created custom widget as argument. The default implementation hides the widget and deletes it using QObject::deleteLater().

If you have only one single custom widget then you can set it as default widget using setDefaultWidget. That widget will then be used if the action is added to a QToolBar, or in general to an action container that supports QWidgetAction. If a QWidgetAction with only a default widget is added to two toolbars at the same time then the default widget is shown only in the first toolbar the action was added to. QWidgetAction takes over ownership of the default widget.

Note that it is up to the widget to activate the action, for example by reimplementing mouse event handlers and calling QAction::trigger().

Mac OS X: If you add widgets to a menu in the application's menu bar on Mac OS X, the widget will be added and function but there are some limitations:

  1. The widget is reparented away from the QMenu to the native menu view. If you show the menu some other place (e.g. as a popup menu), the widget will not be there.
  2. Focus/Keyboard handling of the widget is not possible
  3. Mouse tracking on the widget currently does not work
  4. Connecting the triggered signal to a slot that opens a modal dialog will cause a crash in Mac OS X 10.4 (known bug acknowledged by Apple), a workaround is to use a QueuedConnection instead of a DirectConnection.

See Also:
QAction, QActionGroup, QWidget

Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.gui.QAction
QAction.ActionEvent, QAction.MenuRole
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
QSignalEmitter.Signal0, QSignalEmitter.Signal1<A>, QSignalEmitter.Signal2<A,B>, QSignalEmitter.Signal3<A,B,C>, QSignalEmitter.Signal4<A,B,C,D>, QSignalEmitter.Signal5<A,B,C,D,E>, QSignalEmitter.Signal6<A,B,C,D,E,F>, QSignalEmitter.Signal7<A,B,C,D,E,F,G>, QSignalEmitter.Signal8<A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H>, QSignalEmitter.Signal9<A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I>
 
Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.gui.QAction
changed, hovered, toggled, triggered
 
Constructor Summary
QWidgetAction(QObject parent)
          Constructs an action with parent.
 
Method Summary
protected  java.util.List<QWidget> createdWidgets()
          Returns the list of widgets that have been using createWidget and are currently in use by widgets the action has been added to.
protected  QWidget createWidget(QWidget parent)
          This function is called whenever the action is added to a container widget that supports custom widgets.
 QWidget defaultWidget()
          Returns the default widget.
protected  void deleteWidget(QWidget widget)
          This function is called whenever the action is removed from a container widget that displays the action using a custom widget previously created using createWidget.
 boolean event(QEvent arg__1)
          

This virtual function receives events to an object and should return true if the event arg__1 was recognized and processed.

The event function can be reimplemented to customize the behavior of an object.

static QWidgetAction fromNativePointer(QNativePointer nativePointer)
          This function returns the QWidgetAction instance pointed to by nativePointer
 void releaseWidget(QWidget widget)
          Releases the specified widget.
 QWidget requestWidget(QWidget parent)
          Returns a widget that represents the action, with the given parent.
 void setDefaultWidget(QWidget w)
          Sets w to be the default widget.
 
Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.gui.QAction
actionGroup, activate, associatedWidgets, autoRepeat, data, font, hover, icon, iconText, isCheckable, isChecked, isEnabled, isSeparator, isVisible, menu, menuRole, parentWidget, setActionGroup, setAutoRepeat, setCheckable, setChecked, setData, setDisabled, setEnabled, setFont, setIcon, setIcon, setIconText, setMenu, setMenuRole, setSeparator, setShortcut, setShortcut, setShortcut, setShortcutContext, setShortcuts, setShortcuts, setStatusTip, setText, setToolTip, setVisible, setWhatsThis, shortcut, shortcutContext, shortcuts, showStatusText, showStatusText, statusTip, text, toggle, toolTip, trigger, whatsThis
 
Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.core.QObject
blockSignals, childEvent, children, connectSlotsByName, customEvent, disposeLater, dumpObjectInfo, dumpObjectTree, dynamicPropertyNames, eventFilter, findChild, findChild, findChild, findChildren, findChildren, findChildren, findChildren, installEventFilter, isWidgetType, killTimer, moveToThread, objectName, parent, property, removeEventFilter, setObjectName, setParent, setProperty, signalsBlocked, startTimer, thread, timerEvent
 
Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
dispose, disposed, finalize, reassignNativeResources, tr, tr, tr
 
Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
disconnect, disconnect, signalSender
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiInterface
disableGarbageCollection, nativeId, nativePointer, reenableGarbageCollection, setJavaOwnership
 

Constructor Detail

QWidgetAction

public QWidgetAction(QObject parent)

Constructs an action with parent.

Method Detail

createdWidgets

protected final java.util.List<QWidget> createdWidgets()

Returns the list of widgets that have been using createWidget and are currently in use by widgets the action has been added to.


defaultWidget

public final QWidget defaultWidget()

Returns the default widget.

See Also:
setDefaultWidget

releaseWidget

public final void releaseWidget(QWidget widget)

Releases the specified widget.

Container widgets that support actions call this function when a widget action is removed.

See Also:
requestWidget, deleteWidget, defaultWidget

requestWidget

public final QWidget requestWidget(QWidget parent)

Returns a widget that represents the action, with the given parent.

Container widgets that support actions can call this function to request a widget as visual representation of the action.

See Also:
releaseWidget, createWidget, defaultWidget

setDefaultWidget

public final void setDefaultWidget(QWidget w)

Sets w to be the default widget. The ownership is transferred to QWidgetAction. Unless createWidget is reimplemented by a subclass to return a new widget the default widget is used when a container widget requests a widget through requestWidget.

See Also:
defaultWidget

createWidget

protected QWidget createWidget(QWidget parent)

This function is called whenever the action is added to a container widget that supports custom widgets. If you don't want a custom widget to be used as representation of the action in the specified parent widget then 0 should be returned.

See Also:
deleteWidget

deleteWidget

protected void deleteWidget(QWidget widget)

This function is called whenever the action is removed from a container widget that displays the action using a custom widget previously created using createWidget. The default implementation hides the widget and schedules it for deletion using QObject::deleteLater().

See Also:
createWidget

event

public boolean event(QEvent arg__1)

This virtual function receives events to an object and should return true if the event arg__1 was recognized and processed.

The event function can be reimplemented to customize the behavior of an object.

Overrides:
event in class QAction
See Also:
installEventFilter, timerEvent, QApplication::sendEvent, QApplication::postEvent, QWidget::event

fromNativePointer

public static QWidgetAction fromNativePointer(QNativePointer nativePointer)
This function returns the QWidgetAction instance pointed to by nativePointer

Parameters:
nativePointer - the QNativePointer of which object should be returned.

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