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== Convert the maybeTip() implementation to eventFilter() ==
== Convert the maybeTip() implementation to eventFilter() ==


<code><br />bool MyToolTipper::eventFilter( QObject *obj, QEvent *event )<br />{<br /> if (event-&gt;type() == QEvent::ToolTip) { // Only process tool tip events<br /> QHelpEvent '''helpEvent = static_cast&amp;lt;QHelpEvent'''&gt;(event); // Tool tip events come as the type QHelpEvent<br /> QPoint pos = helpEvent-&gt;pos(); // Get pos from event (instead of what was passed to maybeTip)
<code><br />bool MyToolTipper::eventFilter( QObject *obj, QEvent *event )<br />{<br /> if (event->type() == QEvent::ToolTip) { // Only process tool tip events<br /> QHelpEvent '''helpEvent = static_cast<QHelpEvent'''>(event); // Tool tip events come as the type QHelpEvent<br /> QPoint pos = helpEvent->pos(); // Get pos from event (instead of what was passed to maybeTip)


// Code from maybeTip function. Modified for Qt 4.<br /> // Rather than tip() use QToolTip::showText() and QToolTip::hideText()<br /> //<br /> // For example, convert<br /> // tip(r, text);<br /> // to<br /> // QToolTip::showText(helpEvent-&gt;globalPos(), text, widget, r);
// Code from maybeTip function. Modified for Qt 4.<br /> // Rather than tip() use QToolTip::showText() and QToolTip::hideText()<br /> //<br /> // For example, convert<br /> // tip(r, text);<br /> // to<br /> // QToolTip::showText(helpEvent->globalPos(), text, widget, r);


return true; // Return true to filter event<br /> }<br /> return false; // Return false to allow other event processing<br />}<br /></code>
return true; // Return true to filter event<br /> }<br /> return false; // Return false to allow other event processing<br />}<br /></code>
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== Install event filter where custom tool tip class was used. ==
== Install event filter where custom tool tip class was used. ==


Change creation of custom tool tip<br /><code><br /> _toolTipper = new MyToolTipper(viewport(), this);<br /></code><br />to installing the event filter.<br /><code><br /> viewport()-&gt;installEventFilter(new MyToolTipper(viewport(), this));<br /></code>
Change creation of custom tool tip<br /><code><br /> _toolTipper = new MyToolTipper(viewport(), this);<br /></code><br />to installing the event filter.<br /><code><br /> viewport()->installEventFilter(new MyToolTipper(viewport(), this));<br /></code>

Revision as of 14:42, 24 February 2015


How to convert Qt 3 custom tool tip to Qt 4 event filter

QToolTip no longer supports inheritance. To customize tooltip behavior on widgets, intercept QHelpEvents in the widget's event() function. Here is how to use an event filter rather than a class formerly deriving from QToolTip.

Derive from QObject instead QToolTip

Change

<br />class MyToolTipper : public QToolTip<br />


to

<br />class MyToolTipper : public QObject<br />

Declare the eventFilter rather than maybeTip.

Change maybeTip

<br /> void maybeTip( const QPoint &amp;pos );<br />


to

<br />protected:<br /> bool eventFilter( QObject *obj, QEvent *event );<br />

Convert the maybeTip() implementation to eventFilter()

<br />bool MyToolTipper::eventFilter( QObject *obj, QEvent *event )<br />{<br /> if (event->type() == QEvent::ToolTip) { // Only process tool tip events<br /> QHelpEvent '''helpEvent = static_cast<QHelpEvent'''>(event); // Tool tip events come as the type QHelpEvent<br /> QPoint pos = helpEvent->pos(); // Get pos from event (instead of what was passed to maybeTip)

// Code from maybeTip function. Modified for Qt 4.<br /> // Rather than tip() use QToolTip::showText() and QToolTip::hideText()<br /> //<br /> // For example, convert<br /> // tip(r, text);<br /> // to<br /> // QToolTip::showText(helpEvent->globalPos(), text, widget, r);

return true; // Return true to filter event<br /> }<br /> return false; // Return false to allow other event processing<br />}<br />

Install event filter where custom tool tip class was used.

Change creation of custom tool tip

<br /> _toolTipper = new MyToolTipper(viewport(), this);<br />


to installing the event filter.

<br /> viewport()->installEventFilter(new MyToolTipper(viewport(), this));<br />