A problem with slots and signals in a simple widget in Qt

[Alex M.]

Hi, here's my code, it's a simple widget with Qt.

[main.cpp]
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#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include "widget.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);

Widget W(250,200);

return a.exec();
}
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[widget.h]
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#ifndef WIDGET_H
#define WIDGET_H

#include <QWidget>
#include <QPushButton>
#include <QLabel>
#include <QTextEdit>

class Widget : public QWidget{
private:
QTextEdit *t;

public slots:
void clearText(QTextEdit *t);

public:
Widget(int, int);
};

class widget : public QWidget{
public:
QPushButton *b;
QLabel *l;
widget(Widget *parent);
};

#endif // WIDGET_H
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[widget.cpp]
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#include <widget.h>
#include <QHBoxLayout>
#include <QVBoxLayout>

Widget::Widget(int a, int b){

widget *w = new widget(this);

t = new QTextEdit(this);
QVBoxLayout *qv = new QVBoxLayout;

qv->addWidget(t);
qv->addWidget(w);

connect(w->b, SIGNAL(clicked()), t, SLOT(clearText(t))); //
clears the content of t
connect(w->b, SIGNAL(clicked()), t, SLOT(setFocus())); //sets
focus to t

setLayout(qv);
setFixedSize(a, b);
setWindowTitle("QuickTweet");
show();
};

void Widget::clearText(QTextEdit *t){
t->clear();
}

widget::widget(Widget *parent){
b = new QPushButton(tr("Clear"), this);
l = new QLabel(tr("160 characters remaining"));

QHBoxLayout *ql = new QHBoxLayout;
ql->addWidget(l);
ql->addWidget(b);

setLayout(ql);
show();
};
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When I build this and press the "Clear" button the t [QTextEdit] won't
clear. What have I done wrong?

 

[red floyd]

Hi, here's my code, it's a simple widget with Qt.

[redacted\

When I build this and press the "Clear" button the t [QTextEdit] won't
clear. What have I done wrong?

You asked in a newsgroup where QT is not on topic. Try a QT forum.

 

[Jonathan Lee]

    connect(w->b, SIGNAL(clicked()), t, SLOT(clearText(t)));   //
clears the content of t [snip]
When I build this and press the "Clear" button the t [QTextEdit] won't
clear. What have I done wrong?

First of all, Red Floyd is right: you should hit up Trolltech
newsgroups and ask your question there.

But I happen to know the answer: clearText is not a member of
QTextEdit. It's a member of your Widget class. When connect
goes to make the connection with t, it won't find the slot.
*It should print this error on the command line.* Change
the slot to SLOT(clear()) which _is_ a member of QTextEdit.

If that's not clear for you, please follow up in one of the
Qt newsgroups: http://lists.trolltech.com/

--Jonathan

 

[tni]

t = new QTextEdit(this);
QVBoxLayout *qv = new QVBoxLayout;

qv->addWidget(t);
qv->addWidget(w);

connect(w->b, SIGNAL(clicked()), t, SLOT(clearText(t))); //
clears the content of t

t of type QTextEdit doesn't have a slot 'clearText'. Even if it did,
'SLOT(clearText(t))' is garbage, you can only forward parameters from
signals (and you can only specify a type, not a variable in the 'SLOT()'
macro).

The console output should show an error that the connect failed.

That being said, signals and slots aren't standard C++, so the Qt
mailing lists are a better place to ask.

 

[Rolf Magnus]

t of type QTextEdit doesn't have a slot 'clearText'. Even if it did,
'SLOT(clearText(t))' is garbage, you can only forward parameters from
signals (and you can only specify a type, not a variable in the 'SLOT()'
macro).

Alex also forgot to use the Q_OBJECT macro.