[Qt-interest] QDockwidget popup menu unexpected show

[Tony Rietwyk]

Chris wrote:

> In addition to my desription, this only happen under windows not on 
> linux, I'm using Qt 4.5 preview.
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have an application that uses some QDockwidgets, a popup 
> menu is shown 
> > when I right-click on the top of one them and I can 
> hide/show the docked 
> > widgets. This fine for me.
> >
> > I also have in the QMainWindow an event handler that manages 
> > mouseclicked events of the central widget:  
> mouseClicked(QMouseEvent *) 
> > signal of the central widget connected to a slot of QMainWindow.
> > In this slot, when right-click is pressed, I show a 
> contextual menu using:
> > menuPopupBtRight->exec(QCursor::pos());
> >
> > menuPopupBtRight is a QMenu* which is composed of several 
> actions. For 
> > actions that just execute some simple code everything is 
> going ok, for 
> > others that needs to use a dialog (a custom class or a 
> QMessageBox), 
> > just at the end of the action QDockWidget popup menu is shown.
> >
> > it looks like the first right-clicked event is send to 
> parent in some 
> > cases and not in others.
> >
> > thx
> >
> > Chris

Hi Chris, 

In both Qt and non-Qt Windows applications, the context menu appears when
the right mouse button is released - not when it is pressed. The same
applies for click events - they occur after the release.  Even though you
named the signal 'mouseClicked', you have coded it as 'mousePressed'. Also -
don't forget to accept() the event, otherwise it will still go back to the
parent. 

Hope that helps, 

Tony Rietwyk