[Qt-interest] Qkey shortcuts

[Jason Mobarak]

On 3/17/2010 1:48 PM, André Somers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am probably missing something, but somehow, the following code does
> not work:
>
>      QAction* fullScreen = new QAction(this);
>
>      QKeySequence fullScreenSequence("CTRL+F");
>
>      fullScreen->setShortcut(fullScreenSequence);
>
>      connect(fullScreen,SIGNAL(triggered()), this,
> SLOT(toggleFullScreen()));
>
> The slot toggleFullScreen is not triggered. I don’t get any warnings
> regarding a failed connect, and I am sure the code is executed (it is in
> the constructor of my window).
>
> Perhaps someone else has an idea what might be going wrong?

I'm not sure why this is, but a QAction that's not connected to a widget 
(for the sole purpose of implementing a shortcut) doesn't seem to work.

Instead, using a QShortcut and connecting to the activated() signal 
seems to work for this purpose.

Hope this helps,
-- Jason

> Thanks,
>
> André
>
>
>
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