[Qt-interest] QWebView Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut does not work

Mon Apr 25 10:29:18 CEST 2011

Hi,

For some reason QWebView does not by default have Ctrl+C associated with copy.
But setting it manually does not work either, code follows:

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#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include <QDebug>

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QMainWindow(parent),
    ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);
    ui->webView->setHtml("<html><body>Try Ctrl+C copy text, does not 
work</body></html>");

    QAction *act = ui->webView->pageAction(QWebPage::Copy);
    qDebug() << act->shortcut();
    act->setShortcut(QKeySequence::Copy);
    qDebug() << act->shortcut();  // also appears in right click menu, but 
does not work.
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
    delete ui;
}
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The copy works when invoked through the right click menu on marked region, but 
now when using the set shortcut (which appears in menu).

I tested this on Linux, using QtSDK 1.1 RC for desktop, also tried with 
homebrew 4.7.2 compiled with Visual C++ 2010.

Am I missing something subtle, or should I file a bug?

Harri
http://mpaja.com/