> QMenu are just “custom drawn widgets” not native widgets. got it, that explains that.
>>> Instead look into QMenu::aboutToShow and QWidget::closeEvent >> does that work for the ENTIRE menu bar browsing workflow? >> >> ie: get a "start" message when the user clicks the first time in the menu >> bar, and the user can then browse through all available menus if they like, >> and when they're done, whether they click OFF the menu bar (choosing no menu >> item) or if they do happen to pick a menu item, then i get one "finished" >> event message? >> >> cuz that's what i need. > Not quite sure what you need, but you will get a signal before the menu is > shown it's not about one menu. it's about the menu BAR. ie: all menus in the menu bar. i do NOT want an "about to show" for every menu the user browses to within the same "menu bar browsing" session. i want one "about to browse menu bar" event, and then one "finished browsing menu bar" event when the user either picks a menu item or clicks off the menu bar. i know i can trap all mouse DOWN events, and see if the event is in the menu bar. sure. part 1 solved but how do i know if the user clicks OFF the menu bar (not picking something)? > You can also setup slots on the individual QActions that are added to the > menu. that's exactly what i do not want to do. this is not about individual menus, much less individual menu items (actions) this is about the global "browse the menu bar" user action. i guess my question has morphed into: how can I accomplish what i'm after here? >> Your solution (if it worked) would only work on Windows >> that's all i care about. no other platform necessary. > But all of Qt, is based on multi-platform support it's fine if you care about that, but this is a single platform problem i'm solving. it works fine on mac, and i do not have a linux build anyway. (before you ask, the problem i'm solving is not part of this discussion) :) -dave _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/interest
