> AFAIK, the easiest way to trap keyPress/keyRelease irrespective of which
> widget has the focus is to install an event filter on the QApplication
> instance. Use the mouseEnter/Leave events of the thumbnails to set/clear a
> currentThumbnail, and then in eventFilter only act on the 'm' keyPress
Hi Sean,
AFAIK, the easiest way to trap keyPress/keyRelease irrespective of which
widget has the focus is to install an event filter on the QApplication
instance. Use the mouseEnter/Leave events of the thumbnails to
set/clear a currentThumbnail, and then in eventFilter only act on the
'm' ke
> Not sure if this fits your use case 100%, but might give you some ideas. I
> did
> something similar for magnifying images in QLabels, but I don't have your
> additional focus issue
Yeah, that's the part I'm struggling with at the moment, but I only started
messing with this late yesterday
Sean:
Not sure if this fits your use case 100%, but might give you some ideas. I
did something similar for magnifying images in QLabels, but I don't have
your additional focus issue.
On the thing being magnified (QLabel-derived class holding the image):
- holds a pointer to the magnifier and set
I'm trying to figure out the best way to receive key presses when the user
hovers over a specific widget, and deliver that keypress information to the
parent widget.
Say I've got three types of widgets:
1. thumbnailWidget - displays a low resolution version of a full resolution
image, essential
