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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Adding KActionCollection to a window
From:       Hamish Rodda <rodda () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-02-06 10:29:22
Message-ID: 200702062129.28383.rodda () kde ! org
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On Monday 29 January 2007 05:39, David Jarvie wrote:
> In KDE 4 code, I can't get actions to apply to a whole dialog window - they
> only happen after clicking on a particular widget within the window.
>
> The dialog is subclassed from KDialog. Its constructor contains the
> following relevant code:
>
>         KActionCollection* actions = new KActionCollection(this);
>         actions->setAssociatedWidget(topLevelWidget());
>         actions->addAssociatedWidget(mListView);
>         KStandardAction::selectAll(mListView, SLOT(selectAll()), actions);
>         KStandardAction::deselect(mListView, SLOT(clearSelection()),
> actions);
>
> where mListView is a QTreeView widget contained within the dialog widget.
>
> When I click inside the QTreeView, the standard shortcuts ctrl-A and
> shift-ctrl-A work to (de)select view items. But the shortcuts don't work
> when the KDialog widget has focus without first clicking in the view. How
> can I get the shortcuts to apply to the window as a whole?

Use KActionCollection::setDefaultShortcutContext(Qt::WindowShortcut) and just 
use the setAssociatedWidget(topLevelWidget()) line, don't worry about 
addAssociatedWidget.

BTW, I believe there is an open issue with Qt about inheritance of 
Qt::WidgetShortcut shortcuts in child widgets.

HTH,
Hamish.

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