QDialog Class Reference
The QDialog class is the base class of dialog windows.
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#include <qdialog.h>
Inherits QWidget.
Inherited by QColorDialog, QFileDialog, QFontDialog, QInputDialog, QMessageBox, QPrintDialog, QTabDialog and QWizard.
List of all member functions.
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Detailed Description
The QDialog class is the base class of dialog windows.
A dialog window is a top-level window used for short-term tasks and
brief communications with the user. QDialog offers mechanisms such
as modality, default buttons, extensibility and a result value.
Modality means that the dialog blocks input to other windows: The
user has to finish interacting with the dialog and close it
before resuming work with the other window(s). The only way to set
modality is by using the constructor, and the default is
modelessness. For modal dialog, it's generally better to call
exec() than show; exec() returns when the dialog has been closed and
has a useful return value (see below).
The default button is the button that's pressed when the user
presses Enter or Return, to accept the things done using this dialog
and close it. QDialog uses QPushButton::autoDefault(),
QPushButton::isDefault() and QPushButton::setDefault() to make Enter
or Return map to the right button at any time.
Extensibility is the ability to show more or less of the
dialog. Typically, the dialog starts out small, has a "More" button,
and when the user clicks "More", the dialog becomes bigger, and
shows some less-used options. QDialog supports this using
setExtension(), setOrientation() and showExtension().
Since dialogs typically tend to have result value (pressing
Enter/Return maps to one value and pressing Escape to the other),
QDialog supports that. A dialog can finish by calling the slots
accept() or reject(), and exec() returns that result.
Note that QDialog uses the parent widget a bit differently from
other classes in Qt. A dialog is always a top-level widget, but if
it has a parent, its default location is on top of the parent, it
shares taskbar entry with its parent, and there are some minor
details.
QDialog also can provide a QSizeGrip in its lower-right corner. If
you want that, call setSizeGripEnabled( TRUE ).
See also QTabDialog, QWidget, QSemiModal and GUI Design Handbook: Dialogs, Standard.
Examples:
i18n/main.cpp
Member Function Documentation
QDialog::QDialog ( QWidget * parent=0, const char * name=0, bool modal=FALSE, WFlags f=0 )
Constructs a dialog named name, which has a parent widget parent.
The dialog is modal (blocks input to other windows) if modal is
TRUE, and modeless if modal is FALSE (this is the default).
The widget flags f are sent to the QWidget constructor, as usual.
If you e.g. don't want a What's this button in the titlebar of the dialog,
pass WStyle_Customize | WStyle_NormalBorder | WStyle_Title | WStyle_SysMenu
here.
We recommend always passing a parent.
See also QWidget::setWFlags and Qt::WidgetFlags.
QDialog::~QDialog ()
Destructs the QDialog, deleting all its children.
void QDialog::accept () [virtual protected slot]
Hides the dialog and sets the result code to Accepted.
void QDialog::closeEvent ( QCloseEvent * e ) [virtual protected]
Reimplemented for internal reasons; the API is not affected.
Reimplemented from QWidget.
void QDialog::done ( int r ) [virtual protected slot]
Hides the (modal) dialog and sets its result code to r. This
uses the local event loop to finish and exec() to return r.
If the dialog has the WDestructiveClose flag set, done() also
deletes the dialog. If the dialog is the applications's main widget,
the application quits.
See also accept(), reject(), QApplication::mainWidget() and QApplication::quit().
Reimplemented in QFileDialog.
int QDialog::exec ()
Starts the (modal) dialog, waits, and returns the result code when
it is done.
If the dialog is modeless, the behaviour of this function is
undefined.
See also show() and result().
Examples:
wizard/main.cpp
i18n/main.cpp
QWidget* QDialog::extension () const
Returns the dialog's extension or 0 if no extension has been
defined.
See also setExtension().
void QDialog::hide () [virtual]
Reimplemented for internal reasons; the API is not affected.
Reimplemented from QWidget.
bool QDialog::isSizeGripEnabled () const
Returns TRUE if the QDialog has a QSizeGrip in the bottom right of
the dialog, and FALSE if it does not.
See also setSizeGripEnabled().
void QDialog::keyPressEvent ( QKeyEvent * e ) [virtual protected]
Reimplemented for internal reasons; the API is not affected.
Reimplemented from QWidget.
QSize QDialog::minimumSizeHint () const [virtual]
Reimplemented for internal reasons; the API is not affected.
Reimplemented from QWidget.
void QDialog::move ( const QPoint & p )
Reimplemented for internal reasons; the API is not affected.
void QDialog::move ( int x, int y ) [virtual]
Reimplemented for internal reasons; the API is not affected.
Reimplemented from QWidget.
Qt::Orientation QDialog::orientation() const
Returns the extension direction of the dialog.
See also setOrientation().
void QDialog::reject () [virtual protected slot]
Hides the dialog and sets the result code to Rejected.
void QDialog::resize ( const QSize & s )
Reimplemented for internal reasons; the API is not affected.
void QDialog::resize ( int w, int h ) [virtual]
Reimplemented for internal reasons; the API is not affected.
Examples:
tabdialog/main.cpp
Reimplemented from QWidget.
void QDialog::resizeEvent ( QResizeEvent * ) [virtual protected]
Reimplemented for internal reasons; the API is not affected.
Reimplemented from QWidget.
int QDialog::result () const
Returns the result code of the dialog.
void QDialog::setExtension ( QWidget * extension )
Sets extension to be the dialog's extension, or deletes the
extensions if extension is 0.
The dialogs takes over ownership of the extension. Any previously
set extension is deleted.
This function can only be called while the dialog is hidden.
See also showExtension(), setOrientation() and extension().
void QDialog::setGeometry ( const QRect & r ) [virtual]
Reimplemented for internal reasons; the API is not affected.
Reimplemented from QWidget.
void QDialog::setGeometry ( int x, int y, int w, int h ) [virtual]
Reimplemented for internal reasons; the API is not affected.
Reimplemented from QWidget.
void QDialog::setOrientation ( Orientation orientation )
Sets the dialog to display its extension to the right of the main
are if orientation is Horizonal, and to display it below the
main area if orientation is Vertical.
See also orientation() and setExtension().
void QDialog::setResult ( int ) [protected]
Sets the result code of the dialog.
void QDialog::setSizeGripEnabled ( bool enabled )
Enables or disables the QSizeGrip in the bottom right of the dialog.
By default, the size grip is disabled.
See also isSizeGripEnabled().
void QDialog::show () [virtual]
Shows the dialog box on the screen, as QWidget::show(), and
selects a suitable position and size if none has been specified yet.
Warning: In Qt 2.x, calling show() on a modal dialog enters a local event
loop, and work like exec(), but not returning the result code exec()
returns. Trolltech has always warned against doing this.
In Qt 3.0 and later, calling show() on a modal dialog will return
immediately, not enter a local event loop. The dialog will of
course be modal.
See also exec().
Examples:
movies/main.cpp
Reimplemented from QWidget.
void QDialog::showExtension ( bool showIt ) [protected slot]
Extends the dialog to show its extension if showIt is TRUE
and hides it else.
This slot is usually connected to the QButton::toggled() signal
of a QPushButton.
If the dialog is not visible, nothing happens.
See also show(), setExtension() and setOrientation().
QSize QDialog::sizeHint () const [virtual]
Reimplemented for internal reasons; the API is not affected.
Reimplemented from QWidget.
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