HoverHandler QML Type

See also MouseArea, PointHandler

The types of pointing devices that can activate the pointer handler.

By default, this property is set to PointerDevice.AllDevices. If you set it to an OR combination of device types, it will ignore pointer events from the non-matching devices.

For example, an item could be made to respond to mouse hover in one way, and stylus hover in another way, with two handlers:

import QtQuick

Rectangle {
    width: 150; height: 50; radius: 3
    color: mouse.hovered ? "goldenrod" : stylus.hovered ? "tomato" : "wheat"

    HoverHandler {
        id: stylus
        acceptedDevices: PointerDevice.Stylus
        cursorShape: Qt.CrossCursor
    }

    HoverHandler {
        id: mouse
        acceptedDevices: PointerDevice.Mouse
        cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
    }
}

The available device types are as follows:

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If this property is set, a hover event is handled only if the given keyboard modifiers are pressed. The event is ignored without the modifiers.

This property is set to Qt.KeyboardModifierMask by default, resulting in handling hover events regardless of any modifier keys.

For example, an Item could have two handlers of the same type, one of which is enabled only if the required keyboard modifiers are pressed:

import QtQuick

Rectangle {
    width: 150; height: 50; radius: 3
    color: control.hovered ? "goldenrod" : shift.hovered ? "wheat" : "beige"

    HoverHandler {
        id: control
        acceptedModifiers: Qt.ControlModifier
        cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
    }

    HoverHandler {
        id: shift
        acceptedModifiers: Qt.ShiftModifier
        cursorShape: Qt.CrossCursor
    }
}

The available modifiers are as follows:

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The types of pointing instruments (generic, stylus, eraser, and so on) that can activate the pointer handler.

By default, this property is set to PointerDevice.AllPointerTypes. If you set it to an OR combination of device types, it will ignore events from non-matching events.

For example, you could provide feedback by changing the cursor depending on whether a stylus or eraser is hovering over a graphics tablet:

import QtQuick

Rectangle {
    id: rect
    width: 150; height: 150

    HoverHandler {
        id: stylus
        acceptedPointerTypes: PointerDevice.Pen
        cursorShape: Qt.CrossCursor
    }

    HoverHandler {
        id: eraser
        acceptedPointerTypes: PointerDevice.Eraser
        cursorShape: Qt.BlankCursor
        target: Image {
            parent: rect
            source: "images/cursor-eraser.png"
            visible: eraser.hovered
            x: eraser.point.position.x
            y: eraser.point.position.y - 32
        }
    }
}

The available pointer types are as follows:

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This holds true whenever this Input Handler has taken sole responsibility for handing one or more EventPoints, by successfully taking an exclusive grab of those points. This means that it is keeping its properties up-to-date according to the movements of those Event Points and actively manipulating its target (if any).

Whether this handler prevents other items or handlers behind it from being hovered at the same time. This property is false by default.

This property was introduced in Qt 6.3.

This property holds the cursor shape that will appear whenever hovered is true and no other handler is overriding it.

The available cursor shapes are:

• Qt.ArrowCursor

• Qt.UpArrowCursor

• Qt.CrossCursor

• Qt.WaitCursor

• Qt.IBeamCursor

• Qt.SizeVerCursor

• Qt.SizeHorCursor

• Qt.SizeBDiagCursor

• Qt.SizeFDiagCursor

• Qt.SizeAllCursor

• Qt.BlankCursor

• Qt.SplitVCursor

• Qt.SplitHCursor

• Qt.PointingHandCursor

• Qt.ForbiddenCursor

• Qt.WhatsThisCursor

• Qt.BusyCursor

• Qt.OpenHandCursor

• Qt.ClosedHandCursor

• Qt.DragCopyCursor

• Qt.DragMoveCursor

• Qt.DragLinkCursor

The default value of this property is not set, which allows any active handler on the same parent item to determine the cursor shape. This property can be reset to the initial condition by setting it to undefined.

If any handler with defined cursorShape is active, that cursor will appear. Else if the HoverHandler has a defined cursorShape, that cursor will appear. Otherwise, the cursor of parent item will appear.

This property was introduced in Qt 5.15.

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The distance in pixels that the user must drag an event point in order to have it treated as a drag gesture.

The default value depends on the platform and screen resolution. It can be reset back to the default value by setting it to undefined. The behavior when a drag gesture begins varies in different handlers.

This property was introduced in Qt 5.15.

If a PointerHandler is disabled, it will reject all events and no signals will be emitted.

This property specifies the permissions when this handler's logic decides to take over the exclusive grab, or when it is asked to approve grab takeover or cancellation by another handler.

The default is PointerHandler.CanTakeOverFromItems | PointerHandler.CanTakeOverFromHandlersOfDifferentType | PointerHandler.ApprovesTakeOverByAnything which allows most takeover scenarios but avoids e.g. two PinchHandlers fighting over the same touchpoints.

Holds true whenever any pointing device cursor (mouse or tablet) is within the bounds of the parent Item, extended by the margin, if any.

The margin beyond the bounds of the parent item within which an event point can activate this handler. For example, on a PinchHandler where the target is also the parent, it's useful to set this to a distance at least half the width of a typical user's finger, so that if the parent has been scaled down to a very small size, the pinch gesture is still possible. Or, if a TapHandler-based button is placed near the screen edge, it can be used to comply with Fitts's Law: react to mouse clicks at the screen edge even though the button is visually spaced away from the edge by a few pixels.

The default value is 0.

The Item which is the scope of the handler; the Item in which it was declared. The handler will handle events on behalf of this Item, which means a pointer event is relevant if at least one of its event points occurs within the Item's interior. Initially target() is the same, but it can be reassigned.

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The event point currently being handled. When no point is currently being handled, this object is reset to default values (all coordinates are 0).

The Item which this handler will manipulate.

By default, it is the same as the parent, the Item within which the handler is declared. However, it can sometimes be useful to set the target to a different Item, in order to handle events within one item but manipulate another; or to null, to disable the default behavior and do something else instead.

If this handler has already grabbed the given point, this signal is emitted when the grab is stolen by a different Pointer Handler or Item.

This signal is emitted when the grab has changed in some way which is relevant to this handler.

The transition (verb) tells what happened. The point (object) is the point that was grabbed or ungrabbed.