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QToolButton Class Reference


The QToolButton class provides a push button whose appearance has been tailored for use in a QToolBar. More...

#include <qtoolbutton.h>

Inherits QButton.

List of all member functions.

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Public Slots

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Detailed Description

The QToolButton class provides a push button whose appearance has been tailored for use in a QToolBar.

### describe at least: setIconSet, setAutoRaise, setPopup, setPopupDelay, usesBigPixmaps, usesTextLabel

See also: QPushButton, QToolButton and GUI Design Handbook: Push Button

Examples: qdir/qdir.cpp


Member Function Documentation

QToolButton::QToolButton ( QWidget * parent, const char * name = 0 )

Constructs an empty tool button.

QToolButton::QToolButton ( ArrowType type, QWidget * parent, const char * name = 0 )

Constructs a tool button as arrow button. The ArrowType type defines the arrow direction. Possible values are LeftArrow, RightArrow, UpArrow and DownArrow.

An arrow button has auto repeat turned on.

The parent and name arguments are sent to the QWidget constructor.

QToolButton::QToolButton ( const QIconSet & iconSet, const QString & textLabel, const QString & grouptext, QObject * receiver, const char * slot, QToolBar * parent, const char * name = 0 )

Constructs a tool button that is a child of parent (which must be a QToolBar) and named name.

The tool button will display iconSet, with text label or tool tip textLabel and status-bar message grouptext, connected to slot in object receiver, and returns the button.

QToolButton::QToolButton ( const QPixmap & pm, const QString & textLabel, const QString & grouptext, QObject * receiver, const char * slot, QToolBar * parent, const char * name = 0 )

Constructs a tool button that is a child of parent (which must be a QToolBar) and named name.

The tool button will display pm, with text label or tool tip textLabel and status-bar message grouptext, connected to slot in object receiver, and returns the button.

QToolButton::~QToolButton ()

Destroys the object and frees any allocated resources.

bool QToolButton::autoRaise () const

Returns whether auto-raising is enabled or not.

See also: setAutoRaise.

void QToolButton::drawButton ( QPainter * p ) [virtual protected]

Draws the edges and decoration of the button (pretty much nothing) and calls drawButtonLabel().

See also: drawButtonLabel() and QButton::paintEvent().

Reimplemented from QButton.

void QToolButton::drawButtonLabel ( QPainter * p ) [virtual protected]

Draws the contents of the button (pixmap and optionally text).

See also: drawButton() and QButton::paintEvent().

Reimplemented from QButton.

void QToolButton::enterEvent ( QEvent * e ) [virtual protected]

Reimplemented to handle the automatic 3D effects in Windows style.

Reimplemented from QWidget.

QIconSet QToolButton::iconSet ( bool on = FALSE ) const

Returns a copy of the icon set in use. If no icon set has been set, iconSet() creates one from the pixmap().

If the button doesn't have a pixmap either, iconSet()'s return value is meaningless.

If on equals TRUE, the special icon set for the on-state of the button is returned.

See also: setIconSet() and QIconSet.

void QToolButton::leaveEvent ( QEvent * e ) [virtual protected]

Reimplemented to handle the automatic 3D effects in Windows style.

Reimplemented from QWidget.

void QToolButton::moveEvent ( QMoveEvent * ) [virtual protected]

Reimplemented to handle pseudo transparency in case the toolbars has a fancy pixmap background.

Reimplemented from QWidget.

QPopupMenuQToolButton::popup () const

Returns the associated popup menu or 0 if no popup menu has been defined.

See also: setPopup().

int QToolButton::popupDelay () const

Returns the delay between pressing the button and the appearance of the associated popupmenu in milliseconds.

See also: setPopupDelay() and setPopup().

void QToolButton::setAutoRaise ( bool enable )

Enables or disables auto-raising according to enable. The default is TRUE.

See also: autoRaise.

void QToolButton::setIconSet ( const QIconSet & set, bool on = FALSE ) [virtual]

Sets this tool button to display the icons in set. (setPixmap() is effectively a wrapper for this function.)

For toggle buttons it is possible to set an extra icon set with on equals TRUE, which will be used exclusively for the on-state.

QToolButton makes a copy of set, so you must delete set yourself.

See also: iconSet(), QIconSet, setToggleButton() and isOn().

void QToolButton::setOn ( bool enable ) [virtual slot]

Sets this tool button to be on if enable is TRUE, and off it enable is FALSE.

This function has no effect on non-toggling buttons.

See also: isToggleButton() and toggle().

void QToolButton::setPopup ( QPopupMenu * popup )

Associates the popup menu popup with this toolbutton.

The popup will be shown each time the toolbutton has been pressed down for a certain amount of time. A typical application example is the "back" button in a web browser's toolbar. If the user clicks it, the browser simply browses back to the previous page. If the user holds the button down for a while, they receive a menu containing the current history list.

Ownership of the popup menu is not transferred.

See also: popup().

void QToolButton::setPopupDelay ( int delay )

Sets the time delay between pressing the button and the appearance of the associated popupmenu in milliseconds. Usually this is around 1/2 of a second.

See also: popupDelay() and setPopup().

void QToolButton::setTextLabel ( const QString & newLabel, bool tipToo = TRUE ) [virtual slot]

Sets the label of this button to newLabel, and automatically sets it as tool tip too if tipToo is TRUE.

void QToolButton::setToggleButton ( bool enable ) [virtual slot]

Makes the tool button a toggle button if enable is TRUE, or a normal tool button if enable is FALSE.

Toggle buttons have an on/off state similar to check boxes. A tool button is initially not a toggle button.

See also: setOn(), toggle(), isToggleButton() and toggled().

void QToolButton::setUsesBigPixmap ( bool enable ) [virtual slot]

Sets this button to use the big pixmaps provided by its QIconSet if enable is TRUE, and to use the small ones else.

QToolButton automatically connects this slot to the relevant signal in the QMainWindow in which it resides. You're strongly urged to use QMainWindow::setUsesBigPixmaps() instead.

Warning: If you set some buttons (in a QMainWindow) to have big and others small pixmaps, QMainWindow may have trouble getting the geometry correct.

void QToolButton::setUsesTextLabel ( bool enable ) [virtual slot]

Sets this button to draw a text label below the icon if enable is TRUE, and to not draw it if enable is FALSE.

QToolButton automatically connects this slot to the relevant signal in the QMainWindow in which is resides.

QSize QToolButton::sizeHint () const [virtual]

Returns a size suitable for this tool button. This depends on GUI style, usesBigPixmap(), textLabel() and usesTextLabel().

Reimplemented from QWidget.

QSizePolicy QToolButton::sizePolicy () const [virtual]

Specifies that this widget may grow.

Reimplemented from QWidget.

QString QToolButton::textLabel () const

Returns the text label in use by this tool button, or 0.

See also: setTextLabel(), usesTextLabel(), setUsesTextLabel() and setText().

void QToolButton::toggle () [slot]

Toggles the state of this tool button.

This function has no effect on non-toggling buttons.

See also: isToggleButton() and toggle().

bool QToolButton::uses3D () const [protected]

Returns TRUE if this button should be drawn using raised edges.

See also: drawButton().

bool QToolButton::usesBigPixmap () const

Returns TRUE if this tool button uses the big (32-pixel) pixmaps, and FALSE if it does not.

See also: setUsesBigPixmap(), setPixmap() and usesTextLabel.

bool QToolButton::usesTextLabel () const

Returns TRUE if this tool button puts a text label below the button pixmap, and FALSE if it does not.

See also: setUsesTextLabel(), setTextLabel() and usesBigPixmap().


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