[PyKDE] Cannot connect QSplitter signal

[Phil Thompson]

On Tuesday 01 July 2003 7:16 pm, Toru Furukawa wrote:
> Thanks for many advices.
>
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:09:34 +0100
>
> Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Platform: WindowsXP / Python2.2.2 / Qt2.3 / PyQt-3.6
>
> ...
>
> > > s = QSplitter()
>
> ...
>
> > > app.connect(s, SIGNAL("childEvent(QChildEvent *e)"), PYSIGNAL("foo"))
>
> ...
>
> > childEvent() isn't a signal. Even if it was you shouldn't include the
> > argument name (ie. "e") in the signature string. Also, a QChildEvent
> > deals with the addition and removal of children in a QObject hierarchy.
> >
> > The solution is to sub-class QSplitter and re-implement
> > mouseDoubleClickEvent().
>
> That is it.  The code below shows the way, I guess.
>
> Now, I found MySplitter.event() is called when I resize, hide, maximize
> or minimize widget, but MySplitter.event() and
> MySplitter.mouseDoubleClicked() are not called.  I am trying to hide a
> child widget when double-clicking on a splitter (separator or whatever
> you call the long lectangular stuff between child widgets), as in
> Mozilla's side bar.
>
> How can I detect mouse events on the splitter widget?
>
> ########
> from qt import *
> class MySplitter(QSplitter):
>     def event(self, e):
>         print "#", e
>         return QSplitter.event(self, e)
>     def mouseDoubleClickEvent(self, e):
>         print "*", e
>         QSplitter.mouseDoubleClickEvent(self, e)
> app = QApplication([])
> s = MySplitter()
> app.setMainWidget(s)
> QWidget(s)
> QWidget(s)
> s.show()
> app.exec_loop()
> ########
>
> Phil told me that the code works fine to him.  I wonder it is platform
> dependent.

Just to clarify, the double-click is received by the splitter if you click on 
either of the QWidgets - not if you click on the "long rectangular stuff" 
between them.

Phil