Aside from the fact that it is not very customary to send a QWidget pointer via a signal, the standard rules for signal/slot connects apply:
You need to have access to both the sender and the receiver pointer at the place where you put the connect.
So what good would a "dummy object" do?
Forget about Qt or signal/slots until you have a place where you have access to both pointers.
Basic C++.
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