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    An extremely simple text editor accepts external file drop changing its title:
    Qt Code:
    1. MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    2. QMainWindow(parent),
    3. ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
    4. {
    5. ui->setupUi(this);
    6. setAcceptDrops(true);
    7. }
    8.  
    9. void MainWindow::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *event)
    10. {
    11. event->accept();
    12. }
    13.  
    14. void MainWindow::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *event)
    15. {
    16. event->accept();
    17. }
    18.  
    19. void MainWindow::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)
    20. {
    21. if (event->mimeData()->hasFormat("text/uri-list")) {
    22. QList<QUrl> urls = event->mimeData()->urls();
    23. if (urls.isEmpty())
    24. return;
    25. QString fileName = urls.first().toLocalFile();
    26. if (fileName.isEmpty())
    27. return;
    28. setWindowTitle(tr("%1 - %2").arg(fileName).arg(tr("Drag File")));
    29. }
    30. }
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    MainWindow has just one widget, textEdit, defined by:
    Qt Code:
    1. MyTextEdit::MyTextEdit(QWidget *parent)
    2. : QTextEdit(parent)
    3. {
    4. setAcceptDrops(true);
    5. }
    6.  
    7. void MyTextEdit::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *e)
    8. {
    9. if (e->source()) {
    10. if (e->source() == viewport()) {
    11. e->accept();
    12. }
    13. }
    14. }
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    textEdit accepts only "self" drops, so inserted text can then be moved or copied.
    What is the reason of the pointer flickering? How can i remove it?
    Thanks.
    Last edited by guiQt; 31st August 2010 at 18:25.

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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    Looking for an answer

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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    I can't see any problem in your code, so can you please provide a minimal compilable example reproducing your problem.

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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    droptest example
    Problem shows up when you try to move/copy any entered word by dragging/Ctrl+dragging.
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    Last edited by guiQt; 12th September 2010 at 10:41.

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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    Can't reproduce it here on Mac. Where did you see it, Linux (which) or Windows or both?

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    Ubuntu 10.04. Not tested on Windows.

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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    I have tested on kubuntu 10.4 and there is no "flicker", and can test on ubuntu, but a little bit later

    LE:tested on ubuntu 10.4 and didn't flicker.
    Last edited by Zlatomir; 12th September 2010 at 12:43.

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    Well, I'm pleased with the correctness of the code, but astonished with the configuration of my system.
    Can't think about anything correlated...

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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    Try playing with performance settings.

    - Update your graphics driver
    - Try disabling some desktop effects

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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    Tried playing with some Compiz effects, following tbscope's hint.
    However I think it's not a performance matter.
    The problem seems to be correlated to MyTextEdit widget itself. To prove that, I added a second QTextEdit to MainWindow: flicker shows up only when dragging over MyTextEdit.
    P.S. Short video included
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    Last edited by guiQt; 12th September 2010 at 17:34.

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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    Ok, on my console I get
    Qt: Internal error: WH0A, unexpected condition reached
    ? Not sure what goes wrong here.

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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    Ehm, I found it: you have forgot to forward the drag to the base class:
    Qt Code:
    1. void MyTextEdit::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *e)
    2. {
    3. if (e->source()) {
    4. if (e->source() == viewport()) {
    5. e->accept();
    6. }
    7. }
    8. QTextEdit::dragEnterEvent(e);
    9. }
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    Also use the Q_OBJECT macro in your own text edit class.

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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    The solution proposed by Lykurg removes the flicker, but the drag is not forwarded to the MainWindow when text editor accepts external file drop.
    So the code that meets initial requests is:
    Qt Code:
    1. void MyTextEdit::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *e)
    2. {
    3. if (e->source()) {
    4. if (e->source() == viewport()) {
    5. e->accept();
    6. QTextEdit::dragEnterEvent(e);
    7. return;
    8. }
    9. }
    10. e->ignore();
    11. }
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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    Hmm.... You mean you don't want the text editor to accept any drags apart the ones that originated in itself? Some strange text editor
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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    It's a pure theoretical (and trivial, obviously) case (described above in detail).
    The final goal is to develop a lot more complex custom widget (MyTextEdit class with extended QTextEdit functionalities) that besides accepting normal drag and drop originated in itself, it sends external drops to its parent.
    This way it's reusable: each application using MyTextEdit class is allowed to manage external drops in its own way.

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    Default Re: Flickering mouse pointer

    I would still want to be able to drop some text snippet into the text editor without having to implement that in the parent/subclass of the editor... Especially if that was part of the original behaviour of the text editor.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wysota View Post
    I would still want to be able to drop some text snippet into the text editor without having to implement that in the parent/subclass of the editor...
    Perhaps you'll use YourTextEdit class

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    Perhaps I would simply block only those events I explicitly don't want instead of blocking everything which is not what I am interested in at the moment.
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