I don't get it. I want to start a thread that periodically executes a function using a timer.

Qt Code: 
  1. Thread::Thread(QObject *parent) : QThread(parent)
  2. {
  3. 	start();
  4. }
  5.  
  6. void Thread::run()
  7. {
  8. 	QTimer t;
  9. 	connect(&t, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(tick()));
  10. 	t.start(100);
  11. 	//t.moveToThread(this);
  12. 	exec();
  13. }
  14.  
  15. void Thread::tick()
  16. {
  17. 	qDebug() << currentThreadId() << "tick()";
  18. }
  19.  
  20.  
  21.  
  22. class ThreadTest : public QWidget
  23. {
  24.  
  25.     Thread thread;
  26.  
  27.    ...
  28. };
  29.  
  30. ThreadTest::ThreadTest(QWidget *parent)
  31.     : QWidget(parent)
  32. {
  33. 	qDebug() << QThread::currentThreadId() << "is the main thread.";
  34. }
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And the output I get is:
Qt Code: 
  1. 0x12b8 is the main thread. 
  2. 0x12b8 tick() 
  3. 0x12b8 tick() 
  4. 0x12b8 tick() 
  5. 0x12b8 tick()
  6. ...
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Obviously, the timer is still running on the main thread. Using the moveToThread() doesn't make a difference. What's not right about this?

Changing the timer to an infinite loop with sleep() works though.

Qt Code: 
  1. void Thread::run()
  2. {
  3. 	forever
  4. 	{
  5. 		tick();
  6. 		sleep(1);
  7. 	}
  8. }
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Qt Code: 
  1. 0xa04 is the main thread. 
  2. 0xfa0 tick() 
  3. 0xfa0 tick() 
  4. 0xfa0 tick() 
  5. ...
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