Add QTextEdit in a Help Menu

[stbb24]

I have a Help Menu and under the help menu i have help, and about. Now when the user clicks the help menu a new window should pop out containing all the help details of the program.

I have this code so far for the help action.

void MainWindow::on_action_Help_triggered()
{
   ui->newWindow = new QWidget();
   ui->newWindow->show();
   ui->newWindow->setFixedSize(350, 200);
   ui->newWindow->setWindowTitle("Help Menu");
 
   QTextEdit *textEdit = new QTextEdit;
   textEdit->setText("sample");
   textEdit->show();
 
}

void MainWindow::on_action_Help_triggered()
{
   ui->newWindow = new QWidget();
   ui->newWindow->show();
   ui->newWindow->setFixedSize(350, 200);
   ui->newWindow->setWindowTitle("Help Menu");

   QTextEdit *textEdit = new QTextEdit;
   textEdit->setText("sample");
   textEdit->show();

}

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Unfortunately my code is showing me this. 4 windows, 2 for the help menu and 2 for the textEdit.
Screenshot from 2012-06-07 21:19:29.png

How can I connect the textEdit to the widget so that it will only be in that widget and not as a separate window?And why is it showing two instances of the help menu and the textEdit when I don't even have a loop to show them twice?

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Added after 6 minutes:

So to make my life a little bit easier i just decided to do this

void MainWindow::on_action_Help_triggered()
{
QTextEdit *textEdit = new QTextEdit;
   textEdit->setFixedSize(350, 200);
   textEdit->setWindowTitle("Help Menu");
   textEdit->setReadOnly(TRUE);
   textEdit->setText("sample");
   textEdit->show();
}

void MainWindow::on_action_Help_triggered()
{
QTextEdit *textEdit = new QTextEdit;
   textEdit->setFixedSize(350, 200);
   textEdit->setWindowTitle("Help Menu");
   textEdit->setReadOnly(TRUE);
   textEdit->setText("sample");
   textEdit->show();
}

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But for some reason how come when i click the help option it's showing me two instances of textEdit?
Screenshot from 2012-06-07 21:19:29.png

[amleto]

widgets appear in their own window unless they have a parent.

you can set parents via 2 ways - directly set parent*, or add widget to a layout, then set the layout on the parent widget.

If your window shows up twice, it will be because you have connected the signal/slot twice.


*this can be done two ways - by constructor parent argument or by setParent()

[stbb24]

Thanks! I already got it thanks for the clue about the connect/slot signals

Different question...

How can I display my program in a specific area? Because everytime i run the program sometimes it displays in the left side, right side, bottom side of my monitor. So how can I set it's display position in a fix area so that everytime I run it, it will only display itseld the area that I specified (for ex: in the center of the monitor)

[amleto]

widget->move(x,y);

first google result:
http://www.qtforum.org/article/14204...is-called.html

[stbb24]

Thanks amleto it work