Problem with unused parameter

[devilj]

I have a function:

QCheckBox *Window::createCheckBox(const QString &text, const QString &key)
 
{
 
 QCheckBox *checkBox = new QCheckBox(text);
 
 	connect(checkBox, SIGNAL(stateChanged(2)), this, SLOT(addKeyword(key)));
 
 	connect(checkBox, SIGNAL(stateChanged(0)), this, SLOT(killKeyword(key)));
 
}

QCheckBox *Window::createCheckBox(const QString &text, const QString &key)

{

 QCheckBox *checkBox = new QCheckBox(text);

 	connect(checkBox, SIGNAL(stateChanged(2)), this, SLOT(addKeyword(key)));

 	connect(checkBox, SIGNAL(stateChanged(0)), this, SLOT(killKeyword(key)));

}

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When I compile I receive:

warning: unused parameter ‘key’

Any thoughts?
Thanks

[guilugi]

Be careful, you're not using signals & slots in the good way !
You should check the docs to understand it better, and see some examples ;-)

You cannot connect signals with explicit parameters, you have to use QSignalMapper to achieve this.

Here, you can do something like that :

connect(checkBox, SIGNAL(stateChanged(int)), this, SLOT(addKeyword(int)));

connect(checkBox, SIGNAL(stateChanged(int)), this, SLOT(addKeyword(int)));

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You can only specify parameter types, not parameter values !

Guilugi.

[wysota]

When I compile I receive:

warning: unused parameter ‘key’

Omit the parameter name or use Q_UNUSED(key) to mark the variable as unused, preventing the warning from showing up.

And correct those signal/slot connections as advised.

[devilj]

Thanks for the response and your patients with a newbie....

So am I to gather that a signal doesn't neccessarily trigger a slot.

For instance just because SIGNAL(stateChanged()) emits a "2" doesn't mean my SLOT(addkeyword()) automatically triggers. In essence I need to "spy" on this signal and is this where SignalSpy and Signal Mapping come in? If so, is the result of the spying a variable that can be evaluated.

Thanks

[jpn]

Recommended reading: Signals and Slots.

[devilj]

Ok, I see!

So really what I want to do is not rely on pre-defined slots and signals but create my own subclass wigets that will do what I want...more work, but MORE POWER!