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<td align="right" valign="center"><img src="logo32.png" align="right" width="64" height="32" border="0"></td></tr></table><h1 align=center>TQt Tutorial - Chapter 8: Preparing for Battle</h1>
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<p> <center><img src="t8.png" alt="Screenshot of tutorial eight"></center>
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<p> In this example, we introduce the first custom widget that can paint
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itself. We also add a useful keyboard interface (with two lines of
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code).
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<p> <ul>
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<li> <a href="t8-lcdrange-h.html">t8/lcdrange.h</a> contains the LCDRange class definition.
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<li> <a href="t8-lcdrange-cpp.html">t8/lcdrange.cpp</a> contains the LCDRange implementation.
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<li> <a href="t8-cannon-h.html">t8/cannon.h</a> contains the CannonField class definition.
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<li> <a href="t8-cannon-cpp.html">t8/cannon.cpp</a> contains the CannonField implementation.
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<li> <a href="t8-main-cpp.html">t8/main.cpp</a> contains MyWidget and main.
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</ul>
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<p> <h2> Line-by-line Walkthrough
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</h2>
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<a name="1"></a><p> <h3> <a href="t8-lcdrange-h.html">t8/lcdrange.h</a>
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</h3>
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<a name="1-1"></a><p> This file is very similar to the lcdrange.h in Chapter 7. We have added
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one slot: setRange().
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<p>
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<p> <pre> void setRange( int minVal, int maxVal );
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</pre>
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<p> We now add the possibility of setting the range of the LCDRange.
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Until now, it has been fixed at 0..99.
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<p> <h3> <a href="t8-lcdrange-cpp.html">t8/lcdrange.cpp</a>
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<a name="1-2"></a><p>
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<p> There is a change to the constructor (we'll discuss that later).
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<p> <pre> void LCDRange::setRange( int minVal, int maxVal )
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{
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if ( minVal < 0 || maxVal > 99 || minVal > maxVal ) {
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<a href="ntqapplication.html#qWarning">tqWarning</a>( "LCDRange::setRange(%d,%d)\n"
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"\tRange must be 0..99\n"
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"\tand minVal must not be greater than maxVal",
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minVal, maxVal );
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return;
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}
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<a name="x2334"></a> slider-><a href="ntqrangecontrol.html#setRange">setRange</a>( minVal, maxVal );
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}
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</pre>
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<p> SetRange() sets the range of the slider in the LCDRange. Because we
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have set up the <a href="ntqlcdnumber.html">TQLCDNumber</a> to always display two digits, we want to
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limit the possible range of <tt>minVal</tt> and <tt>maxVal</tt> to 0..99 to avoid
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overflow of the TQLCDNumber. (We could have allowed values down to -9
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but chose not to.) If the arguments are illegal, we use TQt's
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<a href="ntqapplication.html#qWarning">tqWarning</a>() function to issue a warning to the user and return
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immediately. tqWarning() is a printf-like function that by default
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sends its output to <tt>stderr</tt>. If you want, you can install your own handler
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function using <a href="ntqapplication.html#qInstallMsgHandler">::qInstallMsgHandler</a>().
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<p> <h3> <a href="t8-cannon-h.html">t8/cannon.h</a>
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</h3>
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<a name="1-3"></a><p> CannonField is a new custom widget that knows how to display itself.
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<p>
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<p> <pre> class CannonField : public <a href="ntqwidget.html">TQWidget</a>
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{
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<a href="metaobjects.html#TQ_OBJECT">TQ_OBJECT</a>
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public:
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CannonField( <a href="ntqwidget.html">TQWidget</a> *parent=0, const char *name=0 );
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</pre>
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<p> CannonField inherits <a href="ntqwidget.html">TQWidget</a>, and we use the same idiom as for LCDRange.
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<p> <pre> int angle() const { return ang; }
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<a href="ntqsizepolicy.html">TQSizePolicy</a> sizePolicy() const;
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public slots:
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void setAngle( int degrees );
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signals:
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void angleChanged( int );
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<p> For the time being, CannonField only contains an angle value for which we
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provide an interface using the same idiom as for value in LCDRange.
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<p> <pre> protected:
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void paintEvent( <a href="qpaintevent.html">TQPaintEvent</a> * );
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</pre>
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<p> This is the second of the many event handlers in TQWidget that we
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encounter. This virtual function is called by TQt whenever a widget needs
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to update itself (i.e., paint the widget's surface).
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<p> <h3> <a href="t8-cannon-cpp.html">t8/cannon.cpp</a>
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</h3>
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<a name="1-4"></a><p>
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<p> <pre> CannonField::CannonField( <a href="ntqwidget.html">TQWidget</a> *parent, const char *name )
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: <a href="ntqwidget.html">TQWidget</a>( parent, name )
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{
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</pre>
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<p> Again, we use the same idiom as for LCDRange in the previous chapter.
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<p> <pre> ang = 45;
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<a href="ntqwidget.html#setPalette">setPalette</a>( TQPalette( TQColor( 250, 250, 200) ) );
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}
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<p> The constructor initializes the angle value to 45 degrees and sets a
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custom palette for this widget.
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<p> This palette uses the indicated color as background and picks other
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colors suitably. (For this widget only the background and text
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colors will actually be used.)
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<p> <pre> void CannonField::setAngle( int degrees )
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{
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if ( degrees < 5 )
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degrees = 5;
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if ( degrees > 70 )
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degrees = 70;
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if ( ang == degrees )
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return;
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ang = degrees;
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<a href="ntqwidget.html#repaint">repaint</a>();
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emit angleChanged( ang );
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}
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<p> This function sets the angle value. We have chosen a legal range of
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5..70 and adjust the given number of degrees accordingly. We have
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chosen not to issue a warning if the new angle is out of range.
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<p> If the new angle equals the old one, we return immediately. It is
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important to only emit the signal angleChanged() when the angle <em>really</em> has changed.
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<p> Then we set the new angle value and repaint our widget. The <a href="ntqwidget.html#repaint">TQWidget::repaint</a>() function clears the widget (usually filling it with
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its background color) and sends a paint event to the widget. This
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results in a call to the paint event function of the widget.
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<p> Finally, we emit the angleChanged() signal to tell the outside world
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that the angle has changed. The <tt>emit</tt> keyword is unique to TQt and
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not regular C++ syntax. In fact, it is a macro.
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<p> <pre> <a name="x2336"></a>void CannonField::<a href="ntqwidget.html#paintEvent">paintEvent</a>( <a href="qpaintevent.html">TQPaintEvent</a> * )
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{
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<a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> s = "Angle = " + TQString::number( ang );
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<a href="ntqpainter.html">TQPainter</a> p( this );
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<a name="x2335"></a> p.<a href="ntqpainter.html#drawText">drawText</a>( 200, 200, s );
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}
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</pre>
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<p> This is our first attempt to write a paint event handler. The event
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argument contains a description of the paint event. <a href="qpaintevent.html">TQPaintEvent</a>
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contains the region in the widget that must be updated. For the time
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being, we will be lazy and just paint everything.
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<p> Our code displays the angle value in the widget at a fixed position.
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First we create a <a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> with some text and the angle; then we create
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a <a href="ntqpainter.html">TQPainter</a> operating on this widget and use it to paint the string.
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We'll come back to TQPainter later; it can do a great many things.
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<p> <h3> <a href="t8-main-cpp.html">t8/main.cpp</a>
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</h3>
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<a name="1-5"></a><p>
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<p> <pre> #include "cannon.h"
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</pre>
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<p> We include our new class.
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<p> <pre> class MyWidget: public <a href="ntqwidget.html">TQWidget</a>
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{
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public:
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MyWidget( <a href="ntqwidget.html">TQWidget</a> *parent=0, const char *name=0 );
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};
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</pre>
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<p> This time we include a single LCDRange and a CannonField in our top-level
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widget.
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<p> <pre> LCDRange *angle = new LCDRange( this, "angle" );
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</pre>
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<p> In the constructor, we create and set up our LCDRange.
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<p> <pre> angle->setRange( 5, 70 );
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</pre>
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<p> We set the LCDRange to accept ranges from 5 to 70 degrees.
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<p> <pre> CannonField *cannonField
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= new CannonField( this, "cannonField" );
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</pre>
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<p> We create our CannonField.
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<p> <pre> <a href="tqobject.html#connect">connect</a>( angle, TQ_SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)),
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cannonField, TQ_SLOT(setAngle(int)) );
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<a href="tqobject.html#connect">connect</a>( cannonField, TQ_SIGNAL(angleChanged(int)),
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angle, TQ_SLOT(setValue(int)) );
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</pre>
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<p> Here we connect the valueChanged() signal of the LCDRange to the
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setAngle() slot of the CannonField. This will update CannonField's angle
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value whenever the user operates the LCDRange. We also make the reverse
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connection so that changing the angle in the CannonField will update the
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LCDRange value. In our example we never change the angle of the
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CannonField directly; but by doing the last connect() we ensure that no
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future changes will disrupt the synchronization between those two values.
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<p> This illustrates the power of component programming and proper
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encapsulation.
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<p> Notice how important it is to emit the angleChanged() signal only when
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the angle actually changes. If both the LCDRange and the CannonField
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had omitted this check, the program would have entered an infinite
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loop upon the first change of one of the values.
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<p> <pre> <a href="qgridlayout.html">TQGridLayout</a> *grid = new <a href="qgridlayout.html">TQGridLayout</a>( this, 2, 2, 10 );
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//2x2, 10 pixel border
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</pre>
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<p> So far we have used the no-assembly-required <a href="ntqvbox.html">TQVBox</a> and <a href="ntqgrid.html">TQGrid</a> widgets
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for geometry management. Now, however, we want to have a little more
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control over the layout, and we switch to the more powerful <a href="qgridlayout.html">TQGridLayout</a>
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class. TQGridLayout isn't a widget; it is a different class that can
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manage the children of <em>any</em> widget.
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<p> As the comment indicates, we create a two-by-two array with ten pixel
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borders. (The constructor for <a href="qgridlayout.html">TQGridLayout</a> can be a little cryptic,
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so it's good to put in such comments.)
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<p> <pre> <a name="x2337"></a> grid-><a href="qgridlayout.html#addWidget">addWidget</a>( quit, 0, 0 );
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</pre>
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<p> We add the Quit button in the top-left cell of the grid: 0, 0.
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<p> <pre> grid-><a href="qgridlayout.html#addWidget">addWidget</a>( angle, 1, 0, TQt::AlignTop );
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</pre>
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<p> We put the angle LCDRange in the bottom-left cell, aligned to the top
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of its cell. (This alignment is one of the things TQGridLayout allows
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but TQGrid does not allow.)
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<p> <pre> grid-><a href="qgridlayout.html#addWidget">addWidget</a>( cannonField, 1, 1 );
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</pre>
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<p> We put the CannonField object in the bottom-right cell. (The top-
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right cell is empty.)
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<p> <pre> <a name="x2338"></a> grid-><a href="qgridlayout.html#setColStretch">setColStretch</a>( 1, 10 );
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</pre>
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<p> We tell <a href="qgridlayout.html">TQGridLayout</a> that the right column (column 1) is stretchable.
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Because the left column isn't (it has <a href="layout.html#stretch-factor">stretch factor</a> 0, the default
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value), TQGridLayout will try to let the left-hand widgets' sizes be
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unchanged and will resize just the CannonField when the MyWidget is
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resized.
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<p> <pre> angle->setValue( 60 );
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</pre>
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<p> We set an initial angle value. Note that this will trigger the
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connection from LCDRange to CannonField.
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<p> <pre> <a name="x2339"></a> angle-><a href="ntqwidget.html#setFocus">setFocus</a>();
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</pre>
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<p> Our last action is to set <tt>angle</tt> to have <a href="focus.html#keyboard-focus">keyboard focus</a> so that
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keyboard input will go to the LCDRange widget by default.
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<p> LCDRange does not contain any keyPressEvent(), so that would seem not
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to be terribly useful. However, its constructor just got a new line:
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<p>
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<pre> <a href="ntqwidget.html#setFocusProxy">setFocusProxy</a>( slider );
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</pre>
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<p> The LCDRange sets the slider to be its focus proxy. That means that
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when someone (the program or the user) wants to give the LCDRange
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keyboard focus, the slider should take care of it. <a href="ntqslider.html">TQSlider</a> has a decent
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keyboard interface, so with just one line of code we've given LCDRange
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one.
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<p> <h2> Behavior
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</h2>
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<a name="2"></a><p> The keyboard now does something - the arrow keys, Home, End, PageUp
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and PageDown all do something vaguely sensible.
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<p> When the slider is operated, the CannonField displays the new angle
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value. Upon resizing, CannonField is given as much space as possible.
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<p> On Windows machines with an 8-bit display the new background color is
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dithered to death. The next chapter works around this.
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<p> (See <a href="tutorial1-07.html#compiling">Compiling</a> for how to create a
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makefile and build the application.)
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<p> <h2> Exercises
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</h2>
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<a name="3"></a><p> Try to resize the window. What happens if you make it really narrow
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or really squat?
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<p> If you remove the AlignTop, what happens to the LCDRange's position
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and size? Why?
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<p> If you give the left-hand column a non-zero stretch factor, what
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happens when you resize the window?
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<p> Leave out the setFocus() call. Which behavior do you prefer?
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<p> Try to change "Quit" to "&Quit" in the <a href="ntqbutton.html#setText">TQButton::setText</a>() call. How
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does the button's look change? What happens if you press Alt+Q while
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the program's running? (It is Meta+Q on a few keyboards.)
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<p> Center the text in the CannonField.
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<p> You're now ready for <a href="tutorial1-09.html">Chapter 9.</a>
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<p> [<a href="tutorial1-07.html">Previous tutorial</a>]
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