- Qt 5.5
- Qt Assistant Manual
- Simple Text Viewer Example
- mainwindow.cpp Example File
- Qt 5.5.1 Reference Documentation

# mainwindow.cpp Example File

simpletextviewer/mainwindow.cpp

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    #include <QtCore/QLibraryInfo>
    #include <QtWidgets/QApplication>
    #include <QtWidgets/QAction>
    #include <QtWidgets/QMenu>
    #include <QtWidgets/QMenuBar>
    #include <QtWidgets/QMessageBox>

    #include "mainwindow.h"
    #include "findfiledialog.h"
    #include "assistant.h"
    #include "textedit.h"

    // ![0]
    MainWindow::MainWindow()
    {
        assistant = new Assistant;
    // ![0]
        textViewer = new TextEdit;
        textViewer->setContents(QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::ExamplesPath)
                + QLatin1String("/assistant/simpletextviewer/documentation/intro.html"));
        setCentralWidget(textViewer);

        createActions();
        createMenus();

        setWindowTitle(tr("Simple Text Viewer"));
        resize(750, 400);
    // ![1]
    }

    void MainWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *)
    {
        delete assistant;
    }

    void MainWindow::about()
    {
        QMessageBox::about(this, tr("About Simple Text Viewer"),
                           tr("This example demonstrates how to use\n"
                              "Qt Assistant as help system for your\n"
                              "own application."));
    }

    void MainWindow::showDocumentation()
    {
        assistant->showDocumentation("index.html");
    }

    void MainWindow::open()
    {
        FindFileDialog dialog(textViewer, assistant);
        dialog.exec();
    }

    void MainWindow::createActions()
    {
        assistantAct = new QAction(tr("Help Contents"), this);
        assistantAct->setShortcut(QKeySequence::HelpContents);
        connect(assistantAct, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(showDocumentation()));

        openAct = new QAction(tr("&Open..."), this);
        openAct->setShortcut(QKeySequence::Open);
        connect(openAct, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(open()));

        clearAct = new QAction(tr("&Clear"), this);
        clearAct->setShortcut(tr("Ctrl+C"));
        connect(clearAct, SIGNAL(triggered()), textViewer, SLOT(clear()));

        exitAct = new QAction(tr("E&xit"), this);
        exitAct->setShortcuts(QKeySequence::Quit);
        connect(exitAct, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(close()));

        aboutAct = new QAction(tr("&About"), this);
        connect(aboutAct, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(about()));

        aboutQtAct = new QAction(tr("About &Qt"), this);
        connect(aboutQtAct, SIGNAL(triggered()), qApp, SLOT(aboutQt()));
    }

    void MainWindow::createMenus()
    {
        fileMenu = new QMenu(tr("&File"), this);
        fileMenu->addAction(openAct);
        fileMenu->addAction(clearAct);
        fileMenu->addSeparator();
        fileMenu->addAction(exitAct);

        helpMenu = new QMenu(tr("&Help"), this);
        helpMenu->addAction(assistantAct);
        helpMenu->addSeparator();
        helpMenu->addAction(aboutAct);
        helpMenu->addAction(aboutQtAct);

        menuBar()->addMenu(fileMenu);
        menuBar()->addMenu(helpMenu);
    }