I was wondering if it were possible to create my own shortcut key to a QTabWidget. So if I put an ampersand infront of the letter, that means that ALT+'letter' will display that tab; however, I want it so that CTRL+'letter' will display that tab (not ALT).
Is there an easy way to do this in Qt Designer? If not, is there a simple way to do it in code? QTabWidget doesn't seem to have any direct methods for setting shortcuts.
I don't know of a way to do this via the Designer, not familiar with that. You could do it with QShortcut
fairly easily in code though.
Here's a dummy widget to illustrate that. Press Ctrl+a / Ctrl+b to switch between tabs.
#include <QtGui>
class W: public QWidget
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
W(QWidget *parent=0): QWidget(parent)
{
// Create a dummy tab widget thing
QTabWidget *tw = new QTabWidget(this);
QLabel *l1 = new QLabel("hello");
QLabel *l2 = new QLabel("world");
tw->addTab(l1, "one");
tw->addTab(l2, "two");
QHBoxLayout *l = new QHBoxLayout;
l->addWidget(tw);
setLayout(l);
// Setup a signal mapper to avoid creating custom slots for each tab
QSignalMapper *m = new QSignalMapper(this);
// Setup the shortcut for the first tab
QShortcut *s1 = new QShortcut(QKeySequence("Ctrl+a"), this);
connect(s1, SIGNAL(activated()), m, SLOT(map()));
m->setMapping(s1, 0);
// Setup the shortcut for the second tab
QShortcut *s2 = new QShortcut(QKeySequence("Ctrl+b"), this);
connect(s2, SIGNAL(activated()), m, SLOT(map()));
m->setMapping(s2, 1);
// Wire the signal mapper to the tab widget index change slot
connect(m, SIGNAL(mapped(int)), tw, SLOT(setCurrentIndex(int)));
}
};
This isn't meant as an example of widget layout best practices... just to illustrate one way to wire a shortcut sequence to a tab change.