QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent Class

The QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent class provides context menu events in the graphics view framework. More...

Header: #include <QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent>
qmake: QT += widgets
Since: Qt 4.2
Inherits: QGraphicsSceneEvent

This class was introduced in Qt 4.2.

Public Types

enum Reason { Mouse, Keyboard, Other }

Public Functions

virtual ~QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent()
Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifiers() const
QPointF pos() const
Reason reason() const
QPointF scenePos() const
QPoint screenPos() const

Detailed Description

A QContextMenuEvent received by a QGraphicsView is translated into a QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent. The QContextMenuEvent::globalPos() is translated into item, scene, and screen coordinates (pos(), scenePos(), and screenPos()).

See also QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent, QGraphicsSceneWheelEvent, and QContextMenuEvent.

Member Type Documentation

enum QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent::Reason

This enum describes the reason why the context event was sent.

ConstantValueDescription
QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent::Mouse0The mouse caused the event to be sent. On most platforms, this means the right mouse button was clicked.
QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent::Keyboard1The keyboard caused this event to be sent. On Windows and macOS, this means the menu button was pressed.
QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent::Other2The event was sent by some other means (i.e. not by the mouse or keyboard).

Member Function Documentation

[virtual] QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent::~QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent()

Destroys the event.

Qt::KeyboardModifiers QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent::modifiers() const

Returns the keyboard modifiers in use when the context menu was requested.

QPointF QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent::pos() const

Returns the position of the mouse cursor in item coordinates at the moment the context menu was requested.

See also scenePos() and screenPos().

Reason QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent::reason() const

Returns the reason for the context menu event.

See also QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent::Reason.

QPointF QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent::scenePos() const

Returns the position of the mouse cursor in scene coordinates at the moment the context menu was requested.

See also pos() and screenPos().

QPoint QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent::screenPos() const

Returns the position of the mouse cursor in screen coordinates at the moment the context menu was requested.

See also pos() and scenePos().