Archived:Change SoftKey labels of a QWidget

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2009

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Qt Quick should be used for all UI development on mobile devices. The approach described in this article (based on QWidget) is deprecated.

This code snippets shows how to change SoftKeyLabels of widget using QAction::setSoftKeyRole().

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Tested with

Devices(s): Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

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Compatibility

Platform(s): S60 3rd Edition, FP1, FP2
S60 5th Edition

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Article

Keywords: QAction::setSoftKeyRole()

Created: savaj (01 Jul 2009)

Last edited: hamishwillee (11 Oct 2012)

Source code

QWidget* centralwidget = new QWidget(this);
centralwidget->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::NoContextMenu);
setCentralWidget(centralwidget);
 
/* Add new softkey "MyOption" */
QAction* newOption = new QAction(tr("MyOption"), this);
/* set soft key for Options */
newOption->setSoftKeyRole(QAction::PositiveSoftKey);
 
/* Add new softkey "MyExit" */
QAction* newExit = new QAction(tr("MyExit"), this);
/* set soft key for Exit */	
newExit->setSoftKeyRole(QAction::NegativeSoftKey);
 
QList<QAction *> softKeys;
softKeys.append(newOption);
softKeys.append(newExit);
 
/* set new soft keys */
centralwidget->addActions(softKeys);
centralwidget->setFocus();

Postconditions

The code snippet is expected to show new softkey labels in Widget.

Download Code Example

• The File:QtSoftKeyLabels.zip will show a new softkey labels.