Archived:How to use QCalendar

Article Metadata

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Tested with

Devices(s): Emulator

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Compatibility

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

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Article

Keywords: QCalendar, Push Button

Created: (07 Jan 2009)

Last edited: nayan_trivedi (11 Sep 2009)

Overview

This code snippet demonstrates how to calendar widget in Qt for S60.

Preconditions

• Install latest Qt for S60 see Qt for S60 - Installation packages
• Check this link for installation guide: How to install the package.
• Go through this article: Getting started with Qt for S60

• Download Qt creator IDE 4.5: http://www.qtsoftware.com/downloads

Various Functions

• This property holds the format of the vertical header.

QCalendarWidget *calendar = new QCalendarWidget;
calendar->setVerticalHeaderFormat(QCalendarWidget::NoVerticalHeader);

• This property holds whether the date edit popup is enabled.When the widget is focus and then press any non-modifier key will cause a date edit to popup.

QCalendarWidget *calendar = new QCalendarWidget;
calendar->setDateEditEnabled(1);

• Property holds a value identifying the day displayed in the first column.

QCalendarWidget *calendar = new QCalendarWidget;
calendar->setFirstDayOfWeek(Qt::Wednesday);

Source File

#include <QCalendarWidget>
#include <QApplication>
#include <QPushButton>
#include <QVBoxLayout>
#include <QWidget>
#include <QWindowsStyle>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	QApplication app(argc, argv);
	QWidget *win = new QWidget;
	QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout;
	QPushButton *nextyrbutton = new QPushButton("Next Year");
	QPushButton *prevyrbutton = new QPushButton("Prev Year");
	QCalendarWidget *calendar = new QCalendarWidget;
	QObject::connect(nextyrbutton,SIGNAL(clicked()),calendar,SLOT(showNextYear()));
	QObject::connect(prevyrbutton,SIGNAL(clicked()),calendar,SLOT(showPreviousYear()));
	layout->addWidget(calendar);	
	layout->addWidget(prevyrbutton);
	layout->addWidget(nextyrbutton);
	calendar->setGridVisible(true);
	win->setLayout(layout);
	win->showNormal();
 
	return app.exec();
}

• In the above example only two function for displaying next and previous year are used but there are many other function like showNextMonth,show PreviousMonth,showToday etc...

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