diff -r 000000000000 -r 1918ee327afb doc/src/snippets/events/events.cpp
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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+#include <QCheckBox>
+#include <QMouseEvent>
+
+class MyCheckBox : public QCheckBox
+{
+public:
+    void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event);
+};
+
+//! [0]
+void MyCheckBox::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
+{
+    if (event->button() == Qt::LeftButton) {
+        // handle left mouse button here
+    } else {
+        // pass on other buttons to base class
+        QCheckBox::mousePressEvent(event);
+    }
+}
+//! [0]
+
+class MyWidget : public QWidget
+{
+public:
+    bool event(QEvent *event);
+};
+
+static const int MyCustomEventType = 1099;
+
+class MyCustomEvent : public QEvent
+{
+public:
+    MyCustomEvent() : QEvent((QEvent::Type)MyCustomEventType) {}
+};
+
+//! [1]
+bool MyWidget::event(QEvent *event)
+{
+    if (event->type() == QEvent::KeyPress) {
+	QKeyEvent *ke = static_cast<QKeyEvent *>(event);
+	if (ke->key() == Qt::Key_Tab) {
+	    // special tab handling here
+	    return true;
+	}
+    } else if (event->type() == MyCustomEventType) {
+	MyCustomEvent *myEvent = static_cast<MyCustomEvent *>(event);
+	// custom event handling here
+	return true;
+    }
+
+    return QWidget::event(event);
+}
+//! [1]
+
+int main()
+{
+}