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/*!

    \example widgets/tooltips

    \title Tool Tips Example

    The Tool Tips example shows how to provide static and dynamic tool

    tips for an application's widgets.

    The simplest and most common way to set a widget's tool tip is by

    calling its QWidget::setToolTip() function (static tool

    tips). Then the tool tip is shown whenever the cursor points at

    the widget. We show how to do this with our application's tool

    buttons. But it is also possible to show different tool tips

    depending on the cursor's position (dynamic tooltips). This

    approach uses mouse tracking and event handling to determine what

    widgets are located under the cursor at any point in time, and

    displays their tool tips. The tool tips for the shape items in our

    application are implemented using the latter approach.

    \image tooltips-example.png

    With the \c Tooltips application the user can create new shape

    items with the provided tool buttons, and move the items around

    using the mouse. Tooltips are provided whenever the cursor is

    pointing to a shape item or one of the buttons.

    The Tooltips example consists of two classes:

    \list

    \o \c ShapeItem is a custom widget representing one single shape item.

    \o \c SortingBox inherits from QWidget and is the application's main

        widget.

    \endlist

    First we will review the \c SortingBox class, then we will take a

    look at the \c ShapeItem class.

    \section1  SortingBox Class Definition

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.h 0

    The \c SortingBox class inherits QWidget, and it is the Tooltips

    application's main widget. We reimplement several of the event

    handlers.

    The \c event() function provides tooltips, the \c resize()

    function makes sure the application appears consistently when the

    user resizes the main widget, and the \c paintEvent() function

    displays the shape items within the \c SortingBox widget. The

    mouse event handlers are reimplemented to make the user able to

    move the items around.

    In addition we need three private slots to make the user able to

    create new shape items.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.h 1

    We also create several private functions: We use the \c

    initialItemPosition(), \c initialItemColor() and \c

    createToolButton() functions when we are constructing the widget,

    and we use the \c updateButtonGeometry() function whenever the

    user is resizing the application's main widget.

    The \c itemAt() function determines if there is a shape item at a

    particular position, and the \c moveItemTo() function moves an

    item to a new position. We use the \c createShapeItem(), \c

    randomItemPosition() and \c randomItemColor() functions to create

    new shape items.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.h 2

    We keep all the shape items in a QList, and we keep three

    QPainterPath objects holding the shapes of a circle, a square and

    a triangle. We also need to have a pointer to an item when it is

    moving, and we need to know its previous position.

    \section1 SortingBox Class Implementation

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 0

    In the constructor, we first set the Qt::WA_StaticContents

    attribute on the widget. This attribute indicates that the widget

    contents are north-west aligned and static. On resize, such a

    widget will receive paint events only for the newly visible part

    of itself.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 1

    To be able to show the appropiate tooltips while the user is

    moving the cursor around, we need to enable mouse tracking for the

    widget.

    If mouse tracking is disabled (the default), the widget only

    receives mouse move events when at least one mouse button is

    pressed while the mouse is being moved. If mouse tracking is

    enabled, the widget receives mouse move events even if no buttons

    are pressed.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 2

    A widget's background role defines the brush from the widget's

    palette that is used to render the background, and QPalette::Base

    is typically white.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 3

    After creating the application's tool buttons using the private \c

    createToolButton() function, we construct the shapes of a circle,

    a square and a triangle using QPainterPath.

    The QPainterPath class provides a container for painting

    operations, enabling graphical shapes to be constructed and

    reused. The main advantage of painter paths over normal drawing

    operations is that complex shapes only need to be created once,

    but they can be drawn many times using only calls to

    QPainter::drawPath().

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 4

    Then we set the window title, resize the widget to a suitable

    size, and finally create three initial shape items using the

    private \c createShapeItem(), \c initialItemPosition() and \c

    initialItemColor() functions.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 5

    QWidget::event() is the main event handler and receives all the

    widget's events. Normally, we recommend reimplementing one of the

    specialized event handlers instead of this function. But here we

    want to catch the QEvent::ToolTip events, and since these are

    rather rare, there exists no specific event handler. For that

    reason we reimplement the main event handler, and the first thing

    we need to do is to determine the event's type:

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 6

    If the type is QEvent::ToolTip, we cast the event to a QHelpEvent,

    otherwise we propagate the event using the QWidget::event()

    function.

    The QHelpEvent class provides an event that is used to request

    helpful information about a particular point in a widget.

    For example, the QHelpEvent::pos() function returns the event's

    position relative to the widget to which the event is dispatched.

    Here we use this information to determine if the position of the

    event is contained within the area of any of the shape items. If

    it is, we display the shape item's tooltip at the position of the

    event. If not, we hide the tooltip and explicitly ignore the event.

    This makes sure that the calling code does not start any tooltip

    specific modes as a result of the event. Note that the

    QToolTip::showText() function needs the event's position in global

    coordinates provided by QHelpEvent::globalPos().

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 7

    The \c resizeEvent() function is reimplemented to receive the

    resize events dispatched to the widget. It makes sure that the

    tool buttons keep their position relative to the main widget when

    the widget is resized. We want the buttons to always be vertically

    aligned in the application's bottom right corner, so each time the

    main widget is resized we update the buttons geometry.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 8

    The \c paintEvent() function is reimplemented to receive paint

    events for the widget. We create a QPainter for the \c SortingBox

    widget, and run through the list of created shape items, drawing

    each item at its defined position.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 9

    The painter will by default draw all the shape items at position

    (0,0) in the \c SortingBox widget. The QPainter::translate()

    function translates the coordinate system by the given offset,

    making each shape item appear at its defined position. But

    remember to translate the coordinate system back when the item is

    drawn, otherwise the next shape item will appear at a position

    relative to the item we drawed last.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 10

    The QPainter::setBrush() function sets the current brush used by

    the painter. When the provided argument is a QColor, the function

    calls the appropiate QBrush constructor which creates a brush with

    the specified color and Qt::SolidPattern style. The

    QPainter::drawPath() function draws the given path using the

    current pen for outline and the current brush for filling.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 11

    The \c mousePressEvent() function is reimplemented to receive the

    mouse press events dispatched to the widget. It determines if an

    event's position is contained within the area of any of the shape

    items, using the private \c itemAt() function.

    If an item covers the position, we store a pointer to that item

    and the event's position. If several of the shape items cover the

    position, we store the pointer to the uppermost item. Finally, we

    move the shape item to the end of the list, and make a call to the

    QWidget::update() function to make the item appear on top.

    The QWidget::update() function does not cause an immediate

    repaint; instead it schedules a paint event for processing when Qt

    returns to the main event loop.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 12

    The \c mouseMoveEvent() function is reimplemented to receive mouse

    move events for the widget. If the left mouse button is pressed

    and there exists a shape item in motion, we use the private \c

    moveItemTo() function to move the item with an offset

    corresponding to the offset between the positions of the current

    mouse event and the previous one.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 13

    The \c mouseReleaseEvent() function is reimplemented to receive

    the mouse release events dispatched to the widget. If the left

    mouse button is pressed and there exists a shape item in motion,

    we use the private \c moveItemTo() function to move the item like

    we did in \c mouseMoveEvent(). But then we remove the pointer to

    the item in motion, making the shape item's position final for

    now. To move the item further, the user will need to press the

    left mouse button again.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 14

    \codeline

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 15

    \codeline

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 16

    The \c createNewCircle(), \c createNewSquare() and \c

    createNewTriangle() slots simply create new shape items, using the

    private \c createShapeItem(), \c randomItemPosition() and \c

    randomItemColor() functions.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 17

    In the \c itemAt() function, we run through the list of created

    shape items to check if the given position is contained within the

    area of any of the shape items.

    For each shape item we use the QPainterPath::contains() function

    to find out if the item's painter path contains the position. If

    it does we return the index of the item, otherwise we return

    -1. We run through the list backwards to get the index of the

    uppermost shape item in case several items cover the position.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 18

    The \c moveItemTo() function moves the shape item in motion, and

    the parameter \c pos is the position of a mouse event. First we

    calculate the offset between the parameter \c pos and the previous

    mouse event position. Then we add the offset to the current

    position of the item in motion.

    It is tempting to simply set the position of the item to be the

    parameter \c pos. But an item's position defines the top left

    corner of the item's bounding rectangle, and the parameter \c pos

    can be any point; The suggested shortcut would cause the item to

    jump to a position where the cursor is pointing to the bounding

    rectangle's top left corner, regardless of the item's previous

    position.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 19

    Finally, we update the previous mouse event position, and make a

    call to the QWidget::update() function to make the item appear at

    its new position.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 20

    In the \c updateButtonGeometry() function we set the geometry for

    the given button. The parameter coordinates define the bottom

    right corner of the button. We use these coordinates and the

    button's size hint to determine the position of the upper left

    corner. This position, and the button's width and height, are the

    arguments required by the QWidget::setGeometry() function.

    In the end, we calculate and return the y-coordinate of the bottom

    right corner of the next button. We use the QWidget::style()

    function to retrieve the widget's GUI style, and then

    QStyle::pixelMetric() to determine the widget's preferred default

    spacing between its child widgets.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 21

    The \c createShapeItem() function creates a single shape item. It

    sets the path, tooltip, position and color, using the item's own

    functions. In the end, the function appends the new item to the

    list of shape items, and calls the QWidget::update() function to

    make it appear with the other items within the \c SortingBox

    widget.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 22

    The \c createToolButton() function is called from the \c

    SortingBox constructor. We create a tool button with the given

    tooltip and icon. The button's parent is the \c SortingBox widget,

    and its size is 32 x 32 pixels. Before we return the button, we

    connect it to the given slot.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 23

    The \c initialItemPosition() function is also called from the

    constructor. We want the three first items to initially be

    centered in the middle of the \c SortingBox widget, and we use

    this function to calculate their positions.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 24

    Whenever the user creates a new shape item, we want the new item

    to appear at a random position, and we use the \c

    randomItemPosition() function to calculate such a position. We

    make sure that the item appears within the visible area of the

    \c SortingBox widget, using the widget's current width and heigth

    when calculating the random coordinates.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 25

    As with \c initialItemPosition(), the \c initialItemColor()

    function is called from the constructor. The purposes of both

    functions are purely cosmetic: We want to control the inital

    position and color of the three first items.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/sortingbox.cpp 26

    Finally the \c randomItemColor() function is implemented to give

    the shape items the user creates, a random color.

    \section1 ShapeItem Class Definition

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/shapeitem.h 0

    The \c ShapeItem class is a custom widget representing one single

    shape item. The widget has a path, a position, a color and a

    tooltip. We need functions to set or modify these objects, as well

    as functions that return them. We make the latter functions \c

    const to prohibit any modifications of the objects,

    i.e. prohibiting unauthorized manipulation of the shape items

    appearance.

    \section1 ShapeItem Class Implementation

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/shapeitem.cpp 0

    \codeline

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/shapeitem.cpp 1

    \codeline

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/shapeitem.cpp 2

    \codeline

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/shapeitem.cpp 3

    This first group of functions simply return the objects that are

    requested. The objects are returned as constants, i.e. they cannot

    be modified.

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/shapeitem.cpp 4

    \codeline

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/shapeitem.cpp 5

    \codeline

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/shapeitem.cpp 6

    \codeline

    \snippet examples/widgets/tooltips/shapeitem.cpp 7

    The last group of functions set or modify the shape item's path,

    position, color and tooltip, respectively.

*/