Check if button was right clicked or left clicked?

[legitnameyo]

When I try to add the QPushButton mouseEventPress() function into my code and redefine it it gives this error

member access into incomplete type 'QAbstractButtonPrivate'

[Christian Ehrlicher]

You should not add the code from QAbstractButton::mousePressEvent() - you should override the function. This is basic c++ knowledge explained e.g. here: https://www.programiz.com/cpp-programming/function-overriding

[legitnameyo]

All I get when I try to override the function is

non-friend class member 'mouseEventPress' cannot have a qualified name

[mrjj]

@legitnameyo
show the code :)

[legitnameyo]

class Derived: public QPushButton {
public:
    QPushButton A;
    QAbstractButton B(Derived);
    QAbstractButton::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *e); // Error

    void QAbstractButton::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *e) // Error
    {
        Q_D(QAbstractButton);
        if (e->button() != Qt::LeftButton) {
            e->ignore();
            return;
        }
        if (hitButton(e->pos())) {
            setDown(true);
            d->pressed = true;
            repaint();
            d->emitPressed();
            e->accept();
        } else {
            e->ignore();
        }
    }
};

[KillerSmath]

@legitnameyo
You cannot define a qualifier in declaration of a member method.

class Derived : public QPushButton{
public:
  //void QPushButton::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *e); // wrong
  void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *e); // right
};

Further, you should to define the construtor method of your class.
Note: The construtor method is a function without return value and with same name of class.

class Derived : public QPushButton{
public:
   Derived(); // construtor
}

To accept signals and slot feature, you need to declare the Q_OBJECT inside your class.

class Derived : QPushButton{
   Q_OBJECT
...
};

Below is an example code of how you should reimplement it using @mrjj idea.

class CustomPushButton : public QPushButton
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    CustomPushButton(QWidget *parent = nullptr);

protected:
   void	mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *e) override;
   void mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *e) override;

signals:
    void leftClicked();
    void rightClicked();
};

Now, you need to reimplement the mousePressedEvent and mouseReleaseEvent(if necessary) logic on your .cpp file

[legitnameyo]

all I get from that class is

:-1: error: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
:-1: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@legitnameyo said in Check if button was right clicked or left clicked?:

all I get from that class is

This is no class, this is a class definition. You have to fill out the functions by yourself with the code you want to have - we won't write you your code...

[legitnameyo]

I can't write out the functions since everything I want to override or change in QPushButton::mousePressEvent is private.

[legitnameyo]

Solved it by creating a derivative of the CustomQPushButton class definition! Thanks!