The following partially works and I post in the hopes that someone might get an idea that will fix my issue :)

bool ZoomCode::event(QEvent *event) { if (event->type() == QEvent::NativeGesture) { return gestureEvent(static_cast<QNativeGestureEvent*>(event)); } return QWidget::event(event); } bool ZoomCode::gestureEvent(QNativeGestureEvent *e) { float value = e->value(); textEdit->setFontPointSize(NULL); // zoom does not work without this textEdit->selectAll(); // some part of the text has to be selected before the zoom in the text starts to work. It does NOT matter if it is the WHOLE text or just a character in the text, just as long as something gets highlighted. Afterwards, nothing has to be highlighted again for the zoom to work. The zoom works on the whole text, no matter what part has been highlighted. if(value >0) { zoomIn(value + 5); // + 5 to add some zoom strength } else if(value < 0) zoomOut(value - 5); // -5 to add some zoom strength } }

As I now understand it there is no easy way to recognize gestures inside the c++ part of a Qt Quick 'QQuickPaintedItem' inherited class, is that correct?

I need both pan and pinch in my c++ class so if i dont want to write my own recognition code should I then inherit my class from both 'QQuickPaintedItem', PinchArea and Flickable? that doesn't seem right? (besides that they are declared in private header files like qquickpincharea_p.h)

found the same request (also without an statisfying answer here:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/61108/recognize-arbitrary-gestures-in-qt5-like-gesturearea-in-qt4 )

@QTUserForAndroid This should help to 'mark as solved' and other forum inquiries:

https://forum.qt.io/topic/62700/hitchhiker-s-visual-guide-to-the-qt-forum

Can you show your class and its implementation ?