QTableView clicked() not triggering when dragging and selecting a range of data in the table?

[R-P-H]

Hi,

I have a slot for QTableView clicked(QModelIndex index). I noticed that if I click and drag a selection in the table (extended selection) the clicked() signal is not emitted? Clicking a single record works fine though.

[jsulm]

@R-P-H Mouse click means that mouse button was pressed AND released over same widget. Pressing mouse button down over one widget and releasing it over another isn't a click.
You can use https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qabstractitemview.html#pressed

[JonB]

@R-P-H
clicked() is for a single cell. selectionChanged() will happen for your drag, or QItemSelectionModel::selectionChanged() on the selectionModel().

[R-P-H]

@JonB Any slot that can capture both the click and drag ?

[JonB]

@R-P-H
No, because as @jsulm wrote you are not clicking. A click is a mouse down and up while on a cell. But you don't do that, do you? You mouse down and then drag-move the mouse while still down without up, don't you? Which is why he gave you a reference to pressed() signal instead. And you can't have one signal for "both the click and drag" even if "click" is "press" because they happen at different times. Or, doubtless you can re-implement drag-selection yourself and do what you want there, but can't believe it's worth the effort or a good idea.

[R-P-H]

@JonB Thanks, I understand.

[R-P-H]

@jsulm said in QTableView clicked() not triggering when dragging and selecting a range of data in the table?:

@R-P-H Mouse click means that mouse button was pressed AND released over same widget. Pressing mouse button down over one widget and releasing it over another isn't a click.
You can use https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qabstractitemview.html#pressed

pressed() worked for me. Thanks !