Is there a way to get all elements like (input, label , combox) with names and regarding value?

[BluTiGeS]

Hi all,

i am searching for a way how I can get all Elements on a Widget which has focus.

So for example I have a widget with 2 labels and some boxes, the first label is just for example "NOTE:" and the second would be "some hint",
Also there are some comboboxes and input fields on this widget.

So I am trying to get all element like the labels and the comoboxes with their name and the current set value.

Is this somehow possible in qt? So that i maybe get a text output of the current set input elements ?

So that the result could be:
@
label1 has value "NOTE"
label2 has value "some hint"
comboBox has value 2 selected
@

Many Thanks in advance

Regards

[mrjj]

Hi

Well If you make them in designer, you can access all via
ui->

If you new them yourself, you could just keep the pointers around ?

else
look at
QObject::findChildren

Something like

  QList<QWidget*> mylist= parent.findChildren<QWidget*>();
    foreach (const QWidget* current, mylist) {
       
    }

parent being the widget you want to work with.
But can you describe more what you have or show the program so maybe there is a better way.

[yeckel]

You can walk through QObject tree:

const QObjectList localChildren = ui->centralWidget->children();
foreach (QObject *obj, localChildren) {
QLabel *label = qobject_cast<QLabel *>(obj);
if(label){
qDebug() << label->text();
}
}

Or do it recursively.

[BluTiGeS]

thanks for the replies, i will have a look into it.

So for my use case i think i need to get first the widget which ahsa focus with:

QWidget *focus =  QApplication::focusWidget();

and then use yeckel 's code part

const QObjectList localChildren = focus->children();
foreach (QObject *obj, localChildren) {
QLabel *label = qobject_cast<QLabel *>(obj);
if(label){
qDebug() << label->text();
}
QLabel *box= qobject_cast<QComboBox*>(obj);
if ( box)
{
box->itemData(box->currentIndex());
}
}

is this understanding correct?

[mrjj]

@BluTiGeS
Almost correct,
just also make sure the variable is the same type as the one toy try to cast to

QLabel *box= qobject_cast<QComboBox*>(obj);
if ( box)
should be
QComboBox*box= qobject_cast<QComboBox*>(obj);

[BluTiGeS]

Thanks, my fault copy paste error ;)

I will give it a try

[mrjj]

@BluTiGeS
Can I ask why you need to do it so dynamic?
To avoid to rewrite the code that create the widgets in first place or
you doing something fancy?

[BluTiGeS]

The background behind this is that i want to have a way to automate testing of the application running.

So therefore i will have commands sending keyevents to the application and then a command to get the current screen values and get the as a XML or something similar, which than can be read by a python script for example to check if all values are set correct after the key sequence.

I am using a pad having 6 input keys (embedded) so not a full keyboard.

Do you have any better idea how to automate it?

Important is that I must be able to to get all information for the currently view on the page on the display device in a readable file format.

[mrjj]

@BluTiGeS

Ahh its module testing.
then it makes sense :)

Well there is
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtest-overview.html
Never used it so can say if its good or anything.

[yeckel]

@BluTiGeS
I'm using http://funq.readthedocs.org/ for something similar.