Problem with updating a widget

[adrianngai1130]

Hello everyone

I have a QLabel that is connected to a QTimer, which emits a signal every second. The signal causes a function to run, updating the text within the QLabel. However, the QLabel does not update.

I define the QTimer and connect it here:

    QTimer* timer             =   new QTimer(this);
    timer                    ->   setSingleShot(false);
    timer                    ->   setInterval(1000/fps);
    timer                    ->   start();
    connect(timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(updateScreen()));

The QLabel is defined here in the constructor of my class:

    time_t localTimer              =   time(NULL);
    struct tm *timeStruct    =   localtime(&localTimer);

    char currentTime[100];
    strftime(currentTime,100,"%I : %M : %S",timeStruct);

    QLabel* localTimeBar     =   new QLabel(this);
    localTimeBar            ->   setText(currentTime);
    localTimeBar            ->   setFixedSize(titleUnit,infoBarHeight);
    localTimeBar            ->   move(titleUnit * 2,0);
    localTimeBar            ->   setStyleSheet("border-right-width : 0px");

This updates the QLabel:

void interface::updateScreen(){
    time_t localTimer              =   time(NULL);
    struct tm *timeStruct    =   localtime(&localTimer);

    char currentTime[100];
    strftime(currentTime,100,"%I : %M : %S",timeStruct);

    localTimeBar -> setText(currentTime);
    localTimeBar -> repaint(); //I've tried update() as well but to no avail

    qApp -> processEvents();
}

No errors are produced when the program is run. However, the QLabel does not update. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance.

[adrianngai1130]

To people who may stumble upon this thread looking for an answer:

The problem was defining the QLabel in the constructor. Defining it as public in the class and only referring to it during the update seemed to fix the problem.

[Olivier Ronat]

Hello
I think you must use localTimeBar->setText(currentTime().toString());
or use a QTime variable of your own and the toString() method

[adrianngai1130]

@Olivier-Ronat I don't believe that it's to do with the type of the input given into setText(). I've tried simply replacing currentTime with "test string" and still the QLabel did not update.

[adrianngai1130]

To people who may stumble upon this thread looking for an answer:

The problem was defining the QLabel in the constructor. Defining it as public in the class and only referring to it during the update seemed to fix the problem.

[Olivier Ronat]

Try to add QString(currentTime) to have a QString data. I've got issues with the automatic casting of *char and QString

[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Maybe a silly question but what's the value of fps ?

[adrianngai1130]

@SGaist said in Problem with updating a widget:

oh fps was just to divide 1000 milliseconds by the ideal amount of times I wanted the program to refresh per second (fps), giving the interval at which the program should have been updated.