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.