[PyKDE] QSpinBox wheelEvents

[David Boddie]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:54:44 -0700, Kenneth B Harris wrote:

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> Your ideas did lead to a solution, though: a global event filter (as in
> your example) that watches for QWheelEvent where obj.parent() is a
> QSpinBox.  For some reason, it sends events from a plain QObject
> instance.  I can post an example (120 lines) that shows my 3 failed
> approaches and the one that worked, if anybody likes.  :-)

That would be interesting to see. The QObject may just be a widget without a
corresponding Python wrapper. You should be able to obtain its class name via
its className() method.

> > It's all a matter of where you install the event filter, and
> > how much dirty tricks you can stand ;-). See attached script
> > et.py as a starter.
>
> I was hoping for "no dirty tricks at all", or "692 dirty tricks, so I
> have an excuse to upgrade to PyQt4".  :-)

Do you really need an excuse for that?! ;-)

David