[Kommander-devel] Re: Mainwindow proxy - again

[Eric Laffoon]

On Wednesday 26 March 2008 9:09:48 pm Eric Laffoon wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 March 2008 2:09:17 pm Sebastian Sauer wrote:
> > Eric Laffoon wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 26 March 2008 7:12:40 pm Eric Laffoon wrote:
> > >> On Wednesday 26 March 2008 4:03:07 pm Eric Laffoon wrote:
> > >> > On Wednesday 26 March 2008 3:41:17 pm Eric Laffoon wrote:
[..]
  QWidget* mainWindow = QWidget::topLevelWidget();
  QStatusBar* sb = dynamic_cast<QStatusBar*>(mainWindow->child("automatic 
status bar"));
  sb->message( action, param );

It seems so obvious... It's looking for a different type. I remember a friend 
telling me how he never wanted to see another dynamic cast again after 
working for one company. ;) 

This works, but it's based on the notion that the window uses the default 
naming giving by Designer, or more specifically the Kommander editor. Maybe I 
can declare -any- text and type QStatusBar, but being such a novice... I 
wasted a lot of time beating my head against the wall until this solution 
burst forward as obvious. I'm willing to accept instruction to avoid an hour 
in docs and another 20 tries. ;)
-- 
Eric Laffoon
Project Lead - kdewebdev module