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[Philip Lee <rocketman768@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, those are not widgets. They are QActions. You can see them in the
action browser of Designer. Should be simple enough if you want to go that
route: make an action and change the icon to reflect the status.


On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Peter Buelow <goballstate@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That's a good idea. I had thought the same thing. It's a good idea too.
> However, you missed my question. In the toolbar, what type of widgets are
> those? I can't get designer to tell me, so I'm not sure what to put in.
> Also, what design constraints on the widget?
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Philip Lee <rocketman768@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> You might also think about text notifications if they are simple and
>> infrequent enough. The MainWindow has a QStatusBar you can send messages
>> to, which appear at the bottom of the window for a short while.
>>
>> http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qmainwindow.html#the-status-bar
>> http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qstatusbar.html
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:26 PM, mik firestone <mikfire@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Could you maybe do something in the tool bar?
>>>
>>> I'm thinking the upper right has nothing in it, and that would be a good
>>> place for something that was grey if not set up, red if setup but no
>>> connection, yellow for "I'm trying to connect" and green for "connected"?
>>> Mouse over would give a more complete status and maybe clicking on it would
>>> bring up the configuration screen?
>>>
>>> Mik
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Peter Buelow <goballstate@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey, so how do we want to present a status icon to a user? I’ve got the
>>>> Dropbox connection and synch working now (still doesn’t backup or restore a
>>>> DB, but I’m close), and what I need to do is present some visual cue that
>>>> indicates that there is a valid connection, and then what state that
>>>> connection might be in. There is no status bar at the bottom, but is that a
>>>> valid idea? Or, should I add a new icon that pops open a new dialog or
>>>> window that provides details? Right now, I’m leaning toward the second
>>>> idea, which allows for some flexibility. However, it’s not generally done
>>>> this way. An icon that presents status is generally at the bottom.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts? I’m going to start with the icon, but am willing do discuss
>>>> this.
>>>>
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