[FIXED] How to get focuswidget during floating Dockwidgets

Issue

Please picture: There is a MainWindow have a dockwidget.

The dockwidget have a QTextEdit object.

Dockwidgets can take off from the attached window and be moved to anywhere.

When I edit the QTextEdit,I call it by focusWidget() method from QMainWindow area without floating the dockwidget.

focusWidget

<__main__.xxxxxxxxxx object at 0x000002815D638388>

This address is a kind of QTextEdit (xxxxxxxxxx because it is my Subclass).

During floating the dockWidget,I call it by focusWidget(),

<PySide.QtGui.QTabBar object at 0x000002816A206C88>

I would like to get the same widget in spite of the dockwidget's conditions.

Solution

Please use QtGui.QApplication.focusWidget()

you can get the current focusWidget from anywhere.

Please ,see also here

QtGui.QApplication.focusWidget()

:added solution

The above method and solution was not good.

you may globalize the dockwidget's mainwindow ,(f-ex g_win)

global g_win
g_win = mainwindow()

and,override the widget's focusInEvent()

def focusInEvent(self,event):
    ## you can get the address anywhere
    g_win.current_widget  = self
    return TheWidget.focusInEvent(self,event)

and you can call g_win.current_widget and get it anywhere.

after that,you can adopt your codes to the widget.

Please pay attention to usage global statement.

but the mainwindow is probably used as if it were global class.

this is the most useful,i think.

Answered By - Haru