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How can I disable Alt + F4 window closing using Qt?

I've disabled X button in Qt from my dialog using this line:

myDialog->setWindowFlags(Qt::Dialog | Qt::Desktop)

but I couldn't detect Alt + F4 using this code: 

void myClass::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
{
    if ((e->key()==Qt::Key_F4) && (e->modifiers()==Qt::AltModifier))
        doSomething();
}

what should I do to detect Alt+F4 or disable it in Qt?

Solution

  • Pressing Alt+F4 results in a close event being sent to your top level window. In your window class, you can override closeEvent() to ignore it and prevent your application from closing.

    void MainWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent * event)
{
    event->ignore();
}

    If you left the close button (X) visible, this method would also disable it from closing your app.

    This is usually used to give the application a chance to decide if it wants to close or not or ask the user by displaying an "Are you sure?" message box.