QListWidget itemClicked and itemDoubleClicked - block single click if double click

Question

So far I have this code, which works fine:

QObject::connect(mListWidget, SIGNAL(itemDoubleClicked(QListWidgetItem*)), this, SLOT(itemDoubleClicked(QListWidgetItem*)));
QObject::connect(mListWidget, SIGNAL(itemClicked(QListWidgetItem*)), this, SLOT(itemClicked(QListWidgetItem*)));

The problem is that every time I double click on an item, the itemClicked slot gets executed.

Can I block the itemClicked slot if the user double clicks on an item? So just itemDoubleClicked gets executed?

Answer 1

Thanks to vahancho for the idea, to use a timer. Here is my solution:

YourClass.h

private:
    QListWidgetItem* mSingleClickedItem;
    bool mDoubleClicked;

private slots:
    void itemClickedTimeout();

YourClass.cpp

void YourClass::itemClicked(QListWidgetItem* listWidgetItem) {
    if (!mDoubleClicked) {
        QTimer::singleShot(300, this, SLOT(itemClickedTimeout()));
        // use QApplication::doubleClickInterval() instead of 300
        mSingleClickedItem = listWidgetItem;
    }
}

void YourClass::itemClickedTimeout() {
    if (!mDoubleClicked) {
        // do something, listitem has been clicked once
    } else mDoubleClicked = false;
}

void YourClass::itemDoubleClicked(QListWidgetItem* listWidgetItem) {
    mDoubleClicked = true;

    // do something, listitem has been clicked twice
}