How to tell the mouse button using QApplication::mouseButtons() in a “click” slot?

Question

I have a QMainWindow, and want to handle the \"clicked\" signal from a smaller widget (such as tableview) inside it.

Originally I connect the signal to a slot of this QM

Answer 1

Qt::MouseButtons is a QFlags type. You can't test it with == operator. Use & operator for testing:

if(QApplication::mouseButtons() & Qt:LeftButton) {
...
}