Select rows and columns in QTableWidget, while keeping highlighted

Question

I have a QTableWidget that I\'ve set up such that you can\'t select the cells, but can select rows/columns by their headers. The problem I\'m having is when I select a row, it d

Answer 1

This code allows you to select column first then you must press control to select other rows. Try this, I hope it can help. Anyway, this solution doesn't work well with shift.

void SO_Qt::hhSelected( int index )
{
    if(index <= 0) return;
    ui.tableWidget->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection);
    ui.tableWidget->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectColumns);
    ui.tableWidget->selectColumn(index);
    ui.tableWidget->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::NoSelection);
}

void SO_Qt::vhSelected( int index )
{
    ui.tableWidget->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection);
    ui.tableWidget->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectItems);
    ui.tableWidget->selectRow(index);
    ui.tableWidget->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::NoSelection);
}