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QAction	QAction

The QAction class provides an abstract user interface action that can be inserted into widgets.

This class is a JS wrapper around Qt's QAction class

QAction inherits from EventWidget

Example

const { QAction, QMenu } = require("@nodegui/nodegui");

const menu = new QMenu();
const menuAction = new QAction();
menuAction.setText("subAction");
menuAction.addEventListener("triggered", () => {
  console.log("Action clicked");
});
menu.addAction(menuAction);

new QAction(parent?)

• parent NodeWidget. Constructs an action with parent. If parent is an action group the action will be automatically inserted into the group.

Static Methods

QAction can access all the static methods defined in EventWidget

Instance Properties

QAction can access all the instance properties defined in EventWidget

Instance Methods

QAction can access all the instance methods defined in EventWidget. Additionally it also has the following instance methods:

action.setEnabled(enabled)

This property holds whether the action is enabled. It calls the native method QAction: setEnabled.

• enabled - Boolean

action.setText(on)

This property holds the action's descriptive text. It calls the native method QAction: setText.

• text - string

action.setIcon(icon)

Sets the icon of action. It calls the native method QAction: setIcon.

• icon QIcon

action.setMenu(menu)

Sets the menu contained by this action to the specified menu. It calls the native method QAction: setMenu.

• menu QMenu

action.setShortcut(keySequence)

This property holds the action's key sequence. It calls the native method QAction: setShortcut.

• keySequence QKeySequence

action.setShortcutContext(contextEnum)

This property holds the context in which the action is valid. It calls the native method QAction: setShortcutContext.

• contextEnum - ShortcutContext enum.