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Signals and Slots are a convenient way for QObjects to communicate with one another and are more similar to callback functions. In most circumstances, when a &quot;signal&quot; is emitted, any slot function connected to it is called directly. The exception is when signals and slots cross thread boundaries. In this case, the signal will essentially be converted into an event.</p></blockquote><h1><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="anchor enhancedAnchor_2cZh" id="implementing-signal-handling"></a>Implementing Signal handling<a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="hash-link" href="#implementing-signal-handling" title="Direct link to heading">#</a></h1><p>In Qt signals and slots are used to communicate between different qt widgets. So they can be used to implement things like
onClick, onHover etc.</p><p>The way Qt Signals work is explained here:</p><p><a href="https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/signalsandslots.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/signalsandslots.html</a></p><p>The way you use them in Qt for a PushButton is explained here:
<a href="https://wiki.qt.io/How_to_Use_QPushButton#Signals" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://wiki.qt.io/How_to_Use_QPushButton#Signals</a></p><h1><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="anchor enhancedAnchor_2cZh" id="adding-signalevent-handling-support-to-a-nodewidget"></a>Adding signal/event handling support to a NodeWidget<a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="hash-link" href="#adding-signalevent-handling-support-to-a-nodewidget" title="Direct link to heading">#</a></h1><p>We will take the example of PushButton</p><p><strong>Javascript</strong></p><p>Steps:</p><p>The widget should inherit from <code>NodeWidget</code>. NodeWidget inherits from EventWidget internally. EventWidget constructor needs native object while initialising. So arrange your code such that native object gets initialised before calling <code>super(native)</code>.</p><p>EventWidget adds <code>addEventListener</code> method to the widget which can be called
like this:</p><div class="mdxCodeBlock_1XEh"><div class="codeBlockContent_1u-d"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" class="copyButton_10dd">Copy</button><div tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-js codeBlock_3iAC"><div class="codeBlockLines_b7E3" style="color:#bfc7d5;background-color:#292d3e"><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">button</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token method function property-access" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">addEventListener</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&#x27;clicked&#x27;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token arrow operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=&gt;</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token console class-name" style="color:rgb(255, 203, 107)">console</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token method function property-access" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">log</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&#x27;clicked&#x27;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span></div></div></div></div></div><p>To help the user know what all signals/events are supported, export an enum like <code>QPushButtonEvents</code> as shown below.</p><p>So the user can then use it as below:</p><div class="mdxCodeBlock_1XEh"><div class="codeBlockContent_1u-d"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" class="copyButton_10dd">Copy</button><div tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-js codeBlock_3iAC"><div class="codeBlockLines_b7E3" style="color:#bfc7d5;background-color:#292d3e"><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">button</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token method function property-access" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">addEventListener</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token maybe-class-name">QPushButtonEvents</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token property-access">clicked</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token arrow operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=&gt;</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token console class-name" style="color:rgb(255, 203, 107)">console</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token method function property-access" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">log</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&#x27;clicked&#x27;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span></div></div></div></div></div><p>Example:</p><div class="mdxCodeBlock_1XEh"><div class="codeBlockContent_1u-d"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" class="copyButton_10dd">Copy</button><div tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-js codeBlock_3iAC"><div class="codeBlockLines_b7E3" style="color:#bfc7d5;background-color:#292d3e"><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token keyword module" style="font-style:italic">import</span><span class="token plain"> addon </span><span class="token keyword module" style="font-style:italic">from</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&#x27;../../core/addon&#x27;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword module" style="font-style:italic">import</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token maybe-class-name">NodeWidget</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword module" style="font-style:italic">from</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&#x27;../../QtGui/QWidget&#x27;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword module" style="font-style:italic">import</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token maybe-class-name">BaseWidgetEvents</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword module" style="font-style:italic">from</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&#x27;../../core/EventWidget&#x27;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block">
</span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword module" style="font-style:italic">export</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">const</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token maybe-class-name">QPushButtonEvents</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token known-class-name class-name" style="color:rgb(255, 203, 107)">Object</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token method function property-access" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">freeze</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token spread operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">...</span><span class="token maybe-class-name">BaseWidgetEvents</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> clicked</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">:</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&#x27;clicked&#x27;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> pressed</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">:</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&#x27;pressed&#x27;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> released</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">:</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&#x27;released&#x27;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> toggled</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">:</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&#x27;toggled&#x27;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block">
</span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword module" style="font-style:italic">export</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">class</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token class-name" style="color:rgb(255, 203, 107)">QPushButton</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">extends</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token class-name" style="color:rgb(255, 203, 107)">NodeWidget</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> native</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">:</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token maybe-class-name">NativeElement</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">constructor</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token parameter">parent</span><span class="token parameter operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">?</span><span class="token parameter punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">:</span><span class="token parameter"> NodeWidget</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">let</span><span class="token plain"> 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plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">super</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">native</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">this</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token property-access">parent</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token plain"> parent</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">this</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token property-access">native</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token plain"> native</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block">
</span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">setText</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token parameter">text</span><span class="token parameter punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">:</span><span class="token parameter"> string </span><span class="token parameter operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">|</span><span class="token parameter"> number</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">this</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token property-access">native</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token method function property-access" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">setText</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token template-string template-punctuation string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">`</span><span class="token template-string interpolation interpolation-punctuation punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">${</span><span class="token template-string interpolation">text</span><span class="token template-string interpolation interpolation-punctuation punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token template-string template-punctuation string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">`</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span></div></div></div></div></div><p><strong>C++</strong></p><p>Steps:</p><ol><li><code>NPushButton</code></li></ol><p>Inherit from both QPushButton and NodeWidget. Make sure you have added NODEWIDGET_IMPLEMENTATIONS macro. This adds a crucial method for events support. It will override <code>event(QEvent *)</code> method of QPushbutton so that nodejs can listen to the events of this widget. This makes sure we convert all the QEvent&#x27;s of this widget to an event for the nodejs event emitter.</p><p>Also make sure to connect all the signals of the widgets to the event emitter instance from NodeJS. This way we kind of convert the signal to a simple nodejs event.</p><div class="mdxCodeBlock_1XEh"><div class="codeBlockContent_1u-d"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" class="copyButton_10dd">Copy</button><div tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-cpp codeBlock_3iAC"><div class="codeBlockLines_b7E3" style="color:#bfc7d5;background-color:#292d3e"><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token macro property">#</span><span class="token macro property directive keyword" style="font-style:italic">pragma</span><span class="token macro property"> once</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block">
</span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token macro property">#</span><span class="token macro property directive keyword" style="font-style:italic">include</span><span class="token macro property"> </span><span class="token macro property string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&lt;QPushButton&gt;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token macro property">#</span><span class="token macro property directive keyword" style="font-style:italic">include</span><span class="token macro property"> </span><span class="token macro property string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;src/cpp/core/NodeWidget/nodewidget.h&quot;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token macro property">#</span><span class="token macro property directive keyword" style="font-style:italic">include</span><span class="token macro property"> </span><span class="token macro property string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;napi.h&quot;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block">
</span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">class</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token class-name" style="color:rgb(255, 203, 107)">NPushButton</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">:</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">public</span><span class="token plain"> QPushButton</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">public</span><span class="token plain"> NodeWidget</span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">NODEWIDGET_IMPLEMENTATIONS</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">QPushButton</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">public</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">:</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">using</span><span class="token plain"> QPushButton</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">QPushButton</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(105, 112, 152);font-style:italic">//inherit all constructors of QPushButton</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block">
</span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(105, 112, 152);font-style:italic">// override this method and implement all signals here</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">void</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">connectSignalsToEventEmitter</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token comment" style="color:rgb(105, 112, 152);font-style:italic">// Qt Connects: Implement all signal connects here</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> QObject</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">connect</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">this</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">&amp;</span><span class="token plain">QPushButton</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">clicked</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">[</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">]</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">bool</span><span class="token plain"> checked</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> Napi</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">Env env </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">this</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">-&gt;</span><span class="token plain">emitOnNode</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Env</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> Napi</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">HandleScope </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">scope</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">env</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">this</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">-&gt;</span><span class="token plain">emitOnNode</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Call</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"> Napi</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">String</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">New</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">env</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;clicked&quot;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> Napi</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">Value</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">From</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">env</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> checked</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> QObject</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">connect</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">this</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">&amp;</span><span class="token plain">QPushButton</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">released</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">[</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">]</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> Napi</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">Env env </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">this</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">-&gt;</span><span class="token plain">emitOnNode</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Env</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> Napi</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">HandleScope </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">scope</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">env</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">this</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">-&gt;</span><span class="token plain">emitOnNode</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Call</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"> Napi</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">String</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">New</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">env</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;released&quot;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> QObject</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">connect</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">this</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">&amp;</span><span class="token plain">QPushButton</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">pressed</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">[</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">]</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> Napi</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">Env env </span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">this</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">-&gt;</span><span class="token plain">emitOnNode</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Env</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> Napi</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">HandleScope </span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">scope</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">env</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="font-style:italic">this</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">-&gt;</span><span class="token plain">emitOnNode</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">.</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">Call</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">{</span><span class="token plain"> Napi</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token plain">String</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span class="token function" style="color:rgb(130, 170, 255)">New</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">(</span><span class="token plain">env</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">,</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token string" style="color:rgb(195, 232, 141)">&quot;pressed&quot;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">}</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:rgb(199, 146, 234)">;</span><span class="token plain"></span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> QObject</span><span class="token operator" style="color:rgb(137, 221, 255)">::</span><span 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</span></div></div></div></div></div><p><strong>Additional</strong></p><p>Make sure <code>npushbutton.h</code> is added to <code>config/moc.json</code>.
And run <code>npm run automoc</code> before running <code>npm run build:addon</code></p><p>We need to run Qt&#x27;s MOC (Meta Object Compiler) on the file whenever we use Q_OBJECT in a class or use QObject::connect. This is so that Qt can expand the macros and add necessary implementations to our class.</p><h1><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="anchor enhancedAnchor_2cZh" id="how-does-it-work-"></a>How does it work ?<a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="hash-link" href="#how-does-it-work-" title="Direct link to heading">#</a></h1><ol><li>On JS side for each widget instance we create an instance of NodeJS&#x27;s Event Emitter. This is done by the class <code>EventWidget</code> from which <code>NodeWidget</code> inherits</li><li>We send this event emitter&#x27;s <code>emit</code> function to the C++ side by calling <code>initNodeEventEmitter</code> method and store a pointer to the event emitter&#x27;s emit function using <code>emitOnNode</code>. initNodeEventEmitter function is added by a macro from EventWidget (c++). You can find the initNodeEventEmitter method with the event widget macros.</li><li>We setup Qt&#x27;s connect method for all the signals that we want to listen to and call the emitOnNode (which is actually emit from Event emitter) whenever a signal arrives. This is done manually on every widget by overriding the method <code>connectSignalsToEventEmitter</code>. Check <code>npushbutton.h</code> for details. This takes care of all the signals of the widgets. Now to export all qt events of the widget, we had overriden the widgets <code>event(Event*)</code> method to listen to events received by the widget and send it to the event emitter. This is done inside the EVENTWIDGET_IMPLEMENTATIONS macro</li></ol></div></article><div class="margin-vert--xl"><div class="row"><div class="col"><a href="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/edit/master/website/docs/development/signal_and_event_handling.md" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><svg fill="currentColor" height="1.2em" width="1.2em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 40 40" style="margin-right:0.3em;vertical-align:sub"><g><path d="m34.5 11.7l-3 3.1-6.3-6.3 3.1-3q0.5-0.5 1.2-0.5t1.1 0.5l3.9 3.9q0.5 0.4 0.5 1.1t-0.5 1.2z m-29.5 17.1l18.4-18.5 6.3 6.3-18.4 18.4h-6.3v-6.2z"></path></g></svg>Edit this page</a></div></div></div><div class="margin-vert--lg"><nav class="pagination-nav" aria-label="Blog list page navigation"><div class="pagination-nav__item"></div><div class="pagination-nav__item pagination-nav__item--next"></div></nav></div></div></div><div class="col col--3"><div class="tableOfContents_3SO_"></div></div></div></div></main></div></div><footer class="footer footer--dark"><div class="container"><div class="row footer__links"><div class="col footer__col"><h4 class="footer__title">Docs</h4><ul class="footer__items"><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/guides/getting-started">Getting Started</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/api/manual/synopsis">API</a></li></ul></div><div class="col footer__col"><h4 class="footer__title">Community</h4><ul class="footer__items"><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://spectrum.chat/nodegui" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Spectrum</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://nodegui.slack.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Slack</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://twitter.com/node_gui" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Twitter</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://medium.com/nodegui" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Medium</a></li></ul></div><div class="col footer__col"><h4 class="footer__title">More</h4><ul class="footer__items"><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/blog">Blog</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://react.nodegui.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">React NodeGui</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/faq">FAQ</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="text--center"><div>Copyright © 2022 NodeGui</div></div></div></footer></div>
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