This document provides code examples for creating and manipulating GUI elements in Ring using the Qt library. It shows how to: 1. Create a label widget, set its text, geometry, and stylesheet, and start a timer to periodically move it. 2. Create a message box, set its title, text, and buttons, and handle the result of clicking the buttons. 3. Create an input dialog to get text input from the user and set a window title based on the input. 4. Handle key press and mouse events using an event filter to get event details and update the window title. 5. Allow dragging of a label widget by tracking mouse press, release, enter, and

1. Ring Documentation, Release 1.6
label1 = new qLabel(win1)
{
setText("Welcome")
setgeometry(10,10,200,50)
setstylesheet("color: purple ; font-size: 30pt;")
}
new qTimer(win1)
{
setInterVal(10)
setTimeOutEvent("pMove()")
start()
}
setWindowTitle("Movable Label")
setgeometry(100,100,600,80)
setStyleSheet("background-color: white;")
show()
}
exec()
}
Func pMove
label1
{
move(x()+1,y())
if x() > 600
move(10,y())
ok
}
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57.41 QMessagebox Example
In this section we will learn how to check the output of the Message box
Load "guilib.ring"
new qApp {
win1 = new qWidget()
{
label1 = new qpushbutton(win1)
{
setText("Test")
setgeometry(10,10,200,50)
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setstylesheet("color: purple ; font-size: 30pt;")
setclickevent("pWork()")
}
setWindowTitle("Messagebox")
setgeometry(100,100,600,80)
setStyleSheet("background-color: white;")
show()
}
exec()
}
func pWork
new qmessagebox(win1)
{
setwindowtitle("messagebox title")
settext("messagebox text")
setInformativeText("Do you want to save your changes?")
setstandardbuttons(QMessageBox_Yes | QMessageBox_No | QMessageBox_Close)
result = exec()
win1 {
if result = QMessageBox_Yes
setwindowtitle("Yes")
but result = QMessageBox_No
setwindowtitle("No")
but result = QMessageBox_Close
setwindowtitle("Close")
ok
}
}
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57.42 Using QInputDialog Class
In the next example we will learn about using the QInputDialog class
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Load "guilib.ring"
New QApp {
Win1 = New QWidget () {
SetGeometry(100,100,400,400)
SetWindowTitle("Input Dialog")
New QPushButton(win1)
{
SetText ("Input Dialog")
SetGeometry(100,100,100,30)
SetClickEvent("pWork()")
}
Show()
}
exec()
}
Func pWork
oInput = New QInputDialog(win1)
{
setwindowtitle("What is your name?")
setgeometry(100,100,400,50)
setlabeltext("User Name")
settextvalue("Mahmoud")
lcheck = exec()
if lCheck win1.setwindowtitle(oInput.textvalue()) ok
}
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57.43 Dialog Functions
We have the next functions
SetDialogIcon(cIconFile)
MsgInfo(cTitle,cMessage)
ConfirmMsg(cTitle,cMessage) --> lResult
InputBox(cTitle,cMessage) --> cValue
InputBoxInt(cTitle,cMessage) --> nValue
InputBoxNum(cTitle,cMessage) --> nValue
InputBoxPass(cTitle,cMessage) --> cValue
Example
load "guilib.ring"
new qApp
{
SetDialogIcon("notepad.png")
msginfo(:Ring,:Welcome)
see confirmMsg(:Ring,"Are you sure?") + nl
see InputBoxNum(:Ring,"Enter Number(double) :") + nl
see InputBox(:Ring,"Enter Value :") + nl
see InputBoxInt(:Ring,"Enter Number(int)") + nl
see InputBoxPass(:Ring,"Enter Password") +nl
}
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57.44 KeyPress and Mouse Move Events
In this example we will learn how to use the Events Filter to know about KeyPress and Mouse Move Events
Load "guilib.ring"
new qApp {
win1 = new qWidget()
{
setWindowTitle("Test using Event Filter!")
setGeometry(100,100,400,400)
setmousetracking(true)
myfilter = new qallevents(win1)
myfilter.setKeyPressEvent("pWork()")
myfilter.setMouseButtonPressevent("pClick()")
myfilter.setmousemoveevent("pMove()")
installeventfilter(myfilter)
show()
}
exec()
}
func pWork
win1.setwindowtitle('KeyPress! : ' + myfilter.getkeycode())
func pClick
new qmessagebox(win1) {
setgeometry(100,100,400,100)
setwindowtitle("click event!")
settext("x : " + myfilter.getx() +
" y : " + myfilter.gety() + " button : " +
myfilter.getbutton() )
show()
}
func pMove
win1.setwindowtitle("Mouse Move , X : " + myfilter.getx() +
" Y : " + myfilter.gety() )
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57.45 Moving Objects using the Mouse
In the next example we will learn how to program movable objects where the user can move a label
Load "guilib.ring"
lPress = false
nX = 0
nY = 0
new qApp {
win1 = new qWidget()
{
setWindowTitle("Move this label!")
setGeometry(100,100,400,400)
setstylesheet("background-color:white;")
Label1 = new qLabel(Win1){
setGeometry(100,100,200,50)
setText("Welcome")
setstylesheet("font-size: 30pt")
myfilter = new qallevents(label1)
myfilter.setEnterevent("pEnter()")
myfilter.setLeaveevent("pLeave()")
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myfilter.setMouseButtonPressEvent("pPress()")
myfilter.setMouseButtonReleaseEvent("pRelease()")
myfilter.setMouseMoveEvent("pMove()")
installeventfilter(myfilter)
}
show()
}
exec()
}
Func pEnter
Label1.setStyleSheet("background-color: purple; color:white;font-size: 30pt;")
Func pLeave
Label1.setStyleSheet("background-color: white; color:black;font-size: 30pt;")
Func pPress
lPress = True
nX = myfilter.getglobalx()
ny = myfilter.getglobaly()
Func pRelease
lPress = False
pEnter()
Func pMove
nX2 = myfilter.getglobalx()
ny2 = myfilter.getglobaly()
ndiffx = nX2 - nX
ndiffy = nY2 - nY
if lPress
Label1 {
move(x()+ndiffx,y()+ndiffy)
setStyleSheet("background-color: Green;
color:white;font-size: 30pt;")
nX = nX2
ny = nY2
}
ok
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57.46 Inheritance from GUI Classes
Example :
Load "guilib.ring"
New MyWindow()
new qApp { exec() }
class mywindow from qwidget
Func init
super.init()
setwindowtitle("First Window")
setgeometry(100,100,400,400)
setstylesheet("background-color: purple;")
settooltip("my first window!")
show()
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