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# QButtonGroup Class Reference

The QButtonGroup widget organizes QButton widgets in a group. More...

`#include <qbuttongroup.h>`

Inherits QGroupBox.

Inherited by QHButtonGroup and QVButtonGroup.

List of all member functions.

## Public Members

- QButtonGroup ( QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )
- QButtonGroup ( const QString & title, QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )
- QButtonGroup ( int strips, Orientation orientation, QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )
- QButtonGroup ( int strips, Orientation orientation, const QString & title, QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )
- bool isExclusive () const
- bool isRadioButtonExclusive () const
- virtual void setExclusive ( bool )
- virtual void setRadioButtonExclusive ( bool )
- int insert ( QButton * button, int id = -1 )
- void remove ( QButton * button )
- QButton * find ( int id ) const
- int id ( QButton * button ) const
- int count () const
- virtual void setButton ( int id )
- virtual void moveFocus ( int key )
- QButton * selected () const

## Signals

- void pressed ( int id )
- void released ( int id )
- void clicked ( int id )

## Properties

- bool exclusive - whether the button group is exclusive
- bool radioButtonExclusive - whether the radiobuttons in the group are exclusive

## Detailed Description

The QButtonGroup widget organizes QButton widgets in a group.

A button group widget makes it easier to deal with groups of buttons. Each button in a button group has a unique identifier. The button group emits a clicked() signal with this identifier when the button is clicked. This makes a button group particularly useful when you have several similar buttons and want to connect all their clicked() signals to one slot.

An exclusive button group switches off all toggle buttons except the one that was clicked. A button group is by default non-exclusive. By default, all radio buttons that are inserted will be mutually exclusive even if the button group is non-exclusive. (See setRadioButtonExclusive().)

There are two ways of using a button group:

- The button group is a parent widget of a number of buttons, i.e., the button group is the parent argument in the button constructor. The buttons are assigned identifiers 0, 1, 2, etc. in the order they are created. A QButtonGroup can display a frame and a title because it inherits QGroupBox.
- The button group is an invisible widget and the contained buttons have some other parent widget. A button must then be manually inserted using the insert() function with an identifier.

A button can be removed from the group with remove(). A pointer to a button with a given id can be obtained using find(). The id of a button is available using id(). A button can be set on with setButton(). The number of buttons in the group is returned by count().

See also QButton, QPushButton, QCheckBox, QRadioButton, Widget Appearance and Style, Layout Management and Organizers.

## Member Function Documentation

### QButtonGroup::QButtonGroup ( QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )

Constructs a button group with no title.

The parent and name arguments are passed to the QWidget constructor.

### QButtonGroup::QButtonGroup ( const QString & title, QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )

Constructs a button group with the title title.

The parent and name arguments are passed to the QWidget constructor.

### QButtonGroup::QButtonGroup ( int strips, Orientation orientation, QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )

Constructs a button group with no title. Child widgets will be arranged in strips rows or columns (depending on orientation).

The parent and name arguments are passed to the QWidget constructor.

### QButtonGroup::QButtonGroup ( int strips, Orientation orientation, const QString & title, QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )

Constructs a button group with title title. Child widgets will be arranged in strips rows or columns (depending on orientation).

The parent and name arguments are passed to the QWidget constructor.

### void QButtonGroup::clicked ( int id )`[signal]`

This signal is emitted when a button in the group is clicked. The id argument is the button's identifier.

See also QButton::clicked() and insert().

Examples: drawdemo/drawdemo.cpp and xform/xform.cpp.

### int QButtonGroup::count () const

Returns the number of buttons in the group.

### QButton * QButtonGroup::find ( int id ) const

Finds and returns a pointer to the button with the specified identifier id.

Returns null if the button was not found.

### int QButtonGroup::id ( QButton * button ) const

Returns the id of button, or -1 if button is not a member of this group.

### int QButtonGroup::insert ( QButton * button, int id = -1 )

Inserts the button with the identifier id into the button group. Returns the button identifier.

Buttons are normally inserted into a button group automatically by giving the button group as the parent when the button is constructed. So it is not necessary to manually insert buttons that have this button group as their parent widget. An exception is when you want custom identifiers instead of the default 0, 1, 2, etc.

The button is assigned the identifier id or an automatically generated identifier. It works as follows: If id >= 0, this identifier is assigned. If id == -1 (default), the identifier is equal to the number of buttons in the group. If id is any other negative integer, for instance -2, a unique identifier (negative integer <= -2) is generated. No button has an id of -1.

See also find(), remove() and exclusive.

Examples: listbox/listbox.cpp and xform/xform.cpp.

### bool QButtonGroup::isExclusive () const

Returns TRUE if the button group is exclusive; otherwise returns FALSE. See the "exclusive" property for details.

### bool QButtonGroup::isRadioButtonExclusive () const

Returns TRUE if the radiobuttons in the group are exclusive; otherwise returns FALSE. See the "radioButtonExclusive" property for details.

### void QButtonGroup::moveFocus ( int key )`[virtual]`

Moves the keyboard focus according to key, and if appropriate checks the new focus item.

This function does nothing unless the keyboard focus points to one of the button group members and key is one of Key_Up, Key_Down, Key_Left and Key_Right.

### void QButtonGroup::pressed ( int id )`[signal]`

This signal is emitted when a button in the group is pressed. The id argument is the button's identifier.

### void QButtonGroup::released ( int id )`[signal]`

This signal is emitted when a button in the group is released. The id argument is the button's identifier.

### void QButtonGroup::remove ( QButton * button )

Removes the button from the button group.

See also insert().

### QButton * QButtonGroup::selected () const

Returns a pointer to the selected toggle button if exactly one is selected; returns 0 otherwise.

### void QButtonGroup::setButton ( int id )`[virtual]`

Sets the button with id id to be on; if this is an exclusive group, all other buttons in the group will be set to off.

### void QButtonGroup::setExclusive ( bool )`[virtual]`

Sets whether the button group is exclusive. See the "exclusive" property for details.

### void QButtonGroup::setRadioButtonExclusive ( bool )`[virtual]`

Sets whether the radiobuttons in the group are exclusive. See the "radioButtonExclusive" property for details.

## Property Documentation

### bool exclusive

This property holds whether the button group is exclusive.

If this property is TRUE, then the buttons in the group are toggled, and to untoggle a button you must click on another button in the group. The default value is FALSE.

Set this property's value with setExclusive() and get this property's value with isExclusive().

### bool radioButtonExclusive

This property holds whether the radiobuttons in the group are exclusive.

If this property is TRUE (the default), the radiobuttons in the group are treated exclusively.

Set this property's value with setRadioButtonExclusive() and get this property's value with isRadioButtonExclusive().

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