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- Qt 5.15.18 Reference Documentation

# QMacNativeWidget Class

The QMacNativeWidget class provides a widget for macOS that provides a way to put Qt widgets into Cocoa hierarchies. More...

Header: | #include <QMacNativeWidget>
qmake: | QT += widgets
Since: | Qt 4.5
Inherits: | QWidget

This class is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

This class was introduced in Qt 4.5.

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Public Functions

| QMacNativeWidget(NSView *parentView = nullptr)
virtual | ~QMacNativeWidget()
NSView * | nativeView() const

## Reimplemented Public Functions

virtual QSize | sizeHint() const override

## Reimplemented Protected Functions

virtual bool | event(QEvent *ev) override

## Detailed Description

Use QWidget::winId() instead.

On macOS, there is a difference between a window and view; normally expressed as widgets in Qt. Qt makes assumptions about its parent-child hierarchy that make it complex to put an arbitrary Qt widget into a hierarchy of "normal" views from Apple frameworks. QMacNativeWidget bridges the gap between views and windows and makes it possible to put a hierarchy of Qt widgets into a non-Qt window or view.

QMacNativeWidget pretends it is a window (i.e. isWindow() will return true), but it cannot be shown on its own. It needs to be put into a window when it is created or later through a native call.

Here is an example showing how to put a QPushButton into a NSWindow:

         NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
         NSWindow *window = [[NSWindow alloc] initWithContentRect:NSMakeRect(200, app.desktop()->height() - 200, 239, 200)
                             styleMask:NSTitledWindowMask | NSClosableWindowMask
                                       | NSMiniaturizableWindowMask | NSResizableWindowMask
                             backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered defer:NO];

         QMacNativeWidget *nativeWidget = new QMacNativeWidget();
         nativeWidget->move(0, 0);
         nativeWidget->setPalette(QPalette(Qt::red));
         nativeWidget->setAutoFillBackground(true);
         QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout();
         QPushButton *pushButton = new QPushButton("An Embedded Qt Button!", nativeWidget);
         pushButton->setAttribute(Qt::WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect); // Don't use the layout rect calculated from QMacStyle.
         layout->addWidget(pushButton);
         nativeWidget->setLayout(layout);

         // Adjust Cocoa layouts
         NSView *nativeWidgetView = reinterpret_cast<NSView *>(nativeWidget->winId());
         NSView *contentView = [window contentView];
         [contentView setAutoresizesSubviews:YES];
         [nativeWidgetView setAutoresizingMask:NSViewWidthSizable | NSViewHeightSizable];
         [nativeWidgetView setAutoresizesSubviews:YES];
         NSView *pushButtonView = reinterpret_cast<NSView *>(pushButton->winId());
         [pushButtonView setAutoresizingMask:NSViewWidthSizable];

         // Add the nativeWidget to the window.
         [contentView addSubview:nativeWidgetView positioned:NSWindowAbove relativeTo:nil];
         nativeWidget->show();
         pushButton->show();

         // Show the window.
         [window makeKeyAndOrderFront:window];
         [pool release];

Note that QMacNativeWidget requires knowledge of Cocoa. All it does is get the Qt hierarchy into a window not owned by Qt. It is then up to the programmer to ensure it is placed correctly in the window and responds correctly to events.

## Member Function Documentation

### QMacNativeWidget::QMacNativeWidget(NSView *parentView = nullptr)

Create a QMacNativeWidget with parentView as its "superview" (i.e., parent). The parentView is a NSView pointer.

### `[virtual]` QMacNativeWidget::~QMacNativeWidget()

Destroy the QMacNativeWidget.

### `[override virtual protected]` bool QMacNativeWidget::event(QEvent *ev)

Reimplements: QWidget::event(QEvent *event).

### NSView *QMacNativeWidget::nativeView() const

Returns the native view backing the QMacNativeWidget.

### `[override virtual]` QSize QMacNativeWidget::sizeHint() const

Reimplements an access function for property: QWidget::sizeHint.