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- QContextMenuEvent
- Qt 6.8.1 Reference Documentation

# QContextMenuEvent Class

The QContextMenuEvent class contains parameters that describe a context menu event. More...

Header: | `#include <QContextMenuEvent>`
CMake: | `find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Gui)` `target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Gui)`
qmake: | `QT += gui`
Inherits: | QInputEvent

- List of all members, including inherited members
- Deprecated members
- QContextMenuEvent is part of Event Classes.

## Public Types

enum | Reason { Mouse, Keyboard, Other }

## Public Functions

| QContextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent::Reason reason, const QPoint &pos, const QPoint &globalPos, Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifiers = Qt::NoModifier)
const QPoint & | globalPos() const
int | globalX() const
int | globalY() const
const QPoint & | pos() const
QContextMenuEvent::Reason | reason() const
int | x() const
int | y() const

## Detailed Description

Context menu events are sent to widgets when a user performs an action associated with opening a context menu. The actions required to open context menus vary between platforms; for example, on Windows, pressing the menu button or clicking the right mouse button will cause this event to be sent.

When this event occurs it is customary to show a QMenu with a context menu, if this is relevant to the context.

## Member Type Documentation

### enum QContextMenuEvent::Reason

This enum describes the reason why the event was sent.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QContextMenuEvent::Mouse` | `0` | The mouse caused the event to be sent. Normally this means the right mouse button was clicked, but this is platform dependent.
`QContextMenuEvent::Keyboard` | `1` | The keyboard caused this event to be sent. On Windows, this means the menu button was pressed.
`QContextMenuEvent::Other` | `2` | The event was sent by some other means (i.e. not by the mouse or keyboard).

## Member Function Documentation

### QContextMenuEvent::QContextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent::Reason reason, const QPoint &pos, const QPoint &globalPos, Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifiers = Qt::NoModifier)

Constructs a context menu event object with the accept parameter flag set to false.

The reason parameter must be QContextMenuEvent::Mouse or QContextMenuEvent::Keyboard.

The pos parameter specifies the mouse position relative to the receiving widget. globalPos is the mouse position in absolute coordinates. The modifiers holds the keyboard modifiers.

### const QPoint &QContextMenuEvent::globalPos() const

Returns the global position of the mouse pointer at the time of the event.

See also x(), y(), and pos().

### int QContextMenuEvent::globalX() const

Returns the global x position of the mouse pointer at the time of the event.

See also globalY() and globalPos().

### int QContextMenuEvent::globalY() const

Returns the global y position of the mouse pointer at the time of the event.

See also globalX() and globalPos().

### const QPoint &QContextMenuEvent::pos() const

Returns the position of the mouse pointer relative to the widget that received the event.

See also x(), y(), and globalPos().

### QContextMenuEvent::Reason QContextMenuEvent::reason() const

Returns the reason for this context event.

### int QContextMenuEvent::x() const

Returns the x position of the mouse pointer, relative to the widget that received the event.

See also y() and pos().

### int QContextMenuEvent::y() const

Returns the y position of the mouse pointer, relative to the widget that received the event.

See also x() and pos().