kdeui Library API Documentation

KCModule Class Reference

The base class for control center modules. More...

#include <kcmodule.h>

Inheritance diagram for KCModule:

QWidget List of all members.

Public Types

enum  Button {
  Help = 1, Default = 2, Apply = 16, Reset = 4,
  Cancel = 8, Ok = 32, SysDefault = 64
}

Signals

void changed (bool state)
void quickHelpChanged ()

Public Member Functions

 KCModule (QWidget *parent=0, const char *name=0, const QStringList &args=QStringList())
 KCModule (KInstance *instance, QWidget *parent=0, const QStringList &args=QStringList())
virtual void load ()
virtual void save ()
virtual void defaults ()
virtual void sysdefaults ()
virtual QString quickHelp () const
virtual const KAboutDataaboutData () const
int buttons () const
QString rootOnlyMsg () const
bool useRootOnlyMsg () const
KInstanceinstance () const

Protected Member Functions

void setButtons (int btn)
void setRootOnlyMsg (const QString &msg)
void setUseRootOnlyMsg (bool on)
virtual void virtual_hook (int id, void *data)

Detailed Description

The base class for control center modules.

Starting from KDE 2.0, control center modules are realized as shared libraries that are loaded into the control center at runtime.

The module in principle is a simple widget displaying the item to be changed. The module has a very small interface.

All the necessary glue logic and the GUI bells and whistles are provided by the control center and must not concern the module author.

To write a config module, you have to create a library that contains at one factory function like this:

#include <kgenericfactory.h> typedef KGenericFactory<YourKCModule, QWidget> YourKCModuleFactory; K_EXPORT_COMPONENT_FACTORY( yourLibName, YourKCModuleFactory("name_of_the_po_file") );

The parameter "name_of_the_po_file" has to correspond with the messages target that you created in your Makefile.am.

See kdebase/kcontrol/HOWTO for more detailed documentation.

Author:
Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <hoelzer@kde.org>

Definition at line 62 of file kcmodule.h.


Member Enumeration Documentation

enum KCModule::Button
 

An enumeration type for the buttons used by this module.

You should only use Help, Default and Apply. The rest is obsolete.

See also:
KCModule::buttons

KCModule::setButtons

Definition at line 74 of file kcmodule.h.


Member Function Documentation

virtual void KCModule::load  )  [inline, virtual]
 

Load the configuration data into the module.

The load method sets the user interface elements of the module to reflect the current settings stored in the configuration files.

This method is invoked whenever the module should read its configuration (most of the times from a config file) and update the user interface. This happens when the user clicks the "Reset" button in the control center, to undo all of his changes and restore the currently valid settings. NOTE that this is not called after the modules is loaded, so you probably want to call this method in the constructor.

Reimplemented in KSettings::PluginPage.

Definition at line 108 of file kcmodule.h.

virtual void KCModule::save  )  [inline, virtual]
 

Save the configuration data.

The save method stores the config information as shown in the user interface in the config files.

If necessary, this method also updates the running system, e.g. by restarting applications. This normally does not apply for KSettings::Dialog modules where the updating is taken care of by KSettings::Dispatcher.

save is called when the user clicks "Apply" or "Ok".

Reimplemented in KSettings::PluginPage.

Definition at line 125 of file kcmodule.h.

virtual void KCModule::defaults  )  [inline, virtual]
 

Sets the configuration to sensible default values.

This method is called when the user clicks the "Default" button. It should set the display to useful values.

Reimplemented in KSettings::PluginPage.

Definition at line 133 of file kcmodule.h.

Referenced by sysdefaults().

virtual void KCModule::sysdefaults  )  [inline, virtual]
 

Set the configuration to system default values.

This method is called when the user clicks the "System-Default" button. It should set the display to the system default values.

NOTE: The default behavior is to call defaults().

Definition at line 143 of file kcmodule.h.

References defaults().

virtual QString KCModule::quickHelp  )  const [inline, virtual]
 

Return a quick-help text.

This method is called when the module is docked. The quick-help text should contain a short description of the module and links to the module's help files. You can use QML formating tags in the text.

NOTE: Please make sure the quick help text gets translated (use i18n()).

Definition at line 154 of file kcmodule.h.

virtual const KAboutData* KCModule::aboutData  )  const [inline, virtual]
 

Returns a the KAboutData for this module This is generally only called for the KBugReport.

Override and have it return a pointer to a constant

Definition at line 161 of file kcmodule.h.

int KCModule::buttons  )  const [inline]
 

Indicate which buttons will be used.

The return value is a value or'ed together from the Button enumeration type.

See also:
KCModule::setButtons

Definition at line 171 of file kcmodule.h.

QString KCModule::rootOnlyMsg  )  const
 

Get the RootOnly message for this module.

When the module must be run as root, or acts differently for root and a normal user, it is sometimes useful to customize the message that appears at the top of the module when used as a normal user. This function returns this customized message. If none has been set, a default message will be used.

See also:
KCModule::setRootOnlyMsg

Definition at line 77 of file kcmodule.cpp.

bool KCModule::useRootOnlyMsg  )  const
 

Tell if KControl should show a RootOnly message when run as a normal user.

In some cases, the module don't want a RootOnly message to appear (for example if it has already one). This function tells KControl if a RootOnly message should be shown

See also:
KCModule::setUseRootOnlyMsg

Definition at line 87 of file kcmodule.cpp.

void KCModule::changed bool  state  )  [signal]
 

Indicate that the state of the modules contents has changed.

This signal is emitted whenever the state of the configuration shown in the module changes. It allows the control center to keep track of unsaved changes.

void KCModule::quickHelpChanged  )  [signal]
 

Indicate that the module's quickhelp has changed.

Emit this signal whenever the module's quickhelp changes. Modules implemented as tabbed dialogs might want to implement per-tab quickhelp for example.

void KCModule::setButtons int  btn  )  [inline, protected]
 

Sets the buttons to display.

Help: shows a "Help" button. Default: shows a "Use Defaults" button Apply: in kcontrol this will show an "Apply" and "Reset" button in kcmshell this will show an "Ok", "Apply" and "Cancel" button

If Apply is not specified, kcmshell will show a "Close" button.

See also:
KCModule::buttons

Definition at line 236 of file kcmodule.h.

void KCModule::setRootOnlyMsg const QString msg  )  [protected]
 

Sets the RootOnly message.

This message will be shown at the top of the module of the corresponding desktop file contains the line X-KDE-RootOnly=true. If no message is set, a default one will be used.

See also:
KCModule::rootOnlyMessage

Definition at line 72 of file kcmodule.cpp.

References setRootOnlyMsg().

Referenced by setRootOnlyMsg().

void KCModule::setUseRootOnlyMsg bool  on  )  [protected]
 

Change wether or not the RootOnly message should be shown.

Following the value of on, the RootOnly message will be shown or not.

See also:
KCModule::useRootOnlyMsg

Definition at line 82 of file kcmodule.cpp.

References setUseRootOnlyMsg().

Referenced by setUseRootOnlyMsg().


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