Misc::Utilities Class Reference

The Utilities class. More...

#include <Utilities.h>

Inheritance diagram for Misc::Utilities:

Collaboration diagram for Misc::Utilities:

Public Slots
static void	aboutQt ()
static void	revealFile (const QString &pathToReveal)

Public Member Functions
Q_INVOKABLE bool	askAutomaticUpdates ()

Static Public Member Functions
static Utilities &	instance ()
static void	rebootApplication ()
static int	showMessageBox (const QString &text, const QString &informativeText="", const QString &windowTitle="", const QMessageBox::StandardButtons &bt=QMessageBox::Ok)

Detailed Description

The Utilities class.

The Utilitities module provides commonly used functionality to the rest of the application. For example, showing a messagebox with a nice format or revealing files in the operating system's preffered file manager.

Member Function Documentation

aboutQt

void Misc::Utilities::aboutQt ( )

staticslot

Displays the about Qt dialog

askAutomaticUpdates()

bool Misc::Utilities::askAutomaticUpdates

(

)

Asks the user if he/she wants the application to check for updates automatically

instance()

Misc::Utilities & Misc::Utilities::instance ( )

static

Returns a pointer to the only instance of the class

rebootApplication()

void Misc::Utilities::rebootApplication ( )

static

Restarts the application - with macOS specific code to make it work

revealFile

void Misc::Utilities::revealFile ( const QString &  pathToReveal )

staticslot

Reveals the file contained in pathToReveal in Explorer/Finder. On GNU/Linux, this function shall open the file directly with the desktop services.

Hacking details: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3490336/how-to-reveal-in-finder-or-show-in-explorer-with-qt

showMessageBox()

int Misc::Utilities::showMessageBox ( const QString &  text, const QString &  informativeText = "", const QString &  windowTitle = "", const QMessageBox::StandardButtons &  bt = QMessageBox::Ok  )

static

Shows a macOS-like message box with the given properties

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• /Users/alex/Documents/GitHub/Serial-Studio/src/Misc/Utilities.h
• /Users/alex/Documents/GitHub/Serial-Studio/src/Misc/Utilities.cpp