QAction Code Examples

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const QIcon openIcon = QIcon::fromTheme("document-open", QIcon(":/images/open.png"));
QAction *openAct = new QAction(openIcon, tr("&Open..."), this);
openAct->setShortcuts(QKeySequence::Open);
openAct->setStatusTip(tr("Open an existing file"));
connect(openAct, &QAction::triggered, this, &MainWindow::open);
fileMenu->addAction(openAct);
fileToolBar->addAction(openAct);


QApplication app(argc, argv);
app.setAttribute(Qt::AA_DontShowIconsInMenus);  // Icons are *no longer shown* in menus
// ...
QAction *myAction = new QAction();
// ...
myAction->setIcon(SomeIcon);
myAction->setIconVisibleInMenu(true);   // Icon *will* be shown in menus for *this* action.