SOLVED: No signals from Plasma.ComboBox?

[Thomas Olsen]

On 30/9-2009 14:09 Thomas Olsen <tanghus at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Firstly, it has been *AGES* since I've coded Qt/KDE and this is my first
> endeavor into Plasma so I'll probably be sending a lot of newbie questions,
> but I'll promise that I'll do my best to google for the answers first.
> 
> I'm trying to connect the activated or textChanged from a Plasma.ComboBox
> signal to a Python function but nothing seems to happen. This is  what I've
> tried inside my init() function (most is snipped out):
> 
>         self.currency_to = Plasma.ComboBox(self.applet)
>        
>  QObject.connect(self.currency_from,SIGNAL("activated(PyQt_PyObject)"),self
> .do_convert_from)
> 
>     def do_convert_from(currency_from):
>         print "Convert from:" + currency_from
> 
> But when I select an item in the combo nothing happens; no errors or
>  anything.
> 
> I've also tried:
> 
>        
>  QObject.connect(self.currency_from,SIGNAL("activated(string)"),self.do_con
> vert_from)
> 
> but to no avail.
> 
> If anyone can point me to a Python Plasmoid I can study I would appreciate
>  it.
> 

Well I couldn't figure out how to use the new style signal/slots stuff but 
aseigo was closest - it just had to be a bit more explicit :-)

QObject.connect(self.currency_from,SIGNAL("textChanged(const QString &)"),
self.do_convert_from)

-- 
Best Regards / Med venlig hilsen

  Thomas Olsen