Generic transparent Qt widget that can catch clicks?

Question

I've figured out how to use QPainter to draw rectangles. Now I want to have a drawing area where if the user clicks, a 1x1 rectangle is drawn where the mouse pointer is. To accomplish this, I assume I need a transparent Qt widget that supports the clicked() signal.

How do I make such a transparent widget? Or is there something else I can use? Perhaps I can only use the window's clicked() signal?

Answer 1

You don't really need a transparent widget?

All you have to do is implement

protected:
  void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event);

for your widget and draw your rectangle.

Take a look at scribble example http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.6//widgets-scribble.html that comes with Qt. It should help.