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# Q3TimeEdit Class Reference

The Q3TimeEdit class provides a time editor. More...

     #include <Q3TimeEdit>

This class is part of the Qt 3 support library. It is provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using it in new code. See Porting to Qt 4 for more information.

Inherits: Q3DateTimeEditBase.

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Public Types

enum | Display { Hours, Minutes, Seconds, AMPM }

## Properties

- autoAdvance : bool
- display : Display
- maxValue : QTime

- minValue : QTime
- time : QTime

- 58 properties inherited from QWidget
- 1 property inherited from QObject

## Public Functions

| Q3TimeEdit ( QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )
| Q3TimeEdit ( const QTime & time, QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )
| ~Q3TimeEdit ()
bool | autoAdvance () const
uint | display () const
QTime | maxValue () const
QTime | minValue () const
QString | separator () const
virtual void | setAutoAdvance ( bool advance )
void | setDisplay ( uint disp )
virtual void | setMaxValue ( const QTime & d )
virtual void | setMinValue ( const QTime & d )
virtual void | setRange ( const QTime & min, const QTime & max )
virtual void | setSeparator ( const QString & s )
QTime | time () const

## Reimplemented Public Functions

virtual QSize | minimumSizeHint () const
virtual QSize | sizeHint () const

- 221 public functions inherited from QWidget
- 29 public functions inherited from QObject
- 13 public functions inherited from QPaintDevice

## Public Slots

virtual void | setTime ( const QTime & time )

- 19 public slots inherited from QWidget
- 1 public slot inherited from QObject

## Signals

void | valueChanged ( const QTime & time )

- 1 signal inherited from QWidget
- 1 signal inherited from QObject

## Protected Functions

virtual void | setHour ( int h )
virtual void | setMinute ( int m )
virtual void | setSecond ( int s )

## Reimplemented Protected Functions

virtual bool | event ( QEvent * e )
virtual void | resizeEvent ( QResizeEvent * )
virtual QString | sectionFormattedText ( int sec )
virtual void | timerEvent ( QTimerEvent * e )

- 37 protected functions inherited from QWidget
- 8 protected functions inherited from QObject
- 1 protected function inherited from QPaintDevice

### Additional Inherited Members

- 4 static public members inherited from QWidget
- 7 static public members inherited from QObject
- 1 protected slot inherited from QWidget

## Detailed Description

The Q3TimeEdit class provides a time editor.

Q3TimeEdit allows the user to edit times by using the keyboard or the arrow keys to increase/decrease time values. The arrow keys can be used to move from section to section within the Q3TimeEdit box. The user can automatically be moved to the next section once they complete a section using setAutoAdvance(). Times appear in hour, minute, second order. It is recommended that the Q3TimeEdit is initialised with a time, e.g.

     QTime timeNow = QTime::currentTime();
     Q3TimeEdit *timeEdit = new Q3TimeEdit(timeNow, this);
     timeEdit->setRange(timeNow, timeNow.addSecs(60 * 60));

Here we've created a Q3TimeEdit widget set to the current time. We've also set the minimum value to the current time and the maximum time to one hour from now.

The maximum and minimum values for a time value in the time editor default to the maximum and minimum values for a QTime. You can change this by calling setMinValue(), setMaxValue() or setRange().

Terminology: A QTimeWidget consists of three sections, one each for the hour, minute and second. You can change the separator character using setSeparator(), by default the separator is read from the system's settings.

See also QTime, Q3DateEdit, and Q3DateTimeEdit.

## Member Type Documentation

### enum Q3TimeEdit::Display

This enum defines the sections that comprise a time

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`Q3TimeEdit::Hours` | `0x01` | The hours section
`Q3TimeEdit::Minutes` | `0x02` | The minutes section
`Q3TimeEdit::Seconds` | `0x04` | The seconds section
`Q3TimeEdit::AMPM` | `0x10` | The AM/PM section

The values can be or'ed together to show any combination.

## Property Documentation

### autoAdvance : bool

This property holds whether the editor automatically advances to the next section.

If autoAdvance is true, the editor will automatically advance focus to the next time section if a user has completed a section. The default is false.

Access functions:

bool | autoAdvance () const
virtual void | setAutoAdvance ( bool advance )

### display : Display

This property holds the sections that are displayed in the time edit.

The value can be any combination of the values in the Display enum. By default, the widget displays hours, minutes and seconds.

Access functions:

uint | display () const
void | setDisplay ( uint disp )

### maxValue : QTime

This property holds the maximum time value.

Setting the maximum time value is equivalent to calling Q3TimeEdit::setRange(minValue(), t), where t is the maximum time. The default maximum time is 23:59:59.

Access functions:

QTime | maxValue () const
virtual void | setMaxValue ( const QTime & d )

See also minValue and setRange().

### minValue : QTime

This property holds the minimum time value.

Setting the minimum time value is equivalent to calling Q3TimeEdit::setRange(t, maxValue()), where t is the minimum time. The default minimum time is 00:00:00.

Access functions:

QTime | minValue () const
virtual void | setMinValue ( const QTime & d )

See also maxValue and setRange().

### time : QTime

This property holds the editor's time value.

When changing the time property, if the time is less than minValue(), or is greater than maxValue(), nothing happens.

Access functions:

QTime | time () const
virtual void | setTime ( const QTime & time )

## Member Function Documentation

### Q3TimeEdit::Q3TimeEdit ( QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )

Constructs an empty time edit with parent parent and called name.

### Q3TimeEdit::Q3TimeEdit ( const QTime & time, QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )

This is an overloaded function.

Constructs a time edit with the initial time value, time, parent parent and called name.

### Q3TimeEdit::~Q3TimeEdit ()

Destroys the object and frees any allocated resources.

### bool Q3TimeEdit::event ( QEvent * e )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QObject::event().

### QSize Q3TimeEdit::minimumSizeHint () const`[virtual]`

Reimplemented from QWidget::minimumSizeHint().

### void Q3TimeEdit::resizeEvent ( QResizeEvent * )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QWidget::resizeEvent().

### QString Q3TimeEdit::sectionFormattedText ( int sec )`[virtual protected]`

Returns the formatted number for section sec. This will correspond to either the hour, minute or second section, depending on sec.

### QString Q3TimeEdit::separator () const

Returns the editor's separator.

See also setSeparator().

### void Q3TimeEdit::setHour ( int h )`[virtual protected]`

Sets the hour to h, which must be a valid hour, i.e. in the range 0..24.

### void Q3TimeEdit::setMinute ( int m )`[virtual protected]`

Sets the minute to m, which must be a valid minute, i.e. in the range 0..59.

### void Q3TimeEdit::setRange ( const QTime & min, const QTime & max )`[virtual]`

Sets the valid input range for the editor to be from min to max inclusive. If min is invalid no minimum time is set. Similarly, if max is invalid no maximum time is set.

### void Q3TimeEdit::setSecond ( int s )`[virtual protected]`

Sets the second to s, which must be a valid second, i.e. in the range 0..59.

### void Q3TimeEdit::setSeparator ( const QString & s )`[virtual]`

Sets the separator to s. Note that currently only the first character of s is used.

See also separator().

### QSize Q3TimeEdit::sizeHint () const`[virtual]`

Reimplemented from QWidget::sizeHint().

### void Q3TimeEdit::timerEvent ( QTimerEvent * e )`[virtual protected]`

Reimplemented from QObject::timerEvent().

### void Q3TimeEdit::valueChanged ( const QTime & time )`[signal]`

This signal is emitted whenever the editor's value changes. The time parameter is the new value.