Question

I am new to QT and I am doing some learning.

I would like to trigger a slot that modify a GUI widget from a C++ thread(Currently a Qthread).

Unfortunatly I get a: ASSERTION failed at: Q_ASSERT(qApp && qApp->thread() == QThread::currentThread());

here is some code:

(MAIN + Thread class)

   class mythread : public QThread
    {
    public:
        mythread(mywindow* win){this->w = win;};
        mywindow* w;
        void run()
        {
            w->ui.textEdit->append("Hello");        //<--ASSERT FAIL
            //I have also try to call a slots within mywindow which also fail.
        };
    };

    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
        QApplication* a = new QApplication(argc, argv);
        mywindow* w = new mywindow();

        w->show();
        mythread* thr = new mythread(w);
        thr->start();

        return a->exec();
    }

Window:

class mywindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    mywindow (QWidget *parent = 0, Qt::WFlags flags = 0);
    ~mywindow ();
    Ui::mywindow ui;

private:



public slots:
    void newLog(QString &log);
};

So I am curious on how to update the gui part by code in a different thread.

Thanks for helping

Answer 1

In addition to stribika’s answer, I often find it easier to use a signal/slot connection. You can specify that it should be a queued connection when you connect it, to avoid problems with the thread’s signals being in the context of its owning object.

class mythread : public QThread
{
signals:
    void appendText( QString );
public:

    mythread(mywindow* win){this->w = win;};
    mywindow* w;
    void run()
    {
        emit ( appendText( "Hello" ) );
    };
};

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication* a = new QApplication(argc, argv);
    mywindow* w = new mywindow();

    w->show();
    mythread* thr = new mythread(w);
    (void)connect( thr, SIGNAL( appendText( QString ) ),
                   w->ui.textEdit, SLOT( append( QString ) ),
                   Qt::QueuedConnection ); // <-- This option is important!
    thr->start();

    return a->exec();
}