Qt widget does not receive keyPressEvent - qt

Question

My child widget does not get keyPressEvents, while if I put the same widget as top level window, it does. I try to set it get focus, but it has no effect on this. Code is below, showing what I try to get to work.
#include <QApplication>
#include <QKeyEvent>
#include <QLCDNumber>
#include <QLabel>
#include <QVBoxLayout>
class DigitSummer: public QLCDNumber {
Q_OBJECT
public:
DigitSummer(QWidget *parent = nullptr) : QLCDNumber(parent) {
}
protected:
void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event) override {
display(intValue() + event->text().toInt());
}
};
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
#if 1 // this version does not work, number does not increase
QWidget widget;
widget.setLayout(new QVBoxLayout());
widget.layout()->addWidget(new QLabel("Press digits!"));
DigitSummer summer; // in stack: must be after widget to avoid child delete
widget.layout()->addWidget(&summer);
widget.setFocusProxy(&summer); // I notice no effect!
widget.show();
#else // this version works, number grows with keypresseas
DigitSummer summer;
summer.show();
#endif
return a.exec();
}
#include "main.moc"
And for completenes, .pro file for the same:
QT += core gui widgets
TARGET = QtMCVE
TEMPLATE = app
DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
CONFIG += c++11
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra
SOURCES += main.cpp
How to fix the widget to receive key events?
This related question suggests installing event filter, but I don't want to do that, there must be a self-contained way to fix the widget itself.

Answer 1

I think you need to set the focus policy for the widget before it will accept keyboard input. In your ctor try...
setFocusPolicy(Qt::StrongFocus);
Having said that, I'm really not sure why the behaviour would differ for top-level and non-top-level widgets.
Working version of the question code:
#include <QApplication>
#include <QKeyEvent>
#include <QLCDNumber>
#include <QLabel>
#include <QVBoxLayout>
class DigitSummer: public QLCDNumber {
Q_OBJECT
public:
DigitSummer(QWidget *parent = nullptr) : QLCDNumber(parent) {
setFocusPolicy(Qt::StrongFocus);
}
protected:
void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event) override {
display(intValue() + event->text().toInt());
}
};
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
QWidget widget;
widget.setLayout(new QVBoxLayout());
widget.layout()->addWidget(new QLabel("Press digits!"));
widget.layout()->addWidget(new DigitSummer);
widget.show();
return a.exec();
}
#include "main.moc"