Why is the widget not getting resizeEvent? - qt

Question

I am trying to implement a new custom scrollbar. In order to do so, I have placed it onto the parent manually with this->setParent(area);
class QMacScrollBar : public QScrollBar
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
QMacScrollBar(QAbstractScrollArea *area, Qt::Orientation orientation, QWidget *parent = 0);
virtual void paintEvent ( QPaintEvent * );
QAbstractScrollArea *area;
signals:
public slots:
virtual void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event);
};
QMacScrollBar::QMacScrollBar(QAbstractScrollArea *area, Qt::Orientation orientation, QWidget *parent) :
QScrollBar(area)
{
this->setMouseTracking(true);
this->setOrientation(orientation);
this->setParent(area);
this->area = area;
}
void QMacScrollBar::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event){
QRect geometry = QRect(QPoint(0, 0), event->size());
if (area != NULL){
geometry.setHeight(area->height());
geometry.moveRight(area->width());
geometry.adjust(-5, 0, -5, 0);
this->setGeometry(geometry);
}
QScrollBar::resizeEvent(event);
}
I do get the first few resizes, but none after that. So far my guess is that when I resize the window, the QScrollArea doesnt actually resize, it just hides more of the viewport. I need the resize event because I need to move the place that I display the bar. How do I fix this?
EDIT: The only resizes I am getting are the ones that I spawn via connecting to the underlying scrollbar's setRange signal.