QTimerEvent(3qt)

📦 version 3.3.8b, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ QTimerEvent(3qt) — the manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, welcome to QTimerEvent(3qt), the little glow-up of a man page that explains exactly what a timer event is carrying around in its cute little bag 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

QTimerEvent — literally just the parameters that describe a timer event. that's the whole job. that's the whole girl. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <qevent.h>

so she Inherits QEvent — yes she's a whole event, she's got event energy, main character lineage fr fr 👑

💜 Public Members

QTimerEvent ( int timerId )
int timerId () const

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

The QTimerEvent class contains parameters that describe a timer event. that's it, that's her whole vibe. 🫶

Timer events get sent at regular intervals to objects that have started one or more timers. and here's the thing — every single timer has a unique identifier, no duplicates, no copycats, we don't do that here 💅

a timer gets started with QObject::startTimer(). that's the doorway, that's the entry point, that's the moment she becomes real. 🚪✨

now, the QTimer class? she's the high-level programming interface — she uses signals instead of events. sooo much chiller. and she also provides one-shot timers, which is giving "fire once and dip" 💀 iconic behaviour honestly.

the event handler QObject::timerEvent() is the one receiving these timer events, like the bestie who always answers the phone at 3am 📱

see also (the squad): QTimer, QObject::timerEvent(), QObject::startTimer(), QObject::killTimer(), QObject::killTimers(), and Event Classes 🌈

🎀 MEMBER FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION 🎀

💖 QTimerEvent::QTimerEvent ( int timerId )

Constructs a timer event object with the timer identifier set to timerId.

so you hand her a number, she holds onto it. that's the whole constructor. simple, clean, no drama. ⭐

💖 int QTimerEvent::timerId () const

Returns the unique timer identifier, which is the same identifier as returned from QObject::startTimer(). so like, whatever startTimer() gave you? yeah, that's exactly what you're getting back. no surprises, no plot twists, we love consistency 🧚

Example: dclock/dclock.cpp 📝

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read, bestie, the lore is all there 📚

Copyright 1992-2007 Trolltech ASA, http://www.trolltech.com. See the license file included in the distribution for a complete license statement.

(yes, all of it, the full legal slay 💅)

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Generated automatically from the source code. no human hand wrote this, she just materialised ✨

💀 BUGS 💀

If you find a bug in Qt, please report it as described in http://doc.trolltech.com/bughowto.html. Good bug reports help us to help you. Thank you.

like genuinely, thank you, we appreciate you, bug reporters are the real MVPs 🫶

The definitive Qt documentation is provided in HTML format; it is located at $QTDIR/doc/html and can be read using Qt Assistant or with a web browser. This man page is provided as a convenience for those users who prefer man pages, although this format is not officially supported by Trolltech. so like... enjoy it, but know she's the unofficial side quest 😭

If you find errors in this manual page, please report them to qt-bugs@trolltech.com. Please include the name of the manual page (qtimerevent.3qt) and the Qt version (3.3.8). don't be vague, give us the receipts 🧾

and that's the whole page bestie!! shoutout to Trolltech AS, dated 2 February 2007, for the QTimerEvent(3qt) moment. time is fake but timers are real 💖⏰✨ slay, bye!! 🦋🌸

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