头文件
#ifndef TICKER_H
#define TICKER_H
#include <QWidget>
class Ticker : public QWidget
{
    Q_OBJECT
    Q_PROPERTY(QString text READ text WRITE setText)
public:
    Ticker(QWidget *parent = 0);
    void setText(const QString &newText);
    QString text() const { return myText; }
    QSize sizeHint() const;
protected:
    void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event);
    void timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event);
    void showEvent(QShowEvent *event);
    void hideEvent(QHideEvent *event);
private:
    QString myText;
    int offset;
    int myTimerId;
};
#endif
cpp文件
#include <QtGui>
#include "ticker.h"
Ticker::Ticker(QWidget *parent)
    : QWidget(parent)
{
    offset = 0;
    myTimerId = 0;
}
void Ticker::setText(const QString &newText)
{
    myText = newText;
    update();
    updateGeometry();
}
QSize Ticker::sizeHint() const
{
    return fontMetrics().size(0, text());
}
void Ticker::paintEvent(QPaintEvent * /* event */)
{
    QPainter painter(this);
    int textWidth = fontMetrics().width(text());
    if (textWidth < 1)
        return;
    int x = -offset;
    while (x < width()) {
        painter.drawText(x, 0, textWidth, height(),
                         Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignVCenter, text());
        x += textWidth;
    }
}
void Ticker::showEvent(QShowEvent * /* event */)
{
    myTimerId = startTimer(30);
}
void Ticker::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event)
{
    if (event->timerId() == myTimerId) {
        ++offset;
        if (offset >= fontMetrics().width(text()))
            offset = 0;
        scroll(-1, 0);
    } else {
        QWidget::timerEvent(event);
    }
}
void Ticker::hideEvent(QHideEvent * /* event */)
{
    killTimer(myTimerId);
    myTimerId = 0;
}
main文件
#include <QApplication>
#include "ticker.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc, argv);
    Ticker ticker;
    ticker.setWindowTitle(QObject::tr("Ticker"));
    ticker.setText(QObject::tr("How long it lasted was impossible to "
                               "say ++ "));
    ticker.show();
    return app.exec();
}
C++ GUI qt4 编程第二版 第7章的例子
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