Why there is no zoom in and out slots in QPlainTextEdit?

Question

I noticed that a QTextEdit has zoom in and zoom out slots and using them is very easy. However, I am using a widget that inherits from QPlainTextEdit and QPlainTextEdit has none of them which seems weird to me. I think these two widgets are do the similar jobs.

How can i implement the zoom in and out feature in my widget (which inherits QPlainTextEdit)? Is inheriting both qplaintextedit and qtextedit a good solution?

Thanks in advance.

i am implementing a simple code editor, so i considered qplaintextedit is more suitable for it. am i right? or is qtextedit is more convenient. — Barış Akkurt, Nov 12 '12 at 16:35
It already has a zoom feature. Try Ctrl+MouseWheel. If you need manual control of it, then you should use QTextEdit. — Nikos C., Nov 12 '12 at 20:16
thanks for advices, i switched to qtextedit but, this time i lost the advantages of qplaintextedit such as textblock related member functions :(( — Barış Akkurt, Nov 14 '12 at 22:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 12 '12 at 19:55

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I wouldn't suggest multiply inheriting from two different qt text editors, that is a dangerous game. If you need the functionality inherent to the QTextEdit, you should inherit only from this.

answered Nov 12 '12 at 19:55

DragonDrop

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Why there is no zoom in and out slots in QPlainTextEdit?

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