How to look for equivalent functions of OpenGL in QGLWidget?

Question

I'm new to OpenGL and Glut. There is a project implemented by Glut. I googled and found that there is an OpenGL implementation in Qt, called QGLWidget. However, it's hard for me converting the old Glut code to new Qt code since I don't know how to find equivalent function for Glut functions in Qt. Part of the code look like this:

glutInit(&argc,argv);
glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_DOUBLE|GLUT_RGB);
glutInitWindowSize(gray1->width,gray1->height);
glutInitWindowPosition(100,100);
glutCreateWindow("hello");
init();
glutDisplayFunc(&display);
glutReshapeFunc(reshape);
glutMouseFunc(mouse);
glutMotionFunc(mouse_move);
glutMainLoop();

The glut* functions above don't exist in Qt's document. So my problem is how can I find equivalent glut functions in functions of QGLWidget?

azer89 azer89 · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-22T18:15:22

You need to implement your own class inherited from QGLWidget, for example:

    class GLWidget : public QGLWidget
    {
        Q_OBJECT

    public:
        GLWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);

    protected:
        void initializeGL();
        void resizeGL(int w, int h);
        void paintGL(); 

        void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event);
        void mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event);
        void mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event);

    };

You also need to override three important functions, initializeGL() where you're preparing your OpenGL. resizeGL() where you update the viewport and projection matrix if your panel is resized, and paintGL() the actual rendering.

The window initialization, of course, is handled by Qt.

For mouse events, there are three functions you can override: mousePressEvent(), mouseMoveEvent(), and mouseReleaseEvent()

void GLWidget::initializeGL() 
{
    glClearColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0);
}

void GLWidget::resizeGL(int width, int height) 
{   
    glViewport(0, 0, width(), height());
    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
    glLoadIdentity();
    gluOrtho2D(0, width(), 0, height());
    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
    glLoadIdentity();
}

void GLWidget::paintGL() 
{
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

    // draw a red triangle
    glColor3f(1,0,0);
    glBegin(GL_POLYGON);
    glVertex2f(10,10);
    glVertex2f(10,600);
    glVertex2f(300,10);
    glEnd();
}

How to look for equivalent functions of OpenGL in QGLWidget?

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