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- Qt 6.8.0 Reference Documentation

# QCheckBox Class

The QCheckBox widget provides a checkbox with a text label. More...

Header: | `#include <QCheckBox>`
CMake: | `find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)` `target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets)`
qmake: | `QT += widgets`
Inherits: | QAbstractButton

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Properties

- tristate : bool

## Public Functions

| QCheckBox(QWidget *parent = nullptr)
| QCheckBox(const QString &text, QWidget *parent = nullptr)
virtual | ~QCheckBox()
Qt::CheckState | checkState() const
bool | isTristate() const
void | setCheckState(Qt::CheckState state)
void | setTristate(bool y = true)

## Reimplemented Public Functions

virtual QSize | minimumSizeHint() const override
virtual QSize | sizeHint() const override

## Signals

`(since 6.7)` void | checkStateChanged(Qt::CheckState state)
`(until 6.9)` void | stateChanged(int state)

## Protected Functions

virtual void | initStyleOption(QStyleOptionButton *option) const

## Reimplemented Protected Functions

virtual void | checkStateSet() override
virtual bool | event(QEvent *e) override
virtual bool | hitButton(const QPoint &pos) const override
virtual void | mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *e) override
virtual void | nextCheckState() override
virtual void | paintEvent(QPaintEvent *) override

## Detailed Description

A QCheckBox is an option button that can be switched on (checked) or off (unchecked). Checkboxes are typically used to represent features in an application that can be enabled or disabled without affecting others. Different types of behavior can be implemented. For example, a QButtonGroup can be used to group check buttons logically, allowing exclusive checkboxes. However, QButtonGroup does not provide any visual representation.

The image below further illustrates the differences between exclusive and non-exclusive checkboxes.

Whenever a checkbox is checked or cleared, it emits the signal checkStateChanged(). Connect to this signal if you want to trigger an action each time the checkbox changes state. You can use isChecked() to query whether or not a checkbox is checked.

In addition to the usual checked and unchecked states, QCheckBox optionally provides a third state to indicate "no change". This is useful whenever you need to give the user the option of neither checking nor unchecking a checkbox. If you need this third state, enable it with setTristate(), and use checkState() to query the current toggle state.

Just like QPushButton, a checkbox displays text, and optionally a small icon. The icon is set with setIcon(). The text can be set in the constructor or with setText(). A shortcut key can be specified by preceding the preferred character with an ampersand. For example:

     QCheckBox *checkbox = new QCheckBox("C&ase sensitive", this);

In this example, the shortcut is Alt+A. See the QShortcut documentation for details. To display an actual ampersand, use '&&'.

Important inherited functions: text(), setText(), text(), pixmap(), setPixmap(), accel(), setAccel(), isToggleButton(), setDown(), isDown(), isOn(), checkState(), autoRepeat(), isExclusiveToggle(), group(), setAutoRepeat(), toggle(), pressed(), released(), clicked(), toggled(), checkState(), and checkStateChanged().

See also QAbstractButton and QRadioButton.

## Property Documentation

### tristate : bool

This property holds whether the checkbox is a tri-state checkbox

The default is false, i.e., the checkbox has only two states.

Access functions:

bool | isTristate() const
void | setTristate(bool y = true)

## Member Function Documentation

### `[explicit]` QCheckBox::QCheckBox(QWidget *parent = nullptr)

Constructs a checkbox with the given parent, but with no text.

parent is passed on to the QAbstractButton constructor.

### `[explicit]` QCheckBox::QCheckBox(const QString &text, QWidget *parent = nullptr)

Constructs a checkbox with the given parent and text.

parent is passed on to the QAbstractButton constructor.

### `[virtual noexcept]` QCheckBox::~QCheckBox()

Destructor.

### Qt::CheckState QCheckBox::checkState() const

Returns the checkbox's check state. If you do not need tristate support, you can also use QAbstractButton::isChecked(), which returns a boolean.

See also setCheckState() and Qt::CheckState.

### `[signal, since 6.7]` void QCheckBox::checkStateChanged(Qt::CheckState state)

This signal is emitted whenever the checkbox's state changes, i.e., whenever the user checks or unchecks it.

state contains the checkbox's new Qt::CheckState.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.7.

### `[override virtual protected]` void QCheckBox::checkStateSet()

Reimplements: QAbstractButton::checkStateSet().

### `[override virtual protected]` bool QCheckBox::event(QEvent *e)

Reimplements: QAbstractButton::event(QEvent *e).

### `[override virtual protected]` bool QCheckBox::hitButton(const QPoint &pos) const

Reimplements: QAbstractButton::hitButton(const QPoint &pos) const.

### `[virtual protected]` void QCheckBox::initStyleOption(QStyleOptionButton *option) const

Initializes option with the values from this QCheckBox. This method is useful for subclasses that require a QStyleOptionButton, but do not want to fill in all the information themselves.

See also QStyleOption::initFrom().

### `[override virtual]` QSize QCheckBox::minimumSizeHint() const

Reimplements an access function for property: QWidget::minimumSizeHint.

### `[override virtual protected]` void QCheckBox::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *e)

Reimplements: QAbstractButton::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *e).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QCheckBox::nextCheckState()

Reimplements: QAbstractButton::nextCheckState().

### `[override virtual protected]` void QCheckBox::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *)

Reimplements: QAbstractButton::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *e).

### void QCheckBox::setCheckState(Qt::CheckState state)

Sets the checkbox's check state to state. If you do not need tristate support, you can also use QAbstractButton::setChecked(), which takes a boolean.

See also checkState() and Qt::CheckState.

### `[override virtual]` QSize QCheckBox::sizeHint() const

Reimplements an access function for property: QWidget::sizeHint.

### `[signal, until 6.9]` void QCheckBox::stateChanged(int state)

This function is scheduled for deprecation in version 6.9.

Use checkStateChanged(Qt::CheckState) instead.

This signal is emitted whenever the checkbox's state changes, i.e., whenever the user checks or unchecks it.

state contains the checkbox's new Qt::CheckState.