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# QButtonGroup Class Reference

The QButtonGroup class provides a container to organize groups of button widgets. More...

    #include <QButtonGroup>

Part of the QtGui module.

Inherits QObject.

- List of all members, including inherited members
- Qt 3 support members

### Properties

- exclusive : bool

- 1 property inherited from QObject

### Public Functions

- QButtonGroup ( QObject * parent = 0 )
- ~QButtonGroup ()
- void addButton ( QAbstractButton * button )
- QList<QAbstractButton *> buttons () const
- QAbstractButton * checkedButton () const
- bool exclusive () const
- void removeButton ( QAbstractButton * button )
- void setExclusive ( bool )

- 28 public functions inherited from QObject

### Signals

- void buttonClicked ( QAbstractButton * button )

- 1 signal inherited from QObject

### Additional Inherited Members

- 1 public slot inherited from QObject
- 4 static public members inherited from QObject
- 7 protected functions inherited from QObject

## Detailed Description

The QButtonGroup class provides a container to organize groups of button widgets.

QButtonGroup provides an abstract container into which button widgets can be placed. It does not provide a visual representation of this container (see QGroupBox for a container widget), but instead manages the states of each of the buttons in the group.

An exclusive button group switches off all checkable (toggle) buttons except the one that was clicked. By default, a button group is exclusive. The buttons in a button group are usually checkable QPushButton's, QCheckBoxes (normally for non-exclusive button groups), or QRadioButtons.

A button is added to the group with addButton(). It can be removed from the group with removeButton(). If the group is exclusive, the currently checked button is available as checkedButton(). If a button is clicked the buttonClicked() signal is emitted. For a checkable button in an exclusive group this means that the button was checked. The list of buttons in the group is returned by buttons().

See also QGroupBox, QPushButton, QCheckBox, and QRadioButton.

## Property Documentation

### exclusive : bool

This property holds whether the button group is exclusive.

If this property is true, then the buttons in the group are checked (toggled), and to untoggle a button you must click on another button in the group. The default value is true.

Access functions:

- bool exclusive () const
- void setExclusive ( bool )

## Member Function Documentation

### QButtonGroup::QButtonGroup ( QObject * parent = 0 )

Constructs a new, empty button group with the given parent.

See also addButton() and setExclusive().

### QButtonGroup::~QButtonGroup ()

Destroys the button group.

### void QButtonGroup::addButton ( QAbstractButton * button )

Adds the given button to the button group.

See also removeButton() and buttons().

### void QButtonGroup::buttonClicked ( QAbstractButton * button ) `[signal]`

This signal is emitted when the given button is clicked.

See also checkedButton() and QAbstractButton::clicked().

### QList<QAbstractButton *> QButtonGroup::buttons () const

Returns the list of this groups's buttons. This may be empty.

See also addButton() and removeButton().

### QAbstractButton * QButtonGroup::checkedButton () const

Returns the button group's checked button, or 0 if no buttons are checked.

See also buttonClicked().

### void QButtonGroup::removeButton ( QAbstractButton * button )

Removes the given button from the button group.

See also addButton() and buttons().