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^\s*VarType_t[^\*]+var\;

This means find the variable named “var” of type “VarType_t”

The variable must be defined on its own line because the ^\s* means find the line that starts with zero or more blank spaces or tabs.

The variable cannot be a pointer because the type is followed by [^\*]+ which means match any character except for ‘*’ one or more times

What is VS Code? It’s a nice text editor you can download for free here:
https://code.visualstudio.com

What is Phaser 3? It’s a nice game engine for web browsers you can download for free here:
https://phaser.io

How do you get VS Code to show Phaser documentation automatically in the editor? Create a text file named jsconfig.json in the root of your project folder that includes the Phaser types and your game code. The root of your project must contain folders that contain the code for Phaser and your game. For example, if your project folder is named “myProjectFolder” and your game code is stored in a folder called “src” and the Phaser 3 code is stored in a folder called “phaser” then here is your directory structure and jsconfig.json file’s contents:

myProjectFolder/
myProjectFolder/jsconfig.json
myProjectFolder/phaser
myProjectFolder/src

{
  "include": [
    "src/*"
  ],
  "files": [
    "phaser/types/phaser.d.ts"
  ]
}

After you create the jsconfig.json file and have saved it, close VS Code. The next time you open VS Code, select File->Open Folder and select your project root (“myProjectFolder” from our example”) and the Phaser information will be available after a short loading process completes.

Good luck!

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Mac OSX
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Have you even received the following error after adding Qt to your Visual Studio project? The fix is easy but not what you would expect.

MSVCRTD.lib(exe_winmain.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol WinMain referenced in function “int __cdecl invoke_main(void)” (?invoke_main@@YAHXZ)

To fix it, Open Properties for the project then go to Linker -> System and change the SubSystem to Not Set from the drop down list. Make sure you do this for All Configurations.

That’s it. Back to work!

The only way to override the default shortcuts while the QTextEdit has focus is to intercept the QEvent::ShortcutOverride event. There are 2 ways to intercept this event: 1. write an event filter 2. subclass QTextEdit and then override the virtual event(QEvent* event) method. I prefer this 2nd method (pun intended) because anything that changes the functionality of a widget should probably be its own class.

Here is an example of how I block the QTextEdit from using all shortcuts that start with Ctrl being pressed:

bool CustomTextEdit::event(QEvent *event)
{
    if(event->type() == QEvent::ShortcutOverride)
    {
        QKeyEvent* keyEvent = static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(event);
        if(keyEvent->modifiers().testFlag(Qt::ControlModifier) == true)
        {
            // allow override of all Ctrl+ shortcuts
            return false;
        }
    }

    // normal procedure
    return this->QTextEdit::event(event);
}

Now that the QEvent::ShortcutOverride event has been used to cancel the shortcut, a QAction can be used to capture the shortcut calling setShortcut with the QKeySequence you wish to use. For example:

this->m_ActionCustomUndo->setShortcut(QKeySequence("Ctrl+Z"));

You can also setup the action directly in Qt Designer like this: