Calling JavaScript functions from C++

In the previous recipe, we learned how to call C++ functions from JavaScript through Qt's WebChannel system. In this example, we will try to do the reverse: call JavaScript functions from C++ code.

How to do it...

We can call JavaScript functions from C++ through the following steps:

1. Create a new Qt Widgets Application project and add the webengine and webenginewidgets modules to your project.
2. Open mainwindow.ui and remove the mainToolBar, menuBar, and statusBar.
3. Add a vertical layout and a horizontal layout to the canvas. Select the canvas and click Lay Out Vertically. Make sure the horizontal layout is located at the bottom of the vertical layout.
4. Add two push buttons to the horizontal...