The error : /usr/include/qt4/Qt/qtooltip.h: In constructor 'RecipeListToolTip::RecipeListToolTip(RecipeListView*)': /usr/include/qt4/Qt/qtooltip.h:50: error: 'QToolTip::QToolTip()' is private /home/sauve/krecipes/src/widgets/recipelistview.cpp:78: error: within this context In the recipelistview.cpp file I have : class RecipeListToolTip : public QToolTip { public: RecipeListToolTip( RecipeListView *view ) : m_view(view) <=========== line 78 {} void maybeTip( const QPoint &point ) { Q3ListViewItem *item = m_view->itemAt( point ); if ( item ) { QString text = m_view->tooltip(item,0); if ( !text.isEmpty() ) showText( point, text, m_view->viewport(), m_view->itemRect( item ) ); } } private: RecipeListView *m_view; };