Cherry pick Qt bug fix into qa branch - attempt 2

[backmari]

Description of work:

Check all that apply:

• added release notes
  (if not, provide an explanation in the work description)
• updated documentation
• Source added/refactored
• Added unit tests
• Added integration tests

References:

• Links to IBM EWM items:
• Links to related issues or pull requests:

Manual test for the reviewer

(instructions to set up the environment)

Check list for the reviewer

• release notes updated,
  or an explanation is provided as to why release notes are unnecessary
• best software practices
  • clearly named variables (better to be verbose in variable names)
  • code comments explaining the intent of code blocks
• All the tests are passing
• The documentation is up to date
• code comments added when explaining intent

[codecov-commenter]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 58.48%. Comparing base (a90c34f) to head (38305de).

Additional details and impacted files

@@             Coverage Diff             @@
##               qa     #111       +/-   ##
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+ Coverage   45.11%   58.48%   +13.36%     
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  Files          33       33               
  Lines        6330     6330               
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+ Hits         2856     3702      +846     
+ Misses       3474     2628      -846     

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