[SOLVED] QTreeView - getting the current item via the model index

[Dolphin]

My task is to create an XML editor. I have inherited from QStandardItem and QTreeView -> I have myStandardItems in myTreeView.

Now I want to insert a new row. m_model->itemFromIndex() gives me a QStandardItem which I cast to a myStandardItems to get at the additional info I need to determine if I can do this action (I can only add a new row under a specific type of parent so myStandardItem has a m_type enum). This is not working because all I am getting back is the QStandardItem data, m_type and my other info have been lost - I know I have the correct item because the text is correct when I am stepping through the code.

I tried this same principle with QTreeWidget and QTreeWidgetItem (i.e. use derived classes then cast the result of myTreeView::currentItem() to a myTreeWidgetItem) and m_type is available to me with the correct value. Unfortunately, QTreeWidget is not what I need for the specialised 'drag and drop' and only having one editable column functionality.

Any pointers on how to get my derived item out of the model please?

[giesbert]

It is difficult to answer this. First of all, a look to more code could heölp. How do you store the items in the model? How is your model build?

[AlekseyOk]

You can try to store additional info in user's data field (i.e. "QStandartItem::data(...)":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qstandarditem.html#data).

[Dolphin]

Thanks guys - it was a typo, doh!

On a side note - how do I promote this to solved????

[Sam]

[quote author="Dolphin" date="1352885041"]
On a side note - how do I promote this to solved????[/quote]

You can edit your first post and preprend "Solved" to the title.

[Dolphin]

Very high tech!

[Sam]

Unfortunately there is no other way to mark a thread as "Solved", However suggestions have been made and it may reflect soon . You can check for the updates and test on "QnA Testing Area":http://qt-project.org/forums/viewforum/46/

[Dolphin]

Just thought I was missing a button or menu option :-)

PS I have a simplified version of my code below which gives me 4 top level rows each containing 4 rows. The problem is how to delete the inner rows? Nothing I have tried will remove an "AA" row and some of the options will not remove any "One" rows either. It seems like this should be obvious but no joy!

@ for(int row(0); row < 4; row++)
{
QStandardItem* parent = new QStandardItem("One");
m_model->appendRow(parent);

for(int row2(0); row2 < 4; row2++)
{
QStandardItem* item = new QStandardItem("AA");
parent->appendRow(item);
}
}
@

[Dolphin]

:-)

@ QModelIndex index = m_view->currentIndex();
if(index.isValid())
{
CMenuTreeRow *current = (CMenuTreeRow *) m_model->itemFromIndex(index);
if(current)
{
int currentRow = current->row();
CMenuTreeRow *parent = (CMenuTreeRow *) current->parent();
if(parent)//we are at top of tree - do not delete!
{
QModelIndex parentIndex = parent->index();

m_model->removeRow(currentRow, parentIndex);

}
}
}@