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How do you simulate a tree view in Qt Quick since it's not included in Controls 1.0?

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    Babalas
    wrote on last edited by
    #4

    I ended up going with a hybrid between the collapsing sections and a StackView. Then put a breadcrumb trail at the top. So each section acts as the parent and the child nodes end up being a Repeater under that section. Each child has a MouseArea that when clicked pushes itself onto the StackView.
    It isn't a tree view, but in my case it works well enough. Happy to go into more detail if you want

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      Jens
      wrote on last edited by
      #5

      I have seen this question pop up quite often so I thought I gave a shot at creating a simple tree view. It is certainly not the full solution as you might expect for 60 lines of QML, but for those of you in desperate need of "simulating" one it might already be sufficient for your use case and it will work fine with the model you suggested above.

      @
      import QtQuick 2.1

      Flickable {
      property var model
      anchors.fill: parent

      contentHeight: content.height
      contentWidth: content.width
      
      Loader {
          id: content
          sourceComponent: treeBranch
          property var elements: model
          property bool isRoot: true
      
          Component {
              id: treeBranch
      
              Item {
                  id: root
      
                  implicitHeight: column.implicitHeight
                  implicitWidth: column.implicitWidth + 4
                  Column {
                      id: column
                      x: 2
                      spacing: 2
                      Text { text: !!root.isRoot ? "" : " " }
                      Repeater {
                          model: elements
                          Row {
                              spacing: 2
                              Rectangle {
                                  width: 18
                                  height: 18
                                  opacity: !!model.elements ? 1 : 0
                                  Image {
                                      id: expander
                                      source: "expander.png"
                                      opacity: mouse.containsMouse ? 1 : 0.7
                                      anchors.centerIn: parent
                                      rotation: loader.expanded ? 90 : 0
                                      Behavior on rotation {NumberAnimation { duration: 120}}
                                  }
                                  MouseArea {
                                      id: mouse
                                      anchors.fill: parent
                                      hoverEnabled: true
                                      onClicked: loader.expanded = !loader.expanded
                                  }
                              }
                              Text { text: model.text }
                              Loader {
                                  id: loader
                                  height: expanded ? implicitHeight : 0
                                  property bool expanded: false
                                  property var elements: model.elements
                                  property var text: model.text
                                  sourceComponent: (expanded && !!model.elements) ? treeBranch : undefined
                              }
                          }
                      }
                  }
              }
          }
      }
      

      }
      @

      You will also need to copy this expander pixmap or make your own:
      !http://i.imgur.com/DcRU8xd.png(expander)!

      If you will use it with the Qt Quick Controls, you can simply replace the Flickable with a ScrollView and remove the content size definition from the root item.

      Using it it should be pretty straight forward:

      @

      import QtQuick 2.1

      Rectangle {

      width: 360
      height: 480
      
      ListModel {
          id: treemodel
          ListElement { text: "Level 1, Node 1" }
          ListElement {
              text: "Level 1, Node 2"
              elements: [
                  ListElement { text: "Level 2, Node 1"
                      elements: [
                          ListElement { text: "Level 3, Node 1" }
                      ]
                  },
                  ListElement { text: "Level 2, Node 2" }
              ]
          }
          ListElement { text: "Level 1, Node 3" }
      }
      
      TreeView {
          anchors.fill: parent
          model: treemodel
      }
      

      }
      @

      Edit: added a screenshot
      !http://i.imgur.com/QDhNfco.png(screenshot)!

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        Babalas
        wrote on last edited by
        #6

        Similar to what I've ended up with.
        !http://i.imgur.com/AICbtqb.png!
        From top to bottom:

        Toolbar with button and breadcrumb (ListView + model)
        StackView
        Collapsing section for the child nodes (the scenes, who can also have children)
        Repeating collapsing sections for properties
        TableView

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          _dmp
          wrote on last edited by
          #7

          [quote author="Jens" date="1375874127"]I have seen this question pop up quite often so I thought I gave a shot at creating a simple tree view. It is certainly not the full solution as you might expect for 60 lines of QML, but for those of you in desperate need of "simulating" one it might already be sufficient for your use case and it will work fine with the model you suggested above.
          [/quote]

          Thank you very much, Jens!

          Its work.

          Can you show sample code how create this ListModel in C++ dinamically?

          @
          ListModel {
          id: treemodel
          ListElement { text: "Level 1, Node 1" }
          ListElement {
          text: "Level 1, Node 2"
          elements: [
          ListElement { text: "Level 2, Node 1"
          elements: [
          ListElement { text: "Level 3, Node 1" }
          ]
          },
          ListElement { text: "Level 2, Node 2" }
          ]
          }
          ListElement { text: "Level 1, Node 3" }
          }
          @

          Regards!

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            philk
            wrote on last edited by
            #8

            [quote author="Babalas" date="1375933330"]Similar to what I've ended up with.
            !http://i.imgur.com/AICbtqb.png!
            From top to bottom:

            Toolbar with button and breadcrumb (ListView + model)
            StackView
            Collapsing section for the child nodes (the scenes, who can also have children)
            Repeating collapsing sections for properties
            TableView
            [/quote]

            Is there any chance you could reveal some code for that? Are the collapsing sections also driven by a model?

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              Jens
              wrote on last edited by
              #9

              Here is an updated example using qt quick controls:

              @
              import QtQuick 2.1
              import QtQuick.Controls 1.0

              ScrollView {
              id: view

              property var model
              property int rowHeight: 19
              property int columnIndent: 22
              property var currentNode
              property var currentItem
              
              property Component delegate: Label {
                  id: label
                  text: model.text ? model.text : 0
                  color: currentNode === model ? "white" : "black"
              }
              
              frameVisible: true
              implicitWidth: 200
              implicitHeight: 160
              
              contentItem: Loader {
                  id: content
              
                  onLoaded: item.isRoot = true
                  sourceComponent: treeBranch
                  property var elements: model
              
                  Column {
                      anchors.fill: parent
                      Repeater {
                          model: 1 + Math.max(view.contentItem.height, view.height) / rowHeight
                          Rectangle {
                              objectName: "Faen"
                              color: index % 2 ? "#eee" : "white"
                              width: view.width ; height: rowHeight
                          }
                      }
                  }
                  Component {
                      id: treeBranch
                      Item {
                          id: root
                          property bool isRoot: false
                          implicitHeight: column.implicitHeight
                          implicitWidth: column.implicitWidth
                          Column {
                              id: column
                              x: 2
                              Item { height: isRoot ? 0 : rowHeight; width: 1}
                              Repeater {
                                  model: elements
                                  Item {
                                      id: filler
                                      width: Math.max(loader.width + columnIndent, row.width)
                                      height: Math.max(row.height, loader.height)
                                      property var _model: model
                                      Rectangle {
                                          id: rowfill
                                          x: view.mapToItem(rowfill, 0, 0).x
                                          width: view.width
                                          height: rowHeight
                                          visible: currentNode === model
                                          color: "#37f"
                                      }
                                      MouseArea {
                                          anchors.fill: rowfill
                                          onPressed: {
                                              currentNode = model
                                              currentItem = loader
                                              forceActiveFocus()
                                          }
                                      }
                                      Row {
                                          id: row
                                          Item {
                                              width: rowHeight
                                              height: rowHeight
                                              opacity: !!model.elements ? 1 : 0
                                              Image {
                                                  id: expander
                                                  source: "expander.png"
                                                  opacity: mouse.containsMouse ? 1 : 0.7
                                                  anchors.centerIn: parent
                                                  rotation: loader.expanded ? 90 : 0
                                                  Behavior on rotation {NumberAnimation { duration: 120}}
                                              }
                                              MouseArea {
                                                  id: mouse
                                                  anchors.fill: parent
                                                  hoverEnabled: true
                                                  onClicked: loader.expanded = !loader.expanded
                                              }
                                          }
                                          Loader {
                                              property var model: _model
                                              sourceComponent: delegate
                                              anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                                          }
                                      }
                                      Loader {
                                          id: loader
                                          x: columnIndent
                                          height: expanded ? implicitHeight : 0
                                          property var node: model
                                          property bool expanded: false
                                          property var elements: model.elements
                                          property var text: model.text
                                          sourceComponent: (expanded && !!model.elements) ? treeBranch : undefined
                                      }
                                  }
                              }
                          }
                      }
                  }
              }
              

              }
              @

              !http://i.imgur.com/aUihaC5.png(treeview screenshot)!

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                Aaron Hou
                wrote on last edited by
                #10

                It's wonderful! Thank you, Jens!

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                  loran
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #11

                  Unfortunately the example above crashes when I remove any element from the model when the folder in the view is expanded. Tested with Qt 5.2.0 and 5.2.1 on Linux. Test to reproduce:

                  @import QtQuick 2.1
                  import QtQuick.Controls 1.1
                  import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1

                  ApplicationWindow {
                  id: window
                  width: 400
                  height: 480
                  title: qsTr("Tree")

                  Timer {
                      interval: 3000
                      running: true
                      repeat: false
                      onTriggered: {
                          console.log("Removing  element");
                          var obj = tree.model.get(0);
                          console.log(obj.elements);
                          obj.elements.remove(0);
                      }
                  }
                  
                  Component.onCompleted: {
                      var obj = tree.model.get(0);
                      obj.elements.append({ text: "x1" });
                      obj.elements.append({ text: "x2" });
                      obj.elements.append({ text: "x3" });
                  }
                  
                  ListModel {
                      id: modelTree
                  
                      ListElement { text: "All"; elements: []; }
                  }
                  
                  TreeView {
                      anchors.fill: parent
                      id: tree
                      model: modelTree
                  }
                  

                  }@

                  Compile and run. Open the root element "All". In 3 seconds the application will activate the timer and will try to remove the first subitem "x1". Result: crash.

                  @QML debugging is enabled. Only use this in a safe environment.
                  Removing element
                  QQmlListModel(0x820b588)
                  Segmentaion fault@

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                    gemmell
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #12

                    For others finding this thread, there's also:
                    http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/664041/QML-QtQuick-TreeView-Model-Part-II

                    Another way to do it is to map your C++ tree to a flat list and then make it look like a tree without it being a tree. That way you get all the benefits of the ListView only creating objects as you need them. Though obviously the encapsulation and events are somewhat less useful.

                    A fully expanded tree using the above solutions and a large model could get quite slow.

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                      hmuelner
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #13

                      [quote author="loran" date="1393348350"]Unfortunately the example above crashes when I remove any element from the model when the folder in the view is expanded. Tested with Qt 5.2.0 and 5.2.1 on Linux. ...
                      [/quote]

                      With the current snapshot of Qt5.3-RC the crash does not happen any more. I get a message on the console: "TreeView.qml:15: TypeError: Cannot read property 'text' of null"

                      Helmut Mülner

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                        hmuelner
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #14

                        It would be really nice if the model could be a C++ QAbstractItemModel that is set with setContextProperty.

                        Helmut Mülner

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                          HennsWoerst
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                          #15

                          I am trying to make this (really nice) view work with a QAbstractItemModel but I'm pretty much stuck -.-

                          My first approach was to return the childItems of a node as model. I wrote a constructor in my model (of type QAbstractListModel) that took a QList<Node*> and returned a new model whenever the view wanted the subnodes of a node. This worked really well for read-only access, but is a mess regarding editing the tree, since I guess the models do not communicate to each other and a model has no idea what happens in another model. So if you delete a node in one model and another model wants to access the children of this model the whole thing crashes, because it does not know there is one node missing (that is my guess at least)

                          So it seems the only solution for a consistent model is to have only one model that keeps track of every event that happens in the tree. So my second approach was the following: I returned the childnodes of a node as a QList<Node*> and made the data of a node accessible through the Q_PROPERTY macro, e.g. Q_PROPERTY(QString text READ text WRITE setText NOTIFY textChanged). But now the view does not work anymore because the data of a QObject based model can only be accessed with model.modelData.role and not with model.role like in a QAbstractItemModel. The view would have to deal with two kinds of models and I do not know how to realize this.

                          Can maybe anybody give me a hint on how I could make this work, it would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

                          edit: I just realized the second approach would not work anyhow since the view would not be updated in a QObject based model.

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                            apmontgo
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                            #16

                            If you want to make your own Qt Quick TreeView in C++, there's a presentation here:
                            https://www.qtdeveloperdays.com/sites/default/files/north-america/QtQuickTreeView.pdf

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                              apmontgo
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                              #17

                              If you want to make your own Qt Quick TreeView in C++, there's a presentation here:
                              https://www.qtdeveloperdays.com/sites/default/files/north-america/QtQuickTreeView.pdf

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                                onek24
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                                #18

                                [quote author="Jens" date="1381914126"]Here is an updated example using qt quick controls:

                                ...[/quote]

                                A very nice example. It seems like it's not that easy to implement key-events(up, down, ...) for controling this view. I would appreciate it if anyone could come up with an idea.

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                                  onek24
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                                  #19

                                  [quote author="Jens" date="1381914126"]Here is an updated example using qt quick controls:

                                  ...[/quote]

                                  A very nice example. It seems like it's not that easy to implement key-events(up, down, ...) for controling this view. I would appreciate it if anyone could come up with an idea.

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                                    JKSH
                                    Moderators
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                                    If you can wait a bit longer, there will be an official TreeView QML type in the upcoming "Qt 5.5 release":http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/02/05/licensing-of-new-modules-in-qt-5-5/

                                    Qt Doc Search for browsers: forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches

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                                      JKSH
                                      Moderators
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                                      #21

                                      If you can wait a bit longer, there will be an official TreeView QML type in the upcoming "Qt 5.5 release":http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/02/05/licensing-of-new-modules-in-qt-5-5/

                                      Qt Doc Search for browsers: forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches

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                                        onek24
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                                        Oh thats sweet, i'll wait until the official release. Thanks for your information.

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                                          Oh thats sweet, i'll wait until the official release. Thanks for your information.

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