QListWidget: Avoid name duplicates when using the persistent editor

[Joel Bodenmann]

When using the persistent editor provided by the QListWidget to modify the text of a QListWidgetItem, what is the best way to make sure that the user does not enter a text that is already taken by another item?

Retrieving the list of the item names is not my problem but I don't understand what's the best way to check if the currently entered text is unique before it is applied.

Thank you for your help.

[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

One way to do it is to create a custom QValidator using your list of name as validation point

Hope it helps

[Joel Bodenmann]

@SGaist Thank you very much for your quick reply.
Using a QValidator does indeed seem to make sense. However, from reading the documentation of the QListWidget I couldn't figure out how I would apply / submit my custom QValidator class to the persistent editor. Can you give me a quick hint?

[SGaist]

The same way you would for a QTableView, have a look at setItemDelegate and it's various incarnations