"Skype like" contact list control

ronM71

my project calls for a "skype like" contact list control. These are some of my requirements

graphical representation for the type/status of contact (e.g. busy, free, do not disturb)
the name
depending on status, a few clickable images to the right of the contact name
Ability to multi-select
context menu for each contact row.

Now, If I was in Win32/.NET/MFC, i'd probably use an owner drawn list view. I guess my question is QListWidget what I'd need to use here?

goetz

One possible solution would be to create your own item delegate and reimplement "QAbstractItemDelegate::paint() ":http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/qabstractitemdelegate.html#paint and sizeHint().

The context menu can be handled by the controlling class.

andre

There are several ways to do what you want. QTableView (or QTableWidget) and doing it in QML (perhaps in combination with some C++) come to mind.

vishwajeet

You can also download skype source code as its open source, and have a look at how they have implemented it and may be you would be able to use the same code provided licencing terms and usability