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  • mrjjM mrjj

    @Niagarer
    Oh the buttons grab the mouse so the Release event go back to the button you clicked on.
    You should consider using a list for the items that can be added as QPushButton will work
    against you.

    http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/dnd.html

    This one could be good base
    http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwidgets-draganddrop-puzzle-example.html
    It also shows how you store your own data in the drop event so the
    QGraphicsScene can know what to add.
    Look at the PiecesList. You can easy adapt that to hold your "Drag items"
    and reuse the code to allow it to be dragged. ( same code for all cases)

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    #5

    @mrjj
    Ok, thanks I will try to solve it this way.
    Oh hell, looks complicated, this will take time, but I will update this post once Im finished.

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      @Niagarer
      Oh the buttons grab the mouse so the Release event go back to the button you clicked on.
      You should consider using a list for the items that can be added as QPushButton will work
      against you.

      http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/dnd.html

      This one could be good base
      http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwidgets-draganddrop-puzzle-example.html
      It also shows how you store your own data in the drop event so the
      QGraphicsScene can know what to add.
      Look at the PiecesList. You can easy adapt that to hold your "Drag items"
      and reuse the code to allow it to be dragged. ( same code for all cases)

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      wrote on last edited by Niagarer
      #6

      @mrjj
      Well, I took a closer look to this (to the implementation).
      And here comes the question I can't find anything about in the docs: How can I display custom widgets as items in the QListView but keeping all stuff like drag and drop usable but without using a delegate class (or is this even possible)?

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      • NiagarerN Niagarer

        @mrjj
        Well, I took a closer look to this (to the implementation).
        And here comes the question I can't find anything about in the docs: How can I display custom widgets as items in the QListView but keeping all stuff like drag and drop usable but without using a delegate class (or is this even possible)?

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        @Niagarer

        I used images. For each custom widget, i used the render() function to make it draw a
        pixmap (thumbnail) i then used in the list.

        While you can use ListWidget and setItemWidget, it is very heavy and
        listView + delegate is recommended.
        If you only have few items and its on Desktop pc, then setItemWidget
        works ok but for many items, delegate is the way to do it.
        Alternativt, scrollarea can also be used for a list of widgets. but really depends
        on how many items u have.

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        • mrjjM mrjj

          @Niagarer

          I used images. For each custom widget, i used the render() function to make it draw a
          pixmap (thumbnail) i then used in the list.

          While you can use ListWidget and setItemWidget, it is very heavy and
          listView + delegate is recommended.
          If you only have few items and its on Desktop pc, then setItemWidget
          works ok but for many items, delegate is the way to do it.
          Alternativt, scrollarea can also be used for a list of widgets. but really depends
          on how many items u have.

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          @mrjj
          Ok, so using a delegate class with the ListView would be the best way, if I understood correctly.
          I unfortunately can't use jsut a thumbnail pixmap, the user should be able to interact with the widget and the widget should be able to display many things (but every item I add to the ListView would be from the same widget class, otherwise I could not use a ListView, I have read).
          Would I still have these handeling features in a ListWidget like drag and drop in the ListView? If yes, is it more easy to implement this in a ListWidget or does it not really make a difference?

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          • NiagarerN Niagarer

            @mrjj
            Ok, so using a delegate class with the ListView would be the best way, if I understood correctly.
            I unfortunately can't use jsut a thumbnail pixmap, the user should be able to interact with the widget and the widget should be able to display many things (but every item I add to the ListView would be from the same widget class, otherwise I could not use a ListView, I have read).
            Would I still have these handeling features in a ListWidget like drag and drop in the ListView? If yes, is it more easy to implement this in a ListWidget or does it not really make a difference?

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            @Niagarer
            It will have drag & drop support but its ment for the normal items and if u have full blown
            widgets instead, you will need to add support for those.
            The delegate must be able to draw (in code) the looks of the real widget so
            if its complex widgets, it will be tons of work.
            But yes it could work.

            How many of these custom widgets are we talking about?

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            • mrjjM mrjj

              @Niagarer
              It will have drag & drop support but its ment for the normal items and if u have full blown
              widgets instead, you will need to add support for those.
              The delegate must be able to draw (in code) the looks of the real widget so
              if its complex widgets, it will be tons of work.
              But yes it could work.

              How many of these custom widgets are we talking about?

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              wrote on last edited by Niagarer
              #10

              @mrjj
              If I'm unlucky, one day it could go to a thousand.
              So I should not use a ListWidget if I understood correctly, but a ListView will be tons of work...
              :/
              I thought, this would not be such a big problem >.<

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              • NiagarerN Niagarer

                @mrjj
                If I'm unlucky, one day it could go to a thousand.
                So I should not use a ListWidget if I understood correctly, but a ListView will be tons of work...
                :/
                I thought, this would not be such a big problem >.<

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                @Niagarer
                Then both setItemWidget and ScrolLArea will potentially be very slow.
                Depending on the hardware it must run on. The memory alone will be high.

                Are all those different ?

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                • mrjjM mrjj

                  @Niagarer
                  Then both setItemWidget and ScrolLArea will potentially be very slow.
                  Depending on the hardware it must run on. The memory alone will be high.

                  Are all those different ?

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                  wrote on last edited by Niagarer
                  #12

                  @mrjj
                  Well the widget objects will come from the same class. What I mean is that I display only widget objects from f.e. MyWidget-class but with different text shown, and a different icon and some more different icons I will add to the widgets in the MyWidget-class, but the class is just one. (Actually I wanted to make two different ones for a QTreeWidget, but I guess I sould avoid that, it seems to be hard...)
                  Yes, actually I wanted to make it runnable on very slow hardware

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                  • NiagarerN Niagarer

                    @mrjj
                    Well the widget objects will come from the same class. What I mean is that I display only widget objects from f.e. MyWidget-class but with different text shown, and a different icon and some more different icons I will add to the widgets in the MyWidget-class, but the class is just one. (Actually I wanted to make two different ones for a QTreeWidget, but I guess I sould avoid that, it seems to be hard...)
                    Yes, actually I wanted to make it runnable on very slow hardware

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                    #13

                    @Niagarer
                    Then no doubt you should use a delegate.
                    Also since its only the data that changes, then it wont be so much work
                    as if many different widgets.

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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #14

                      Do you have a picture of what you want ?

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                      • mrjjM mrjj

                        Do you have a picture of what you want ?

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                        #15

                        @mrjj
                        Well actually yes, give me a minute, the engine has to start...

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                          Do you have a picture of what you want ?

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                          wrote on last edited by Niagarer
                          #16

                          @mrjj
                          In the end I would really like to have something like this:
                          0_1509394698450_Qt 19.png
                          With the List I want only to represent the content inside the green rect.
                          I think I will not need the tree structure, only these widgets with f.e. this f, because once this list gets very big, only the search function will be used anymore (but if it is completele a joke to implement it with a treeList after I get it work with the ListView, I would appreciate it). But I would like to add some more little icons like that at the right side of the widget.

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                          • NiagarerN Niagarer

                            @mrjj
                            In the end I would really like to have something like this:
                            0_1509394698450_Qt 19.png
                            With the List I want only to represent the content inside the green rect.
                            I think I will not need the tree structure, only these widgets with f.e. this f, because once this list gets very big, only the search function will be used anymore (but if it is completele a joke to implement it with a treeList after I get it work with the ListView, I would appreciate it). But I would like to add some more little icons like that at the right side of the widget.

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                            @Niagarer
                            So its like a text line with some icons ?

                            What is the "Get BlackBoard thing ?"

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                            • mrjjM mrjj

                              @Niagarer
                              So its like a text line with some icons ?

                              What is the "Get BlackBoard thing ?"

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                              wrote on last edited by Niagarer
                              #18

                              @mrjj
                              Thats a tooltip, the mouse was over the Get Blackboard thing and on the left of the widget there is also shown a little pushButton (the little star) to mark it as favourite (because the mouse was over this component).

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                                @mrjj
                                Thats a tooltip, the mouse was over the Get Blackboard thing and on the left of the widget there is also shown a little pushButton (the little star) to mark it as favourite (because the mouse was over this component).

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                                @Niagarer

                                Ok. i think a delegate will work super since its relatively simple structure.
                                We often refer to
                                http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwidgets-itemviews-stardelegate-example.html
                                for delegate sample

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                                • mrjjM mrjj

                                  @Niagarer

                                  Ok. i think a delegate will work super since its relatively simple structure.
                                  We often refer to
                                  http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwidgets-itemviews-stardelegate-example.html
                                  for delegate sample

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                                  wrote on last edited by Niagarer
                                  #20

                                  @mrjj
                                  In the example, a QTableWidget is used. And so it has no model (no QAbstractItemModel, the struct is actually the model). Would all this also work with QListViews or QTableViews?

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                                  • NiagarerN Niagarer

                                    @mrjj
                                    In the example, a QTableWidget is used. And so it has no model (no QAbstractItemModel, the struct is actually the model). Would all this also work with QListViews or QTableViews?

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                                    @Niagarer
                                    Yes the delegate is the same regardless of the view/widget used.
                                    http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/model-view-programming.html

                                    The delegate can be seen as way to custom paint.

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