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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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        @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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              @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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                #14

                Do you have a picture of what you want ?

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                  Do you have a picture of what you want ?

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                  wrote on last edited by Niagarer
                  #15

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

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                  • mrjjM mrjj

                    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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                        #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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                        • NiagarerN Niagarer

                          @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
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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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                            #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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                              #21

                              @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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