formatting a QTableView header

[mzimmers]

OK, I clearly have no idea what I'm doing. The whole concept of these "roles" eludes me.

I tried this, and it didn't work:

    ui->tableView->horizontalHeader()->setBackgroundRole(QPalette::Window);

[kshegunov]

Try something like this:

m_model->setHeaderData(TAG_SERIALNUMBER, Qt::Horizontal, QBrush(Qt::red), Qt::BackgroundRole);

Roles give information of what kind of data you are keeping (think of it as the item's properties).

[mzimmers]

Still no visible change. Do I need to do something to the table view to reflect the change to the model object?

[kshegunov]

That's very odd. Do you mind sharing the headerData method of your model? Or is the model QStandardItemModel?

[mzimmers]

My model is defined like this:

    QAbstractItemModel *m_model;    // the main model

But it's initialized like this:

DeviceModel::DeviceModel(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent), m_model(new QStandardItemModel(this))
{
    QString qs;
    QStringList qsl;

    m_model->insertColumns(0, TAG_NBRTAGS);
    m_model->setHeaderData(TAG_SERIALNUMBER, Qt::Horizontal, tr("Serial Number"), Qt::DisplayRole);
    m_model->setHeaderData(TAG_MACADDRESS, Qt::Horizontal, tr("MAC Address"), Qt::DisplayRole);
    m_model->setHeaderData(TAG_DEVICENAME, Qt::Horizontal, tr("Device Name"), Qt::DisplayRole);
    m_model->setHeaderData(TAG_SERIALNUMBER, Qt::Horizontal, QBrush(Qt::red), Qt::BackgroundRole);

Note the use of the QStandardItemModel in the c'tor. (I think VRonin gave me this code, way back when.)

Not sure if this is what you're asking for...

[kshegunov]

Yes, it is, but only partially. What does your DeviceModel::headerData contain? Does it just delegate to the QStandartItemModel's method?

[mzimmers]

I'm not doing anything with the header except what I posted above. DeviceModel is my own class that has the actual Qt model as a member:

class DeviceModel : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
private:
    QAbstractItemModel *m_model;    // the main model

[kshegunov]

@mzimmers said in formatting a QTableView header:

I'm not doing anything with the header except what I posted above. DeviceModel is my own class that has the actual Qt model as a member.

Indeed. My bad, sorry. It's rather odd. As far as I can tell this should be enough to have your header have a red background. As a follow up question: Do you use style sheets?

[mzimmers]

@kshegunov said in formatting a QTableView header:

As a follow up question: Do you use style sheets?

No, not in this app.

[kshegunov]

I just tested a project of mine, and it works correctly. Here's what I did:

#include <QBrush>

QVariant MyModel::headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation, int role) const
{
    if (/*role != Qt::DisplayRole || */orientation != Qt::Horizontal || section > columnCount())
        return QVariant();

    if (role == Qt::DisplayRole)
        return columns.byIndex(section).displayName();
    if (role == Qt::BackgroundRole)
        return QBrush(Qt::red);

    return QVariant();
}

I observe the background of the table view's header to be red. It's really odd why it doesn't work for you. Can you retrieve the header data just after you've set it to the model to see if it's correctly stored? I.e.

m_model->setHeaderData(TAG_SERIALNUMBER, Qt::Horizontal, QBrush(Qt::red), Qt::BackgroundRole);
QBrush shouldBeRed = m_model->headerData(TAG_SERIALNUMBER, Qt::Horizontal, Qt::BackgroundRole);

PS: The test was done with Qt 5.11.2 on Linux.

[mzimmers]

How do I convert a QVariant to a QBrush?

[kshegunov]

QBrush brush = variant.value<QBrush>();

However you can inspect the data directly in the variant as well, as far as I can see in the watch.

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@mzimmers: are you working on windows? https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-31804

[mzimmers]

@Christian-Ehrlicher yes, I am, and that would seem to be the problem here. Plus, there's this:

Widget::Widget(DeviceModel *d, QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent), ui(new Ui::Widget)
{
...
    ui->tableView->horizontalHeader()->setBackgroundRole(QPalette::Window);

So, do I need to create a QStyle for the underlining, and set that on my header view?

[kshegunov]

@mzimmers said in formatting a QTableView header:

So, do I need to create a QStyle for the underlining, and set that on my header view?

I'd advise at least trying if that will fix the issue.

[mzimmers]

Do I need to derive a subclass from QStyle to do this?

[kshegunov]

@mzimmers said in formatting a QTableView header:

Do I need to derive a subclass from QStyle to do this?

Yes. But maybe try QProxyStyle instead, so you have less work to do.

[mzimmers]

I'm afraid that I'm going to have to temporarily abandon this thread. I just don't know enough about styles/hints/etc. and I don't have time to give it the attention it deserves.

Thanks for the assistance; I'll get back to this as soon as I can.

[mzimmers]

OK, I have a little spare time now. I've copied this code (from the page):

class MyProxyStyle : public QProxyStyle
{
  public:
    int styleHint(StyleHint hint, const QStyleOption *option = 0,
                  const QWidget *widget = 0, QStyleHintReturn *returnData = 0) const override
    {
        if (hint == QStyle::SH_UnderlineShortcut)
            return 0;
        return QProxyStyle::styleHint(hint, option, widget, returnData);
    }
};

What would you suggest I use instead of SH_UnderlineShortcut to test whether my styling is taking effect? (Given the trouble we were having earlier.)

Thanks.

[SGaist]

Hi,

How did you set your custom style ?