Emit a signal with QML Items QObject * as argument

maxwell31

Hi,

I have a multi threaded program, and would like to make an update mechanism for parameters which are in the backend but are displayed in the user interface.

For this I thought I would make a ParameterManager in der GUI thread, and this should receive signals e.g. form CheckBoxes in the GUI. For this it would be good, if the signal coming from my QtComponents would allow to identify which ones they are (I thought about storing a map of those objects (QObject *) and their corresponding parameters in the ParameterManager.

So In cpp I could just emit a signal with this as Parameter. How can this be done in qml?

ODБOï

@maxwell31 said in Emit a signal with QML Items QObject * as argument:

So In cpp I could just emit a signal with this as Parameter. How can this be done in qml?

Item{
signal sig(var o)
Component.onCompleted : sig(this)
onSig : console.log(o)
}

maxwell31

So this this is the same as the pointer I get when I use findChild(objectName)?

ODБOï

you can test it
@maxwell31 said in Emit a signal with QML Items QObject * as argument:

So this this is the same as the pointer I get when I use findChild(objectName)?

ApplicationWindow {
    width: 800
    height: 600
    visible: true
    Item{
        objectName: "obj"
        signal sig(var o)
        Component.onCompleted : sig(this)
        onSig : utils.test(o)
    }
}

//a class
  Q_INVOKABLE void test(QQuickItem * rect){
        qDebug() <<  rect;
    }

//main.cpp 
 QList<QObject*> objects = engine.rootObjects();
   qDebug()<<objects.first()->children().at(1);

see the warning at the end
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtqml-cppintegration-overview.html#interacting-with-qml-objects-from-c

maxwell31

Thanks! I used your code, and want to extend it to use QObject::connect like this:

QObject * o = engine.rootObjects().value(0)->findChild<QObject*>("obj");
CatchSignal s;
QObject::connect(o, SIGNAL(sig(QObject *)),&s,SLOT(catchsignal(QObject*)));

but get the error message:

QObject::connect: No such signal QQuickItem_QML_0::sig(QObject *) in /home/maxwell/work/quicktest2/qobjecttest/main.cpp:24
QObject::connect:  (sender name:   'obj')

Do you know how one has to use it in connect?

maxwell31

Ok, I got it. Obviously the slot and signal need to have QVariant as argument. Thanks!

GrecKo

you can do signal sig(QtObject o).

But don't connect to a QML signal from C++.
Just call a C++ Q_INVOKABLE/Slots from QML.

maxwell31

I didn't know that there is also the sender() function which you can use in a slot, therefore eliminating the need to pass an object.

What are the reasons you suggest to call a Q_INVOKABLE instead of connecting in C++?