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    kmarconi
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    #9

    Here is my main.qml file :

    Item {
    id:root
    visible: true
    width: 640
    height: 480

    property var mainMenu: Menu{rootStack: root}
    
    StackView {
        anchors.fill: parent
        id: menuStack
    
        property var button: hmiclass.button
        initialItem: mainMenu
    
        onButtonChanged: {
            mainMenu.onButtonPushed(button)
        }
    }
    

    }

    EDIT: I need to find where that loop is coming from.. Or to find a patch to refresh only the bindings which are in the translation file.

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      Here is my main.qml file :

      Item {
      id:root
      visible: true
      width: 640
      height: 480

      property var mainMenu: Menu{rootStack: root}
      
      StackView {
          anchors.fill: parent
          id: menuStack
      
          property var button: hmiclass.button
          initialItem: mainMenu
      
          onButtonChanged: {
              mainMenu.onButtonPushed(button)
          }
      }
      

      }

      EDIT: I need to find where that loop is coming from.. Or to find a patch to refresh only the bindings which are in the translation file.

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      @kmarconi Last question : When I check the definition of the retranslate function, it says : Refreshes all binding expressions that use strings marked for translation. What is that "marked" thing and how to apply it ? Thanks

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        @kmarconi Last question : When I check the definition of the retranslate function, it says : Refreshes all binding expressions that use strings marked for translation. What is that "marked" thing and how to apply it ? Thanks

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        @kmarconi
        take a look here:
        https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtquick-internationalization.html


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          @kmarconi
          take a look here:
          https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtquick-internationalization.html

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          @J-Hilk Yeah I already been there but every string which needs to be translated are already marked as qsTr so ...

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            @J-Hilk Yeah I already been there but every string which needs to be translated are already marked as qsTr so ...

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            @kmarconi said in How can I get the application QmlEngine ?:

            Yeah I already been there but every string which needs to be translated are already marked as qsTr so ...

            so, you answered your own question

            Refreshes all binding expressions that use strings marked for translation. What is that "marked" thing and how to apply it ? Thanks

            😉


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            • J.HilkJ J.Hilk

              @kmarconi said in How can I get the application QmlEngine ?:

              Yeah I already been there but every string which needs to be translated are already marked as qsTr so ...

              so, you answered your own question

              Refreshes all binding expressions that use strings marked for translation. What is that "marked" thing and how to apply it ? Thanks

              😉

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              kmarconi
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              @J-Hilk Yeah but I thought that maybe there was another thing to do ... I'm stuck now so I'm trying everything I can Haha

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                @J-Hilk Yeah I already been there but every string which needs to be translated are already marked as qsTr so ...

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                @kmarconi said in How can I get the application QmlEngine ?:

                Yeah I already been there but every string which needs to be translated are already marked as qsTr so ...

                My way to ensure translation is the define a global Object which handle language changes.
                This object is exposed to QML with engine->rootContext()->setContextProperty("translation", &myLocalesHandler).

                This object has a property called emptyString:

                    Q_PROPERTY(QString emptyString     READ emptyString     NOTIFY languageChanged)
                ....
                    QString emptyString() const
                    {
                        return QString();
                    }
                

                On language change signal languageChanged() is emitted and in QML I have something like this:

                Label {
                    text: qsTr("This is a message") + translation.emptyString
                }
                

                Works great for me, hope this could also helps you.

                It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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                  fcarney
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                  When I have objects that live in qml space such as a plain QObject, I will make it based upon QQuickItem in order to get the qml engine. I often do this for image providers that provide QImages to qml. I think any QQuick based object should be able to do this.

                  C++ is a perfectly valid school of magic.

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                    @kmarconi said in How can I get the application QmlEngine ?:

                    Yeah I already been there but every string which needs to be translated are already marked as qsTr so ...

                    My way to ensure translation is the define a global Object which handle language changes.
                    This object is exposed to QML with engine->rootContext()->setContextProperty("translation", &myLocalesHandler).

                    This object has a property called emptyString:

                        Q_PROPERTY(QString emptyString     READ emptyString     NOTIFY languageChanged)
                    ....
                        QString emptyString() const
                        {
                            return QString();
                        }
                    

                    On language change signal languageChanged() is emitted and in QML I have something like this:

                    Label {
                        text: qsTr("This is a message") + translation.emptyString
                    }
                    

                    Works great for me, hope this could also helps you.

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                    kmarconi
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                    @KroMignon Thanks for your help, will try it now. I just have question on your translation class. Where do you emit the signal languageChanged and how do you link it to your function which retranslate the app with the engine ? Thanks !

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                      @KroMignon Thanks for your help, will try it now. I just have question on your translation class. Where do you emit the signal languageChanged and how do you link it to your function which retranslate the app with the engine ? Thanks !

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                      @kmarconi what @KroMignon described was the way you had to go before Qt 5.10

                      you can take a look at this blog post, I think its rather good:

                      https://retifrav.github.io/blog/2017/01/04/translating-qml-app/


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                        @kmarconi what @KroMignon described was the way you had to go before Qt 5.10

                        you can take a look at this blog post, I think its rather good:

                        https://retifrav.github.io/blog/2017/01/04/translating-qml-app/

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                        @J-Hilk Yeah I've seen this post but it's kinda dirty way to retranslate the whole app I think ... I still will try it but I hope to find a way to use the retranslate function properly.

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                          @J-Hilk Yeah I've seen this post but it's kinda dirty way to retranslate the whole app I think ... I still will try it but I hope to find a way to use the retranslate function properly.

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                          @kmarconi
                          what would you consider a proper retranslate functionality ?

                          You can either,

                          • call retranslate() on the QQmlEngine,
                          • update the strings via the empty string property workaround
                          • reload the qml file entirely

                          there are not other ways, at least that I know of


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                          • J.HilkJ J.Hilk

                            @kmarconi
                            what would you consider a proper retranslate functionality ?

                            You can either,

                            • call retranslate() on the QQmlEngine,
                            • update the strings via the empty string property workaround
                            • reload the qml file entirely

                            there are not other ways, at least that I know of

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                            kmarconi
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                            @J-Hilk Calling retranslate for me is the cleanest way. No need to add "+trans.emptyString" on each of my qsTr object and I have a lot. I need to figure out how to solve this infinite binding loop. Is reloading the whole qml a heavy task for the system ?

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                              KroMignon
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                              @kmarconi said in How can I get the application QmlEngine ?:

                              I still will try it but I hope to find a way to use the retranslate function properly.

                              I can not figure out what your problem is.
                              @J-Hilk have give you all information you need to do it.

                              If you are using Qt 5.10 and upper (which is not my case) simply follow documentation
                              That's not so complicated to follow, you could create a class which handle the locales, for example let it call LocalHandler, when you have install the new translator with QCoreApplication::installTranslator() then emit a signal for example called translationUpated().
                              Then in your main.cpp:

                              LocalHandler loc;
                              
                              QObject::connect(&loc, &LocalHandler::translationUpated, engine, &QQmlEngine::retranslate);
                              

                              Alternatively you can use a app->installEventFilter() to catch QEvent::LanguageChange and then trigger QQmlEngine::retranslate().

                              For prior version, you have to do more work ==> https://retifrav.github.io/blog/2017/01/04/translating-qml-app/

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                                @kmarconi said in How can I get the application QmlEngine ?:

                                I still will try it but I hope to find a way to use the retranslate function properly.

                                I can not figure out what your problem is.
                                @J-Hilk have give you all information you need to do it.

                                If you are using Qt 5.10 and upper (which is not my case) simply follow documentation
                                That's not so complicated to follow, you could create a class which handle the locales, for example let it call LocalHandler, when you have install the new translator with QCoreApplication::installTranslator() then emit a signal for example called translationUpated().
                                Then in your main.cpp:

                                LocalHandler loc;
                                
                                QObject::connect(&loc, &LocalHandler::translationUpated, engine, &QQmlEngine::retranslate);
                                

                                Alternatively you can use a app->installEventFilter() to catch QEvent::LanguageChange and then trigger QQmlEngine::retranslate().

                                For prior version, you have to do more work ==> https://retifrav.github.io/blog/2017/01/04/translating-qml-app/

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                                kmarconi
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                                @KroMignon I already done everything you told me but thank you ;) I was just saying that if I could not use the emptyString trick it could be interesting for me. Why I'm saying this is because with the trick , I have the error " ListElement: cannot use script for property value" . Is is because I cannot use the trick in a ListElement object ?

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                                  @KroMignon I already done everything you told me but thank you ;) I was just saying that if I could not use the emptyString trick it could be interesting for me. Why I'm saying this is because with the trick , I have the error " ListElement: cannot use script for property value" . Is is because I cannot use the trick in a ListElement object ?

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                                  KroMignon
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                                  @kmarconi said in How can I get the application QmlEngine ?:

                                  I have the error "ListElement: cannot use script for property value"

                                  AFAIK, ListElement cannot be changed dynamically ==> cf QTBUG-16289

                                  edit

                                  You have to use QT_TR_NOOP() and qsTr() on the delegate, like this (extract from QTBUG-16289):

                                  ListModel {
                                      id: myModel
                                  
                                      ListElement {
                                          desc: QT_TR_NOOP("Example")
                                      }
                                  }
                                  
                                  ListView {
                                      model: myModel
                                  
                                      delegate: Text {
                                          text: qsTr(desc)
                                      }
                                  }
                                  

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                                    @kmarconi said in How can I get the application QmlEngine ?:

                                    I have the error "ListElement: cannot use script for property value"

                                    AFAIK, ListElement cannot be changed dynamically ==> cf QTBUG-16289

                                    edit

                                    You have to use QT_TR_NOOP() and qsTr() on the delegate, like this (extract from QTBUG-16289):

                                    ListModel {
                                        id: myModel
                                    
                                        ListElement {
                                            desc: QT_TR_NOOP("Example")
                                        }
                                    }
                                    
                                    ListView {
                                        model: myModel
                                    
                                        delegate: Text {
                                            text: qsTr(desc)
                                        }
                                    }
                                    
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                                    kmarconi
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                                    @KroMignon Yeah just seen it on a stackoverflow post (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7659442/listelement-fields-as-properties) but I canno't change my qml part because the way it is designed is fixed so I need to find a way to use the retranslate function without having this binding loop.

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                                      @KroMignon Yeah just seen it on a stackoverflow post (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7659442/listelement-fields-as-properties) but I canno't change my qml part because the way it is designed is fixed so I need to find a way to use the retranslate function without having this binding loop.

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                                      @kmarconi said in How can I get the application QmlEngine ?:

                                      I need to find a way to use the retranslate function without having this binding loop.

                                      Take a look at the QTBUG-16289, the way they propose is to use QT_TR_NOOP() on ListElement to add string in translation file, and to use qsTr() in the delegate to do translation.

                                      It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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                                        @kmarconi said in How can I get the application QmlEngine ?:

                                        I need to find a way to use the retranslate function without having this binding loop.

                                        Take a look at the QTBUG-16289, the way they propose is to use QT_TR_NOOP() on ListElement to add string in translation file, and to use qsTr() in the delegate to do translation.

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                                        @KroMignon Damn it is so hard to debug a binding loop with QT. Will keep you updated if I finally found out what's going on with my program.

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                                          @KroMignon Damn it is so hard to debug a binding loop with QT. Will keep you updated if I finally found out what's going on with my program.

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                                          @kmarconi said in How can I get the application QmlEngine ?:

                                          Damn it is so hard to debug a binding loop with QT.

                                          Yes, binding loops are the hell!
                                          Which Qt Version are you using? For Qt 5.10 and upper you can enable tracing to help you to find bindings problems with QT_LOGGING_RULES.
                                          For example in your main.cpp:

                                              qputenv("QT_LOGGING_RULES", "qt.qml.binding.removal.info=true");
                                          

                                          Take look at this https://www.kdab.com/new-qt-5-10-diagnostics-breaking-qml-bindings/ for more details.

                                          It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes)

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