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Qtableview set background color to some columns

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  • N n-2204

    @VRonin how can i mix two delegates?
    I need to enter integer values in column

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    VRonin
    wrote on last edited by VRonin
    #10

    @n-2204 said in Qtableview set background color to some columns:

    I need to enter integer values in column

    You don't need to do anything special. The default delegate already does this.
    If, and this is a guess on my part, you are using QStandardItemModel you can solve your problem by never using the constructors QStandardItem(QIcon,QString) or QStandardItem(QString). Just construct an empty item and then call item->setData and pass yor integer to it, do not convert it to a string. You'll see the default delegate (or the modifed version I posted above) will do exactly what you want

    "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
    ~Napoleon Bonaparte

    On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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    • VRoninV VRonin

      @n-2204 said in Qtableview set background color to some columns:

      I need to enter integer values in column

      You don't need to do anything special. The default delegate already does this.
      If, and this is a guess on my part, you are using QStandardItemModel you can solve your problem by never using the constructors QStandardItem(QIcon,QString) or QStandardItem(QString). Just construct an empty item and then call item->setData and pass yor integer to it, do not convert it to a string. You'll see the default delegate (or the modifed version I posted above) will do exactly what you want

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      n-2204
      wrote on last edited by
      #11

      @VRonin so in above share your code how can i add int delegate ?
      item->setdata i tried but not working for me
      if you have code can you pls share it?
      Thanks

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      • VRoninV Offline
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        VRonin
        wrote on last edited by VRonin
        #12

        Disclaimer

        I think your delegate is doing more harm than good but i'll go along with it anyway.


        Inside the class you defined in intvalmodel.h add:

        public:
        void setBrushForColumn(int col, const QBrush& brush);
        protected:
        void initStyleOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option, const QModelIndex &index) const override;
        private:
        QMap<int,QBrush> m_brushes;
        

        now intvalmodel.cpp

        #include "intvalmodel.h"
        #include "GAS_tool.h"
        
        intvalmodel::intvalmodel(QObject* parent) :QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
        {
        
        
        }
        QWidget* QStyledItemDelegate::createEditor(QWidget* parent, const QStyleOptionViewItem& option,
        	const QModelIndex& index) const
        {
        	QLineEdit* editor = new QLineEdit(parent);
        	// QIntValidator* data = new QIntValidator(0, 999);
        	 //editor->setValidator(data);
        	editor->setValidator(new QIntValidator);
        	return editor;
        
        }
        void intvalmodel::setEditorData(QWidget* editor, const QModelIndex& index) const
        {
        	 QString value1 = index.model()->data(index, Qt::EditRole).toString();
         QLineEdit* line = static_cast<QLineEdit*>(editor);
         line->setText(value1);
        }
        void intvalmodel::setModelData(QWidget* editor, QAbstractItemModel* model, const QModelIndex& index) const
        {
        	  QLineEdit* line = static_cast<QLineEdit*>(editor);
           model->setData(index, line->text().toInt());
        }
        void intvalmodel::updateEditorGeometry(QWidget* editor, const QStyleOptionViewItem& option, const QModelIndex& index) const
        {
        	editor->setGeometry(option.rect);
        }
        
        void intvalmodel::initStyleOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option, const QModelIndex &index) const override
            {
                QStyledItemDelegate::initStyleOption(option,index);
                option->backgroundBrush = m_brushes.value(index.column(),option->backgroundBrush);
            }
        void intvalmodel::setBrushForColumn(int col, const QBrush& brush){
        if(col<0 || col >= columnCount())
        return;
        m_brushes[col]=brush;
        }
        

        Now you can use it:

        delegate = new intvalmodel();
        delegate ->setBrushForColumn(1,QBrush(Qt::yellow));
        delegate ->setBrushForColumn(2,QBrush(Qt::red));
        delegate ->setBrushForColumn(3,QBrush(Qt::blue));
         ui.tableView->setItemDelegateForColumn(1,delegate); 
            ui.tableView->setItemDelegateForColumn(2, delegate);
          ui.tableView->setItemDelegateForColumn(3,delegate); 
        

        "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
        ~Napoleon Bonaparte

        On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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        • VRoninV VRonin

          Disclaimer

          I think your delegate is doing more harm than good but i'll go along with it anyway.


          Inside the class you defined in intvalmodel.h add:

          public:
          void setBrushForColumn(int col, const QBrush& brush);
          protected:
          void initStyleOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option, const QModelIndex &index) const override;
          private:
          QMap<int,QBrush> m_brushes;
          

          now intvalmodel.cpp

          #include "intvalmodel.h"
          #include "GAS_tool.h"
          
          intvalmodel::intvalmodel(QObject* parent) :QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
          {
          
          
          }
          QWidget* QStyledItemDelegate::createEditor(QWidget* parent, const QStyleOptionViewItem& option,
          	const QModelIndex& index) const
          {
          	QLineEdit* editor = new QLineEdit(parent);
          	// QIntValidator* data = new QIntValidator(0, 999);
          	 //editor->setValidator(data);
          	editor->setValidator(new QIntValidator);
          	return editor;
          
          }
          void intvalmodel::setEditorData(QWidget* editor, const QModelIndex& index) const
          {
          	 QString value1 = index.model()->data(index, Qt::EditRole).toString();
           QLineEdit* line = static_cast<QLineEdit*>(editor);
           line->setText(value1);
          }
          void intvalmodel::setModelData(QWidget* editor, QAbstractItemModel* model, const QModelIndex& index) const
          {
          	  QLineEdit* line = static_cast<QLineEdit*>(editor);
             model->setData(index, line->text().toInt());
          }
          void intvalmodel::updateEditorGeometry(QWidget* editor, const QStyleOptionViewItem& option, const QModelIndex& index) const
          {
          	editor->setGeometry(option.rect);
          }
          
          void intvalmodel::initStyleOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option, const QModelIndex &index) const override
              {
                  QStyledItemDelegate::initStyleOption(option,index);
                  option->backgroundBrush = m_brushes.value(index.column(),option->backgroundBrush);
              }
          void intvalmodel::setBrushForColumn(int col, const QBrush& brush){
          if(col<0 || col >= columnCount())
          return;
          m_brushes[col]=brush;
          }
          

          Now you can use it:

          delegate = new intvalmodel();
          delegate ->setBrushForColumn(1,QBrush(Qt::yellow));
          delegate ->setBrushForColumn(2,QBrush(Qt::red));
          delegate ->setBrushForColumn(3,QBrush(Qt::blue));
           ui.tableView->setItemDelegateForColumn(1,delegate); 
              ui.tableView->setItemDelegateForColumn(2, delegate);
            ui.tableView->setItemDelegateForColumn(3,delegate); 
          
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          n-2204
          wrote on last edited by n-2204
          #13

          @VRonin Thanks

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            n-2204
            wrote on last edited by
            #14

            if just to color one column and no validation on input in column then that done using Qt::BackgroundRole either via setData so need to refer which class QAbstractitem

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            • VRoninV VRonin

              While the answers above are perfectly valid I think in your case it might be easier to just use a delegate:

              class BackgroundBrushDelegate : public QStyledItemDelegate{
                  Q_OBJECT
                  Q_PROPERTY(QBrush backgroundBrush READ backgroundBrush WRITE setBackgroundBrush NOTIFY backgroundBrushChanged)
                  Q_DISABLE_COPY(BackgroundBrushDelegate)
              public:
                  explicit BackgroundBrushDelegate(QObject *parent = nullptr)
                      : QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
                  {}
                  BackgroundBrushDelegate(const QBrush& brush, QObject *parent = nullptr)
                      : QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
                      , m_backgroundBrush(brush)
                  {}
                  const QBrush& backgroundBrush() const { return m_backgroundBrush; }
                  void setBackgroundBrush(const QBrush& brush)
                  {
                      if(m_backgroundBrush==brush)
                          return;
                      m_backgroundBrush=brush;
                      backgroundBrushChanged(m_backgroundBrush);
                  }
              signals:
                  void backgroundBrushChanged(const QBrush& brush);
              protected:
                  void initStyleOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option, const QModelIndex &index) const override
                  {
                      QStyledItemDelegate::initStyleOption(option,index);
                      option->backgroundBrush = m_backgroundBrush;
                  }
              private:
                  QBrush m_backgroundBrush;
              }
              

              You can use it with tableView->setItemDelegateForColumn(0,new BackgroundBrushDelegate(QBrush(Qt::yellow),tableView));

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              n-2204
              wrote on last edited by VRonin
              #15

              @VRonin

              class BackgroundBrushDelegate : public QStyledItemDelegate{
                  Q_OBJECT
                  Q_PROPERTY(QBrush backgroundBrush READ backgroundBrush WRITE setBackgroundBrush NOTIFY backgroundBrushChanged)
                  Q_DISABLE_COPY(BackgroundBrushDelegate)
              public:
                  explicit BackgroundBrushDelegate(QObject *parent = nullptr)
                      : QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
                  {}
                  BackgroundBrushDelegate(const QBrush& brush, QObject *parent = nullptr)
                      : QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
                      , m_backgroundBrush(brush)
                  {}
                  const QBrush& backgroundBrush() const { return m_backgroundBrush; }
                  void setBackgroundBrush(const QBrush& brush)
                  {
                      if(m_backgroundBrush==brush)
                          return;
                      m_backgroundBrush=brush;
                      backgroundBrushChanged(m_backgroundBrush);
                  }
              signals:
                  void backgroundBrushChanged(const QBrush& brush);
              protected:
                  void initStyleOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option, const QModelIndex &index) const override
                  {
                      QStyledItemDelegate::initStyleOption(option,index);
                      option->backgroundBrush = m_backgroundBrush;
                  }
              private:
                  QBrush m_backgroundBrush;
              }
              

              when i am using this code
              after applying brushdelegate in that column i am not able to type other then integer can you plz help me how to do ?

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                n-2204
                wrote on last edited by
                #16

                Please help
                stuck for some assignment
                Thankyou

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                • N n-2204

                  @VRonin

                  class BackgroundBrushDelegate : public QStyledItemDelegate{
                      Q_OBJECT
                      Q_PROPERTY(QBrush backgroundBrush READ backgroundBrush WRITE setBackgroundBrush NOTIFY backgroundBrushChanged)
                      Q_DISABLE_COPY(BackgroundBrushDelegate)
                  public:
                      explicit BackgroundBrushDelegate(QObject *parent = nullptr)
                          : QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
                      {}
                      BackgroundBrushDelegate(const QBrush& brush, QObject *parent = nullptr)
                          : QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
                          , m_backgroundBrush(brush)
                      {}
                      const QBrush& backgroundBrush() const { return m_backgroundBrush; }
                      void setBackgroundBrush(const QBrush& brush)
                      {
                          if(m_backgroundBrush==brush)
                              return;
                          m_backgroundBrush=brush;
                          backgroundBrushChanged(m_backgroundBrush);
                      }
                  signals:
                      void backgroundBrushChanged(const QBrush& brush);
                  protected:
                      void initStyleOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option, const QModelIndex &index) const override
                      {
                          QStyledItemDelegate::initStyleOption(option,index);
                          option->backgroundBrush = m_backgroundBrush;
                      }
                  private:
                      QBrush m_backgroundBrush;
                  }
                  

                  when i am using this code
                  after applying brushdelegate in that column i am not able to type other then integer can you plz help me how to do ?

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                  JonB
                  wrote on last edited by JonB
                  #17

                  @n-2204 said in Qtableview set background color to some columns:

                  after applying brushdelegate in that column i am not able to type other then integer can you plz help me how to do ?

                  This does not sound like a brush delegate issue. Earlier you have in createEditor() :

                  editor->setValidator(new QIntValidator);
                  

                  Make sure that is applying to the column (look at index parameter) where you want an integer, not some other column, at a guess?

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                  • N n-2204

                    Please help
                    stuck for some assignment
                    Thankyou

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                    VRonin
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #18

                    @n-2204 said in Qtableview set background color to some columns:

                    stuck for some assignment

                    I'll quote the wise @mrjj

                    the teacher will catch it and fail them if too much code is just copied.

                    We gave you 2 possible solutions, one with and one without validator. We even integrated it in your existing code. What more can we do to help?

                    "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
                    ~Napoleon Bonaparte

                    On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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                      n-2204
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #19

                      Thanks all for you help
                      May be i asked more that is easy for you ,but as i am new to c++ and qt, so i am not aware of all the concepts.
                      so for me its little tough in implementation

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                      • VRoninV VRonin

                        While the answers above are perfectly valid I think in your case it might be easier to just use a delegate:

                        class BackgroundBrushDelegate : public QStyledItemDelegate{
                            Q_OBJECT
                            Q_PROPERTY(QBrush backgroundBrush READ backgroundBrush WRITE setBackgroundBrush NOTIFY backgroundBrushChanged)
                            Q_DISABLE_COPY(BackgroundBrushDelegate)
                        public:
                            explicit BackgroundBrushDelegate(QObject *parent = nullptr)
                                : QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
                            {}
                            BackgroundBrushDelegate(const QBrush& brush, QObject *parent = nullptr)
                                : QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
                                , m_backgroundBrush(brush)
                            {}
                            const QBrush& backgroundBrush() const { return m_backgroundBrush; }
                            void setBackgroundBrush(const QBrush& brush)
                            {
                                if(m_backgroundBrush==brush)
                                    return;
                                m_backgroundBrush=brush;
                                backgroundBrushChanged(m_backgroundBrush);
                            }
                        signals:
                            void backgroundBrushChanged(const QBrush& brush);
                        protected:
                            void initStyleOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option, const QModelIndex &index) const override
                            {
                                QStyledItemDelegate::initStyleOption(option,index);
                                option->backgroundBrush = m_backgroundBrush;
                            }
                        private:
                            QBrush m_backgroundBrush;
                        }
                        

                        You can use it with tableView->setItemDelegateForColumn(0,new BackgroundBrushDelegate(QBrush(Qt::yellow),tableView));

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                        #20
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                        • VRoninV VRonin

                          While the answers above are perfectly valid I think in your case it might be easier to just use a delegate:

                          class BackgroundBrushDelegate : public QStyledItemDelegate{
                              Q_OBJECT
                              Q_PROPERTY(QBrush backgroundBrush READ backgroundBrush WRITE setBackgroundBrush NOTIFY backgroundBrushChanged)
                              Q_DISABLE_COPY(BackgroundBrushDelegate)
                          public:
                              explicit BackgroundBrushDelegate(QObject *parent = nullptr)
                                  : QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
                              {}
                              BackgroundBrushDelegate(const QBrush& brush, QObject *parent = nullptr)
                                  : QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
                                  , m_backgroundBrush(brush)
                              {}
                              const QBrush& backgroundBrush() const { return m_backgroundBrush; }
                              void setBackgroundBrush(const QBrush& brush)
                              {
                                  if(m_backgroundBrush==brush)
                                      return;
                                  m_backgroundBrush=brush;
                                  backgroundBrushChanged(m_backgroundBrush);
                              }
                          signals:
                              void backgroundBrushChanged(const QBrush& brush);
                          protected:
                              void initStyleOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option, const QModelIndex &index) const override
                              {
                                  QStyledItemDelegate::initStyleOption(option,index);
                                  option->backgroundBrush = m_backgroundBrush;
                              }
                          private:
                              QBrush m_backgroundBrush;
                          }
                          

                          You can use it with tableView->setItemDelegateForColumn(0,new BackgroundBrushDelegate(QBrush(Qt::yellow),tableView));

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                          Chuck333
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #21

                          @VRonin Hi! I am trying to do something similar; however, I am building an application in python, not C++. Could you help me how to understand this code better so I can convert it to python? Or could you maybe show me how it would be in python?

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                          • C Chuck333

                            @VRonin Hi! I am trying to do something similar; however, I am building an application in python, not C++. Could you help me how to understand this code better so I can convert it to python? Or could you maybe show me how it would be in python?

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                            jsulm
                            Lifetime Qt Champion
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                            #22

                            @Chuck333 What is your exact problem/question?

                            https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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