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  • A andi456

    @JonB

    Yes the cell is editable, but after entering some data from the keyboard and pressing enter, the original data shows up again, without setData being called, from what I can tell.

    Btw., sorry for the somehow convoluted output, but I'll try to correct it in a minute.

    The declarations of the model look like this:```
    #ifndef ZAUBERTABLEMODEL_H
    #define ZAUBERTABLEMODEL_H

    #include <QAbstractTableModel>
    #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
    #include <zauberdata.h>

    class ZauberTableModel : public QAbstractTableModel {

     Q_OBJECT
     public:
         ZauberTableModel(int tabnummer, nlohmann::json j_zauberliste, QObject *parent);
         int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const  Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
         int columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
         QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const  Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
         QVariant headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
         int get_tabnum() const;
         bool setData(const QModelIndex &index, const QVariant &value, int role = Qt::EditRole) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE; //override;
         Qt::ItemFlags flags(const QModelIndex &index) const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;//override;
     private:
         int get_spalte_from_header(QString headername) const;
     int zeilenjustierung(int zidx) const;
         ZauberData *Zauberei;
         nlohmann::json j_zauber;
     int tnum;
    

    };
    #endif

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    @andi456
    Can you show the flag function ?
    (just to be sure)

    Nothing pops up reading the code.

    you could try run it through
    https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractitemmodeltester.html

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    • mrjjM mrjj

      @andi456
      Can you show the flag function ?
      (just to be sure)

      Nothing pops up reading the code.

      you could try run it through
      https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractitemmodeltester.html

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      wrote on last edited by andi456
      #7

      @mrjj Of course:

      Qt::ItemFlags ZauberTableModel::flags(const QModelIndex &index) const {
           int editspalte = ZauberTableModel::get_spalte_from_header("Beschreibung"); 
           int spalte = index.column();
       Qt::ItemFlags f;// = ZauberTableModel::flags(index);;
       std::cout << "Editierbar " << editspalte << std::endl;
       if (spalte == editspalte) {
           f =  Qt::ItemIsEditable | Qt::ItemIsUserCheckable | Qt::ItemIsEnabled;
       } else { 
           f = Qt::ItemIsEnabled;
       }    
           return f;
      }
      

      So I hope I've boiled down my code to the more relevant parts in my post above.

      There's one thing, though, that I forgot to mention. I had to include the cpp file of my subclassed model in order to avoid a linker error after compiling, which is not needed when compiling other examples...

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      • A andi456

        @mrjj Of course:

        Qt::ItemFlags ZauberTableModel::flags(const QModelIndex &index) const {
             int editspalte = ZauberTableModel::get_spalte_from_header("Beschreibung"); 
             int spalte = index.column();
         Qt::ItemFlags f;// = ZauberTableModel::flags(index);;
         std::cout << "Editierbar " << editspalte << std::endl;
         if (spalte == editspalte) {
             f =  Qt::ItemIsEditable | Qt::ItemIsUserCheckable | Qt::ItemIsEnabled;
         } else { 
             f = Qt::ItemIsEnabled;
         }    
             return f;
        }
        

        So I hope I've boiled down my code to the more relevant parts in my post above.

        There's one thing, though, that I forgot to mention. I had to include the cpp file of my subclassed model in order to avoid a linker error after compiling, which is not needed when compiling other examples...

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        #8

        Hi
        it does look fine.

        did you check that
        f = Qt::ItemIsEditable | Qt::ItemIsUserCheckable | Qt::ItemIsEnabled;
        is indeed used for the cells you try to edit ?

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        • mrjjM mrjj

          Hi
          it does look fine.

          did you check that
          f = Qt::ItemIsEditable | Qt::ItemIsUserCheckable | Qt::ItemIsEnabled;
          is indeed used for the cells you try to edit ?

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          wrote on last edited by andi456
          #9

          @mrjj Yes, I can double click on the cells and edit them, while double clicking on the others does not work.

          I've also tried the test class, but end up with a "undefined reference" error like this:
          /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: tst_tester.o: in function ZauberTableModel::ZauberTableModel(int, nlohmann::basic_json<std::map, std::vector, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, bool, long, unsigned long, double, std::allocator, nlohmann::adl_serializer, std::vector<unsigned char, std::allocator<unsigned char> > >, QObject*)': /home/andi/Projekte/qt/build-qtesttest-Desktop-Debug/../qtesttest/zaubertablemodel.cpp:6: undefined reference to vtable for ZauberTableModel'

          But I'm not sure, if I have setup the test correctly. As I mentioned this also happens, when i just use "#include zaubertablemodel.h" in ui_mainwindow.h. Although I've added the source files to the test project, the above error persists. Somehow the Constructor seems to be undefined.

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            wrote on last edited by andi456
            #10

            It seems, as if QAbstractTableModel subclasses do not like nlohmann::json parameters to be passed to their constructor. I've started another project with basically the same subclass and it shows the same error of an undefined reference to vtable. I guess the setData method would not get called, even if i found a way to get it to compile.

            Could this be an issue of the nlohmann::json library? Or what could one do to further investigate the issue?

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            • A andi456

              It seems, as if QAbstractTableModel subclasses do not like nlohmann::json parameters to be passed to their constructor. I've started another project with basically the same subclass and it shows the same error of an undefined reference to vtable. I guess the setData method would not get called, even if i found a way to get it to compile.

              Could this be an issue of the nlohmann::json library? Or what could one do to further investigate the issue?

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              #11

              @andi456 said in subclassed QAbstractTableModel::setData does not get called:

              as if QAbstractTableModel subclasses do not like nlohmann::json parameters to be passed to their constructor.

              Don't know what you mean. QAbstractTableModel doesn't know anything about JSON. What you do with nlohmann::json parameters is up to you.

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                #12

                Well, that's why I tried to pass a nlohmann::json argument to the constructor, which results in the obscure "undefined reference to vtable" error for the QAbstractTableModel subclass. After some research on the internet this error can have all kinds of causes. But I do not see any obvious error in my code.

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                  What build system do you use? Is the moc file for zaubertablemodel.h generated, compiled and linked?

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                    Hi,

                    Might be a silly question but do you build the class code along with your test ?

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                      Hi,

                      Might be a silly question but do you build the class code along with your test ?

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                      #15

                      @SGaist No, I've written both a minimal test project and a test. The errors were similar. After running qmake on the minimal testproject, new errors occurred:
                      :-1: Fehler: moc_ztablemodel.o:(.data.rel.ro._ZTV11ZTableModel[_ZTV11ZTableModel]+0xb0): undefined reference to `ZTableModel::headerData(int, Qt::Orientation, int) const'

                      And so on for all the reimplemented methods of QAbstractTableModel.

                      The moc_* files are there obviously but cannot be linked somehow?

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                        Missing symbols suggests that you might be:

                        • not building the class sources
                        • not implementing the methods

                        One thing you can is start from an empty class and the gradually add the methods to see where it breaks

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                          #17

                          Don't i have to implement at least

                          code_text
                          QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const  Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
                          int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const  Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
                          int columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;```
                          code_text
                          

                          ? That's what I did in my minimal test class .

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                            @andi456 said in subclassed QAbstractTableModel::setData does not get called:

                            That's what I did in my minimal test class .

                            But you declared headerData() without providing an implementation.

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                              @andi456 said in subclassed QAbstractTableModel::setData does not get called:

                              That's what I did in my minimal test class .

                              But you declared headerData() without providing an implementation.

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                              #19

                              @Christian-Ehrlicher The relevant parts of the implementation can be found in my first post in the second code block. I just copied the necessary parts to my minimal test example, created with qtcreator.

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                              • A andi456

                                @Christian-Ehrlicher The relevant parts of the implementation can be found in my first post in the second code block. I just copied the necessary parts to my minimal test example, created with qtcreator.

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                                @andi456 but even there I see no headerData() implementation...

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                                  Here it is:

                                  QVariant ZTableModel::headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation, int role) const
                                  {
                                  QList<QString> headerliste = ZTableModel::get_header(j_zl);
                                      if (role != Qt::DisplayRole) {
                                      return QVariant();
                                  }
                                  if (orientation == Qt::Horizontal) {
                                      for (int i=0; i < headerliste.size(); ++i) {
                                          QString s = headerliste.at(i);
                                      if (i == section) {
                                          return s;
                                          break;
                                      }
                                      }
                                  }
                                  
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                                  • A andi456

                                    @Christian-Ehrlicher The relevant parts of the implementation can be found in my first post in the second code block. I just copied the necessary parts to my minimal test example, created with qtcreator.

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                                    #22

                                    @andi456
                                    @Christian-Ehrlicher said you had not implemented headerData().
                                    The error messages you pasted includes

                                    undefined reference to ZTableModel::headerData(int, Qt::Orientation, int) const

                                    Do you not think this indicates a problem?

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                                    • A andi456

                                      Here it is:

                                      QVariant ZTableModel::headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation, int role) const
                                      {
                                      QList<QString> headerliste = ZTableModel::get_header(j_zl);
                                          if (role != Qt::DisplayRole) {
                                          return QVariant();
                                      }
                                      if (orientation == Qt::Horizontal) {
                                          for (int i=0; i < headerliste.size(); ++i) {
                                              QString s = headerliste.at(i);
                                          if (i == section) {
                                              return s;
                                              break;
                                          }
                                          }
                                      }
                                      
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                                      @andi456 said in subclassed QAbstractTableModel::setData does not get called:

                                      Here it is:

                                      Your post crossed with mine.

                                      Could you please delete all object files etc. and do a clean rebuild from scratch. If you still get an error could you copy & paste that/those.

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                                        #24

                                        I see, got the minimal example to compile. It was a matter of the header declarations that i forgot to comment out.. Thank you.. I'll see what happens after the implementation of setData and flags and report back later.

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                                          #25

                                          After implementing the setData and flags and making use of the convenient debugging capabilities of qtcreator, I can now tell that setData is being called, when i enter something from the keyboard, which seems to be discarded afterwards.

                                          Edit: Wrong impression on first Debug run.

                                          Update: The new value is being put into the json-object, according to the debugging information, dataChanged is being emitted too, but for some reason the change is not being displayed. What might i be missing?

                                          I missed writing back the data into the json list in the setData method.

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