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How to get to Completer Popup on Down Arrow

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    A Former User
    wrote on last edited by A Former User
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    I've this subclass of QComboBox:

    CustomCombo::CustomCombo(QStandardItemModel * model){
        completer = new QCompleter(this);
        proxy = new QSortFilterProxyModel(this);
        table = new QTableView(this);
        proxy->setSourceModel(model);
        proxy->setFilterKeyColumn(0);
        proxy->setFilterCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
        completer->setModel(proxy);
        completer->setPopup(table);
        completer->setWidget(this);
        completer->setCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
    
        //completer->setCompletionMode(QCompleter::UnfilteredPopupCompletion);
        table->horizontalHeader()->hide();
        table->verticalHeader()->hide();
        table->horizontalHeader()->setStretchLastSection(true);
        setModel(model);
        setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::NoContextMenu);
        setPlaceholderText("Select an Item");
        connect(this, &CustomCombo::currentTextChanged, [=]{proxy->setFilterFixedString(currentText());});
        connect(this, &CustomCombo::currentIndexChanged, [=]{setEditable(false);});
    }
    void CustomCombo::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *e){
        if(e->button() == Qt::RightButton){
            setEditable(true);
            setCompleter(completer);
            setCurrentText("");
        }
        QComboBox::mousePressEvent(e);
    }
    void CustomCombo::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e){
        if(completer->popup()->isVisible() && e->key() == Qt::Key_Down)
            completer->popup()->setFocus(Qt::OtherFocusReason);
        else QComboBox::keyPressEvent(e);
    }
    

    and in the main window, I give it a model and add in layout like this:

    Window::Window(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent){
        comboModel = new QStandardItemModel();
        comboModel->setColumnCount(2);
        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
            auto col1 = new QStandardItem("Left " + QString::number(i + 1));
            auto col2 = new QStandardItem("Right " + QString::number(i + 1));
            col2->setTextAlignment(Qt::AlignRight);
            comboModel->appendRow(QList<QStandardItem*>() << col1 << col2);
    
            col1 = new QStandardItem("Right " + QString::number(i + 1));
            col2 = new QStandardItem("Left " + QString::number(i + 1));
            col2->setTextAlignment(Qt::AlignRight);
            comboModel->appendRow(QList<QStandardItem*>() << col1 << col2);
        }
        auto lay = new QVBoxLayout(this);
        auto combo = new CustomCombo(comboModel);
        lay->addWidget(combo);
        lay->addStretch(1);
        setLayout(lay);
    }
    

    When I right click it clears the text and as I type in, it shows the matches. When I press down arrow, I want it to go to the popup and select items there instead of changing text in the box. Here's what it does on down arrow press:

    x1.gif

    One more thing, how to show both columns of the selected item in the combo box. Right now it shows only one column in the box. I can see other column only when popup opens. Something like this:

    x2.gif

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