Is it possible to recreate the ListView.delegate model Property behavior in pure QML?

[LowLevelM]

If im using the delegate property im able to overwrite the visual appearace of the list items
inside of the delegate all the model.item properties are available + the index of the model-item

im nearly able to reproduce the model forwarding but have no idea how i can also get the model.index property into my delegate, could it be that the ListView implementation is doing C++ magic here that i can't rebuild with pure QML?

Sample-Source:

i've got a simple example with a ListModel with an attribute name and myValue, a ListView showing the model and my own list view like implementation that try to show the same content, as you can see the index is undefined in my implementation, its clear to me that i have not introduced this property but i also have no idea how to extend model property with the index attribute

I hope someone got an idea how to replicate (at best) the interface of ListView

DelegateModelList.qml

import QtQuick 2.5

Item {
    id: root

    property alias model : repeater.model // needs to be an alias
    property Component delegate

    Column {
        Repeater {
            id: repeater
            Loader {
                // introduces "model" into loaded delegate scope
                // how to add index to model?
                property var model: repeater.model.get(index)
                sourceComponent: root.delegate
            }
        }
    }
}

DelegateModelListTest.qml

import QtQuick 2.5
import QtQuick.Window 2.5

Window {
    width: 600
    height: 600

    ListModel {
        id: testModel
        ListElement { name: "Item 1"; myValue: 10 }
        ListElement { name: "Item 2"; myValue: 20 }
        ListElement { name: "Item 3"; myValue: 30 }
        ListElement { name: "Item 4"; myValue: 40 }
        ListElement { name: "Item 5"; myValue: 50 }
    }

    Row {
        ListView {
            id: listView

            width: 300
            height: 300

            model: testModel

            delegate: Rectangle {
                width: parent.width
                height: 30
                border { width: 1 }
                Text { text: model.name+"("+model.index+"), myValue: "+model.myValue }
            }
        }

        DelegateModelList {
            id: myList

            width: 300
            height: 300

            model: testModel

            delegate: Rectangle {
                width: 300
                height: 30
                border { width: 1 }
                Text { text: model.name+"("+model.index+"), myValue: "+model.myValue }
            }
        }
    }
}

Thanks for any help

[shaan7]

I was able to achieve it like this-

        Loader {
                // introduces "model" into loaded delegate scope
                // how to add index to model?
                property var model: repeater.model.get(index)
                sourceComponent: root.delegate

                Binding {
                    target: model
                    property: "index"
                    value: index
                }
            }

[LowLevelM]

Thanks for this ultra short solution

[GrecKo]

Why don't you just do property alias delegate: repeater.delegate?
You won't have to do anything then.
Note that while having supbar performances, your solution currently only works with ListModel (or custom models providing a get function). It won't work with a generic QAbstractListModel, or a js array.
I also believe your item won't be updated if some role data gets updated in the ListModel.

Also you might want to remove the wrapping Item and just use the Column as the root item. It will have useful implicitWidth and implicitHeight properties.

Can you tell us a bit more about what you are trying to achieve and why ListView or Column +Repeater don't fill your needs?

[LowLevelM]

@GrecKo

Why don't you just do property alias delegate: repeater.delegate?
You won't have to do anything then.

perfect - QML is still very magical to me, where does the model property come from when using the alias?

DelegateModelList.qml

import QtQuick 2.5

Item {
    id: root

    property alias model : repeater.model // needs to be an alias
    property alias delegate: repeater.delegate // prevents using loader

    Column {
        Repeater {
            id: repeater
        }
    }
}

Also you might want to remove the wrapping Item and just use the Column as the root item

Where to put my alias properties then?

Can you tell us a bit more about what you are trying to achieve and why ListView or Column +Repeater don't fill your needs?

i asked that in another post, i've already build a Flickable based version of the list which perfectly suits my animation needs, but still would use ListView if the animation behavior can be "fixed", i use this type of list in serveral places of my software so it should be delegateable etc. - but as i said i would be more then happy if ListView is capable enough, that also the reason why i try to replicate the ListView Interface a litte, just to be able to replace all the usages of ListView with my new list (without the need to change the model usage)

https://forum.qt.io/topic/105085/can-t-get-my-listview-scrollbehavior-correct-in-my-simple-example

[LowLevelM]

But what is the solution if i want to add a spacing Rectangle to my repeated delegate
can i still work with alias or is then the Loader needed? how is then the aliasing of the delegate/model property handled?

this nearly(index binding does not work) works, but is not as nice as your example(with alias), but i can't get it working, still fighting with alias put through i think

DelegateModelList.qml

import QtQuick 2.5

Item {
    id: root

    property alias model : repeater.model // needs to be an alias
    property Component delegate // i would like to alias, but how?
    property real spacing

    Column {
        Repeater {
            id: repeater

            Column {
                Loader {
                    property var model: repeater.model.get(index)
                    sourceComponent: root.delegate

                    // does not work anymore (and i think its as "working" but no good solution, the alias is much better)
                    Binding {
                        target: model
                        property: "index"
                        value: index
                    }
                }

                // spacing
                Rectangle { width: parent.width; height: root.spacing }
            }

        }
    }
}

DelegateModelListTest.qml

import QtQuick 2.5
import QtQuick.Window 2.5

Window {
    width: 600
    height: 600

    ListModel {
        id: testModel
        ListElement { name: "Item 1"; myValue: 10 }
        ListElement { name: "Item 2"; myValue: 20 }
        ListElement { name: "Item 3"; myValue: 30 }
        ListElement { name: "Item 4"; myValue: 40 }
        ListElement { name: "Item 5"; myValue: 50 }
    }

    Row {
        ListView {
            id: listView

            width: 300
            height: 300

            model: testModel

            spacing: 11

            delegate: Rectangle {
                width: parent.width
                height: 30
                border { width: 1 }
                Text { text: model.name+"("+model.index+"), myValue: "+model.myValue }
            }
        }

        DelegateModelList {
            id: myList

            width: 300
            height: 300

            model: testModel

            spacing: 11

            delegate: Rectangle {
                width: 300
                height: 30
                border { width: 1 }
                Text { text: model.name+"("+model.index+"), myValue: "+model.myValue }
            }
        }
    }
}

i want to solve my animation problem AND want to understand how QML works inside

[GrecKo]

If you made the Column the root item, you could put aliases there. Your Item is useless and even removes features from your Column.
Column also has a spacing property, so no need to add your own.

perfect - QML is still very magical to me, where does the model property come from when using the alias?

Those are set as context properties for each delegate when they are instantiated by the ListView

[LowLevelM]

@GrecKo

Column also has a spacing property

a that works

DelegateModelList.qml

import QtQuick 2.5

Column {
    property alias model : repeater.model
    property alias delegate : repeater.delegate

    Repeater {
        id: repeater
        delegate: item
    }
}

but what if i still want to add for example a green rectangle to every item inside my DelegateModelList.qml, as long as i just alias everything around it seems to work - but when i try to add some other components i need to use the Loader and everything gets messy, how would you add (just for the sake of it) a rectangle spacing feature to this example without using the spacing of the column? the spacing should not be part of my delegate component, only in my list

[GrecKo]

You could do it like so:

import QtQuick 2.5

Column {
    id: root
    property alias model : repeater.model
    property Component delegate

    Repeater {
        id: repeater
        delegate: Column {
            id: column
            property var _model: model
            width: parent.width
            Rectangle {
                width: parent.width
                height: 10
                color: "lightblue"
            }
            Loader {
                property var model: column._model
                width: parent.width
                sourceComponent: root.delegate
            }
        }
    }
}

What it does is that it explicitely set a model property (equals to the model context property of the delegate) in the Loader. Properties of a Loader are exposed as context properties in its loaded object.

[LowLevelM]

@GrecKo
thanks alot, getting more into QML in 20minutes writing with you then 2 days of trial&error :)

also seen my current ListView question with the animation, any idea or is that really something that needs a special list?

[GrecKo]

Your other question would require trial and error for me, I guess it can work but I don't know how.
Sorry, I can't really take the time to answer it.

[LowLevelM]

@GrecKo

Sorry, I can't really take the time to answer it.

absolutely no problem - you already helped enough - thank you