Avoiding duplicate `objectName` and `id` in Qml

patrickkidd

I am using objectName to access QQuickItems from C++ for integration tests in C++. I am getting tired of assigning objectName to a duplicate string value and thought I would automatically assign objectName based on the value of id.

Anyone k now how to do this? Or to accomplish what I am looking to do? It seems like such a waste of time to have such duplicate values for larger apps.

Thanks!

Charles Liao

The most efficient operation I found:

click the "@" button like the picture.

This operation will export the item as a alias property of root item in qml, which add the code "property alias connect_button: connect_button" in qml file. The property name is same with id name.
use the following code in cpp that can get the qml item with "id":
QQuickItem* connect_button = qmlRoot->property("connect_button").value<QQuickItem *>();

GrecKo

Not as straight forward as using objectName but you could retrieve the id of an object in a context with QQmlContext::nameForObject. The trick is to get the context you want because an object can have different ids in different contexts.