ListView select item by code

[solarisx]

Hi

I have implemented a ListModel (QAbstractListModel) and view it in qml. How can I set an Item of the ListView as selected by qml code? Set ListView.currentIndex seems not enough.

Greets

[Mammamia]

You can set the currentIndex to get it selected

onPressed: the_list_view.currentIndex = 1

[IntruderExcluder]

What do you mean under 'select'? If you want to highlight it you can set delegate background:

ListView {
    ...
    delegate: ItemDelegate {
        ...
        background: Rectangle {
            ...
            visible: ListView.view.currentIndex === model.index
        }
    }
}

[solarisx]

I think I can explain it better with an example. There is "the_button" and if it gets pressed the second item of the list should be selected (set as the currentItem). Like "the_list_view.childAt(0,1).selected = true"?

import QtQuick 2.12
import QtQuick.Window 2.12
import QtQuick.Layouts 1.12
import QtQuick.Controls 2.12

Window {
    visible: true
    width: 250
    height: 350
    title: qsTr("Hello World")
    
    
    Component {
        id: the_delegate
        Item {
            width: 180; height: 40
            Column {
                Text { text: '<b>Name:</b> ' + name }
                Text { text: '<b>Number:</b> ' + number }
            }
        }
    }
    
    
    ColumnLayout {
        
        ListView {
            id: the_list_view
            implicitWidth: 250
            implicitHeight: 250
            anchors.fill: parent
            clip: true
            
            highlight: Rectangle { color: "lightsteelblue"; radius: 5 }
            focus: true
            
            delegate: the_delegate            
            
            model: ListModel {
                id: the_model
                ListElement {
                    name: "Bill Smith"
                    number: "555 3264"
                }
                ListElement {
                    name: "John Brown"
                    number: "555 8426"
                }
                ListElement {
                    name: "Sam Wise"
                    number: "555 0473"
                }                
            }            
        }
        
        Button {
            
            id: the_button
            implicitWidth: 200
            implicitHeight: 50
            text: "the button"
            onPressed: //how to activate (simulate a click on) the second ListElement "John Brown" by its index.
                       //Like: "the_list_view.childAt(0,1).selected = true"
        }        
    }
}

[Mammamia]

You can set the currentIndex to get it selected

onPressed: the_list_view.currentIndex = 1

[IntruderExcluder]

Set highlightFollowsCurrentItem: true property of ListView, then change its current index.

[solarisx]

Thanks to both of you. As Mammamia write a list item can be selected by setting the currentIndex. But this does not simulate a mouse click. Anyway with currentIndex I can set the currentItem and from there I can call a function of the_delegate which does the rest.

Next time I will describe my problem better. I thought a selection of an item will trigger a onClicked event automatically.

Thanks again, here is my final solution:

Component {
        id: the_delegate
        ...
        function simulateSomething() {...}
}

ListView {
    id: the_list_view
    ...
    function simulateSomethingOnItem(index) {
        currentIndex = index;
        currentItem.simulateSomething();
    }
}

Button {
    ...
    onClicked: the_list_view.simulateSomethingOnItem(1)
}

[IntruderExcluder]

ListView destroys delegates that comes out of its view port, so this can be impossible in some ways.