Multiline strings

sandro4912

I tryed to do the following to break a long string:

    ListElement {
        name: "Mercury"
        imageSource: "images/mercury.jpeg"
        facts: "Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System. " +
               "It is the closest planet to the sun. It makes one trip " +
               "around the Sun once every 87.969 days."
    }

However I get complains that i cannot use script for property value.

So what is the correct way to break longer strings on several lines for readability in qml?

sandro4912

What works:

    ListElement {
        name: "Mercury"
        imageSource: "images/mercury.jpeg"
        facts: "Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System. \
               It is the closest planet to the sun. It makes one trip \
               around the Sun once every 87.969 days."
    }

Is that the best way?

Markkyboy

"What is the best way?", - I think that is subjective, if it works, then....it works.

You could also do;

    ListElement {
        name: "Mercury"
        imageSource: "images/mercury.jpeg"
        facts: "Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System.</p>
                <p>It is the closest planet to the sun. It makes one trip</p>
                <p>around the Sun once every 87.969 days.</p>"
    }

KroMignon

@sandro4912 said in Multiline strings:

So what is the correct way to break longer strings on several lines for readability in qml?

Hello, this is not a problem about line break, but the way you construct the final string which is not compatible with ListElement limitation. Read this extract from documentation:

The names used for roles must begin with a lower-case letter and should be common to all elements in a given model. Values must be simple constants; either strings (quoted and optionally within a call to QT_TR_NOOP), boolean values (true, false), numbers, or enumeration values (such as AlignText.AlignHCenter).

You can only use constants with ListElement
So you have to use \ to continue the string on next line, or write all in one line. You cannot use string concatenation in this special case.

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