<![CDATA[[Solved] QGraphicsIte setPos , moveBy - how do they work?]]>I looked at the "colliding mouse example":http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/graphicsview-collidingmice.html that ships with Qt.
It took me several days to figure out
@setPos(mapToParent(0,1));@

moves a QGraphicsItem downwards, everytime 'advance' (QGraphicsView function) is called. I don't understand how this works.

(This is not part of the code, but I modified the 'setPos' function slightly to see how it works)

I had to rummage though the code to figure out what was moving the QGraphicsItem. I expected to see something like

@setPos(mapToParent(0,ypos));@

to move something downwards, with ypos incremented in 'advance' member function in QGraphicsItem. This seems more intuitive to me. However, it seems this causes the item to move with a constant acceleration.

I also saw another function somewhere else that works exactly the same way (Correct me if I am wrong)
@moveBy(0,1);@

Now this seems intuitive to me. Everytime advance is called, the item is 'moved by' (0,1)

Could somebody explain how setPos works?
Thanks!

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/15401/solved-qgraphicsite-setpos-moveby-how-do-they-workRSS for NodeFri, 23 Oct 2026 16:09:51 GMTWed, 28 Mar 2012 03:42:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved] QGraphicsIte setPos , moveBy - how do they work? on Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:20:37 GMT]]>Thanks sraboisson! Wonderful explanation. Ah so 'increment' part comes from mapToParent as you showed in the code. I think the reason it did not occur to me was I didn't think the origin changed everytime setpos(mapToParent(..)) was called.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/133907https://forum.qt.io/post/133907Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:20:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved] QGraphicsIte setPos , moveBy - how do they work? on Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:53:06 GMT]]>The confusion does not come from your interpretation of "setPos" (which acts as you expect), but from the "mapToParent" function

THIS is the important point:
The "mapToParent" function converts a coordinate in item coordinates to coordinate in parent's coordinate system (or scene coordinates if no parent)

For example, if you have a mouse "myMouse" at (10,10) in your scene:

  • The "myMouse" local coordinates are (0,0), i.e origin of the mouse item
  • The "myMouse" coordinate in scene coordinates are (10,10).

A call myMouse.mapToParent(0,0) will return (10,10);
A call myMouse.mapToParent(0,1) will return (10,11);

and this is the point:
@myMouse.setPos(10,10); /* Position the mouse in it's parent coordinate system : (10, 10) /
newPos = myMouse.mapToParent(0,1); / newPos = (10,10) + (0,1) = (10, 11); /
myMouse.setPos(newPos); / Position the mouse in it's parent coordinate system : (10, 11) /
newPos = myMouse.mapToParent(0,1); / newPos = (10,11) + (0,1) = (10, 12); /
myMouse.setPos(newPos); / Position the mouse in it's parent coordinate system : (10, 12) */@

and so on...

Note: In the "colliding mice" sample, a mouse coordiantes system is yaxis = nose to tail axis: combining with the mouse item rotation, a mouse does not only go down, but in the good direction

Perhaps, "The Graphics View Coordinate System":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/graphicsview.html#the-graphics-view-coordinate-system can help...

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