[SOLVED] QHeaderView saveState() and restoreState() example
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Basically my requirement is to save column the settings for QTableView, after researching I found the solution to use save/restore state of QHeaderView. However I couldn't find an example for this. It will be nice if someone can provide more information for the same.
I would also like to know if we can save the sequence no. of the column , restore visible/hidden column with QHeaderView.
Best Regards,
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Hi!
An example of how to store the values of a QTableView (that are configured by its QHeaderView is the following (int this case in a .ini file):
@QSettings settings2("dialogs.ini", QSettings::IniFormat);
settings2.setValue("columnConfig", headerView->saveState());@To restore the values you can code:
@QSettings settings("dialogs.ini", QSettings::IniFormat);
headerView->restoreState(settings.value("columnConfig").toByteArray());@The configuration stored is exactly what you want of the QHeaderView. Is this class that stores the values of column order, size, visible/hidden, etc.
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[quote author="Sam" date="1370333044"]
I would also like to know if we can save the sequence no. of the column , restore visible/hidden column with QHeaderView.[/quote]
yes this is also possible, but an awkward work ... at least in my eyes ;)
You need to keep track of the "logical":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qheaderview.html#logicalIndex and "visual":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qheaderview.html#visualIndex index and store/restore them appropriately.
E.g. every time a section has been moved, hidden, resized etc. -
As I said before, saving the State of QHeaderView solves it!! It stores also de logical and visual indices.
[quote author="raven-worx" date="1370338797"][quote author="Sam" date="1370333044"]
I would also like to know if we can save the sequence no. of the column , restore visible/hidden column with QHeaderView.[/quote]
yes this is also possible, but an awkward work ... at least in my eyes ;)
You need to keep track of the "logical":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qheaderview.html#logicalIndex and "visual":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qheaderview.html#visualIndex index and store/restore them appropriately.
E.g. every time a section has been moved, hidden, resized etc.
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Thanks for the answers,
I would like to store the settings at the component level eg. Subclass QTableView and add saveSettings() / restoreSettings() functions which are called when the table gets initialize/closed.
Now if I restart the application will the setting be maintained or will it be overridden as a new instance of tableView / headerView will be created each time.
Does anyone recommends using SQLite database for storing the column settings ?
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I recommend you to use an .ini file or the registry of the OS.
Remember that this settings must be restored after setting the model.
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Thanks for the reply,
I have another question related to the same topic, For my test case I have a tableView added to the MainWindow and I would like to save the setting when the main window is closed. I override closeEvent() for my tableView where I call saveSettings() but nothing happens.
Then I tried with eventFilters() and checked for QEvent::Close but that too doesn't seems to work. Finally based on the QEvent::type() I figured out that QEvent::Hide is called when the mainwindow is closed. Can anyone explain this behavior ?
Regards
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only a top-level widget will receive a close event. Since your table view is a child of the top level widget (main window) it will only receive a hide event.
If you don't dynamically change the parent-child relationships - meaning your tableview will always stay in the same top-level widget -you can do the following:
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MyTableView::MyTableView() {
this->window()->installEventFilter(this); //Note: ensure that parent was already set here
}bool MyTableView::eventFilter(QObject* watched, QEvent* event)
{
if( watched == this->window() && event->type() == QEvent::Close )
{
//save the settings
}
return QTableView::eventFilter(watched,event);
}
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