QML Nested Repeater

[A Former User]

I am trying to output a bunch of text from a nested collection.

Assuming a collection myCollection with value:
[[name:"Foo Barmaster", accesshistory: [ [day: "Monday", times:[ "5pm","6pm","9pm" ]],[day: "Tuesday", times:[ "1pm","3pm"]] ]],... ]

Notice the nested collections. I intend to use this QML to output everything in the collection

@
Column{
Repeater {
model: myCollection

                Text {
                    text: modelData.name
                    font.family: "Arial"
                    font.pixelSize: 13 

                }


                Repeater{
                    model: modelData.accesshistory
                    Text {
                        text: modelData.day
                        font.family: "Arial"
                        font.pixelSize: 13 * root.wfact

                    }
                    Text {
                        text: modelData.times.join()
                        font.family: "Arial"
                        font.pixelSize: 12 * root.wfact
                    }
                }



        }

}
@

However on the 2nd layer repeater, my program just blanks. It doesn't even give me an error.
1st level repeater works on its own well if I comment out second layer of repeater. What gives?

Are nested repeaters supported?

[A Former User]

weird I think that should work, I have a nested repeater in my project that works just fine, also a ListView inside a Repeater and that works too!
did you test it with a new project and simple nested model? I don't know how large the rest of you app is, might be a problem somewhere else? :)

Edit: i think I see the problem, your model is wrong, you have used an array [day: ..] and not an object {day:..}
in JavaScript you should use arrays for arrays with int index only and for dictionaries objects: { }
like in QML if you use Item {} and not Item [] .. :D

try your model with this syntax:
@
[{name:“Foo Barmaster”, accesshistory: [ {day: “Monday”, times:[ “5pm”,“6pm”,“9pm” ]},{day: “Tuesday”, times:[ “1pm”,“3pm”]} ]},… ]
@

[A Former User]

Ah! It seems only ONE item can be in a Repeater. So having multiple text items meant I had to wrap that in one item e.g (row, column, rectangle, item, etc)
Following corrections in bold made things work:
@
Column{
Repeater {
model: myCollection
delegate: Column{

                Text {
                    text: modelData.name
                    font.family: "Arial"
                    font.pixelSize: 13

                }


                Repeater{
                    model: modelData.accesshistory
                    delegate: Column{
                    Text {
                        text: modelData.day
                        font.family: "Arial"
                        font.pixelSize: 13 * root.wfact

                    }
                    Text {
                        text: modelData.times.join()
                        font.family: "Arial"
                        font.pixelSize: 12 * root.wfact
                    }
                }
              }
          }


        }

}@

[A Former User]

oh yes that too, but QML should show an error if you try to add multiple items as a delegate!?

[A Former User]

I didn't get an error in any of the logs.

Essentially, the page (i.e component pushed into a stackview) that contained this code just silently didn't load.

[A Former User]

just tried it in my program, when I try to run with more than 1 item as the delegate of a repeater I get an error "Cannot assign multiple values to a singular property" and "The program has unexpectedly finished."

anyway did you change your model or is it working like that now? I always use the object notation for objects, like the JSON notation also that better to read I think.

also tested it to be clear:
@[foo:"bar"]@
that is a syntax error, even qt creator can't parse that, so how is your code even running.. very weird with your model :p

so you have to use
@{foo:"bar"}@
for objects (dictionaries)