State target: object vs type

sarangbaheti

Hello,

I am new to QML and was going through the QT Quick introduction training about user interaction, input and states session, provided at Qt website.
I must say it is nice set of series to introduce the QML and Qt Suite. States seems to be really powerful concept. I was wondering shouldn't it be possible to specify type in target of state rather than object?

Suppose I have 10 text fields on a dialog and I want a similar behaviour and if I specify only states targeted at each object then there will be tremendous duplication of code, instead I can specify that within this item (dialog) all items of type: textfield should be applied this state.

Thanks for your answers.

Best,
Sarang

andre

I am not entirely sure I understand what you mean.

I think you could do what you want by simply creating your own type (that is, a new file), and make that item reference the parents state, for instance. Something along these lines:

@
//file: MyTextField.qml

TextEdit {
id: textField
state: parent.state
enabled: (state == "TheEnabledState")

// whaterver else you want in here
}
@

Or am I totally off track here?

sarangbaheti

Hi Andre,

Many thanks for replying.
Actually my point was:

@TextEdit {
id: textField1
state: parent.state
enabled: (state == "TheEnabledState")

// whaterver else you want in here
}

TextEdit {
id: textField2
state: parent.state
enabled: (state == "TheEnabledState")

// whaterver else you want in here
}
@
then I will have to create 2 states for two text fields. But If I have 10 such fields in dialog then I may need to write 10 states, if we go by objects.
What I am asking is it possible to create 10 textfields and associate them with only one state for consistency and maintenance.

Other option may be to create a separate textfield qml file (is it called component?) and then use it.

Thanks,
Sarang

Edit: please use @ to mark code sections; Andre

andre

No, the point was, that you don't need to maintain 10 states. Instead, after defining your own MyTextEdit as explained above, you can simply do:

@
MyTextEdit {
id: TextEdit1;
}
MyTextEdit {
id: TextEdit2;
}
@

The state is automatically managed the same for all instances of MyTextEdit that way.

sarangbaheti

Ok.

So the basic philosophy of Qt QML is to create lots of customized components. But then I will have to rename the files and my components accordingly so that I don't have clashes.

Is there any best practices document about this?

Thanks!
Sarang