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[solved] Getting the text lines of a QML Text object

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  • p3c0P Offline
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    p3c0
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    wrote on last edited by
    #2

    Hi,

    Can you elaborate what do you mean by text lines and array of text lines ?

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    • K Offline
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      Katlin
      wrote on last edited by
      #3

      Example:

      The text is:
      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus pulvinar mollis nibh non convallis. Nunc sed fringilla augue, sit amet varius nunc

      The Text object size is:
      [------------------------]

      What I need:
      Array(
      'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,',
      'consectetur adipiscing elit.',
      'Vivamus pulvinar mollis',
      'nibh non convallis. Nunc',
      'sed fringilla augue,',
      'sit amet varius nunc'
      )

      (can be json or whatever, as long as I get the actual text lies)

      Where the actual lines are given by the Text object width and the fact that WordWrap is on.

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      • p3c0P Offline
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        p3c0
        Moderators
        wrote on last edited by
        #4

        Sorry but i still don't understand. Is wordwrap not working ?
        Or you want to get the Text data in QML as it is displayed in Text element ? If so then you will need to split it manually.

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        • K Offline
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          Katlin
          wrote on last edited by
          #5

          Yes, I just want the text data as it is displayed in the Text element, for the specified width and font metrics.
          Assuming I have to do this manually, what do you suggest? How should I approach this?

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          • p3c0P Offline
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            p3c0
            Moderators
            wrote on last edited by
            #6

            Why not do it in the reverse way ? ie. Creating a string with "\n" inserted in between the string "Lorem ipsum dolor ......" after every n number of words and then setting this string to Text element.

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            • K Offline
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              Katlin
              wrote on last edited by
              #7

              Because that is not the point.
              What you are suggesting is a different problem, it is in reverse, as you say :)
              I do not want to split the text myself, I want it splitted according to the Text object.

              Again:

              IN : Text object width, font metrics , the whole text (string)
              OUT: array of strings - the whole text splitted according to the IN

              If QML would allow, I would just do:
              @
              Text{
              id:my_text
              text : "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet ...."
              wrapMode: Text.WordWrap;
              font.family: ...
              font.bold: ...
              font.italic: ...
              font.pointSize: ...

              Component.onCompleted: {
              
                  var a = new Array();
                  a = my_text.lines(); // or something like that
              
              }
              

              }
              @

              But QML doesn't permit, hence my question.

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              • p3c0P Offline
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                p3c0
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                wrote on last edited by
                #8

                AFAIK there's no built-in way to do that. The text is finally rendered by considering all it's properties. You will need to find the way how Qt does it so that you can emulate it on QML side.

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                • K Offline
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                  Katlin
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #9

                  Yes, i was thinking of that, but I wanted to check with the community before coding anything.
                  So in other words, the best and only way to do it is to do it by doing it :)

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                  • C Offline
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                    chrisadams
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #10

                    Hi,

                    See QRectF QQuickTextPrivate::setupTextLayout(qreal *const baseline) for the related code. It uses QTextLayout and QTextLine internally, along with some geometry constraints implied by the geometry of the QQuickText instance properties.

                    Beware, though: text layout code often involves dragons.

                    Kind regards,
                    Chris Adams.

                    http://www.qinetic.com.au/ - Qt & QML User Experience Specialists

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                    • K Offline
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                      Katlin
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #11

                      Solved! - in case anybody else needs something like this - here's my solution:

                      @
                      QStringList ret;
                      QString temp;
                      QTextLayout blob;
                      QTextOption to;
                      to.setWrapMode(QTextOption::WordWrap);
                      to.setUseDesignMetrics(true);
                      QFont ft = font();
                      ft.setPixelSize(...);
                      blob.setFont(...);
                      blob.setText(...);
                      blob.setTextOption(to);
                      blob.beginLayout();
                      Q_FOREVER
                      {
                      QTextLine line = blob.createLine();

                          if(!line.isValid()){
                              break;
                          }
                          line.setLineWidth(width());
                      
                          temp = the_text.mid(line.textStart(),line.textLength());
                          ret << temp;
                      }
                      return ret;
                      

                      @

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