[Solved]Edit qml property from c++

[ealione]

I have a qml file that contains a number of properties (it displays a rectangle, and the properties are its dimensions).

Is it possible for me to be able to alter those properties, lets say the 'width' property, from c++ and have that change reflected on my qml rectangle.

[A Former User]

Yes.

@
object->setProperty("width", 500);
@

For more information see "Interacting with QML Objects from C++":http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtqml-cppintegration-interactqmlfromcpp.html .

[p3c0]

Hi,

To add to Wieland's answer, if the Item whose property you need to change from C++ is not root Item, you may need to find that particular Item using findChild and passing it the Item's objectName.

[ealione]

My qml file looks like this

@import QtQuick 2.3

import MyCustoms 1.0

Rectangle {

property int    x Val               : 20
property int    yVal                : 3
property int    radiusVal        : 10

id: content
color: "red"
antialiasing: true
anchors.fill: parent; anchors.margins: 10; radius: radiusVal
Rectangle { // smaller rectangle with another colour }
}@

and I instantiate it from c++ like this

@view = new QQuickView();

view->setSource(QUrl("qrc:/qmlRect.qml"));
view->setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
view->show();@

The first thing I tried was in some function have this

@view->setProperty("radiusVal", 40);@

and call it at some point.

No change whatsoever can be observed on my rectangle though.

EDIT

Even if I try

@QObject *rootObject = view->rootObject();
rootObject->setProperty("radiusVal",30);@

won't have any effect.

[p3c0]

@
view->setProperty("radiusVal", 40)
@

would update QQuickView's property and not Rectangle's.
The other approach should work. Could be some other problem.

[ealione]

It is indeed working, I had another mistake on my source files they prevented the change.

[Rolias]

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[ealione]

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[Rolias]

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[ealione]

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