[Solved] Check if value is part of the list in qcombobox

[Mr. Kibu]

Hi,

I have got an editable qcombobox that gets the listbox from a related QSqlRelationalTableModel.
Now I want to check if the entered value is part of the list after the combobox looses the focus.

So I installed the eventfilter like this:

ui->cbVoucherPosItemKey->installEventFilter(this);

And then I catch the focusout-event of the combobox:

bool BVoucherPosForm::eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event)
{
    if (event->type() == QEvent::FocusOut)
    {
        if (object == ui->cbVoucherPosItemKey)
        {
            qDebug() << "ComboIndex: "<<ui->cbVoucherPosItemKey->findText(ui->cbVoucherPosItemKey->currentText());
        }
    }
    return false;
}

I want to get -1 if the value is not part of the list. But I get also -1 if I write the first letters of a string that is in the list (because it is an editable combobox, the value of the list is autocomplete) and push the TAB-button to move the focus (e.g. after typing "abc", the combobox is selecting the string "abcde" in the list, but I get -1 in my example above).

If I type the correct String in the combobox (e.g. "abcde"), I get the right index in my qDebug message. So I want to get the right index when I type "abc" too.

My question:

-- Is there a possibility to wait in the focusout-event for the finished selection in the combobox ??

or

-- Is there a smarter way???

Thank you!

[Mr. Kibu]

I found out, that

qDebug()<<"item: "<<ui->cbVoucherPosItemKey->currentText();

retourns me the right string, when I copy the code to the place in the eventFilter-function where the other qDebug code is standing.
The problem in my example is, that the values of the list are beginning with capital letters (like "Abcde"). So, how do I use combobox::findtext without case-sensitiv??

Thank you!

[the_]

@Mr.-Kibu

Hi,

as you already found out, QComboBox has a method called findText , The second parameter holds the Flags for matching. Default is Qt::MatchExactly | Qt::MatchCaseSensitive. Flags that can be set are defined here:
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5.5/qt.html#MatchFlag-enum

So for example if you have a ComboBox that contains "Level" as Text

qDebug() << combobox->findText("level"); //prints -1, not found
qDebug() << combobox->findText("level",Qt::MatchContains); //prints the first index that contains "level" 

Hope that helps

[SGaist]

Hi,

Isn't QCompleter what you are looking for ?

[Mr. Kibu]

Thank you to the_ and SGaist!

I realised it like the_ explained. In my case it is the easiest way and it works (in a combobox with a list of values from a related table, I want to know if the entered string is part of the list and if not (index = -1) I open a dialog to add a new value in the related table).
But I admit, QCompleter is also a smart solution. Maybe in the future...