Solved suggestions for repeating display views
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So far, I've been experimenting entirely with QStrings as elements in my model, like this:
struct DeviceDetails { uint8_t macAddr[6]; char devName[25]; ... } d; QAbstractItemModel *m_model; ... m_model->setData(m_model->index(row, DEV_DEVNAME), d.devName); /
I'm now trying to work with other data types, such as the macAddr, but I can't figure out how to do this. This is what I'm trying to do (but doesn't compile):
m_model->setData(m_model->index(row, DEV_MACADDR), d.macAddr);
How do I do this? Thanks...
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@mzimmers said in suggestions for repeating display views:
but doesn't compile
With what error?
I could imagineQVariant
isn't aware of how to serialize that type, but that's just a speculation at this point. -
C:\Qt\5.10.1\mingw53_32\include\QtCore\qvariant.h:471: error: 'QVariant::QVariant(void*)' is private inline QVariant(void *) Q_DECL_EQ_DELETE; ^
and:
C:\Users\MZimmers\CD desktop apps\Qt projects\wb_utility\model.cpp:36: error: use of deleted function 'QVariant::QVariant(void*)'
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Well, I suggest you convert
d.macAddr
toQString
before you pass it tosetData
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@mzimmers said in suggestions for repeating display views:
'QVariant::QVariant(void*)' is private
That is a "safeguard" operator to avoid people using pointers to non-
QObject
s into aQVariant
.
BasicallymacAddr
is of typeunsigned char*
thed
will still own the data intod.macAddr
and will delete it when it goes out of scope.QVariant
needs to own the data and know how to delete it. you should be able to hack your way around it by using a smart pointer but it's probably much easier to store it in a Qt container likeQByteArray
m_model->setData(m_model->index(row, DEV_MACADDR), QByteArray(d.macAddr,sizeof(d.macAddr));
P.S.
If the compiler complains about signed/unsigned you can use:
QByteArray(static_cast<char*>(d.macAddr),sizeof(d.macAddr))
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@VRonin ah that explains it (in fact, that's exactly what I was trying to do).
I like your idea of changing my char array into QByteArray, but there's a snag - I'm attempting to use the same C struct for my target device as my host app, which restricts me to C++11 types.
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Aargh - I still get confused about using setdata() (and in fact the whole model/view paradigm). Let me play with this, and I'll get back with more confusion in a bit.
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@mzimmers
Maybe it's me who's misunderstanding you:I'm attempting to use the same C struct for my target device as my host app, which restricts me to C++11 types
I am taking that as you have two, separate programs which wish to share a
struct
in a.h
file, so you'd like the actual declaration & content to be accessible from a non-Qt program. Maybe you mean something quite different?! -
Yes, you got it exactly. I'm kind of a fanatic when it comes to not duplicating data structures (not because I'm lazy, but because I'm afraid of updating one of them, but forgetting to update the other, down the road). This philosophy has occasionally caused headaches during initial implementation, but usually repays itself in simplified maintenance.
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OK, I've been grinding through this stuff, and I understand it at least a little better now. My worker receives a message, converts it from XML into a struct, and passes the struct to the object containing the model. My model object then does stuff like this:
mac_itoa(d.macAddr, macStr); m_model->setData(m_model->index(row, DEV_MACADDR), macStr);
So, my summary information in the display widget updates automatically. But, as I mentioned, I have a details area. How do I go about updating the values in this area? I can't do a setModel, as they're just edit boxes, not lists, tables or trees.
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You have 2 options:
Do it manually:connect(view->selectionModel(),&QItemSelectionModel::selectionChanged
and fill your widgets with dataor use
QDataWidgetMapper
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@VRonin thanks for the link. I looked at one of the mapper examples (simplewidgetmapper), and I think this is the way to go for me.
In fact, I'm thinking about changing the entire UI. Instead of separate summary/detail areas, I could provide the user with two lists: one for the MAC address, and one for the device name. When the user makes a selection, all the details area (contained in a grid like the simplewidgetmapper example) would update. The user could then edit the details and press a "commit" button.
How does this sound so far?
EDIT:
So, I've begun an in-place conversion from QTableView to using individual widgets (and QDataWidgetMapper). (I've only implemented 2 fields so far.) I think I must be missing a step, because the fields don't initialize on startup the way they did with the table view.
mapper = new QDataWidgetMapper(this); mapper->setModel(d->getModel()); mapper->addMapping(ui->comboBoxMacAddr, 0); mapper->addMapping(ui->deviceName, 1); ui->gridLayout->addWidget(ui->labelMacAddr, 0, 0, 1, 1); ui->gridLayout->addWidget(ui->comboBoxMacAddr, 0, 1, 1, 1); ui->gridLayout->addWidget(ui->labelDevName, 1, 0, 1, 1); ui->gridLayout->addWidget(ui->deviceName, 1, 1, 1, 1);
Have I indeed left out a step? It may be noteworthy that, once I select a row in my table (I still have the table active), the update properly affects these fields.
Thanks...
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@mzimmers said in suggestions for repeating display views:
the fields don't initialize on startup
What would the expected behaviour be?
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I was expecting that the widgets that I mapped to the model would be automatically updated with the model data. (This is how the view table worked.) Could the problem be that I have multiple views setting on the same model? (I still have my view table active.)
If it looks like I misunderstood the correct use of the mapper, please let me know and I'll make whatever changes necessary.
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You just missed the connection.
@VRonin said in suggestions for repeating display views:
like explained here: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qdatawidgetmapper.html#setCurrentModelIndex
connect(view->selectionModel(),&QItemSelectionModel::currentRowChanged,mapper,&QDataWidgetMapper::setCurrentModelIndex);
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I actually have that connection, and it handles updating the fields once a row is changed. What's missing is the initial setting of the fields before the user selects a row.
In production, this app is going to be collecting data from remote devices all the time. When it gets the first message (no matter from which device), I'd like to populate the MAC address and device name fields with the information from that message, as it does the view table.
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You can call
view->selectionModel()->setCurrentIndex(view->model()->index(0,0));
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@VRonin: this solution seems to require the table view. I was hoping to eliminate the table view once I got my individually mapped widgets working. Am I barking up the wrong tree here?