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  • K Offline
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    klynxe
    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    I have a QTreeView with data
    item 1
    subitem 1-1
    sub sub item 1-1-1
    sub sub item 1-1-2
    sub sub item 1-1-3
    item 2
    I have a model from QAbstractItemModel
    When I add new sub item 2-1 to item 2 my tree view update good, but when I try add data to item, whitch already have data (for example add subitem 1-2 to item 1) my view doesn't update (item is invisible in view tree). How I can correct this?
    I try use dataChanged, but I can use it for 1st level of tree only. I don't now how use it for subitem

    void ModelTreeObject::insertOrUpdate(QVector<TreeData*> &treeDatas)
    {
        foreach (TreeData* treeData, treeDatas) {        
            bool update = false;
            for(int i = 0; i < rootItem->childCount(); i++)
            {
                if(rootItem->child(i)->id() == treeData->id)//update
                {
    
                    rootItem->child(i)->setData(treeData);
                    update = true;
                    emit dataChanged(index(i,0), index(i,4));
                    break;
                }
            }
            if(!update)
            {
                beginInsertRows(QModelIndex(),rootItem->childCount(),rootItem->childCount());
                rootItem->insertChildren(rootItem->childCount(), treeData);
                endInsertRows();
    
            }
        }
    }
    
    void ModelTreeObject::remove(quint64 id)
    {
        for(int i = 0; i < rootItem->childCount(); i++)
        {
            if(rootItem->child(i)->id() == id)
            {
                beginRemoveRows(QModelIndex(),i,i);
                rootItem->removeChildren(i,1);
                endRemoveRows();
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    
    JonBJ VRoninV 2 Replies Last reply
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    • K klynxe

      I have a QTreeView with data
      item 1
      subitem 1-1
      sub sub item 1-1-1
      sub sub item 1-1-2
      sub sub item 1-1-3
      item 2
      I have a model from QAbstractItemModel
      When I add new sub item 2-1 to item 2 my tree view update good, but when I try add data to item, whitch already have data (for example add subitem 1-2 to item 1) my view doesn't update (item is invisible in view tree). How I can correct this?
      I try use dataChanged, but I can use it for 1st level of tree only. I don't now how use it for subitem

      void ModelTreeObject::insertOrUpdate(QVector<TreeData*> &treeDatas)
      {
          foreach (TreeData* treeData, treeDatas) {        
              bool update = false;
              for(int i = 0; i < rootItem->childCount(); i++)
              {
                  if(rootItem->child(i)->id() == treeData->id)//update
                  {
      
                      rootItem->child(i)->setData(treeData);
                      update = true;
                      emit dataChanged(index(i,0), index(i,4));
                      break;
                  }
              }
              if(!update)
              {
                  beginInsertRows(QModelIndex(),rootItem->childCount(),rootItem->childCount());
                  rootItem->insertChildren(rootItem->childCount(), treeData);
                  endInsertRows();
      
              }
          }
      }
      
      void ModelTreeObject::remove(quint64 id)
      {
          for(int i = 0; i < rootItem->childCount(); i++)
          {
              if(rootItem->child(i)->id() == id)
              {
                  beginRemoveRows(QModelIndex(),i,i);
                  rootItem->removeChildren(i,1);
                  endRemoveRows();
                  break;
              }
          }
      }
      
      JonBJ Offline
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      JonB
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      @klynxe said in Update QTreeView on add data to subitem:

      emit dataChanged(index(i,0), index(i,4));

      I could be wrong ( :) ), but where do you get that index() from? QModelIndex() takes a parent, which is needed for non-top-level items. In a tree view I think you must use for sub-items?

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      • K klynxe

        I have a QTreeView with data
        item 1
        subitem 1-1
        sub sub item 1-1-1
        sub sub item 1-1-2
        sub sub item 1-1-3
        item 2
        I have a model from QAbstractItemModel
        When I add new sub item 2-1 to item 2 my tree view update good, but when I try add data to item, whitch already have data (for example add subitem 1-2 to item 1) my view doesn't update (item is invisible in view tree). How I can correct this?
        I try use dataChanged, but I can use it for 1st level of tree only. I don't now how use it for subitem

        void ModelTreeObject::insertOrUpdate(QVector<TreeData*> &treeDatas)
        {
            foreach (TreeData* treeData, treeDatas) {        
                bool update = false;
                for(int i = 0; i < rootItem->childCount(); i++)
                {
                    if(rootItem->child(i)->id() == treeData->id)//update
                    {
        
                        rootItem->child(i)->setData(treeData);
                        update = true;
                        emit dataChanged(index(i,0), index(i,4));
                        break;
                    }
                }
                if(!update)
                {
                    beginInsertRows(QModelIndex(),rootItem->childCount(),rootItem->childCount());
                    rootItem->insertChildren(rootItem->childCount(), treeData);
                    endInsertRows();
        
                }
            }
        }
        
        void ModelTreeObject::remove(quint64 id)
        {
            for(int i = 0; i < rootItem->childCount(); i++)
            {
                if(rootItem->child(i)->id() == id)
                {
                    beginRemoveRows(QModelIndex(),i,i);
                    rootItem->removeChildren(i,1);
                    endRemoveRows();
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        
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        VRonin
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        @klynxe said in Update QTreeView on add data to subitem:

        emit dataChanged(index(i,0), index(i,4));

        You are passing the wrong a indexes. Those are 4 columns in the top level, you should pass 1 more argument specifying the parent to each index() call

        "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
        ~Napoleon Bonaparte

        On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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