Non-static ListView model: how does QML Engine react?
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Hello all,
I am thinking my question is pretty self-explanatory, asking for a not-so-straightforward answer.
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I am in the process of creating an app that involves a dynamic ListView, where the user is capable of adding, removing, or modifying Components by pressing on-screen buttons.
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Each of these Components is capable of visualizing data from up to 5 sources. The user is also capable of removing a specified source, or adding another if the limit has not been reached.
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As you might guess, each Source is constantly handling timeout() signals, appending a new data point to itself whenever this occurs.
So my ListView is pretty dynamic.
For this ListView, my model would by a context property C++ class that contains a QVector of lists. Each index of the QVector corresponds to a Component in the ListView, whereas the C++ list at each index of the QVector corresponds to the Sources for each Component. (If you need clarification here, let me know).
What I am wondering is this: Let's say I use the length of the QVector as my ListView model. When a new list is appended to this QVector, OR let's say a new source is added to an existing list, does QML recognize this and act accordingly? Or rather, is this something I need to handle myself through signals/slots?
My thinking would be that, because I am using an int as the ListView model, it would be able to detect a list being added or removed, but it would not be able to detect the addition or removal of a source from an existing list in the QVector. Is my thinking correct on this?
Hopefully I didn't ramble. I tried to provide enough info to provide context, without going overboard.
Thank you!
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Hello all,
I am thinking my question is pretty self-explanatory, asking for a not-so-straightforward answer.
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I am in the process of creating an app that involves a dynamic ListView, where the user is capable of adding, removing, or modifying Components by pressing on-screen buttons.
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Each of these Components is capable of visualizing data from up to 5 sources. The user is also capable of removing a specified source, or adding another if the limit has not been reached.
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As you might guess, each Source is constantly handling timeout() signals, appending a new data point to itself whenever this occurs.
So my ListView is pretty dynamic.
For this ListView, my model would by a context property C++ class that contains a QVector of lists. Each index of the QVector corresponds to a Component in the ListView, whereas the C++ list at each index of the QVector corresponds to the Sources for each Component. (If you need clarification here, let me know).
What I am wondering is this: Let's say I use the length of the QVector as my ListView model. When a new list is appended to this QVector, OR let's say a new source is added to an existing list, does QML recognize this and act accordingly? Or rather, is this something I need to handle myself through signals/slots?
My thinking would be that, because I am using an int as the ListView model, it would be able to detect a list being added or removed, but it would not be able to detect the addition or removal of a source from an existing list in the QVector. Is my thinking correct on this?
Hopefully I didn't ramble. I tried to provide enough info to provide context, without going overboard.
Thank you!
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Hi @devDawg
Why don't you just try it out as experiment? ^^@Diracsbracket Great idea! I will re-post here when I have gotten to that point in my development, which should hopefully only take a day or two.
