Treeview for a sequence... it's worth to use a model?

Mark81

I have to show a sequence of actions in a graphical form. The sequence is based upon a hierarchical structure, example:

Section 1
    Group 1
        Action 1 | Description | Progress | State
        Action 2 | Description | Progress | State
        Action 3 | Description | Progress | State
    Group 2
        Action 1 | Description | Progress | State
        Action 2 | Description | Progress | State
        Action 3 | Description | Progress | State
Section 2
    Group 1
        Action 1 | Description | Progress | State
        Action 2 | Description | Progress | State
        Action 3 | Description | Progress | State
    Group 2
        Action 1 | Description | Progress | State
        Action 2 | Description | Progress | State
        Action 3 | Description | Progress | State

I think a treeview is the most suitable way to present this information.
As you can guess, each row is update one by one changing the progress and the state.
I would insert some custom QWidget in the cells, like progress bars, leds or any other stuff I need.

I'm wondering if it's worth to use a model (and hence a QTreeView) for this use-case or it's easier to use a QTreeWidget where each cell is manually updated.

My thoughts: the second way is more handy to display custom widgets but requires more code. Instead the model-based approach is more robust but more limited (unless you want to deal with a lot of delegates).

Any other suggestion?

SGaist

Hi,

Your custom model will give you more flexibility. You can more easily change the view on top of it.

As for your custom items in the cells: QStyledItemDelegate is the way to go.

Mark81

@SGaist said in Treeview for a sequence... it's worth to use a model?:

As for your custom items in the cells: QStyledItemDelegate is the way to go.

As far as I understand, with QStyledItemDelegate I have to subclass the paint() event in order to draw something "custom", haven't I? I mean, it's not possible to just set a QWidget and handle its signals/slots?

I ask this because this way is quite simple with simple editors (like the start example of the Qt docs). But if you want to insert something more complex drawing everything manually in the paint() event doesn't seem so handy...

SGaist

You'll end up with hundreds or even more widgets which will kill performances.