<![CDATA[Span cells in QTableView from model]]>I want to achieve something like this (image from the web):

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where each "section" spans over all the columns. This should be accomplished by using the void QTableView::setSpan(int row, int column, int rowSpanCount, int columnSpanCount) method. But the UI has no way to know which rows are section. The model knows, i.e. I have an hidden column that allows me to distinguish if the current row is either a section row or data one.

So, what is the best way to bring up this information to the UI in order to set the span?

My (ugly*) thought: whenever the model changes, first clear all the spans, then cycle the rows one by one, get the model data, check the hidden field and set the span according.

*ugly, but it actually works!

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/97703/span-cells-in-qtableview-from-modelRSS for NodeWed, 06 May 2026 12:21:25 GMTMon, 17 Dec 2018 08:02:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Span cells in QTableView from model on Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:16:15 GMT]]>The KDE API has a very similar functionality using KCategorizedSortFilterProxyModel/KCategorizedView/KCategoryDrawer: https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kitemviews/html/annotated.html but it implements only a list view, not a table.
The alternative is to use a tree model/view, set the categories as top items and the rest as leaves of the tree

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/499671https://forum.qt.io/post/499671Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:16:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Span cells in QTableView from model on Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:20:51 GMT]]>Hi
I mean to flag a row if should be a section type.
Would be less convoluted than having a hidden col. (IMHO)

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/499640https://forum.qt.io/post/499640Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:20:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Span cells in QTableView from model on Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:15:39 GMT]]>@mrjj said in Span cells in QTableView from model:

HI
It's not possible to use UserRole for this? (custom role)
So so it's like EditROle and Decoration role and a view can choose to honor it.

As far as I know with DecorationRole and the other display ones (i.e. BackgroundRole) you can easily change the appearance in terms of colors and icons. I don't know if you can also suppress the cell borders as well.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/499639https://forum.qt.io/post/499639Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:15:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Span cells in QTableView from model on Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:10:47 GMT]]>HI
It's not possible to use UserRole for this? (custom role)
So so it's like EditROle and Decoration role and a view can choose to honor it.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/499637https://forum.qt.io/post/499637Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:10:47 GMT