ShaderEffectSource warning without using it explicitly

[Mark81]

I wrote this QML object:

import QtQuick 2.11
import QtGraphicalEffects 1.0

Rectangle {
    property color activeColor: "black"

    id: outer
    color: "transparent"
    clip: true

    Behavior on activeColor {
        ColorAnimation { duration: 1000 }
    }

    Rectangle {
        id: inner
        width: parent.width
        height: width
        radius: width

        LinearGradient {
            anchors.fill: inner
            source: inner
            start: Qt.point(outer.width / 2, 0)
            end: Qt.point(outer.width / 2, outer.height)
            gradient: Gradient {
                GradientStop { position: 0.0; color: activeColor }
                GradientStop { position: 1.0; color: "black" }
            }
        }
    }
}

when I show it or change the activeColor property I get the following warning:

ShaderEffectSource: 'recursive' must be set to true when rendering recursively.

I guess it depends on the LinearGradient even if I don't use a ShaderEffectSource directly. But where is the recursion here? And how to set the recursive property to true? It's not a member of LinearGradient.

[raven-worx]

@Mark81 said in ShaderEffectSource warning without using it explicitly:

I guess it depends on the LinearGradient even if I don't use a ShaderEffectSource directly. But where is the recursion here?

since the gradient is a child of the source, it will render itself recursively.

In your case to overcome the error you should place the LinearGradient element next to the source item (as a sibling) and explicitly hide the source item.