QListViewItem Class Reference
The QListViewItem class implements a list view item.
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#include <qlistview.h>
Inherits Qt.
Inherited by QCheckListItem.
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Detailed Description
The QListViewItem class implements a list view item.
A list view item is a multi-column object capable of displaying
itself. Its design has the following main goals:
- Work
quickly and well for large sets of data.
- Be easy to use in
the simple case.
The simplest way to use QListViewItem is to construct one with a few
constant strings. This creates an item which is a child of parent, with two fixed-content strings, and discards the pointer to
it:
(void) new QListViewItem( parent, "first column", "second column" );
This object will be deleted when parent is deleted, as for QObjects.
The parent is either another QListViewItem or a QListView. If the
parent is a QListView, this item is a top-level item within that
QListView. If the parent is another QListViewItem, this item
becomes a child of the parent item.
If you keep the pointer, you can set or change the texts using
setText(), add pixmaps using setPixmap(), change its mode using
setSelectable(), setSelected(), setOpen() and setExpandable(),
change its height using setHeight(), and do much tree traversal.
The set* functions in QListView also affect QListViewItem, of
course.
You can traverse the tree as if it were a doubly linked list using
itemAbove() and itemBelow(); they return pointers to the items
directly above and below this item on the screen (even if none of
the three are actually visible at the moment).
You can also traverse it as a tree, using parent(), firstChild() and
nextSibling(). This code does something to each of an item's
children:
QListViewItem * myChild = myItem->firstChild();
while( myChild ) {
doSomething( myChild );
myChild = myChild->nextSibling();
}
Also there is now an iterator class to traverse a tree of list view items.
To iterate over all items of a list view, do:
QListViewItemIterator it( listview );
for ( ; it.current(); ++it )
do_something_with_the_item( it.current() );
Note that the order of the children will change when the sorting
order changes, and is undefined if the items are not visible. You
can however call enforceSortOrder() at any time, and QListView will
always call it before it needs to show an item.
Many programs will need to reimplement QListViewItem. The most
commonly reimplemented functions are:
- text() returns the
text in a column. Many subclasses will compute that on the
fly.
- key() is used for sorting. The default key() simply calls
text(), but judicious use of key can be used to sort by e.g. date
(as QFileDialog does).
- setup() is called before showing the
item, and whenever e.g. the font changes.
- activate() is called
whenever the user clicks on the item or presses space when the item
is the currently highlighted item.
Some subclasses call setExpandable( TRUE ) even when they have no
children, and populate themselves when setup() or setOpen( TRUE ) is
called. The dirview/dirview.cpp example program uses precisely this
technique to start up quickly: The files and subdirectories in a
directory aren't entered into the tree until they need to.
Member Function Documentation
QListViewItem::QListViewItem ( QListView * parent )
Constructs a new top-level list view item in the QListView parent.
QListViewItem::QListViewItem ( QListView * parent, QString label1, QString label2 = QString::null, QString label3 = QString::null, QString label4 = QString::null, QString label5 = QString::null, QString label6 = QString::null, QString label7 = QString::null, QString label8 = QString::null )
Constructs a new list view item in the QListView parent, parent, with at most 8 constant strings as contents.
(void)new QListViewItem( lv, "/", "Root directory" );
See also setText().
QListViewItem::QListViewItem ( QListView * parent, QListViewItem * after )
Constructs an empty list view item which is a child of parent
and is after after in the parent's list of children.
QListViewItem::QListViewItem ( QListView * parent, QListViewItem * after, QString label1, QString label2 = QString::null, QString label3 = QString::null, QString label4 = QString::null, QString label5 = QString::null, QString label6 = QString::null, QString label7 = QString::null, QString label8 = QString::null )
Constructs a new list view item in the QListView parent,
after item after, with at most 8 constant strings as contents.
Note that the order is changed according to QListViewItem::key()
unless the list view's sorting is disabled using
QListView::setSorting( -1 ).
See also setText().
QListViewItem::QListViewItem ( QListViewItem * parent )
Constructs a new list view item which is a child of parent and first
in the parent's list of children.
QListViewItem::QListViewItem ( QListViewItem * parent, QString label1, QString label2 = QString::null, QString label3 = QString::null, QString label4 = QString::null, QString label5 = QString::null, QString label6 = QString::null, QString label7 = QString::null, QString label8 = QString::null )
Constructs a new list view item that's a child of the QListViewItem
parent, with at most 8 constant strings as contents. Possible
example in a threaded news or e-mail reader:
(void)new QListViewItem( parentMessage, author, subject );
See also setText().
QListViewItem::QListViewItem ( QListViewItem * parent, QListViewItem * after )
Constructs an empty list view item which is a child of parent
and is after after in the parent's list of children.
QListViewItem::QListViewItem ( QListViewItem * parent, QListViewItem * after, QString label1, QString label2 = QString::null, QString label3 = QString::null, QString label4 = QString::null, QString label5 = QString::null, QString label6 = QString::null, QString label7 = QString::null, QString label8 = QString::null )
Constructs a new list view item that's a child of the QListViewItem
parent, after item after, with at most 8 constant strings as
contents.
Note that the order is changed according to QListViewItem::key()
unless the list view's sorting is disabled using
QListView::setSorting( -1 ).
See also setText().
QListViewItem::~QListViewItem () [virtual]
Destroys the item, deleting all its children, freeing up all
allocated resources.
void QListViewItem::activate () [virtual protected]
This virtual function is called whenever the user clicks on this
item or presses Space on it.
See also activatedPos().
Reimplemented in QCheckListItem.
bool QListViewItem::activatedPos ( QPoint & pos ) [protected]
When called from a reimplementation of activate(), this function
gives information on how the item was activated. Otherwise, the
behaviour is undefined.
If activate() was caused by a mouse press, the function sets pos to where the user clicked and returns TRUE, otherwise it returns
FALSE and does not change pos.
Pos is relative to the top-left corner of this item.
We recommend not using this function; it will most likely be
obsoleted at the first opportunity.
See also activate().
int QListViewItem::childCount () const
Returns the current number of children of this item.
int QListViewItem::depth () const
Returns the depth of this item.
void QListViewItem::enforceSortOrder () const [virtual protected]
Makes sure that this object's children are sorted appropriately.
This only works if every item in the chain from the root item to
this item is sorted appropriately.
See also sortChildItems().
QListViewItem* QListViewItem::firstChild () const
Returns a pointer to the first (top) child of this item, or a null
pointer if this item has no children.
Note that the children are not guaranteed to be sorted properly.
QListView and QListViewItem try to postpone or avoid sorting to the
greatest degree possible, in order to keep the user interface
snappy.
See also nextSibling().
int QListViewItem::height () const
Returns the height of this item in pixels. This does not include
the height of any children; totalHeight() returns that.
void QListViewItem::insertItem ( QListViewItem * newChild ) [virtual]
Inserts newChild into its list of children. You should not
need to call this function; it is called automatically by the
constructor of newChild.
This function works even if this item is not contained in a list view.
void QListViewItem::invalidateHeight () [virtual]
Invalidates the cached total height of this item including
all open children.
This function works even if this item is not contained in a list view.
See also setHeight(), height() and totalHeight().
bool QListViewItem::isExpandable () const
Returns TRUE if this item is expandable even when it has no
children.
bool QListViewItem::isOpen () const
Returns TRUE if this list view item has children and they are
potentially visible, or FALSE if the item has no children or they
are hidden.
See also setOpen().
bool QListViewItem::isSelectable () const
Returns TRUE if the item is selectable (as it is by default) and
FALSE if it isn't.
See also setSelectable().
bool QListViewItem::isSelected () const
Returns TRUE if this item is selected, or FALSE if it is not.
See also setSelected(), QListView::setSelected() and QListView::selectionChanged().
QListViewItem * QListViewItem::itemAbove ()
Returns a pointer to the item immediately above this item on the
screen. This is usually the item's closest older sibling, but may
also be its parent or its next older sibling's youngest child, or
something else if anyoftheabove->height() returns 0. Returns a null
pointer if there is no item immediately above this item.
This function assumes that all parents of this item are open
(ie. that this item is visible, or can be made visible by
scrolling).
See also itemBelow() and QListView::itemRect().
QListViewItem * QListViewItem::itemBelow ()
Returns a pointer to the item immediately below this item on the
screen. This is usually the item's eldest child, but may also be
its next younger sibling, its parent's next younger sibling,
grandparent's etc., or something else if anyoftheabove->height()
returns 0. Returns a null pointer if there is no item immediately
above this item.
This function assumes that all parents of this item are open
(ie. that this item is visible, or can be made visible by
scrolling).
See also itemAbove() and QListView::itemRect().
int QListViewItem::itemPos () const
Returns the y coordinate of the item in the list view's
coordinate system. This functions is normally much slower than
QListView::itemAt(), but it works for all items, while
QListView::itemAt() normally works only for items on the screen.
See also QListView::itemAt(), QListView::itemRect() and QListView::itemPos().
QString QListViewItem::key ( int column, bool ascending ) const [virtual]
Returns a key that can be used for sorting by column column.
The default implementation returns text(). Derived classes may
also incorporate the order indicated by ascending into this
key, although this is not recommended.
You can use this function to sort by non-alphabetic data. This code
excerpt sort by file modification date, for example
if ( column == 3 ) {
QDateTime epoch( QDate( 1980, 1, 1 ) );
tmpString.sprintf( "%08d", epoch.secsTo( myFile.lastModified() ) );
} else {
// ....
}
return tmpString;
See also sortChildItems().
QListView * QListViewItem::listView () const
Returns a pointer to the listview containing this item.
void QListViewItem::moveItem ( QListViewItem * after )
Moves this item after the item after. This means it will get
the sibling exactly after the item after. To move an item in the
hierarchy, use takeItem() and insertItem().
QListViewItem* QListViewItem::nextSibling () const
Returns a pointer to the sibling item below this item, or a
null pointer if there is no sibling item after this item.
Note that the siblings are not guaranteed to be sorted properly.
QListView and QListViewItem try to postpone or avoid sorting to the
greatest degree possible, in order to keep the user interface
snappy.
See also firstChild().
void QListViewItem::paintBranches ( QPainter * p, const QColorGroup & cg, int w, int y, int h, GUIStyle s ) [virtual]
Paints a set of branches from this item to (some of) its children.
p is set up with clipping and translation so that you can draw
only in the rectangle you need to; cg is the color group to use;
the update rectangle is at 0, 0 and has size w, h. The top of
the rectangle you own is at y (which is never greater than 0 but
can be outside the window system's allowed coordinate range).
The update rectangle is in an undefined state when this function is
called; this function must draw on all of the pixels.
See also paintCell() and QListView::drawContentsOffset().
Reimplemented in QCheckListItem.
void QListViewItem::paintCell ( QPainter * p, const QColorGroup & cg, int column, int width, int align ) [virtual]
This virtual function paints the contents of one column of one item.
p is a QPainter open on the relevant paint device. p is
translated so 0, 0 is the top left pixel in the cell and width-1,
height()-1 is the bottom right pixel in the cell. The other
properties of p (pen, brush etc) are undefined. cg is the
color group to use. column is the logical column number within
the item that is to be painted; 0 is the column which may contain a
tree.
This function may use QListView::itemMargin() for readability
spacing on the left and right sides of information such as text,
and should honor isSelected() and QListView::allColumnsShowFocus().
If you reimplement this function, you should also reimplement
width().
The rectangle to be painted is in an undefined state when this
function is called, so you must draw on all the pixels. The
painter p has the right font on entry.
See also paintBranches() and QListView::drawContentsOffset().
Reimplemented in QCheckListItem.
void QListViewItem::paintFocus ( QPainter * p, const QColorGroup & cg, const QRect & r ) [virtual]
Paints a focus indication on the rectangle r using painter p
and colors cg.
p is already clipped.
See also paintCell(), paintBranches() and QListView::setAllColumnsShowFocus().
QListViewItem* QListViewItem::parent () const
Returns a pointer to the parent of this item, or a null pointer if this
item has no parent.
See also firstChild() and nextSibling().
const QPixmap * QListViewItem::pixmap ( int column ) const [virtual]
Returns a pointer to the pixmap for column, or a null pointer
if there is no pixmap for column.
This function works even if this item is not contained in a list
view, but reimplementations of it are not required to work properly
in that case.
See also setText() and setPixmap().
void QListViewItem::removeItem ( QListViewItem * item ) [virtual]
This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working, and will probably be removed in a future version of Qt. We strongly advise against using it in new code.
This function has been renamed takeItem().
void QListViewItem::repaint () const
Repaints this item on the screen, if it is currently visible.
void QListViewItem::setExpandable ( bool enable ) [virtual]
Sets this item to be expandable even if it has no children if enable is TRUE, and to be expandable only if it has children if enable is FALSE (the default).
The dirview example uses this in the canonical fashion: It checks
whether the directory is empty in setup() and calls
setExpandable(TRUE) if not, and in setOpen() it reads the contents
of the directory and inserts items accordingly. This strategy means
that dirview can display the entire file system without reading very
much at start-up.
Note that root items are not expandable by the user unless
QListView::setRootIsDecorated() is set to TRUE.
See also setSelectable().
void QListViewItem::setHeight ( int height ) [virtual protected]
Sets this item's own height to height pixels. This implicitly
changes totalHeight() too.
Note that e.g. a font change causes this height to be overwritten
unless you reimplement setup().
For best results in Windows style, we suggest using an even number
of pixels.
See also height(), totalHeight() and isOpen();.
void QListViewItem::setOpen ( bool o ) [virtual]
Sets this item to be open (its children are visible) if o is
TRUE, and to be closed (its children are not visible) if o is
FALSE.
Also does some bookkeeping.
See also height() and totalHeight().
Examples:
dirview/main.cpp
void QListViewItem::setPixmap ( int column, const QPixmap & pm ) [virtual]
Sets the pixmap in column column to pm, if pm is
non-null and column is non-negative.
See also pixmap() and setText().
void QListViewItem::setSelectable ( bool enable ) [virtual]
Sets this items to be selectable if enable is TRUE (the
default) or not to be selectable if enable is FALSE.
The user is not able to select a non-selectable item using either
the keyboard or mouse. The application programmer still can, of
course.
See also isSelectable().
void QListViewItem::setSelected ( bool s ) [virtual]
Sets this item to be selected s is TRUE, and to not be
selected if s is FALSE.
This function does not maintain any invariants or repaint anything -
QListView::setSelected() does that.
See also height() and totalHeight().
void QListViewItem::setText ( int column, const QString & text ) [virtual]
Sets the text in column column to text, if column is a
valid column number and text is non-null.
If text() has been reimplemented, this function may be a no-op.
See also text(), key() and invalidate().
void QListViewItem::setup () [virtual]
This virtual function is called before the first time QListView
needs to know the height or any other graphical attribute of this
object, and whenever the font, GUI style or colors of the list view
change.
The default calls widthChanged() and sets the item's height to the
height of a single line of text in the list view's font. (If you
use icons, multi-line text etc. you will probably need to call
setHeight() yourself or reimplement this.).
Reimplemented in QCheckListItem.
void QListViewItem::sort ()
(Re)sorts all child items of this item using the last sorting
configuration (sort column and direction).
See also enforceSortOrder().
void QListViewItem::sortChildItems ( int column, bool ascending ) [virtual]
Sorts the children of this item by the return values of
key(column, ascending), in ascending order if ascending
is TRUE and in descending order of descending is FALSE.
Asks some of the children to sort their children. (QListView and
QListViewItem ensure that all on-screen objects are properly sorted,
but may avoid or defer sorting other objects in order to be more
responsive.)
See also key().
void QListViewItem::takeItem ( QListViewItem * item ) [virtual]
Removes item from this object's list of children and causes an update
of the screen display. The item is not deleted. You should normally not
need to call this function, as QListViewItem::~QListViewItem() calls it.
The normal way to delete an item is delete.Warning:
This function leaves item and its children in a state
where most member functions are unsafe. Only the few functions that
are explicitly documented to work in this state may be used then.
See also QListViewItem::insertItem().
QString QListViewItem::text ( int column ) const [virtual]
Returns the text in column column, or a
null string if there
is no text in that column.
This function works even if this item is not contained in a list
view, but reimplementations of it are not required to work properly
in that case.
See also key() and paintCell().
Reimplemented in QCheckListItem.
int QListViewItem::totalHeight () const
Returns the total height of this object, including any visible
children. This height is recomputed lazily and cached for as long
as possible.
setHeight() can be used to set the item's own height, setOpen()
to show or hide its children, and invalidateHeight() to invalidate
the cached height.
See also height().
int QListViewItem::width ( const QFontMetrics & fm, const QListView * lv, int c ) const [virtual]
Returns the number of pixels of width required to draw column c
of listview lv, using the metrics fm without cropping.
The list view containing this item may use
this information, depending on the QListView::WidthMode settings
for the column.
The default implementation returns the width of the bounding
rectangle of the text of column c.
See also listView(), widthChanged(), QListView::setColumnWidthMode() and QListView::itemMargin().
Reimplemented in QCheckListItem.
void QListViewItem::widthChanged ( int c=-1 ) const
Call this function when the value of width() may have changed
for column c. Normally, you should call this if text(c) changes.
Passing -1 for c indicates all columns may have changed.
For efficiency, you should do this if more than one
call to widthChanged() is required.
See also width().
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