Simple thing, but can't get find it. I want a simple dropdown selection box with a couple of selections. Like in HTML
<select>
<option>1</option>
<option>2</option>
</select>
what is the code for QML for that ?
Simple thing, but can't get find it. I want a simple dropdown selection box with a couple of selections. Like in HTML
<select>
<option>1</option>
<option>2</option>
</select>
what is the code for QML for that ?
Here's a simple example that could maybe be used as a starting point:
import QtQuick 1.0
Rectangle {
width:400;
height: 400;
Rectangle {
id:comboBox
property variant items: ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"]
property alias selectedItem: chosenItemText.text;
property alias selectedIndex: listView.currentIndex;
signal comboClicked;
width: 100;
height: 30;
z: 100;
smooth:true;
Rectangle {
id:chosenItem
radius:4;
width:parent.width;
height:comboBox.height;
color: "lightsteelblue"
smooth:true;
Text {
anchors.top: parent.top;
anchors.left: parent.left;
anchors.margins: 8;
id:chosenItemText
text:comboBox.items[0];
font.family: "Arial"
font.pointSize: 14;
smooth:true
}
MouseArea {
anchors.fill: parent;
onClicked: {
comboBox.state = comboBox.state==="dropDown"?"":"dropDown"
}
}
}
Rectangle {
id:dropDown
width:comboBox.width;
height:0;
clip:true;
radius:4;
anchors.top: chosenItem.bottom;
anchors.margins: 2;
color: "lightgray"
ListView {
id:listView
height:500;
model: comboBox.items
currentIndex: 0
delegate: Item{
width:comboBox.width;
height: comboBox.height;
Text {
text: modelData
anchors.top: parent.top;
anchors.left: parent.left;
anchors.margins: 5;
}
MouseArea {
anchors.fill: parent;
onClicked: {
comboBox.state = ""
var prevSelection = chosenItemText.text
chosenItemText.text = modelData
if(chosenItemText.text != prevSelection){
comboBox.comboClicked();
}
listView.currentIndex = index;
}
}
}
}
}
Component {
id: highlight
Rectangle {
width:comboBox.width;
height:comboBox.height;
color: "red";
radius: 4
}
}
states: State {
name: "dropDown";
PropertyChanges { target: dropDown; height:40*comboBox.items.length }
}
transitions: Transition {
NumberAnimation { target: dropDown; properties: "height"; easing.type: Easing.OutExpo; duration: 1000 }
}
}
}
For new users, there is a built in ComboBox
in Qt5.3 QtQuick.Controls ComboBox - Reference.
Example from Documentation:
import QtQuick 2.2
import QtQuick.Controls 1.2
ComboBox {
id: combo
editable: true
model: ListModel {
id: model
ListElement { text: "Banana"; color: "Yellow" }
ListElement { text: "Apple"; color: "Green" }
ListElement { text: "Coconut"; color: "Brown" }
}
onAccepted: {
if (combo.find(currentText) === -1) {
model.append({text: editText})
currentIndex = combo.find(editText)
}
}
}
Note: I had to post it as an answer, since the text is too long for a comment.
I've been using approaches with ComboBoxStyle
(customization capabilities limited) and completely custom implementations, but they have a lot of limitations with focus
management and z-index
management.
I've end up with the implementation of ComboBox
which consists of 2 parts: a header which you actually put somewhere and a dropdown component which you create dynamically. The latter consists of an Item
covering everything (and intercepting mouse activity) and a dropdown which is carefully positioned below the header.
Code is pretty massive to included here so you can see details in my blogpost with all the code
If you targeting Nokia devices (Symbian or Meego), you could use high-level Qt Quick components. I believe Menu
is something similar to html's select
.
See http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qt-components-symbian/qml-menu.html or http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/docs/library/html/qt-components/qt-components-meego-menu.html
If you are targeting Symbian, there is SelectionListItem and SelectionDialog: http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qt-components-symbian/qml-selectionlistitem.html