url QML Value Type

a resource locator. More...

Detailed Description

The url type refers to a resource locator (like a file name, for example). It can be either absolute, e.g. "http://qt-project.org", or relative, e.g. "pics/logo.png". A relative URL is resolved relative to the URL of the containing component.

For example, the following assigns a valid URL to the Image::source property, which is of type url:

Image { source: "pics/logo.png" }

When integrating with C++, note that any QUrl value passed into QML from C++ is automatically converted into a url value, and vice-versa.

Alternatively you may convert your url to a URL object in order to access and modify its components:

var urlObject = new URL(url);

Additionally, URLs may contain encoded characters using the 'percent-encoding' scheme specified by RFC 3986. These characters will be preserved within properties of type url, to allow QML code to construct precise URL values.

For example, a local file containing a '#' character, which would normally be interpreted as the beginning of the URL 'fragment' element, can be accessed by encoding the characters of the file name:

Image { source: encodeURIComponent("/tmp/test#1.png") }

This value type is provided by the QML language.

See also QML Value Types.