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Qt Quick Examples - Views

This is a collection of QML model-view examples.

Views is a collection of small QML examples relating to model and view functionality. They demonstrate how to show data from a model using the Qt Quick view types. For more information, visit the Models and Views in Qt Quick page.

Running the Example

To run the example from Qt Creator, open the Welcome mode and select the example from Examples. For more information, visit Building and Running an Example.

Using GridView and PathView

GridView and PathView demonstrate usage of these types to display views.

    GridView {
        anchors.fill: parent
        cellWidth: 100
        cellHeight: 100
        focus: true
        model: appModel

        highlight: Rectangle {
            width: 80
            height: 80
            color: "lightsteelblue"
        }

        delegate: Item {
            required property string icon
            required property string name
            required property int index

            width: 100
            height: 100

            Image {
                id: myIcon
                y: 20
                anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
                source: parent.icon
            }
            Text {
                anchors {
                    top: myIcon.bottom
                    horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
                }
                text: parent.name
            }
            MouseArea {
                anchors.fill: parent
                onClicked: parent.GridView.view.currentIndex = parent.index
            }
        }
    }

Using Dynamic List

Dynamic List demonstrates animation of runtime additions and removals to a ListView.

The ListView.onAdd signal handler runs an animation when new items are added to the view, and the ListView.onRemove another when they are removed.

        Item {
            SequentialAnimation {
                id: addAnimation
                PropertyAction {
                    target: delegateItem
                    property: "height"
                    value: 0
                }
                NumberAnimation {
                    target: delegateItem
                    property: "height"
                    to: 80
                    duration: 250
                    easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad
                }
            }
            ListView.onAdd: addAnimation.start()

            SequentialAnimation {
                id: removeAnimation
                PropertyAction {
                    target: delegateItem
                    property: "ListView.delayRemove"
                    value: true
                }
                NumberAnimation {
                    target: delegateItem
                    property: "height"
                    to: 0
                    duration: 250
                    easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad
                }

                // Make sure delayRemove is set back to false so that the item can be destroyed
                PropertyAction {
                    target: delegateItem
                    property: "ListView.delayRemove"
                    value: false
                }
            }
            ListView.onRemove: removeAnimation.start()
        }
Expanding Delegates

Expanding Delegates demonstrates delegates that expand when activated.

It has a complex delegate the size and appearance of which can change, displacing other items in the view.

        Item {
            id: recipe

            required property string title
            required property string picture
            required property string ingredients
            required property string method

            // Create a property to contain the visibility of the details.
            // We can bind multiple element's opacity to this one property,
            // rather than having a "PropertyChanges" line for each element we
            // want to fade.
            property real detailsOpacity : 0
            MouseArea {
                anchors.fill: parent
                onClicked: recipe.state = 'Details';
            }

            // Lay out the page: picture, title and ingredients at the top, and method at the
            // bottom.  Note that elements that should not be visible in the list
            // mode have their opacity set to recipe.detailsOpacity.

            Row {
                id: topLayout
                x: 10
                y: 10
                height: recipeImage.height
                width: parent.width
                spacing: 10

                Image {
                    id: recipeImage
                    width: 50
                    height: 50
                    source: recipe.picture
                }
            Item {
                id: details
                x: 10
                width: parent.width - 20

                anchors {
                    top: topLayout.bottom
                    topMargin: 10
                    bottom: parent.bottom
                    bottomMargin: 10
                }
                opacity: recipe.detailsOpacity
            }

            // A button to close the detailed view, i.e. set the state back to default ('').
            TextButton {
                y: 10
                anchors {
                    right: background.right
                    rightMargin: 10
                }
                opacity: recipe.detailsOpacity
                text: qsTr("Close")

                onClicked: recipe.state = '';
            }

            states: State {
                name: "Details"

                PropertyChanges {
                    background.color: "white"
                    recipeImage {
                         // Make picture bigger
                        width: 130
                        height: 130
                    }
                    recipe {
                        // Make details visible
                        detailsOpacity: 1
                        x: 0

                        // Fill the entire list area with the detailed view
                        height: listView.height
                    }
                }

                // Move the list so that this item is at the top.
                PropertyChanges {
                    recipe.ListView.view.contentY: recipe.y
                    explicit: true;
                }

                // Disallow flicking while we're in detailed view
                PropertyChanges {
                    recipe.ListView.view.interactive: false
                }
            }

            transitions: Transition {
                // Make the state changes smooth
                ParallelAnimation {
                    ColorAnimation {
                        property: "color"
                        duration: 500
                    }
                    NumberAnimation {
                        duration: 300
                        properties: "detailsOpacity,x,contentY,height,width"
                    }
                }
            }
        }

Using Highlight

Highlight demonstrates adding a custom highlight to a ListView.

    // Define a highlight with customized movement between items.
    component HighlightBar : Rectangle {
        width: 200
        height: 50
        color: "#FFFF88"
        y: ListView.view.currentItem.y
        Behavior on y {
            SpringAnimation {
                spring: 2
                damping: 0.1
            }
        }
    }

    ListView {
        id: listView
        width: 200
        height: parent.height
        x: 30

        model: PetsModel { }
        delegate: PetDelegate { }
        focus: true

        // Set the highlight delegate. Note we must also set highlightFollowsCurrentItem
        // to false so the highlight delegate can control how the highlight is moved.
        highlight: HighlightBar { }
        highlightFollowsCurrentItem: false
    }

Using Highlight Ranges

Highlight Ranges shows the three different highlight range modes of ListView.

Rectangle {
    id: root
    property int current: 0
    property bool increasing: true
    // Example index automation for convenience, disabled on click or tap
    SequentialAnimation {
        id: anim
        loops: -1
        running: true
        ScriptAction {
            script: if (root.increasing) {
                        root.current++;
                        if (root.current >= aModel.count -1) {
                            root.current = aModel.count - 1;
                            root.increasing = !root.increasing;
                        }
                    } else {
                        root.current--;
                        if (root.current <= 0) {
                            root.current = 0;
                            root.increasing = !root.increasing;
                        }
                    }
        }

        PauseAnimation {
            duration: 500
        }
    }
    ListView {
        id: list1
        height: 50
        width: parent.width
        model: PetsModel {
            id: aModel
        }
        delegate: petDelegate
        orientation: ListView.Horizontal
        highlight: Rectangle {
            color: "lightsteelblue"
        }
        currentIndex: root.current
        onCurrentIndexChanged: root.current = currentIndex
        focus: true
    }

    ListView {
        id: list2
        y: 160
        height: 50
        width: parent.width
        model: PetsModel { }
        delegate: petDelegate
        orientation: ListView.Horizontal
        highlight: Rectangle {
            color: "yellow"
        }
        currentIndex: root.current
        preferredHighlightBegin: 80
        preferredHighlightEnd: 220
        highlightRangeMode: ListView.ApplyRange
    }

    ListView {
        id: list3
        y: 320
        height: 50
        width: parent.width
        model: PetsModel {}
        delegate: petDelegate
        orientation: ListView.Horizontal
        highlight: Rectangle { color: "yellow" }
        currentIndex: root.current
        onCurrentIndexChanged: root.current = currentIndex
        preferredHighlightBegin: 125
        preferredHighlightEnd: 125
        highlightRangeMode: ListView.StrictlyEnforceRange
    }
}

Using Sections

Sections demonstrates the various section headers and footers available to ListView.

    // The delegate for each section header
    Component {
        id: sectionHeading
        Rectangle {
            width: ListView.view.width
            height: childrenRect.height
            color: "lightsteelblue"

            required property string section

            Text {
                text: parent.section
                font.bold: true
                font.pixelSize: 20
            }
        }
    }

    ListView {
        id: view
        anchors.top: parent.top
        anchors.bottom: buttonBar.top
        width: parent.width
        model: animalsModel
        delegate: Text {
            required property string name

            text: name
            font.pixelSize: 18
        }

        section.property: "size"
        section.criteria: ViewSection.FullString
        section.delegate: sectionHeading
    }

Using Packages

Packages uses the Package type to transition delegates between two views.

It has a Package object which defines delegate items for each view and an item that can be transferred between delegates.

Package {
    id: delegate

    required property int upTo
    required property int index
    required property string display

    Text {
        id: listDelegate
        width: parent.width
        height: 25
        text: 'Empty'
        Package.name: 'list'
    }

    Text {
        id: gridDelegate
        width: parent.width / 2
        height: 50
        text: 'Empty'
        Package.name: 'grid'
    }

    Rectangle {
        id: wrapper
        width: parent?.width ?? 0
        height: 25
        color: 'lightsteelblue'

        Text {
            text: delegate.display
            anchors.centerIn: parent
        }
        state: delegate.upTo > delegate.index ? 'inGrid' : 'inList'
        states: [
            State {
                name: 'inList'
                ParentChange {
                    target: wrapper
                    parent: listDelegate
                }
            },
            State {
                name: 'inGrid'
                ParentChange {
                    target: wrapper
                    parent: gridDelegate
                    x: 0
                    y: 0
                    width: gridDelegate.width
                    height: gridDelegate.height
                }
            }
        ]

        transitions: [
            Transition {
                ParentAnimation {
                    NumberAnimation {
                        properties: 'x,y,width,height'
                        duration: 300
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

A DelegateModel allows the individual views to access their specific items from the shared package delegate.

DelegateModel {
    id: visualModel
    delegate: Delegate {
        upTo: root.upTo
    }
    model: myModel
}

ListView {
    id: lv
    height: parent.height / 2
    width: parent.width

    model: visualModel.parts.list
}
GridView {
    y: parent.height / 2
    height: parent.height / 2
    width: parent.width
    cellWidth: width / 2
    cellHeight: 50
    model: visualModel.parts.grid
}

Draggable Selections demonstrates the use of Package to group together multiple selected delegates for drag-and-drop within an item view.

        Package {
            id: packageRoot

            required property var modelData

            MouseArea {
                id: visibleContainer
                Package.name: "visible"

                width: 64
                height: 64
                enabled: packageRoot.DelegateModel.inSelected

                drag.target: draggable

                Item {
                    id: draggable

                    Drag.active: visibleContainer.drag.active

Using ObjectModel

ObjectModel uses an ObjectModel for the model instead of a ListModel.

    ObjectModel {
        id: itemModel

        Rectangle {
            width: view.width
            height: view.height
            color: "#FFFEF0"

            Text {
                anchors.centerIn: parent
                text: qsTr("Page 1")
                font.bold: true
            }

            Component.onDestruction: if (root.printDestruction) print("destroyed 1")
        }
        Rectangle {
            width: view.width
            height: view.height
            color: "#F0FFF7"

            Text {
                anchors.centerIn: parent
                text: qsTr("Page 2")
                font.bold: true
            }

            Component.onDestruction: if (root.printDestruction) print("destroyed 2")
        }
        Rectangle {
            width: view.width
            height: view.height
            color: "#F4F0FF"

            Text {
                anchors.centerIn: parent
                text: qsTr("Page 3")
                font.bold: true
            }

            Component.onDestruction: if (root.printDestruction) print("destroyed 3")
        }
    }

    ListView {
        id: view
        anchors {
            fill: parent
            bottomMargin: 30
        }
        model: itemModel
        preferredHighlightBegin: 0
        preferredHighlightEnd: 0
        highlightRangeMode: ListView.StrictlyEnforceRange
        orientation: ListView.Horizontal
        snapMode: ListView.SnapOneItem
        flickDeceleration: 2000
        cacheBuffer: 200
    }

Using Display Margins

Display Margins uses delegates to display items and implements a simple header and footer components.

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