String List Model Example#

A model may be a simple ‘list’, which provides the contents of the list via the modelData role.

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stringlistmodel.py

# Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause

from pathlib import Path
import sys
from PySide6.QtCore import QUrl
from PySide6.QtGui import QGuiApplication
from PySide6.QtQuick import QQuickView

# This example illustrates exposing a QStringList as a model in QML

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QGuiApplication(sys.argv)

    dataList = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3", "Item 4"]

    view = QQuickView()
    view.setInitialProperties({"model": dataList})

    qml_file = Path(__file__).parent / "view.qml"
    view.setSource(QUrl.fromLocalFile(qml_file))
    view.show()

    r = app.exec()
    del view
    sys.exit(r)

view.qml

// Copyright (C) 2021 The Qt Company Ltd.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause

import QtQuick

ListView {
    width: 100
    height: 100
    required model

    delegate: Rectangle {
        required property string modelData
        height: 25
        width: 100
        Text { text: parent.modelData }
    }
}