Scene Graph Painted Item Example#

Tags: Android

Shows how to implement QPainter-based custom scenegraph items.

The Painted Item example shows how to use the QML Scene Graph framework to implement custom scenegraph items using QPainter.

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// Copyright (C) 2020 The Qt Company Ltd.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause

import QtQuick
import TextBalloonPlugin

Item {
    height: 480
    width: 320

    //! [0]
    ListModel {
        id: balloonModel
        ListElement {
            balloonWidth: 200
        }
        ListElement {
            balloonWidth: 120
        }
    }

    ListView {
        anchors.bottom: controls.top
        anchors.bottomMargin: 2
        anchors.top: parent.top
        id: balloonView
        delegate: TextBalloon {
            anchors.right: index % 2 == 0 ? undefined : balloonView.contentItem.right
            height: 60
            rightAligned: index % 2 == 0 ? false : true
            width: balloonWidth
        }
        model: balloonModel
        spacing: 5
        width: parent.width
    }
    //! [0]

    //! [1]
    Rectangle {
        id: controls

        anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
        anchors.left: parent.left
        anchors.margins: 1
        anchors.right: parent.right
        border.width: 2
        color: "white"
        height: parent.height * 0.15

        Text {
            anchors.centerIn: parent
            text: "Add another balloon"
        }

        MouseArea {
            anchors.fill: parent
            hoverEnabled: true
            onClicked: {
                balloonModel.append({
                                        "balloonWidth": Math.floor(
                                                            Math.random(
                                                                ) * 200 + 100)
                                    })
                balloonView.positionViewAtIndex(balloonView.count - 1,
                                                ListView.End)
            }
            onEntered: {
                parent.color = "#8ac953"
            }
            onExited: {
                parent.color = "white"
            }
        }
    }
    //! [1]
}
# Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause

from argparse import ArgumentParser, RawTextHelpFormatter
from pathlib import Path
import sys

from PySide6.QtGui import QPainter, QBrush, QColor
from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication
from PySide6.QtQml import QmlElement, QQmlDebuggingEnabler
from PySide6.QtCore import QUrl, Property, Signal, Qt, QPointF
from PySide6.QtQuick import QQuickPaintedItem, QQuickView

QML_IMPORT_NAME = "TextBalloonPlugin"
QML_IMPORT_MAJOR_VERSION = 1
QML_IMPORT_MINOR_VERSION = 0  # Optional


@QmlElement
class TextBalloon(QQuickPaintedItem):

    rightAlignedChanged = Signal()

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        self._rightAligned = False
        super().__init__(parent)

    @Property(bool, notify=rightAlignedChanged)
    def rightAligned(self):
        return self._rightAligned

    @rightAligned.setter
    def rightAligned(self, value):
        self._rightAligned = value
        self.rightAlignedChanged.emit()

    def paint(self, painter: QPainter):

        brush = QBrush(QColor("#007430"))

        painter.setBrush(brush)
        painter.setPen(Qt.NoPen)
        painter.setRenderHint(QPainter.Antialiasing)

        itemSize = self.size()

        painter.drawRoundedRect(0, 0, itemSize.width(), itemSize.height() - 10, 10, 10)

        if self.rightAligned:
            points = [
                QPointF(itemSize.width() - 10.0, itemSize.height() - 10.0),
                QPointF(itemSize.width() - 20.0, itemSize.height()),
                QPointF(itemSize.width() - 30.0, itemSize.height() - 10.0),
            ]
        else:
            points = [
                QPointF(10.0, itemSize.height() - 10.0),
                QPointF(20.0, itemSize.height()),
                QPointF(30.0, itemSize.height() - 10.0),
            ]
        painter.drawConvexPolygon(points)


if __name__ == "__main__":

    argument_parser = ArgumentParser(description="Scene Graph Painted Item Example",
                                     formatter_class=RawTextHelpFormatter)
    argument_parser.add_argument("-qmljsdebugger", action="store",
                                 help="Enable QML debugging")
    options = argument_parser.parse_args()
    if options.qmljsdebugger:
        QQmlDebuggingEnabler.enableDebugging(True)
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    view = QQuickView()
    view.setResizeMode(QQuickView.SizeRootObjectToView)
    qml_file = Path(__file__).parent / "main.qml"
    view.setSource(QUrl.fromLocalFile(qml_file))

    if view.status() == QQuickView.Error:
        sys.exit(-1)
    view.show()

    sys.exit(app.exec())