Lays out model-provided items on a path. More...
| Import Statement: | import QtQuick |
| Inherits: |
A PathView displays data from models created from built-in QML types like ListModel and XmlListModel, or custom model classes defined in C++ that inherit from QAbstractListModel.
The view has a model, which defines the data to be displayed, and a delegate, which defines how the data should be displayed. The delegate is instantiated for each item on the path. The items may be flicked to move them along the path.
For example, if there is a simple list model defined in a file ContactModel.qml like this:
import QtQuick 2.0
ListModel {
ListElement {
name: "Bill Jones"
icon: "pics/qtlogo.png"
}
ListElement {
name: "Jane Doe"
icon: "pics/qtlogo.png"
}
ListElement {
name: "John Smith"
icon: "pics/qtlogo.png"
}
} This data can be represented as a PathView, like this:
import QtQuick 2.0
Rectangle {
width: 240; height: 200
Component {
id: delegate
Column {
id: wrapper
opacity: PathView.isCurrentItem ? 1 : 0.5
Image {
anchors.horizontalCenter: nameText.horizontalCenter
width: 64; height: 64
source: icon
}
Text {
id: nameText
text: name
font.pointSize: 16
}
}
}
PathView {
anchors.fill: parent
model: ContactModel {}
delegate: delegate
path: Path {
startX: 120; startY: 100
PathQuad { x: 120; y: 25; controlX: 260; controlY: 75 }
PathQuad { x: 120; y: 100; controlX: -20; controlY: 75 }
}
}
}
(Note the above example uses PathAttribute to scale and modify the opacity of the items as they rotate. This additional code can be seen in the PathAttribute documentation.)
PathView does not automatically handle keyboard navigation. This is because the keys to use for navigation will depend upon the shape of the path. Navigation can be added quite simply by setting focus to true and calling decrementCurrentIndex() or incrementCurrentIndex(), for example to navigate using the left and right arrow keys:
PathView {
// ...
focus: true
Keys.onLeftPressed: decrementCurrentIndex()
Keys.onRightPressed: incrementCurrentIndex()
} The path view itself is a focus scope (see Keyboard Focus in Qt Quick for more details).
Delegates are instantiated as needed and may be destroyed at any time. State should never be stored in a delegate.
PathView attaches a number of properties to the root item of the delegate, for example PathView.isCurrentItem. In the following example, the root delegate item can access this attached property directly as PathView.isCurrentItem, while the child nameText object must refer to this property as wrapper.PathView.isCurrentItem.
Component {
id: delegate
Column {
id: wrapper
opacity: PathView.isCurrentItem ? 1 : 0.5
Image {
anchors.horizontalCenter: nameText.horizontalCenter
width: 64; height: 64
source: icon
}
Text {
id: nameText
text: name
font.pointSize: 16
}
}
} Note that views do not enable clip automatically. If the view is not clipped by another item or the screen, it will be necessary to set clip: true in order to have the out of view items clipped nicely.
See also Path, QML Data Models, ListView, GridView, and Qt Quick Examples - Views.
highlightRangeMode : enumeration
These properties set the preferred range of the highlight (current item) within the view. The preferred values must be in the range from 0 to 1.
Valid values for highlightRangeMode are:
The default value is PathView.StrictlyEnforceRange.
Defining a highlight range is the correct way to influence where the current item ends up when the view moves. For example, if you want the currently selected item to be in the middle of the path, then set the highlight range to be 0.5,0.5 and highlightRangeMode to PathView.StrictlyEnforceRange. Then, when the path scrolls, the currently selected item will be the item at that position. This also applies to when the currently selected item changes - it will scroll to within the preferred highlight range. Furthermore, the behaviour of the current item index will occur whether or not a highlight exists.
Note: A valid range requires preferredHighlightEnd to be greater than or equal to preferredHighlightBegin.
cacheItemCount : int
This property holds the maximum number of items to cache off the path.
For example, a PathView with a model containing 20 items, a pathItemCount of 10, and an cacheItemCount of 4 will create up to 14 items, with 10 visible on the path and 4 invisible cached items.
The cached delegates are created asynchronously, allowing creation to occur across multiple frames and reducing the likelihood of skipping frames.
Note: Setting this property is not a replacement for creating efficient delegates. It can improve the smoothness of scrolling behavior at the expense of additional memory usage. The fewer objects and bindings in a delegate, the faster a view can be scrolled. It is important to realize that setting cacheItemCount will only postpone issues caused by slow-loading delegates, it is not a solution for this scenario.
See also pathItemCount.
count : int
This property holds the number of items in the model.
currentIndex : int
This property holds the index of the current item.
currentItem : Item
This property holds the current item in the view.
delegate : Component
The delegate provides a template defining each item instantiated by the view. The index is exposed as an accessible index property. Properties of the model are also available depending upon the type of Data Model.
The number of objects and bindings in the delegate has a direct effect on the flicking performance of the view when pathItemCount is specified. If at all possible, place functionality that is not needed for the normal display of the delegate in a Loader which can load additional components when needed.
Note that the PathView will layout the items based on the size of the root item in the delegate.
Here is an example delegate:
Component {
id: delegate
Column {
id: wrapper
opacity: PathView.isCurrentItem ? 1 : 0.5
Image {
anchors.horizontalCenter: nameText.horizontalCenter
width: 64; height: 64
source: icon
}
Text {
id: nameText
text: name
font.pointSize: 16
}
}
}
dragMargin : real
This property holds the maximum distance from the path that initiates mouse dragging.
By default the path can only be dragged by clicking on an item. If dragMargin is greater than zero, a drag can be initiated by clicking within dragMargin pixels of the path.
dragging : bool
This property holds whether the view is currently moving due to the user dragging the view.
flickDeceleration : real
This property holds the rate at which a flick will decelerate.
The default is 100.
flicking : bool
This property holds whether the view is currently moving due to the user flicking the view.
highlight : Component
This property holds the component to use as the highlight.
An instance of the highlight component will be created for each view. The geometry of the resultant component instance will be managed by the view so as to stay with the current item.
The below example demonstrates how to make a simple highlight. Note the use of the PathView.onPath attached property to ensure that the highlight is hidden when flicked away from the path.
Component {
Rectangle {
visible: PathView.onPath
// ...
}
} See also highlightItem and highlightRangeMode.
highlightItem : Item
highlightItem holds the highlight item, which was created from the highlight component.
See also highlight.
highlightMoveDuration : int
This property holds the move animation duration of the highlight delegate.
If the highlightRangeMode is StrictlyEnforceRange then this property determines the speed that the items move along the path.
The default value for the duration is 300ms.
interactive : bool
A user cannot drag or flick a PathView that is not interactive.
This property is useful for temporarily disabling flicking. This allows special interaction with PathView's children.
maximumFlickVelocity : real
This property holds the approximate maximum velocity that the user can flick the view in pixels/second.
The default value is platform dependent.
model : model
This property holds the model providing data for the view.
The model provides a set of data that is used to create the items for the view. For large or dynamic datasets the model is usually provided by a C++ model object. Models can also be created directly in QML, using the ListModel type.
Note: changing the model will reset the offset and currentIndex to 0.
See also Data Models.
[since 5.7] movementDirection : enumeration
This property determines the direction in which items move when setting the current index. The possible values are:
Negative or Positive.For example, suppose that there are 5 items in the model, and currentIndex is 0. If currentIndex is set to 2,
Positive movement direction will result in the following order: 0, 1, 2Negative movement direction will result in the following order: 0, 5, 4, 3, 2Shortest movement direction will result in same order with Positive .Note: this property doesn't affect the movement of incrementCurrentIndex() and decrementCurrentIndex().
This property was introduced in Qt 5.7.
moving : bool
This property holds whether the view is currently moving due to the user either dragging or flicking the view.
offset : real
The offset specifies how far along the path the items are from their initial positions. This is a real number that ranges from 0 to the count of items in the model.
path : Path
This property holds the path used to lay out the items. For more information see the Path documentation.
pathItemCount : int
This property holds the number of items visible on the path at any one time.
Setting pathItemCount to undefined will show all items on the path.
snapMode : enumeration
This property determines how the items will settle following a drag or flick. The possible values are:
snapMode does not affect the currentIndex. To update the currentIndex as the view is moved, set highlightRangeMode to PathView.StrictlyEnforceRange (default for PathView).
See also highlightRangeMode.
PathView.isCurrentItem : bool
This attached property is true if this delegate is the current item; otherwise false.
It is attached to each instance of the delegate.
This property may be used to adjust the appearance of the current item.
Component {
id: delegate
Column {
id: wrapper
opacity: PathView.isCurrentItem ? 1 : 0.5
Image {
anchors.horizontalCenter: nameText.horizontalCenter
width: 64; height: 64
source: icon
}
Text {
id: nameText
text: name
font.pointSize: 16
}
}
}
PathView.onPath : bool
This attached property holds whether the item is currently on the path.
If a pathItemCount has been set, it is possible that some items may be instantiated, but not considered to be currently on the path. Usually, these items would be set invisible, for example:
Component {
Rectangle {
visible: PathView.onPath
// ...
}
} It is attached to each instance of the delegate.
PathView.view : PathView
This attached property holds the view that manages this delegate instance.
It is attached to each instance of the delegate.
dragEnded()
This signal is emitted when the user stops dragging the view.
If the velocity of the drag is suffient at the time the touch/mouse button is released then a flick will start.
Note: The corresponding handler is onDragEnded.
dragStarted()
This signal is emitted when the view starts to be dragged due to user interaction.
Note: The corresponding handler is onDragStarted.
flickEnded()
This signal is emitted when the view stops moving due to a flick.
Note: The corresponding handler is onFlickEnded.
flickStarted()
This signal is emitted when the view is flicked. A flick starts from the point that the mouse or touch is released, while still in motion.
Note: The corresponding handler is onFlickStarted.
movementEnded()
This signal is emitted when the view stops moving due to user interaction. If a flick was generated, this signal will be emitted once the flick stops. If a flick was not generated, this signal will be emitted when the user stops dragging - i.e. a mouse or touch release.
Note: The corresponding handler is onMovementEnded.
movementStarted()
This signal is emitted when the view begins moving due to user interaction.
Note: The corresponding handler is onMovementStarted.
decrementCurrentIndex()
Decrements the current index.
Note: methods should only be called after the Component has completed.
incrementCurrentIndex()
Increments the current index.
Note: methods should only be called after the Component has completed.
Returns the index of the item containing the point x, y in content coordinates. If there is no item at the point specified, -1 is returned.
Note: methods should only be called after the Component has completed.
Returns the item containing the point x, y in content coordinates. If there is no item at the point specified, null is returned.
Note: methods should only be called after the Component has completed.
positionViewAtIndex(int index, PositionMode mode)
Positions the view such that the index is at the position specified by mode:
Note: methods should only be called after the Component has completed. To position the view at startup, this method should be called by Component.onCompleted. For example, to position the view at the end:
Component.onCompleted: positionViewAtIndex(count - 1, PathView.End)
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