ComboBox QML Type
Provides a drop-down list functionality. More...
Import Statement: | import QtQuick.Controls 1.4 |
Since: | Qt 5.1 |
Inherits: |
Properties
- acceptableInput : bool
- activeFocusOnPress : bool
- count : int
- currentIndex : int
- currentText : string
- editText : string
- editable : bool
- hovered : bool
- inputMethodComposing : bool
- inputMethodHints : enumeration
- menu : Component
- model : model
- pressed : bool
- selectByMouse : bool
- textRole : string
- validator : Validator
Signals
Methods
Detailed Description
Add items to the ComboBox by assigning it a ListModel, or a list of strings to the model property.
ComboBox { width: 200 model: [ "Banana", "Apple", "Coconut" ] }
In this example we are demonstrating how to use a ListModel with a combo box.
ComboBox { currentIndex: 2 model: ListModel { id: cbItems ListElement { text: "Banana"; color: "Yellow" } ListElement { text: "Apple"; color: "Green" } ListElement { text: "Coconut"; color: "Brown" } } width: 200 onCurrentIndexChanged: console.debug(cbItems.get(currentIndex).text + ", " + cbItems.get(currentIndex).color) }
You can make a combo box editable by setting the editable property. An editable combo box will autocomplete its text based on what is available in the model.
In the next example we demonstrate how you can append content to an editable combo box by reacting to the accepted signal. Note that you have to explicitly prevent duplicates.
ComboBox { editable: true model: ListModel { id: model ListElement { text: "Banana"; color: "Yellow" } ListElement { text: "Apple"; color: "Green" } ListElement { text: "Coconut"; color: "Brown" } } onAccepted: { if (find(currentText) === -1) { model.append({text: editText}) currentIndex = find(editText) } } }
You can create a custom appearance for a ComboBox by assigning a ComboBoxStyle.
Property Documentation
[read-only] acceptableInput : bool |
Returns true
if the combo box contains acceptable text in the editable text field.
If a validator was set, this property will return true
if the current text satisfies the validator or mask as a final string (not as an intermediate string).
This property was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.1.
activeFocusOnPress : bool |
This property specifies whether the combobox should gain active focus when pressed. The default value is false
.
[read-only] count : int |
This property holds the number of items in the combo box.
This property was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.1.
currentIndex : int |
[read-only] currentText : string |
The text of the currently selected item in the ComboBox.
Note: Since currentText
depends on currentIndex
, there's no way to ensure currentText
will be up to date whenever a onCurrentIndexChanged
handler is called.
editText : string |
This property specifies text being manipulated by the user for an editable combo box.
This property was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.1.
editable : bool |
This property holds whether the combo box can be edited by the user. The default value is false
.
This property was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.1.
[read-only] hovered : bool |
This property indicates whether the control is being hovered.
[read-only] inputMethodComposing : bool |
This property holds whether an editable ComboBox has partial text input from an input method.
While it is composing an input method may rely on mouse or key events from the ComboBox to edit or commit the partial text. This property can be used to determine when to disable events handlers that may interfere with the correct operation of an input method.
This property was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.3.
inputMethodHints : enumeration |
Provides hints to the input method about the expected content of the combo box and how it should operate.
The value is a bit-wise combination of flags or Qt.ImhNone
if no hints are set.
Flags that alter behavior are:
- Qt.ImhHiddenText - Characters should be hidden, as is typically used when entering passwords.
- Qt.ImhSensitiveData - Typed text should not be stored by the active input method in any persistent storage like predictive user dictionary.
- Qt.ImhNoAutoUppercase - The input method should not try to automatically switch to upper case when a sentence ends.
- Qt.ImhPreferNumbers - Numbers are preferred (but not required).
- Qt.ImhPreferUppercase - Upper case letters are preferred (but not required).
- Qt.ImhPreferLowercase - Lower case letters are preferred (but not required).
- Qt.ImhNoPredictiveText - Do not use predictive text (i.e. dictionary lookup) while typing.
- Qt.ImhDate - The text editor functions as a date field.
- Qt.ImhTime - The text editor functions as a time field.
Flags that restrict input (exclusive flags) are:
- Qt.ImhDigitsOnly - Only digits are allowed.
- Qt.ImhFormattedNumbersOnly - Only number input is allowed. This includes decimal point and minus sign.
- Qt.ImhUppercaseOnly - Only upper case letter input is allowed.
- Qt.ImhLowercaseOnly - Only lower case letter input is allowed.
- Qt.ImhDialableCharactersOnly - Only characters suitable for phone dialing are allowed.
- Qt.ImhEmailCharactersOnly - Only characters suitable for email addresses are allowed.
- Qt.ImhUrlCharactersOnly - Only characters suitable for URLs are allowed.
Masks:
- Qt.ImhExclusiveInputMask - This mask yields nonzero if any of the exclusive flags are used.
This property was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.5.
menu : Component |
The model to populate the ComboBox from.
Changing the model after initialization will reset currentIndex to 0
.
[read-only] pressed : bool |
This property holds whether the button is being pressed.
selectByMouse : bool |
This property determines if the user can select the text in the editable text field with the mouse.
The default value is true
.
This property was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.3.
Allows you to set a text validator for an editable ComboBox. When a validator is set, the text field will only accept input which leaves the text property in an intermediate state. The accepted signal will only be sent if the text is in an acceptable state when enter is pressed.
Currently supported validators are IntValidator, DoubleValidator, and RegExpValidator. An example of using validators is shown below, which allows input of integers between 11 and 31 into the text field:
Note: This property is only applied when editable is true
import QtQuick 2.2 import QtQuick.Controls 1.2 ComboBox { editable: true model: 10 validator: IntValidator {bottom: 0; top: 10;} focus: true }
This property was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.1.
See also acceptableInput, accepted, and editable.
Signal Documentation
This signal is emitted when the Return or Enter key is pressed on an editable combo box. If the confirmed string is not currently in the model, the currentIndex will be set to -1 and the currentText will be updated accordingly.
Note: If there is a validator set on the combobox, the signal will only be emitted if the input is in an acceptable state.
The corresponding handler is onAccepted
.
Note: The corresponding handler is onAccepted
.
This signal was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.1.
activated(int index) |
This signal is similar to currentIndex changed, but will only be emitted if the combo box index was changed by the user, not when set programmatically.
index is the activated model index, or -1
if a new string is accepted.
The corresponding handler is onActivated
.
Note: The corresponding handler is onActivated
.
This signal was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.1.
Method Documentation
Finds and returns the index of a given text If no match is found, -1
is returned. The search is case sensitive.
This method was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.1.
Causes all editText to be selected.
This method was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.1.
Returns the text for a given index. If an invalid index is provided, null
is returned
This method was introduced in QtQuick.Controls 1.1.