QML Dynamic View Ordering Tutorial 1 - A Simple ListView and Delegate

We begin our application by defining a ListView, a model which will provide data to the view, and a delegate which provides a template for constructing items in the view.

The code for the ListView and delegate looks like this:

 import QtQuick 2.0

 Rectangle {
     id: root

     width: 300; height: 400

     Component {
         id: dragDelegate

         Rectangle {
             id: content

             anchors { left: parent.left; right: parent.right }
             height: column.implicitHeight + 4

             border.width: 1
             border.color: "lightsteelblue"

             radius: 2

             Column {
                 id: column
                 anchors { fill: parent; margins: 2 }

                 Text { text: 'Name: ' + name }
                 Text { text: 'Type: ' + type }
                 Text { text: 'Age: ' + age }
                 Text { text: 'Size: ' + size }
             }
         }
     }
     ListView {
         id: view

         anchors { fill: parent; margins: 2 }

         model: PetsModel {}
         delegate: dragDelegate

         spacing: 4
         cacheBuffer: 50
     }
 }

The model is defined in a separate QML file which looks like this:

 import QtQuick 2.0

 ListModel {
     ListElement {
         name: "Polly"
         type: "Parrot"
         age: 12
         size: "Small"
     }
     ListElement {
         name: "Penny"
         type: "Turtle"
         age: 4
         size: "Small"
     }
 }

Walkthrough

The first item defined within the application's root Rectangle is the delegate Component. This is the template from which each item in the ListView is constructed.

The name, age, type, and size variables referenced in the delegate are sourced from the model data. The names correspond to roles defined in the model.

     Component {
         id: dragDelegate

         Rectangle {
             id: content

             anchors { left: parent.left; right: parent.right }
             height: column.implicitHeight + 4

             border.width: 1
             border.color: "lightsteelblue"

             radius: 2

             Column {
                 id: column
                 anchors { fill: parent; margins: 2 }

                 Text { text: 'Name: ' + name }
                 Text { text: 'Type: ' + type }
                 Text { text: 'Age: ' + age }
                 Text { text: 'Size: ' + size }
             }
         }
     }

The second part of the application is the ListView itself to which we bind the model and delegate.

     ListView {
         id: view

         anchors { fill: parent; margins: 2 }

         model: PetsModel {}
         delegate: dragDelegate

         spacing: 4
         cacheBuffer: 50
     }

Example project @ code.qt.io