qskinny/doc/classes/QskQuickItem.dox
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/*!
\class QskQuickItem QskQuickItem.h
\ingroup Framework
QskQuickItem completes the C++ API of QQuickItem and reestablishs basic
concepts like events. It also offers better control over the operations
happening in the update cycle.
*/
/*!
\enum QskQuickItem::Flag
Qt/Quick classes have a tendency to update items too early
and too often. To avoid processing of unwanted operations
QskQuickItem implements a couple of modifications, that
can be en/disabled individually.
\var QskQuickItem::Flag QskQuickItem::DeferredUpdate
Creating of sceme graph nodes is blocked when being invisible.
The default implementation of Qt/Quick creates scene graph nodes for all items
in the scene what might become a significant factor for the startup performance
( and memory footprint ) of large user interfaces.
Instead of trying to work around these problems by asynchrounous instantiation
strategies ( QQmlIncubator ) the DeferredUpdate flag offers a much simpler
and obvious solution: don't instantiate before really needed.
\sa QQuickItem::isVisible()
\note Some more advanced algorithms have not yet been implemented,
such as viewport frustrum culling (i.e. hiding items outside of the
window geometry).
\var QskQuickItem::Flag QskQuickItem::DeferredPolish
Polishing an item ( QQuickItem::polish() ) is blocked when being invisible.
F.e for all items being derived from QskControl the layout calculations
happen during polishing.
\sa QQuickItem::updatePolish()
\var QskQuickItem::Flag QskQuickItem::DeferredLayout
Recalculations of the implicitSize are blocked until being explicitely requested by
QQuickItem::implicitSize().
When being enabled the item indicates layout relevant changes by
sending a QEvent::LayoutRequest ( similar to QWidget ) to its parent item
without recalculating the actual size hints ( f.e the implicitSize ).
When having layout code that relies on binding the implicit width/height
the QskQuickItem::DeferredLayout flag needs to be disabled.
\note All layout classes offered by the Qt/Quick modules of the Qt Company
( f.e anchors ) do require immediate updates of the implicit size.
\sa QskQuickItem::resetImplicitSize()
\var QskQuickItem::Flag QskQuickItem::CleanupOnVisibility
Delete scene graph nodes, when the item becomes hidden ( QQuickItem::isVisible() ).
Enabling this mode will reduce the memory footprint, but comes at the cost
of having to recreate nodes once the item gets shown again.
\var QskQuickItem::Flag QskQuickItem::PreferRasterForTextures
When creating textures from QskGraphic, prefer the raster paint
engine over the OpenGL paint engine.
\var QskQuickItem::Flag QskQuickItem::DebugForceBackground
Always fill the background of the item with a random color.
\note This flag is useful when analyzing layouts.
\sa controlFlags(), setControlFlags(), resetControlFlags()
testControlFlag(), setControlFlag(), resetControlFlag()
*/
/*!
\var QskQuickItem::geometry
This property holds the geometry of the item relative to its parent item.
When changing the geometry, the item receives a QskEvent::GeometryChange event.
\sa geometryChangeEvent(), geometryChange(), rect
*/
/*!
\var QskQuickItem::rect
This property returns the internal geometry of the item.
It equals QRect(0, 0, width(), height() ).
\sa geometryChangeEvent(), geometryChange(), geometry
*/
/*!
\var QskQuickItem::transparentForPositioners
When transparentForPositioners is set the item indicates, that it should be excluded
from any layout calculations. This flag is actually a concept of QQuickItem, that
has not been exposed to its public API.
\sa isTransparentForPositioner()
*/
/*!
\var QskQuickItem::tabFence
The tabFence flag can be used to create local tab focus chains. It is usually
used in combination with QQuickItem::ItemIsFocusScope.
QskPopup is an example where the focus tab chain is expected to continue
with the first child instead of leaving the popup, when reaching its end.
\sa isTabFence(), QQuickItem::ItemIsFocusScope
*/
/*!
\var QskQuickItem::visibleToParent
Flag indicating if an item would become visible if its parentItem() is shown.
The implementation relies on the internal explicitVisible flag, that has not
been exposed by the public API of QQuickItem.
In many situations it is important to know if an item has been explicitly hidden
because of a setVisible( false ) or it is a child of an item, that is in
an invisible state. F,e for calculating the size hint for a hidden container
it is necessary to know which children would stay hidden when the container
becomes visible.
\sa isVisibleToParent(), QQuickItem::setVisible()
*/
/*!
\var QskQuickItem::polishOnResize
When polishOnResize is set QQuickItem::polish() will be called automatically
whenevent the size of the item has been changed. This is usually necessary
when the item is a container and the layout of its children depends on the
size of the container.
\sa QskControl::updateLayout(), QskControl::autoLayoutChildren
*/
/*!
\var QskQuickItem::initiallyPainted
Status flag indicating that there has already been a call
of QQuickItem::updatePaintNode() since the item has become visible.
Before each initial call of updatePaintNode() the specific
hook aboutToShow() is called, that is intended to be overloaded.
\sa isInitiallyPainted(), aboutToShow()
*/
/*!
\var QskQuickItem::hasChildItems
A property indicating if the item has child items.
\sa QQuickItem::childItems(), QQuickItem::parentItem()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::QskQuickItem
Sets the QQuickItem::ItemHasContents flag to true.
*/
*!
\fn QskQuickItem::~QskQuickItem
Sets the componentComplete to false, so that its about-to-delete state is known
whn detaching it from parent/window.
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::className
A convenience wrapper for metaObject()->className()
\return Class name
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::isVisibleTo
The true case occurs if neither the item itself nor any parent up to but excluding
ancestor has been explicitly hidden.
\param ancestor Ancestor is the parentItem() hierarchy
\return true if this item would become visible if ancestor is shown; otherwise returns false.
\sa visibleToParent
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::isVisibleToParent
An item might be invisible because it has been explicitly hidden or
one of its ancestors has been hidden. isVisibleToParent() indicates
the first situation.
\return true once QQuickItem::setVisible( false ) has been called
\sa visibleToParent, QQuickItem::setVisible()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::hasChildItems() const
\return true, if the item has child items
\sa hasChildItems
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::setGeometry( qreal, qreal, qreal, qreal )
Set the position and the size of an item
\param x X ( = left ) coordinate relative to the parent item
\param y Y ( = top ) coordinate relative to the parent item
\param width Width
\param height Height
\sa geometry(), geometryChange(), QQuickItem::size(), QQuickItem::position()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::setGeometry( const QRectF& )
Set the position and the size of an item
\param rect Geometry relative to the parent item
\sa geometry(), geometryChange(), QQuickItem::size(), QQuickItem::position()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::geometry() const
\return Position and size relative to the parent item
\sa geometry, setGeometry()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::geometryChange
This overloaded notifier calls QQuickItem::polish() depending on the
polishOnResize() flag and forwards the notification to the event queue.
\sa geometryChangeEvent(), polishOnResize()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::rect() const
\return Internal geometry of the item, where the position is always at ( 0, 0 )
\sa geometry
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::implicitSize
Qt/Quick offers an oversimplified layout system of Qt/Quick that is based on the
property bindings of implicit width and height. QSkinny restablishs a layout
system that can compete with what is available in the Qt/Widgets or Qt/Graphics
technologies.
In the QSkinny layout system the implicitSize is a synonym for what is also known
as sizeHint or preferredSize.
\return Implicit size,
\note Layout code that relies on property bindings of the implicit width a height
needs to disable the QskQuickItem::DeferredLayout flag
\sa QQuickItem::implicitWidth(), QQuickItem::implicitHeight(),
QskControl::preferredSize(), QskControl::sizeHint()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::setPolishOnResize
Set or clear the polishOnResize flag.
\sa polishOnResize
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::polishOnResize() const
\return Value of the polishOnResize flag
\sa setPolishOnResize()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::setTransparentForPositioner
Set or clear the transparentForPositioner flag
\sa isTransparentForPositioner()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::isTransparentForPositioner
\return Value of the transparentForPositioner flag
\sa transparentForPositioner
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::setTabFence
Set or clear the tabFence property
\sa isTabFence()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::isTabFence
\return Value of the tabFence property
\sa setTransparentForPositioner()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::setLayoutMirroring
Change the direction how the content is layed out horizontally.
\param on True enables layoutMirroring
\param childrenInherit If true the mirroring behavior is propagated
to all child items as well.
Changes of this property will be indicated by a QEvent::LayoutDirectionChange.
\sa layoutMirroring, resetLayoutMirroring(), changeEvent()
\note In Qml the parameters are routed through the attached LayoutMirroring property
to have something declarative
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::resetLayoutMirroring
Clear the layoutMirroring property
\sa setLayoutMirroring(), layoutMirroring
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::layoutMirroring() const
Direction how the content is layed out horizontally.
If no value has been explicitly assigned it is inherited
from the closest ancestor, where the attribute has been
assigned with the childrenInherit parameter. If such an ancestor
does not exists layoutMirroring is false.
\return Inherited or explicitly assigned value
\sa setLayoutMirroring(), layoutMirroring()
\todo Several controls do not respect this flag
\sa setLayoutMirroring(), resetLayoutMirroring()
\note Several controls do not respect this flag
\note In Qml the parameters are routed through the attached LayoutMirroring property
to have something declarative
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::setControlFlags
bla
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::resetControlFlags
bla
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::controlFlags
bla
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::setControlFlag
bla
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::resetControlFlag
bla
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::testControlFlag
bla
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::controlFlagsChanged
bla
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::classBegin
The QML engine initilizes an item as being incomplete by
explicitely calling QQuickItem::classBegin(). Once the item
has been constructed componentComplete() is called. This way
temporary operations during the construction can be avoided.
In the C++ case the item indicates being complete from
the beginning and both hooks are never called.
The overloaded version calls the base class and has no
purpose beside being an entry point for debugging.
\sa componentComplete(), QQuickItem::isComponentComplete()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::componentComplete
The QML engine initilizes an item as being incomplete by
explicitely calling QQuickItem::classBegin(). Once the item
has been constructed componentComplete() is called. This way
temporary operations during the construction can be avoided.
In the C++ case the item indicates being complete from
the beginning and both hooks are never called.
The overloaded does some sanity checks in debug mode
and calls the base class.
\sa classBegin(), QQuickItem::isComponentComplete()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::releaseResources
This specific hook is called, when the item is about to be removed
from the window it was previously rendering to.
The implementation stores the values needed for the following QskWindowChangeEvent.
\sa windowChangeEvent()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::isPolishScheduled
\return True, if the item will be polished in the next
scene graph update cycle.
\sa QQuickItem::polish(), isUpdateNodeScheduled()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::isUpdateNodeScheduled
\return True, if the item will update the paint node in
the next scene graph update cycle
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::isInitiallyPainted
\return Value of the initiallyPainted propertyk
\sa initiallyPainted
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::maybeUnresized
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::itemFlagsChanged
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::show
An alternative way to call setVisible( true ).
Useful for signal/slot connections
\sa hide(), setVisible()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::hide
An alternative way to call setVisible( false ).
Useful for signal/slot connections
\sa show(), setVisible()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::setVisible
QQuickItem::setVisible() has been forgotten to be declared as slot.
\param on If true the item becomes visible if its parent is visible.
Otherwise the item is hidden.
\sa QQuickItem::isVisible(), visibleToParent
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::resetImplicitSize
Notifies the layout system that attributes affecting the layout
system have changed.
If the QskQuickItem::DeferredLayout flag is enabled ( = default )
the cached implicitSize() gets invalidated and a QEvent::LayoutRequest is sent
to the parent item ( like QWidget::updateGeometry ).
Otherwise the implicitSize() gets recalculated and layout updates can
be executed using property bindings.
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::event
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::changeEvent
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::geometryChangeEvent
For no known reason QQuickItem propagates changes of position and size
by calling QQuickItem::geometryChange(), instead of using events.
QskQuickItem reestablished the more powerful concept of events by sending/posting
events, that can be preprocessed by event filtering.
\param event Event indicating the geometry change
\sa QObject::installEventFilter(), geometryChange()
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::windowChangeEvent
*/
/*!
\fn QskQuickItem::itemChange
*/
/*!
void \fn QskQuickItem::aboutToShow
A specific hook that is intended to be overloaded by controls that need
to do some specific operations, when an item is painted the first time
after becoming visisble.
The default implementation is a no operation.
\sa initiallyPainted, QQuickItem::setVisible()
*/