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QTableView Class Reference


This is the abstract base class of all the table views. More...

#include <qtableview.h>

Inherits QFrame.

Inherited by QHeader, QListBox, QMultiLineEdit and QPopupMenu.

List of all member functions.

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Detailed Description

This is the abstract base class of all the table views.

A table view consists of a number of abstract cells organized in rows and columns and a visible part called a view. The cells are identified with a row index and a column index. The top left cell is in row 0, column 0.

The behavior of the widget can be finely tuned using setTableFlags(); subclasses like QListBox are little more than a call to setTableFlags(), some table content manipulation, and an implementation of paintCell(). Subclasses that need cells with variable width or height must reimplement cellHeight() and/or cellWidth(). Use updateTableSize() to tell QTableView when the width or height has changed.

When you read this documentation, it is important to understand the distinctions between the four pixel coordinate systems involved.

  1. The cell coordinates. (0,0) is the top left corner of a cell. This is used by functions such as paintCell().

  2. The table coordinates. (0,0) is the top left corner of the cell at row 0 and column 0. These coordinates are absolute; that is, they are independent of what part of the table is visible at the moment. This is used by functions such as setXOffset() or maxYOffset().

  3. The widget coordinates. (0,0) is the top left corner of the widget, including the frame. This is used by functions such as repaint().

  4. The view coordinates. (0,0) is the top left corner of the view, excluding the frame. This is the least-used coordinate system, used by functions such as viewWidth().

It is rather unfortunate that we have to use four different coordinate systems, but if we were to provide a flexible and powerful base class, there wasn't any way around it.

Note: The row,column indices are always given in that order, i.e. first the vertical (row), then the horizontal (column). This is the opposite order of all pixel operations, which take first the horizontal (x), then the vertical (y).

Warning: in the current (and previous) version of the library, the functions setNumRows(), setNumCols(), setCellHeight(), setCellWidth(), setTableFlags() and clearTableFlags() may cause virtual functions like cellWidth() and cellHeight() to be called, even if autoUpdate() is FALSE. This may cause errors if relevant state variables are not initialized.

See also: QScrollView and GUI Design Handbook: Table

Examples: table/table.cpp

Member Function Documentation

QTableView::QTableView ( QWidget * parent=0, const char * name=0, WFlags f=0 ) [protected]

Constructs a table view. All the arguments are passed to the QFrame constructor.

The table flags are all cleared (set to zero). Set Tbl_autoVScrollBar or Tbl_autoHScrollBar to get automatic scroll bars and Tbl_clipCellPainting to get safe clipping.

The cell height and cell width are set to 0.

Frame line shapes (QFrame::HLink and QFrame::VLine) are disallowed, see QFrame::setStyle().

Note that the f argument is not table flags but rather widget flags.

QTableView::~QTableView () [protected]

Destroys the table view.

bool QTableView::autoUpdate () const [protected]

Returns TRUE if the view updates itself automatically whenever it is changed in some way.

See also: setAutoUpdate().

int QTableView::cellHeight () const [protected]

Returns the row height, in pixels. Returns 0 if the rows have variable heights.

See also: setCellHeight() and cellWidth().

int QTableView::cellHeight ( int ) [virtual protected]

Returns the height of row row, in pixels.

This function is virtual and must be reimplemented by subclasses that have variable cell heights. Note that if the total table height changes, updateTableSize() must be called.

See also: setCellHeight(), cellWidth() and totalHeight().

Reimplemented in QListBox, QHeader and QPopupMenu.

QRect QTableView::cellUpdateRect () const [protected]

This function should only be called from the paintCell() function in subclasses. It returns the portion of a cell that actually needs to be updated, in cell coordinates. This is only useful for non-trivial paintCell().

int QTableView::cellWidth () const [protected]

Returns the column width, in pixels. Returns 0 if the columns have variable widths.

See also: setCellWidth() and cellHeight().

int QTableView::cellWidth ( int ) [virtual protected]

Returns the width of column col, in pixels.

This function is virtual and must be reimplemented by subclasses that have variable cell widths. Note that if the total table width changes, updateTableSize() must be called.

See also: setCellWidth(), cellHeight(), totalWidth() and updateTableSize().

Reimplemented in QHeader and QPopupMenu.

void QTableView::clearTableFlags ( uint f = ~0 ) [protected]

Clears the table flags that are set in f.

Example (clears a single flag): 

    clearTableFlags( Tbl_snapToGrid );

The default argument clears all flags.

See also: setTableFlags(), testTableFlags() and tableFlags().

bool QTableView::colIsVisible ( int col ) const [protected]

Returns TRUE if col is at least partially visible.

See also: rowIsVisible().

bool QTableView::colXPos ( int col, int * xPos ) const [protected]

Computes the position in the widget of column column.

Returns TRUE and stores the result in *xPos (in widget coordinates) if the column is visible. Returns FALSE and does not modify *xPos if col is invisible or invalid.

See also: rowYPos() and findCol().

int QTableView::findCol ( int xPos ) const [protected]

Returns the index of the column at position xPos, where xPos is in widget coordinates. Returns -1 if xPos is outside the valid range.

See also: findRow() and colXPos().

int QTableView::findRow ( int yPos ) const [protected]

Returns the index of the row at position yPos, where yPos is in widget coordinates. Returns -1 if yPos is outside the valid range.

See also: findCol() and rowYPos().

const QScrollBar * QTableView::horizontalScrollBar () const [protected]

Returns a pointer to the horizontal scroll bar, mainly so you can connect() to its signals. Note that the scroll bar works in pixel values, use findCol() to translate to cell numbers.

int QTableView::lastColVisible () const [protected]

Returns the index of the last (right) column in the view. The index of the first column is 0.

If no columns are visible it returns -1. This can happen if the view is too narrow for the first column and Tbl_cutCellsH is set.

See also: lastRowVisible().

int QTableView::lastRowVisible () const [protected]

Returns the index of the last (bottom) row in the view. The index of the first row is 0.

If no rows are visible it returns -1. This can happen if the view is too small for the first row and Tbl_cutCellsV is set.

See also: lastColVisible().

int QTableView::leftCell () const [protected]

Returns the index of the first column in the table that is visible in the view. The index of the very leftmost column is 0.

See also: topCell() and setLeftCell().

int QTableView::maxColOffset () [protected]

Returns the index of the last column which may be at the left edge of the view.

Depending on the Tbl_scrollLastHCell flag, this may or may not be the last column.

See also: maxXOffset() and maxRowOffset().

int QTableView::maxRowOffset () [protected]

Returns the index of the last row which may be at the top edge of the view.

Depending on the Tbl_scrollLastVCell flag, this may or may not be the last row.

See also: maxYOffset() and maxColOffset().

int QTableView::maxViewX () const [protected]

Returns the rightmost pixel of the table view in view coordinates. This excludes the frame and any scroll bar, but includes blank pixels to the right of the visible table data.

See also: maxViewY(), viewWidth() and contentsRect().

int QTableView::maxViewY () const [protected]

Returns the bottom pixel of the table view in view coordinates. This excludes the frame and any scroll bar, but includes blank pixels below the visible table data.

See also: maxViewX(), viewHeight() and contentsRect().

int QTableView::maxXOffset () [protected]

Returns the maximum horizontal offset within the table of the view's left edge, in table coordinates.

This is used mainly to set the horizontal scroll bar's range.

See also: maxColOffset(), maxYOffset() and totalWidth().

int QTableView::maxYOffset () [protected]

Returns the maximum vertical offset within the table of the view's top edge, in table coordinates.

This is used mainly to set the vertical scroll bar's range.

See also: maxRowOffset(), maxXOffset() and totalHeight().

int QTableView::minViewX () const [protected]

Returns the leftmost pixel of the table view in view coordinates. This excludes the frame and any header.

See also: maxViewY(), viewWidth() and contentsRect().

int QTableView::minViewY () const [protected]

Returns the top pixel of the table view in view coordinates. This excludes the frame and any header.

See also: maxViewX(), viewHeight() and contentsRect().

int QTableView::numCols () const [protected]

Returns the number of columns in the table

See also: numRows() and setNumCols().

int QTableView::numRows () const [protected]

Returns the number of rows in the table.

See also: numCols() and setNumRows().

void QTableView::paintCell ( QPainter * p, int row, int col ) [virtual protected]

This pure virtual function is called to paint the single cell at (row,col) using p, which is open when paintCell() is called and must remain open.

The coordinate system is translated such that the origin is at the top left corner of the cell to be painted; i.e. cell coordinates. Do not scale or shear the coordinate system (or if you do, restore the transformation matrix before you return).

By default, the painter is not clipped, for maximum efficiency. For safety, call setTableFlags(Tbl_clipCellPainting) to enable clipping.

See also: paintEvent(), QPainter() and setTableFlags().

Reimplemented in QListBox, QMultiLineEdit, QHeader and QPopupMenu.

void QTableView::paintEvent ( QPaintEvent * e ) [virtual protected]

Handles paint events for the table view, by calling paintCell() and drawFrame().

It is optimized to repaint only the cells that need to be repainted.

Reimplemented from QWidget.

void QTableView::repaint ( int x, int y, int w, int h, bool erase=TRUE )

Repaints the table view directly by calling paintEvent() directly, unless updates are disabled.

Erases the view area (x,y,w,h) if erase is TRUE. Parameters (x,y) are in widget coordinates.

If w is negative, it is replaced with width() - x. If h is negative, it is replaced width height() - y.

Doing a repaint() usually is faster than doing an update(), but calling update() many times in a row will generate a single paint event.

At present, QTableView is the only widget that reimplements repaint(). It does this because by clearing and then repainting one cell at at time, it can make the screen flicker less than it would otherwise.

void QTableView::repaint ( bool erase=TRUE )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Repaints the entire view.

void QTableView::repaint ( const QRect & r, bool erase=TRUE )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

void QTableView::resizeEvent ( QResizeEvent * ) [virtual protected]

Handles resize events for the table view.

The scroll bars are moved and cells repainted as necessary.

Reimplemented from QWidget.

bool QTableView::rowIsVisible ( int row ) const [protected]

Returns TRUE if row is at least partially visible.

See also: colIsVisible().

bool QTableView::rowYPos ( int row, int * yPos ) const [protected]

Computes the position in the widget of row row.

Returns TRUE and stores the result in *yPos (in widget coordinates) if the row is visible. Returns FALSE and does not modify *yPos if row is invisible or invalid.

See also: colXPos() and findRow().

void QTableView::scroll ( int xPixels, int yPixels ) [protected]

Moves the visible area of the table rightwards by xPixels and downwards by yPixels pixels. Both may be negative.

This function is not the same as QWidget::scroll().

See also: setXOffset(), setYOffset(), setOffset(), setTopCell(), setLeftCell() and setTopLeftOffset().

void QTableView::setAutoUpdate ( bool enable ) [protected]

Sets the auto-update option of the table view to enable.

If enable is TRUE (this is the default) then the view updates itself automatically whenever it has changed in some way (for example when a flag is changed).

If enable is FALSE, the view does NOT repaint itself, or update its internal state variables itself when it is changed. This can be useful to avoid flicker during large changes, and is singularly useless otherwise: Disable auto-update, do the changes, re-enable auto-update, and call repaint().

Warning: Do not leave the view in this state for a long time (i.e. between events ). If, for example, the user interacts with the view when auto-update is off, strange things can happen.

Setting auto-update to TRUE does not repaint the view, you must call repaint() to do this.

See also: autoUpdate() and repaint().

void QTableView::setBackgroundColor ( const QColor & c ) [virtual]

For internal use only.

Reimplemented from QWidget.

void QTableView::setCellHeight ( int cellHeight ) [protected]

Sets the height in pixels of the table cells to cellHeight.

Setting it to zero means that the row height is variable. When set to 0 (this is the default) QTableView calls the virtual function cellHeight() to get the height.

See also: cellHeight(), setCellWidth(), totalHeight() and numRows().

Examples: table/table.cpp

void QTableView::setCellWidth ( int cellWidth ) [protected]

Sets the width in pixels of the table cells to cellWidth.

Setting it to zero means that the column width is variable. When set to 0 (this is the default) QTableView calls the virtual function cellWidth() to get the width.

See also: cellWidth(), setCellHeight(), totalWidth() and numCols().

Examples: table/table.cpp

void QTableView::setLeftCell ( int col ) [protected]

Scrolls the table such that col becomes the leftmost column. The index of the very leftmost column is 0.

See also: setXOffset(), setTopLeftCell() and setTopCell().

Examples: table/table.cpp

void QTableView::setNumCols ( int cols ) [protected]

Sets the number of columns of the table to cols (must be non-negative). Does not change leftCell().

The table repaints itself automatically if autoUpdate() is set.

See also: numCols(), numRows() and setNumRows().

Examples: table/table.cpp

void QTableView::setNumRows ( int rows ) [protected]

Sets the number of rows of the table to rows (must be non-negative). Does not change topCell().

The table repaints itself automatically if autoUpdate() is set.

See also: numCols(), setNumCols() and numRows().

Examples: table/table.cpp

void QTableView::setOffset ( int x, int y, bool updateScrBars = TRUE ) [protected]

Scrolls the table such that (x,y) becomes the top left pixel in the view. Parameters (x,y) are in table coordinates.

The interaction with Tbl_snapTo*Grid is tricky. If updateScrBars is TRUE, the scroll bars are updated.

See also: xOffset(), yOffset(), setXOffset(), setYOffset() and setTopLeftCell().

void QTableView::setPalette ( const QPalette & p ) [virtual]

Reimplements QWidget::setPalette(). Sets the palette for the scroll bars, too.

See also: setBackgroundColor().

Reimplemented from QWidget.

void QTableView::setTableFlags ( uint f ) [protected]

Sets the table flags to f.

If a flag setting changes the appearance of the table the table is repainted if and only if autoUpdate() is TRUE.

The table flags are mostly single bits, though there are some multibit flags for convenience. Here is a complete list:

Tbl_vScrollBar
The table has a vertical scroll bar.
Tbl_hScrollBar
The table has a horizontal scroll bar.
Tbl_autoVScrollBar
The table has a vertical scroll bar if and only if the table is taller than the view.
Tbl_autoHScrollBar
The table has a horizontal scroll bar if and only if the table is wider than the view.
Tbl_autoScrollBars
The union of the previous two flags.
Tbl_clipCellPainting
The table uses QPainter::setClipRect() to make sure that paintCell() will not draw outside the cell boundaries.
Tbl_cutCellsV
The table will never show part of a cell at the bottom of the table; if there is not space for all of a cell the space is left blank.
Tbl_cutCellsH
The table will never show part of a cell at the right side of the table; if there is not space for all of a cell the space is left blank.
Tbl_cutCells
The union of the previous two flags.
Tbl_scrollLastHCell
When the user scrolls horizontally, let him/her scroll the last cell leftward until it is at the left edge of the view. If this flag is not set, the user can only scroll to the point where last cell is completely visible.
Tbl_scrollLastVCell
When the user scrolls vertically, let him/her scroll the last cell upward until it is at the top edge of the view. If this flag is not set, the user can only scroll to the point where last cell is completely visible.
Tbl_scrollLastCell
The union of the previous two flags.
Tbl_smoothHScrolling
The table scrolls as smoothly as possible when the user scrolls horizontally. When this flag is not set scrolling is done one cell at a time.
Tbl_smoothVScrolling
The table scrolls as smoothly as possible when scrolling vertically. When this flag is not set scrolling is done one cell at a time.
Tbl_smoothScrolling
The union of of previous two flags.
Tbl_snapToHGrid
Except when the user is actually scrolling, the leftmost column shown snaps to the leftmost edge of the view.
Tbl_snapToVGrid
Except when the user is actually scrolling, the top row snaps to the top edge of the view.
Tbl_snapToGrid
The union of the previous two flags.

You can specify more than one flag at a time using bitwise OR.

Example: 

    setTableFlags( Tbl_smoothScrolling | Tbl_autoScrollBars );

See also: clearTableFlags(), testTableFlags() and tableFlags().

Examples: table/table.cpp

void QTableView::setTopCell ( int row ) [protected]

Scrolls the table such that row becomes the top row. The index of the very first row is 0.

See also: setYOffset(), setTopLeftCell() and setLeftCell().

Examples: table/table.cpp

void QTableView::setTopLeftCell ( int row, int col ) [protected]

Scrolls the table such that the cell at row row and colum col becomes the top left cell in the view. The cell at the extreme top left of the table is at position (0,0).

See also: setLeftCell(), setTopCell() and setOffset().

void QTableView::setXOffset ( int x ) [protected]

Scrolls the table such that x becomes the leftmost pixel in the view. The x parameter is in table coordinates.

The interaction with Tbl_snapToHGrid is tricky.

See also: xOffset(), setYOffset(), setOffset() and setLeftCell().

void QTableView::setYOffset ( int y ) [protected]

Scrolls the table such that y becomes the top pixel in the view. The y parameter is in table coordinates.

The interaction with Tbl_snapToVGrid is tricky.

See also: yOffset(), setXOffset(), setOffset() and setTopCell().

void QTableView::setupPainter ( QPainter * ) [virtual protected]

This virtual function is called before painting of table cells is started. It can be reimplemented by subclasses that want to to set up the painter in a special way and that do not want to do so for each cell.

The default implementation does nothing.

Reimplemented in QHeader.

void QTableView::show () [virtual]

Reimplements QWidget::show() in order to do scroll bar tricks.

Reimplemented from QWidget.

uint QTableView::tableFlags () const [protected]

Returns the union of the table flags that are currently set.

See also: setTableFlags(), clearTableFlags() and testTableFlags().

bool QTableView::testTableFlags ( uint f ) const [protected]

Returns TRUE if any of the table flags in f are currently set, otherwise FALSE.

See also: setTableFlags(), clearTableFlags() and tableFlags().

int QTableView::topCell () const [protected]

Returns the index of the first row in the table that is visible in the view. The index of the very first row is 0.

See also: leftCell() and setTopCell().

int QTableView::totalHeight () [virtual protected]

Returns the total height of the table in pixels.

This function is virtual and should be reimplmented by subclasses that have variable cell heights and a non-trivial cellHeight() function, or a large number of rows in the table.

The default implementation may be slow for very tall tables.

See also: cellHeight() and totalWidth().

int QTableView::totalWidth () [virtual protected]

Returns the total width of the table in pixels.

This function is virtual and should be reimplmented by subclasses that have variable cell widths and a non-trivial cellWidth() function, or a large number of columns in the table.

The default implementation may be slow for very wide tables.

See also: cellWidth() and totalHeight().

void QTableView::updateCell ( int row, int col, bool erase=TRUE ) [protected]

Repaints the cell at row row, column col if it is inside the view.

If erase is TRUE, the relevant part of the view is cleared to the background color/pixmap before the contents are repainted.

See also: isVisible().

Examples: table/table.cpp

void QTableView::updateScrollBars () [protected]

Updates the scroll bars' contents and presence to match the table's state. Generally you should not need to call this.

See also: setTableFlags().

void QTableView::updateTableSize () [protected]

Updates the scroll bars and internal state.

Call this function when the table view's total size is changed; typically because the result of cellHeight() or cellWidth() have changed.

This function does not repaint the widget.

const QScrollBar * QTableView::verticalScrollBar () const [protected]

Returns a pointer to the vertical scroll bar, mainly so you can connect() to its signals. Note that the scroll bar works in pixel values, use findRow() to translate to cell numbers.

int QTableView::viewHeight () const [protected]

Returns the height of the table view, as such, in view coordinates. This does not include any header, scroll bar or frame, but does include background pixels below the table data.

See also: minViewY(), maxViewY(), viewWidth(), contentsRect() and viewRect().

QRect QTableView::viewRect () const [protected]

Returns the rectangle which is the actual table, excluding any frame, in widget coordinates.

Somewhat similar to clientRect(), but does not include any frames.

int QTableView::viewWidth () const [protected]

Returns the width of the table view, as such, in view coordinates. This does not include any header, scroll bar or frame, but does include background pixels to the right of the table data.

See also: minViewX(), maxViewX(), viewHeight(), contentsRect() and viewRect().

int QTableView::xOffset () const [protected]

Returns the x coordinate in table coordinates of the pixel which is currently on the left edge of the view.

See also: setXOffset(), yOffset() and leftCell().

int QTableView::yOffset () const [protected]

Returns the y coordinate in table coordinates of the pixel which is currently on the top edge of the view.

See also: setYOffset(), xOffset() and topCell().

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