[Development] Missing documentation makes QML ListView unusable

[Laszlo Papp]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Rainer Keller <rainer.keller at digia.com>wrote:

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> Hi,
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> I tried to use a QML ListView and wondered why it does not react to mouse
> clicks. After looking into the examples I found out that you need to add a
> MouseArea in the delegate. Without this code the ListView is unusable
> because the user can not select anything using the mouse.
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> Shouldn't the MouseArea be the default behaviour without writing this code
> every time?
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At least with Cascades, we do not have to use that explicitly which I
personally like. Not sure about the drawbacks of that if any.


> Only if the user wants to do custom things he should need to override this.
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> The documentation seems to contain no statements about the MouseArea
> needed. This is essential for the usability and it should be mentioned in
> ListView the documentation at least.
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Not essential in each case, but an example would be nice if there is none,
either the front page of the Component (delegate) documentation, or a link
to the examples where you can find one presenting it.

Laszlo
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