[Development] QML Rectangle corner radius API for Qt 6.7

[Mike Trahearn]

+1 for tidying up the API in the manner suggested.

But a welcome addition - thanks to Matthias Rauter.and Mitch Curtis - who I would be asking about the group properties in the first instance.
- which I already did 7 months ago...

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From: Development <development-bounces at qt-project.org> on behalf of André Somers <andre at familiesomers.nl>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 8:15:52 PM
To: development at qt-project.org <development at qt-project.org>
Subject: [Development] QML Rectangle corner radius API for Qt 6.7

Hi,

Starting from 6.7 we'll have separate corner radii for the corners of a
Rectangle. Nice, very welcome!

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt6-6.7/qml-qtquick-rectangle.html__;!!Nbma_1s!qEoiP92cqhsfnX-HHwEApg2oZPI0sCUo_e1WoYidXIlOByAeSXryFEIY7fgBhrVIkzA9_OzYV_e1XeHzfDE$

Unfortunately, the API looks a bit clunky and not ready for further
extension. Would it not be better to use a grouped property here instead
of having four different properties?

I can see two options. The simplest option is to have a `radii`
property, which is a grouped property containing the `topLeft`,
`topRight`, `bottomLeft` and `bottomRight` properties as a floating
point value as we have now. I think that would be cleaner than the
current state of things.

The second option is to actually allow for some more customization, and
have a `corners` property, where each corner again is named as in the
`radii` above, but would itself be a grouped property that could not
only contain `radius` but also `color` (and perhaps other properties in
the future*). Setting different colors for each of the corners would
allow for way more flexible gradients than what we have at the moment.

Cheers,

André

*) For instance, there could be properties that give even finer control
over the radius, so you can make an inverted rounded corner, or have
different radii for the x and y axis, or...


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