[Interest] QML: How to create reusable containers?

Wed May 16 17:00:45 CEST 2012

That's excellent idea! Will do just that, thank you!

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Sivan Greenberg <sivan at omniqueue.com> wrote:
> Hello Aekold,
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Aekold Helbrass <helbrass at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Lame question which I cannot figure out myself: how to create reusable
>> container components in QML?
>> Here is what I have in mind:
>>
>>    Rectangle {
>>        Header {
>>        }
>>
>>        <body goes here>
>>
>>        Row {
>>            anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
>>            anchors.right: parent.right
>>            Button { text: "OK" }
>>            Button { text: "Cancel" }
>>        }
>>    }
>>
>
> If I understand your question correctly, you want to have one
> 'template' qml to use and everytime put a different body depending on
> the current interaction.
>
> You could actually create[0] a component that would have the 'header'
> and 'footer' as you just noted, and have a Loader[1] in its body and
> introduce a property from the top level 'container' that would allow
> you to set the Loader's source file. You could then, depending on the
> current state change the source property and have a different 'body'
> in your one template.
>
> HTH,
>
> -Sivan
>
> [0]: http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/qml-component.html
> [1]: http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/qml-loader.html#details