[Qt-creator] A really minor observation about QML & properties

[Jason H]

I don't _think_ this is how Qt APIs work though? Maybe I missed something, Qt classically has not used getXXXX() as a getter, but still provide properties and getters of the same name?  I had expected to be told something about how to change my declaration.

For example, QML Item instantiates QQuickItem. both have "clip".
 Q_PROPERTY(bool clip READ clip WRITE setClip NOTIFY clipChanged)

This is a property of Item, and a public function (getter) of QQuickItem. I assume there is some magic that tells QtC to know that when completing clip, to not add "()" ?

Also, for the member version, the docs don't say it, but I assume there is a standard setter generated with the if-value-change notify guard?




> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2019 at 3:29 PM
> From: "Damian Ivanov" <damianatorrpm at gmail.com>
> To: "Jason H" <jhihn at gmx.com>
> Cc: qt-creator <qt-creator at qt-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [Qt-creator] A really minor observation about QML & properties
>
> Hi Jason,
>
> The READ function should have a different name like getName() the
> string before Read is what is exposed to QML.
> Also you could use MEMBER but READ and WRITE functions are more
> flexible in the end.
> https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/properties.html
>
> Regards,
> Damian
>
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 9:32 PM Jason H <jhihn at gmx.com> wrote:
> >
> > When I make my own QML components in C, and I have a property and a slot named he same:
> > Q_PROPERTY(QString name READ name WRITE setName ...)
> >
> > When I'm typing, QtCreator appends "()" when I tab-complete rather than just completing the name.
> > x.na[TAB] -> x.name()
> > vs x.na[TAB] -> x.name (and continue on as: `= "name"`
> >
> > Usually when this is the case in QML, I want just to use it as a property not a function. I've not observed this with Qt's built-in classes. Does anyone know what I'm doing differently/wrong/could be doing better?
> >
> > Creator 4.9.2
> >
> >
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