[Qt-creator] Question about "Fetch data dynamically" option in new file wizard

Murphy, Sean Sean.Murphy at centauricorp.com
Wed May 12 15:58:53 CEST 2021


I'm creating a model class for a large table, so I would like to use lazy loading. 

1. In Qt Creator, I right-click my project and select the "Add New..." option.
2. In the new file creation wizard that pops up, I select the "Qt" option from 
    the "Files and Classes" list, and then select the "Qt Item Model", then pressed
    the "Choose..." button.
3. On the next page, I enter my desired class name, select "QAbstractTableModel" 
    as the base class and then ensure the "Customize header row" and 
    "Fetch data dynamically" checkboxes are checked.
4. I then completed the remaining steps in the wizard.

In the resulting class's header file, I only ended up with these functions defined for me:
    explicit viewRawDataTableModel(QObject *parent = nullptr);
    QVariant headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const override;
    int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const override;
    int columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const override;
    QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const override;

I kind of expected that in addition to those functions above, the process would have also added functions like:
  virtual bool canFetchMore(const QModelIndex &parent) const;
  virtual void fetchMore(const QModelIndex &parent);

Is this a bug, or am I just misunderstanding what that "Fetch data dynamically" checkbox 
is supposed to do when generating a new class?

Qt Creator 4.14.2

Sean 



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