[Qt-interest] QComboBox list items

[Robert Hairgrove]

Thank you very much, this is just what I needed!

Tim Dewhirst wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Robert Hairgrove wrote:
>> Is there a built-in way to fetch all the string items in a combo box 
>> or list view without iterating through all the indexes? For example, I 
>> can call addItems() and pass a QStringList, and the list is populated. 
>> I would like to be able to do the opposite (i.e., read all the items 
>> at once by calling a function which returns a QStringList).
>>
>> Seems like it would make things a little more orthogonal if there were 
>> such a function.
> 
> Why not do it the other way around? QComboBox internally has a model but 
> this can be replaced with a call to setModel(). Use a QStringListModel 
> with the appropriate QStringList and you've fixed the problem!
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Tim
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