[Qt-interest] QAIM::headerData() is not tied to QModelIndex?

[Andre Somers]

  Op 16-8-2010 14:32, Kishore schreef:
>> >  Still, I think the reasoning of Kishore's question is, by extension of
>> >  what you write above, valid. If you only show a subtree, then you could
>> >  display a header that is valid for that subtree, could you not? It would
>> >  make sense to have the views query for the headers as valid for a
>> >  certain QModelIndex if you have set that index as the root index for
>> >  that view. You just can not, in a standard view, display different
>> >  headers for different levels. That would look confusing, I think. If you
>> >  want something like that, you should just use QicsTable or a widget like
>> >  that. I think the current QAbstractItemModel could even be extended to
>> >  provide that functionality with full backwards compatibility. Simpy make
>> >  the default implemenation call the old function, and change the views to
>> >  query the new method.
> Exactly the situation in my use case, where I find such functionality useful.
I suggest you file a bugreport to ask for this functionality, with a 
short explanation of your use case and how it could be implemented in a 
backwards compatible way. Better yet, also implement it in Qt and do a 
merge request.

André