[Qt-interest] animated gif icon in a QTableView

[Tony Rietwyk]

> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 2010 10:29
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 2010 10:16
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > How to put an animated gif icon in a QTableView, using a 
> > custom delegate ?
> > 
> > I reimplemented paint() function. I'm blocked on which QStyleOption 
> > choosing to assign icon to be displayed (I haven't found a 
> > QStyleOptionLabel for displaying a QLabel)...
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Omar
> 
> Hi Omar, 
> 
> I think this question was asked recently (by you?) with 
> example code that
> showed the style being destroyed within the paint method.  
> How do you expect
> the animation / progress bar to continue, if the style is destroyed?  
> 
> Surely your delegate will need to create a persistent widget 
> that manages
> the animation for you?  Look at the example delegate that creates a
> spin-box, and adapt that for a progress bar, or label with a QMovie.  
> 
> Tony.

Correcting myself...

I think the delegate widget is only used for editing the cell.  I suggest
using QAbstractItemView.setIndexWidget instead of the delegate - assuming
you only have a small number of rows, of course.  

Tony.