[Qt-interest] QTreeWidget->setItemWidget() works contrary to Qt documentation

[Kishore Jonnalagadda]

On Saturday 08 Oct 2011 3:16:00 PM Roland Tollenaar wrote:
> The documentation of Qt4.5.2 on QTreeWidgetItem::setItemWidget(..) reads:
> 
> "Sets the given widget to be displayed in the cell specified by the 
> given item and column.
> 
> This function should only be used to display static content in the place 
> of a tree widget item. If you want to display custom dynamic content or 
> implement a custom editor widget, use QTreeView and subclass 
> QItemDelegate instead."
> 
> We have been adding Qlineedits and QtextEdits for editing to 
> QtreeWidgetItems for years without problems.

I don't think those qualify as "dynamic". For "dynamic", imagine something 
animated. Like an animated gif image in a QLabel or something.

> Spotting this now there is a concern that future versions of Qt (we 
> might have to upgrade at some point) will break our code.
> 
> Can anyone comment on this?
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Cheers!
Kishore