[Qt-qml] Flickable WebBrowser: how to update contentY property when user clicks on a same-page anchor ?

[Martin Jones]

I added http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-13512

On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 04:59:03 pm Jones Martin (Nokia-MS-Qt/Brisbane) wrote:
> It looks like an oversight to me too.  Please log a bug.
> 
> BR,
> Martin.
> 
> On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 04:21:42 am ext Sacha Zyto wrote:
> > Good afternoon
> > 
> > I have a WebView embedded inside a Flickable, and I'm trying to move the
> > page appropriately when a user clicks on a link that's an anchor to the
> > same page, such as:
> > 
> > <a href="#references">Jump to References</a>
> > 
> > I looked at the source code in demos/declarative/webbrowser, but I fear
> > that they may have forgotten about the use of links for that purpose,
> > since the code in FlickableWebView looks like:
> > 
> > (...)
> > 
> >        onUrlChanged: {
> >        
> >              // got to topleft
> >              flickable.contentX = 0
> >              flickable.contentY = 0
> >              if (url != null) { header.editUrl = url.toString(); }
> >          
> >          }
> > 
> > (...)
> > 
> > contentY shouldn't typically be set to 0 if the url changes just by the
> > anchor part (i.e. from http://www.example.com#section1 to
> > http://www.example.com#section2). My question is: Does the QML WebView
> > element exposes enough of its state in its API so that we can actually
> > scroll to the right place on the page ? If not, shouldn't we submit a
> > bug report or feature request ?
> > 
> > Example:
> > Use the demos/declarative/webbrowser QML example and visit
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator
> > ... and try any of the "Contents" link: Instead of scrolling to the
> > right place on the page, it will go back to the top of the document.
> > 
> > Best,
> > Sacha
> > 
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Martin