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Also, when the user starts editing an item (e.g., by double-clicking the item), the delegate provides an editor widget that is placed on top of the item while editing takes place. Delegates are subclasses of QAbstractItemDelegate. Qt provides QItemDelegate, which inherits QAbstractItemDelegate and handles the most common data types (notably \c int and QString). If we need to support custom data types, or want to customize the rendering or the editing for existing data types, we can subclass QAbstractItemDelegate or QItemDelegate. See \l{Delegate Classes} for more information about delegates, and \l{Model/View Programming} if you need a high-level introduction to Qt's model/view architecture (including delegates). In this example, we will see how to implement a custom delegate to render and edit a "star rating" data type, which can store values such as "1 out of 5 stars". The example consists of the following classes: \list \o \c StarRating is the custom data type. It stores a rating expressed as stars, such as "2 out of 5 stars" or "5 out of 6 stars". \o \c StarDelegate inherits QItemDelegate and provides support for \c StarRating (in addition to the data types already handled by QItemDelegate). \o \c StarEditor inherits QWidget and is used by \c StarDelegate to let the user edit a star rating using the mouse. \endlist To show the \c StarDelegate in action, we will fill a QTableWidget with some data and install the delegate on it. \section1 StarDelegate Class Definition Here's the definition of the \c StarDelegate class: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stardelegate.h 0 All public functions are reimplemented virtual functions from QItemDelegate to provide custom rendering and editing. \section1 StarDelegate Class Implementation The \l{QAbstractItemDelegate::}{paint()} function is reimplemented from QItemDelegate and is called whenever the view needs to repaint an item: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stardelegate.cpp 0 The function is invoked once for each item, represented by a QModelIndex object from the model. If the data stored in the item is a \c StarRating, we paint it ourselves; otherwise, we let QItemDelegate paint it for us. This ensures that the \c StarDelegate can handle the most common data types. In the case where the item is a \c StarRating, we draw the background if the item is selected, and we draw the item using \c StarRating::paint(), which we will review later. \c{StartRating}s can be stored in a QVariant thanks to the Q_DECLARE_METATYPE() macro appearing in \c starrating.h. More on this later. The \l{QAbstractItemDelegate::}{createEditor()} function is called when the user starts editing an item: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stardelegate.cpp 2 If the item is a \c StarRating, we create a \c StarEditor and connect its \c editingFinished() signal to our \c commitAndCloseEditor() slot, so we can update the model when the editor closes. Here's the implementation of \c commitAndCloseEditor(): \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stardelegate.cpp 5 When the user is done editing, we emit \l{QAbstractItemDelegate::}{commitData()} and \l{QAbstractItemDelegate::}{closeEditor()} (both declared in QAbstractItemDelegate), to tell the model that there is edited data and to inform the view that the editor is no longer needed. The \l{QAbstractItemDelegate::}{setEditorData()} function is called when an editor is created to initialize it with data from the model: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stardelegate.cpp 3 We simply call \c setStarRating() on the editor. The \l{QAbstractItemDelegate::}{setModelData()} function is called when editing is finished, to commit data from the editor to the model: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stardelegate.cpp 4 The \c sizeHint() function returns an item's preferred size: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stardelegate.cpp 1 We simply forward the call to \c StarRating. \section1 StarEditor Class Definition The \c StarEditor class was used when implementing \c StarDelegate. Here's the class definition: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stareditor.h 0 The class lets the user edit a \c StarRating by moving the mouse over the editor. It emits the \c editingFinished() signal when the user clicks on the editor. The protected functions are reimplemented from QWidget to handle mouse and paint events. The private function \c starAtPosition() is a helper function that returns the number of the star under the mouse pointer. \section1 StarEditor Class Implementation Let's start with the constructor: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stareditor.cpp 0 We enable \l{QWidget::setMouseTracking()}{mouse tracking} on the widget so we can follow the cursor even when the user doesn't hold down any mouse button. We also turn on QWidget's \l{QWidget::autoFillBackground}{auto-fill background} feature to obtain an opaque background. (Without the call, the view's background would shine through the editor.) The \l{QWidget::}{paintEvent()} function is reimplemented from QWidget: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stareditor.cpp 1 We simply call \c StarRating::paint() to draw the stars, just like we did when implementing \c StarDelegate. \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stareditor.cpp 2 In the mouse event handler, we call \c setStarCount() on the private data member \c myStarRating to reflect the current cursor position, and we call QWidget::update() to force a repaint. \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stareditor.cpp 3 When the user releases a mouse button, we simply emit the \c editingFinished() signal. \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/stareditor.cpp 4 The \c starAtPosition() function uses basic linear algebra to find out which star is under the cursor. \section1 StarRating Class Definition \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/starrating.h 0 \codeline \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/starrating.h 1 The \c StarRating class represents a rating as a number of stars. In addition to holding the data, it is also capable of painting the stars on a QPaintDevice, which in this example is either a view or an editor. The \c myStarCount member variable stores the current rating, and \c myMaxStarCount stores the highest possible rating (typically 5). The Q_DECLARE_METATYPE() macro makes the type \c StarRating known to QVariant, making it possible to store \c StarRating values in QVariant. \section1 StarRating Class Implementation The constructor initializes \c myStarCount and \c myMaxStarCount, and sets up the polygons used to draw stars and diamonds: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/starrating.cpp 0 The \c paint() function paints the stars in this \c StarRating object on a paint device: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/starrating.cpp 2 We first set the pen and brush we will use for painting. The \c mode parameter can be either \c Editable or \c ReadOnly. If \c mode is editable, we use the \l{QPalette::}{Highlight} color instead of the \l{QPalette::}{Foreground} color to draw the stars. Then we draw the stars. If we are in \c Edit mode, we paint diamonds in place of stars if the rating is less than the highest rating. The \c sizeHint() function returns the preferred size for an area to paint the stars on: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/starrating.cpp 1 The preferred size is just enough to paint the maximum number of stars. The function is called by both \c StarDelegate::sizeHint() and \c StarEditor::sizeHint(). \section1 The \c main() Function Here's the program's \c main() function: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/main.cpp 5 The \c main() function creates a QTableWidget and sets a \c StarDelegate on it. \l{QAbstractItemView::}{DoubleClicked} and \l{QAbstractItemView::}{SelectedClicked} are set as \l{QAbstractItemView::editTriggers()}{edit triggers}, so that the editor is opened with a single click when the star rating item is selected. The \c populateTableWidget() function fills the QTableWidget with data: \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/main.cpp 0 \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/main.cpp 1 \dots \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/main.cpp 2 \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/main.cpp 3 \codeline \snippet examples/itemviews/stardelegate/main.cpp 4 Notice the call to qVariantFromValue to convert a \c StarRating to a QVariant. \section1 Possible Extensions and Suggestions There are many ways to customize Qt's \l{Model/View Programming}{model/view framework}. The approach used in this example is appropriate for most custom delegates and editors. Examples of possibilities not used by the star delegate and star editor are: \list \o It is possible to open editors programmatically by calling QAbstractItemView::edit(), instead of relying on edit triggers. This could be use to support other edit triggers than those offered by the QAbstractItemView::EditTrigger enum. For example, in the Star Delegate example, hovering over an item with the mouse might make sense as a way to pop up an editor. \o By reimplementing QAbstractItemDelegate::editorEvent(), it is possible to implement the editor directly in the delegate, instead of creating a separate QWidget subclass. \endlist */