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| author | Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis@qt.io> | 2018-10-11 10:02:59 +0200 |
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| committer | Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis@qt.io> | 2018-10-17 10:41:27 +0000 |
| commit | 614d16d6f0e5e125b5572c4cd2bfe447f939a9b2 (patch) | |
| tree | caafa715f904ba69370681f29b5decc83606c301 | |
| parent | 7f57472e24a45a9cb56c7742f4c031405262ef98 (diff) | |
Doc: place more importance on not binding to x/y/width/height
It's common for users to bind to these properties and think that it's a
bug that it doesn't work, so we should make the note in the docs more
strongly worded and elaborate a bit.
Change-Id: I82c8d5644ed81cc616a3035f489344a491ea5a66
Reviewed-by: Andy Shaw <andy.shaw@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Venugopal Shivashankar <Venugopal.Shivashankar@qt.io>
| -rw-r--r-- | src/imports/layouts/qquicklayout.cpp | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/imports/layouts/qquicklayout.cpp b/src/imports/layouts/qquicklayout.cpp index cc206bcb95..d90eae5f80 100644 --- a/src/imports/layouts/qquicklayout.cpp +++ b/src/imports/layouts/qquicklayout.cpp @@ -74,10 +74,14 @@ false, the item's size will be fixed to its preferred size. Otherwise, it will grow or shrink between its minimum and maximum size as the layout is resized. - \note It is not recommended to have bindings to the x, y, width, or height properties of items - in a layout, since this would conflict with the goals of Layout, and can also cause binding - loops. - + \note Do not bind to the x, y, width, or height properties of items in a layout, + as this would conflict with the goals of Layout, and can also cause binding loops. + The width and height properties are used by the layout engine to store the current + size of items as calculated from the minimum/preferred/maximum attached properties, + and can be ovewritten each time the items are laid out. Use + \l {Layout::preferredWidth}{Layout.preferredWidth} and + \l {Layout::preferredHeight}{Layout.preferredHeight}, or \l {Item::}{implicitWidth} + and \l {Item::}{implicitHeight} to specify the preferred size of items. \sa GridLayout \sa RowLayout |