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Qt programming QComboBox

I am using Qt and C++ to add some features to a freeware called: EASYPAINT.

I had to add a more intuitive method in which the users can see the actual width directly from the tool instead of changing numbers. ( just like in the new windows paint , where you can actually see the line thickness and not pixels.)

I am using a QComboBox. My question is (look at the code first), instead of having 20 (penSizeList->addItem), I know we can have addItems.... But what about the icon. for each Item, will I have to search for 20 different line thickness.png and add them? Or is there another method I can use?

And also, how can I get rid of the string in addItem, and only keep an image or icon in the QComboBox.

QComboBox *penSizeList = new QComboBox();
penSizeList->setIconSize(QSize(100,100));
penSizeList->setStatusTip("Pen Size");

QIcon ONEpxIcon(":/media/actions-icons/clear-gray.png");
QIcon THREEpxIcon(":/media/instruments-icons/canvas-lines1.png");

penSizeList->addItem(ONEpxIcon,"1px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"2px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"3px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"4px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"5px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"6px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"7px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"8px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"9px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"10px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"11px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"12px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"13px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"14px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"15px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"16px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"17px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"18px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"19px");
penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,"20px");

connect(penSizeList,SIGNAL(activated(int)), this, SLOT(penValueChanged(int)));
Solution

  • Try to do this in loop.

    penSizeList->addItem(ONEpxIcon,"1px");
for(int i = 2; i < 21 ; i++)
{
    penSizeList->addItem(THREEpxIcon,QString("%1px").arg(i));
}

    Or if you have different icons for each line:

    for(int i = 1; i < 21 ; i++)
{
    penSizeList->addItem(QIcon(QString("iconLine%1.png").arg(i)),QString("%1px").arg(i));
}

    If you want only icons, set empty string:

    penSizeList->addItem(icon,"");

    If you want full image then you should set this image as background. For example:

    QPixmap pxmap("G:/2/qt.jpg");
QStandardItemModel *md = new QStandardItemModel;
QStandardItem *iii = new QStandardItem;
iii->setBackground(QBrush(Qt::red));
iii->setText("ss");
QStandardItem *iiii = new QStandardItem;
iiii->setBackground(QBrush(pxmap));
iiii->setText("ss");
md->setItem(1,0,iii);
md->setItem(0,0,iiii);
ui->comboBox->setModel(md);