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# QListView Class

The QListView class provides a list or icon view onto a model. More...

Header: | `#include <QListView>`
CMake: | `find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)` `target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets)`
qmake: | `QT += widgets`
Inherits: | QAbstractItemView
Inherited By: | QListWidget and QUndoView

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Public Types

enum | Flow { LeftToRight, TopToBottom }
enum | LayoutMode { SinglePass, Batched }
enum | Movement { Static, Free, Snap }
enum | ResizeMode { Fixed, Adjust }
enum | ViewMode { ListMode, IconMode }

## Properties

- batchSize : int
- flow : Flow
- gridSize : QSize
- isWrapping : bool
- itemAlignment : Qt::Alignment
- layoutMode : LayoutMode
- modelColumn : int

- movement : Movement
- resizeMode : ResizeMode
- selectionRectVisible : bool
- spacing : int
- uniformItemSizes : bool
- viewMode : ViewMode
- wordWrap : bool

## Public Functions

| QListView(QWidget *parent = nullptr)
virtual | ~QListView()
int | batchSize() const
void | clearPropertyFlags()
QListView::Flow | flow() const
QSize | gridSize() const
bool | isRowHidden(int row) const
bool | isSelectionRectVisible() const
bool | isWrapping() const
Qt::Alignment | itemAlignment() const
QListView::LayoutMode | layoutMode() const
int | modelColumn() const
QListView::Movement | movement() const
QListView::ResizeMode | resizeMode() const
void | setBatchSize(int batchSize)
void | setFlow(QListView::Flow flow)
void | setGridSize(const QSize &size)
void | setItemAlignment(Qt::Alignment alignment)
void | setLayoutMode(QListView::LayoutMode mode)
void | setModelColumn(int column)
void | setMovement(QListView::Movement movement)
void | setResizeMode(QListView::ResizeMode mode)
void | setRowHidden(int row, bool hide)
void | setSelectionRectVisible(bool show)
void | setSpacing(int space)
void | setUniformItemSizes(bool enable)
void | setViewMode(QListView::ViewMode mode)
void | setWordWrap(bool on)
void | setWrapping(bool enable)
int | spacing() const
bool | uniformItemSizes() const
QListView::ViewMode | viewMode() const
bool | wordWrap() const

## Reimplemented Public Functions

virtual QModelIndex | indexAt(const QPoint &p) const override
virtual void | scrollTo(const QModelIndex &index, QAbstractItemView::ScrollHint hint = EnsureVisible) override
virtual void | setRootIndex(const QModelIndex &index) override
virtual QRect | visualRect(const QModelIndex &index) const override

## Signals

void | indexesMoved(const QModelIndexList &indexes)

## Protected Functions

QRect | rectForIndex(const QModelIndex &index) const
void | setPositionForIndex(const QPoint &position, const QModelIndex &index)

## Reimplemented Protected Functions

virtual void | currentChanged(const QModelIndex &current, const QModelIndex &previous) override
virtual void | dataChanged(const QModelIndex &topLeft, const QModelIndex &bottomRight, const QList<int> &roles = QList<int>()) override
virtual void | dragLeaveEvent(QDragLeaveEvent *e) override
virtual void | dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *e) override
virtual void | dropEvent(QDropEvent *event) override
virtual bool | event(QEvent *e) override
virtual int | horizontalOffset() const override
virtual void | initViewItemOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option) const override
virtual bool | isIndexHidden(const QModelIndex &index) const override
virtual void | mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *e) override
virtual void | mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *e) override
virtual QModelIndex | moveCursor(QAbstractItemView::CursorAction cursorAction, Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifiers) override
virtual void | paintEvent(QPaintEvent *e) override
virtual void | resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *e) override
virtual void | rowsAboutToBeRemoved(const QModelIndex &parent, int start, int end) override
virtual void | rowsInserted(const QModelIndex &parent, int start, int end) override
virtual void | scrollContentsBy(int dx, int dy) override
virtual QModelIndexList | selectedIndexes() const override
virtual void | selectionChanged(const QItemSelection &selected, const QItemSelection &deselected) override
virtual void | setSelection(const QRect &rect, QItemSelectionModel::SelectionFlags command) override
virtual void | startDrag(Qt::DropActions supportedActions) override
virtual void | timerEvent(QTimerEvent *e) override
virtual void | updateGeometries() override
virtual int | verticalOffset() const override
virtual QSize | viewportSizeHint() const override
virtual QRegion | visualRegionForSelection(const QItemSelection &selection) const override
virtual void | wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *e) override

## Detailed Description

A QListView presents items stored in a model, either as a simple non-hierarchical list, or as a collection of icons. This class is used to provide lists and icon views that were previously provided by the `QListBox` and `QIconView` classes, but using the more flexible approach provided by Qt's model/view architecture.

The QListView class is one of the Model/View Classes and is part of Qt's model/view framework.

This view does not display horizontal or vertical headers; to display a list of items with a horizontal header, use QTreeView instead.

QListView implements the interfaces defined by the QAbstractItemView class to allow it to display data provided by models derived from the QAbstractItemModel class.

Items in a list view can be displayed using one of two view modes: In ListMode, the items are displayed in the form of a simple list; in IconMode, the list view takes the form of an icon view in which the items are displayed with icons like files in a file manager. By default, the list view is in ListMode. To change the view mode, use the setViewMode() function, and to determine the current view mode, use viewMode().

Items in these views are laid out in the direction specified by the flow() of the list view. The items may be fixed in place, or allowed to move, depending on the view's movement() state.

If the items in the model cannot be completely laid out in the direction of flow, they can be wrapped at the boundary of the view widget; this depends on isWrapping(). This property is useful when the items are being represented by an icon view.

The resizeMode() and layoutMode() govern how and when the items are laid out. Items are spaced according to their spacing(), and can exist within a notional grid of size specified by gridSize(). The items can be rendered as large or small icons depending on their iconSize().

### Improving Performance

It is possible to give the view hints about the data it is handling in order to improve its performance when displaying large numbers of items. One approach that can be taken for views that are intended to display items with equal sizes is to set the uniformItemSizes property to true.

See also View Classes, QTreeView, QTableView, and QListWidget.

## Member Type Documentation

### enum QListView::Flow

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QListView::LeftToRight` | `0` | The items are laid out in the view from the left to the right.
`QListView::TopToBottom` | `1` | The items are laid out in the view from the top to the bottom.

### enum QListView::LayoutMode

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QListView::SinglePass` | `0` | The items are laid out all at once.
`QListView::Batched` | `1` | The items are laid out in batches of batchSize items.

See also batchSize.

### enum QListView::Movement

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QListView::Static` | `0` | The items cannot be moved by the user.
`QListView::Free` | `1` | The items can be moved freely by the user.
`QListView::Snap` | `2` | The items snap to the specified grid when moved; see setGridSize().

### enum QListView::ResizeMode

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QListView::Fixed` | `0` | The items will only be laid out the first time the view is shown.
`QListView::Adjust` | `1` | The items will be laid out every time the view is resized.

### enum QListView::ViewMode

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QListView::ListMode` | `0` | The items are laid out using TopToBottom flow, with Small size and Static movement
`QListView::IconMode` | `1` | The items are laid out using LeftToRight flow, with Large size and Free movement

## Property Documentation

### batchSize : int

This property holds the number of items laid out in each batch if layoutMode is set to Batched.

The default value is 100.

Access functions:

int | batchSize() const
void | setBatchSize(int batchSize)

### flow : Flow

This property holds which direction the items layout should flow.

If this property is LeftToRight, the items will be laid out left to right. If the isWrapping property is `true`, the layout will wrap when it reaches the right side of the visible area. If this property is TopToBottom, the items will be laid out from the top of the visible area, wrapping when it reaches the bottom.

Setting this property when the view is visible will cause the items to be laid out again.

By default, this property is set to TopToBottom.

Access functions:

QListView::Flow | flow() const
void | setFlow(QListView::Flow flow)

See also viewMode.

### gridSize : QSize

This property holds the size of the layout grid

This property is the size of the grid in which the items are laid out. The default is an empty size which means that there is no grid and the layout is not done in a grid. Setting this property to a non-empty size switches on the grid layout. (When a grid layout is in force the spacing property is ignored.)

Setting this property when the view is visible will cause the items to be laid out again.

Access functions:

QSize | gridSize() const
void | setGridSize(const QSize &size)

See also viewMode.

### isWrapping : bool

This property holds whether the items layout should wrap.

This property holds whether the layout should wrap when there is no more space in the visible area. The point at which the layout wraps depends on the flow property.

Setting this property when the view is visible will cause the items to be laid out again.

By default, this property is `false`.

Access functions:

bool | isWrapping() const
void | setWrapping(bool enable)

See also viewMode.

### itemAlignment : Qt::Alignment

This property holds the alignment of each item in its cell

This is only supported in ListMode with TopToBottom flow and with wrapping enabled. The default alignment is 0, which means that an item fills its cell entirely.

Access functions:

Qt::Alignment | itemAlignment() const
void | setItemAlignment(Qt::Alignment alignment)

### layoutMode : LayoutMode

determines whether the layout of items should happen immediately or be delayed.

This property holds the layout mode for the items. When the mode is SinglePass (the default), the items are laid out all in one go. When the mode is Batched, the items are laid out in batches of batchSize items, while processing events. This makes it possible to instantly view and interact with the visible items while the rest are being laid out.

Access functions:

QListView::LayoutMode | layoutMode() const
void | setLayoutMode(QListView::LayoutMode mode)

See also viewMode.

### modelColumn : int

This property holds the column in the model that is visible

By default, this property contains 0, indicating that the first column in the model will be shown.

Access functions:

int | modelColumn() const
void | setModelColumn(int column)

### movement : Movement

This property holds whether the items can be moved freely, are snapped to a grid, or cannot be moved at all.

This property determines how the user can move the items in the view. Static means that the items can't be moved by the user. Free means that the user can drag and drop the items to any position in the view. Snap means that the user can drag and drop the items, but only to the positions in a notional grid signified by the gridSize property.

Setting this property when the view is visible will cause the items to be laid out again.

By default, this property is set to Static.

Access functions:

QListView::Movement | movement() const
void | setMovement(QListView::Movement movement)

See also gridSize, resizeMode, and viewMode.

### resizeMode : ResizeMode

This property holds whether the items are laid out again when the view is resized.

If this property is Adjust, the items will be laid out again when the view is resized. If the value is Fixed, the items will not be laid out when the view is resized.

By default, this property is set to Fixed.

Access functions:

QListView::ResizeMode | resizeMode() const
void | setResizeMode(QListView::ResizeMode mode)

See also movement, gridSize, and viewMode.

### selectionRectVisible : bool

if the selection rectangle should be visible

If this property is `true` then the selection rectangle is visible; otherwise it will be hidden.

Note: The selection rectangle will only be visible if the selection mode is in a mode where more than one item can be selected; i.e., it will not draw a selection rectangle if the selection mode is QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection.

By default, this property is `false`.

Access functions:

bool | isSelectionRectVisible() const
void | setSelectionRectVisible(bool show)

### spacing : int

This property holds the space around the items in the layout

This property is the size of the empty space that is padded around an item in the layout.

Setting this property when the view is visible will cause the items to be laid out again.

By default, this property contains a value of 0.

Access functions:

int | spacing() const
void | setSpacing(int space)

See also viewMode.

### uniformItemSizes : bool

This property holds whether all items in the listview have the same size

This property should only be set to true if it is guaranteed that all items in the view have the same size. This enables the view to do some optimizations for performance purposes.

By default, this property is `false`.

Access functions:

bool | uniformItemSizes() const
void | setUniformItemSizes(bool enable)

### viewMode : ViewMode

This property holds the view mode of the QListView.

This property will change the other unset properties to conform with the set view mode. QListView-specific properties that have already been set will not be changed, unless clearPropertyFlags() has been called.

Setting the view mode will enable or disable drag and drop based on the selected movement. For ListMode, the default movement is Static (drag and drop disabled); for IconMode, the default movement is Free (drag and drop enabled).

Access functions:

QListView::ViewMode | viewMode() const
void | setViewMode(QListView::ViewMode mode)

See also isWrapping, spacing, gridSize, flow, movement, and resizeMode.

### wordWrap : bool

This property holds the item text word-wrapping policy

If this property is `true` then the item text is wrapped where necessary at word-breaks; otherwise it is not wrapped at all. This property is `false` by default.

Please note that even if wrapping is enabled, the cell will not be expanded to make room for the text. It will print ellipsis for text that cannot be shown, according to the view's textElideMode.

Access functions:

bool | wordWrap() const
void | setWordWrap(bool on)

## Member Function Documentation

### `[explicit]` QListView::QListView(QWidget *parent = nullptr)

Creates a new QListView with the given parent to view a model. Use setModel() to set the model.

### `[virtual noexcept]` QListView::~QListView()

Destroys the view.

### void QListView::clearPropertyFlags()

Clears the QListView-specific property flags. See viewMode.

Properties inherited from QAbstractItemView are not covered by the property flags. Specifically, dragEnabled and acceptsDrops are computed by QListView when calling setMovement() or setViewMode().

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::currentChanged(const QModelIndex &current, const QModelIndex &previous)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::currentChanged(const QModelIndex &current, const QModelIndex &previous).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::dataChanged(const QModelIndex &topLeft, const QModelIndex &bottomRight, const QList<int> &roles = QList<int>())

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::dataChanged(const QModelIndex &topLeft, const QModelIndex &bottomRight, const QList<int> &roles).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::dragLeaveEvent(QDragLeaveEvent *e)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::dragLeaveEvent(QDragLeaveEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *e)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` bool QListView::event(QEvent *e)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::event(QEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` int QListView::horizontalOffset() const

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::horizontalOffset() const.

### `[override virtual]` QModelIndex QListView::indexAt(const QPoint &p) const

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::indexAt(const QPoint &point) const.

### `[signal]` void QListView::indexesMoved(const QModelIndexList &indexes)

This signal is emitted when the specified indexes are moved in the view.

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::initViewItemOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option) const

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::initViewItemOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option) const.

### `[override virtual protected]` bool QListView::isIndexHidden(const QModelIndex &index) const

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::isIndexHidden(const QModelIndex &index) const.

### bool QListView::isRowHidden(int row) const

Returns `true` if the row is hidden; otherwise returns `false`.

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *e)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *e)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` QModelIndex QListView::moveCursor(QAbstractItemView::CursorAction cursorAction, Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifiers)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::moveCursor(QAbstractItemView::CursorAction cursorAction, Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifiers).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *e)

Reimplements: QAbstractScrollArea::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event).

### `[protected]` QRect QListView::rectForIndex(const QModelIndex &index) const

Returns the rectangle of the item at position index in the model. The rectangle is in contents coordinates.

See also visualRect().

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *e)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::rowsAboutToBeRemoved(const QModelIndex &parent, int start, int end)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::rowsAboutToBeRemoved(const QModelIndex &parent, int start, int end).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::rowsInserted(const QModelIndex &parent, int start, int end)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::rowsInserted(const QModelIndex &parent, int start, int end).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::scrollContentsBy(int dx, int dy)

Reimplements: QAbstractScrollArea::scrollContentsBy(int dx, int dy).

Scroll the view contents by dx and dy.

### `[override virtual]` void QListView::scrollTo(const QModelIndex &index, QAbstractItemView::ScrollHint hint = EnsureVisible)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::scrollTo(const QModelIndex &index, QAbstractItemView::ScrollHint hint).

### `[override virtual protected]` QModelIndexList QListView::selectedIndexes() const

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::selectedIndexes() const.

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::selectionChanged(const QItemSelection &selected, const QItemSelection &deselected)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::selectionChanged(const QItemSelection &selected, const QItemSelection &deselected).

### `[protected]` void QListView::setPositionForIndex(const QPoint &position, const QModelIndex &index)

Sets the contents position of the item at index in the model to the given position. If the list view's movement mode is Static or its view mode is ListView, this function will have no effect.

### `[override virtual]` void QListView::setRootIndex(const QModelIndex &index)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::setRootIndex(const QModelIndex &index).

### void QListView::setRowHidden(int row, bool hide)

If hide is true, the given row will be hidden; otherwise the row will be shown.

See also isRowHidden().

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::setSelection(const QRect &rect, QItemSelectionModel::SelectionFlags command)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::setSelection(const QRect &rect, QItemSelectionModel::SelectionFlags flags).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::startDrag(Qt::DropActions supportedActions)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::startDrag(Qt::DropActions supportedActions).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *e)

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event).

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::updateGeometries()

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::updateGeometries().

### `[override virtual protected]` int QListView::verticalOffset() const

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::verticalOffset() const.

### `[override virtual protected]` QSize QListView::viewportSizeHint() const

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::viewportSizeHint() const.

### `[override virtual]` QRect QListView::visualRect(const QModelIndex &index) const

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::visualRect(const QModelIndex &index) const.

### `[override virtual protected]` QRegion QListView::visualRegionForSelection(const QItemSelection &selection) const

Reimplements: QAbstractItemView::visualRegionForSelection(const QItemSelection &selection) const.

Since 4.7, the returned region only contains rectangles intersecting (or included in) the viewport.

### `[override virtual protected]` void QListView::wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *e)

Reimplements: QAbstractScrollArea::wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *e).