Thank for the response Martin, I ended up recreating the View and does the trick but that has some downsides from accessibility and user point of view...
> in order to do that i guess some new api is needed in AppletQuickItem in libplasmaquick, a reload() method > Would you be interested looking into that? yes of course, but after my vacations in mid July, in case I manage to add the reload() method for AppletQuickItem I will send the patch in phabricator and assign you as reviewer to discuss it :) regards, michail Στις Δευ, 1 Ιουλ 2019 στις 1:11 μ.μ., ο/η Marco Martin <notm...@gmail.com> έγραψε: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 11:15 AM Michail Vourlakos <mvourla...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I need some help, Latte::Indicators ( > https://store.kde.org/browse/cat/563/) are standalone qml only packages > like plasma applets which are loaded in order to show Tasks > indication/information > > > > My issue is that when an indicator's qml code is updated I would like > the user to notice the update runtime in Latte Dock/Panels. Latte is using > "Plasma::ContainmentView" for docks and panels which derives from > "KQuickAddons::QuickViewSharedEngine". Searching the Internet for > QQuickView a solutions is to do: > > > > setSouce(QUrl)); > > engine()->clearComponentCache(); > > setSource(corona()->kPackage().filePath("lattedockui")); > > > > but that does not work, it just destroys QQmlComponent of > ContainmentView, > > > > Do you have any ideas? > > this will reload the source of the view, which is just the tiny qml > file from the shell poackage.. > so, you need to actually reload the whole containment i guess. > > in order to do that i guess some new api is needed in AppletQuickItem > in libplasmaquick > a reload() method (callable only from c++, not qml) that would do the > same with the internal qmlobject (which is kindof the api of > qquickview, but without a window) to itself and all eventual applet > children (in case it's a containment) > Would you be interested looking into that? > > -- > Marco Martin >