No, I can't get the width of the text item, because the two strings should be centered.
Bo. Den 06-09-2011 14:44, Mark Tucker skrev: > Hello, > > The Text item required a width to be specified (either explicitly via > the width property or implicitly with anchors) so that it knows what > area the Text is supposed to be fitting inside, so that it can then > perform the elide. > > With the code below there is no width set. It then doesn't know where to > elide the text because it doesn't know what width the text is supposed > to be fitting inside. > > You should easily be able to specify its width based on its parent > Item's width. > > Mark T > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Bo Thorsen > Sent: 06 September 2011 09:08 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Qt-qml] Text eliding > > I'm trying to ellide a text item, but it's proving quite complicated. > I'm tempted to implement my own C++ based QML class that does this, but > it just seems silly. > > The problem is that Text says it can only elide when you have set the > width, but I don't have that. > > I have something like this: > > Item { > width: parent.width > anchors.centerIn: parent > Text { > id: text1 > text: ... > elide: Text.ElideRight > horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter > verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter > font.bold: true > } > Text { > id: text2 > text: .... > } > } > > (most anchors and stuff like that has been omitted) > > So I want text1 to elide on the right side, when the combined text of > the two doesn't fit in the row. What I actually have here is a max width > > which is parent.width - text2.width. In HTML, it would look like this: > "<center><bold>text1</bold>text2</center>", except that text1 should be > elided. > > It might be that there is a way to set something like this on the text2 > width: > > width: max(font.textWidth(text), parent.width - text2.width) > > But I haven't been able to figure out how to do that. > > Any good ideas? > > Bo Thorsen, > Fionia Software. > Bo Thorsen, Fionia Software. -- Expert Qt and C++ developer for hire Contact me if you need expert Qt help http://www.fioniasoftware.dk _______________________________________________ Qt-qml mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-qml
