On 21 May 2013, at 8:20 AM, Rutledge Shawn wrote: > > On 17 May 2013, at 4:19 PM, Sensei wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I'd like to try something new for an application: having a custom shaped >> dialog for some options. You can see my desire in the attachment. >> >> Now, what do you suggest to do that? I am lost here! >> >> Using a QDialog maybe? But how can I position it exactly where I'd like? >> Should this be modal? I'd say no: if a user clicks elsewhere, it should >> disappear, probably. >> >> It's the first time I'm trying something like this, so any suggestion is >> more than welcome! > > If you are using a Mac, that kind of window is called a popover. We don't > have support for it yet in Qt, but it should be in Qt::WindowFlags eventually > (but only on the Mac). > > Yes you can fake it with Qt Quick, and you could draw the outline with the > Canvas API, but probably it's easier to use BorderImage because of the > shadows. See > qtdeclarative/examples/quick/imageelements/content/ShadowRectangle.qml for > example, but you will need an image with the pointy part already done. Make > it as wide as the maximum-width popover you will ever want, so you can use > horizontalTileMode: BorderImage.Repeat without ever repeating the pointy > part. The height won't matter as much. If the popovers sometimes go upwards > then you might need two different images. > > Since the pointy part is always inside another window, you don't necessarily > need a shaped window for the popover, but a separate Window will allow the > popover to extend outside the main window if necessary. Maybe use a QtQuick > Window, set color: "transparent" and then provide the frame yourself with > BorderImage? Later on you can remove that and set the new window flag when > it's working.
But since this is a bit complex I'm beginning to wonder if we should provide a reusable Popover in QtQuick.Dialogs. _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
