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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Moving 3 widgets to kdelibs.
From:       Tom Albers <tomalbers () kde ! nl>
Date:       2005-09-17 18:55:14
Message-ID: 200509172055.14775.tomalbers () kde ! nl
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Op zaterdag 17 september 2005 18:48, schreef Simon Hausmann:
> On Friday 16 September 2005 23:32, Tom Albers wrote:
> > 3. SqueezedComboBox [6]
> > This is combobox which can hold large items. When an item is larger then
> > the size of the combobox, the right part of the text is shown, prepended
> > with ... The screenshot in the documentation makes it clearer I think. A
> > tooltip is there to show the full text. When the combobox is resized the
> > text automatically shrinks/grows. This widget is only used in digiKam
> > atm, but I think other applications can use it.
> >
> > Remarks:
> > - SqueezedComboBoxTip [7] should be copied with it to provide the
> > tooltips.
> >
> > All widgets are documented and contain screenshots. I'm able to maintain
> > the SqueezedComboBox if needed, the first one is not written by me and
> > the second is to simple to need maintanance ;-)
> >
> > The only 'problem' is that i'm not into qt4 at all at this moment and can
> > not do the move/copy myself.
> >
> > Opinions?
>
> I don't think SqueezedComboBox is needed anymore with Qt4 at all, given
> that QAbstractItemView has a textElideMode property that allows specifying
> the position of the '...' in text (left, right, middle) and passes that on
> to the item delegate. So that not only avoids duplicating the entire
> contents (in strings) of the combobox but it also works across all item
> view widgets.

Ok, I could not see that in the QComboBox class documentation for Qt4. But if 
it is supported natively by Qt, it makes no sense to have this class around.

Tom
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