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List:       pykde
Subject:    Re: [PyQt] QComboBox insert policy
From:       Tina I <tinaweb () bestemselv ! com>
Date:       2007-04-22 6:17:35
Message-ID: 462AFDFF.806 () bestemselv ! com
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David Boddie wrote:
> On Thursday 19 April 2007 12:53:08 +0200, Tina I wrote:
>
>   
>> I have a QComboBox (Qt4) where I want to insert items alphabetically.
>>     
>
> [...]
>
>   
>> The problem is of course that the item is inserted at position 'select'
>> and not where it fits in the alphabet. And from the documentation I can
>> not find any insert methods that does not require the 'index'. Am I
>> missing something?
>>     
>
> QComboBox doesn't provide any support for sorting itself. You could either
> sort the list in advance or, if you need the unsorted list elsewhere, you
> could use some technique for inserting the items in the correct order.
>
> If it doesn't seem like a wasteful operation, you could just sort a copy of
> the list and insert that into the combo box. You could even create a
> QStringList, sort it, and pass that into QComboBox::addItems().
>
> David
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D'oh! I always seem to overcomplicate things when working with Qt. 
list.sort() does the job perfectly...

Thanks!
Tina
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