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How to alter dropEvent action in treeview without loosing basic drag-n-drop functionality in PyQt5?

I'm using my custom item model (subclassed from QAbstractItemModel) with custom QTreeView. I want to allow internal drag-n-drop movement (MoveAction) and, when modifier key or right mouse button is pressed, pass CopyAction to my model (to dropMimeData) to copy items. However, default implementation of dropEvent() in QTreeView seems (from C code) only capable of passing MoveAction but when I try to reimplement dropEvent() in my QTreeView subclass like this:
def dropEvent(self, e):
index = self.indexAt(e.pos())
parent = index.parent()
self.model().dropMimeData(e.mimeData(), e.dropAction(), index.row(), index.column(), parent)
e.accept()
... it works, but works horribly in terms of user interaction because there are tons of comlex code determining right index to drop item on in default implementation.
When i'm trying to modify action and call to superclass: super(Tree, self).dropEvent(e) dropAction() data is also lost.
What can I do in order to modify dropAction without loosing all fancy things that default dropEvent is doing for me?
Horrible mess of my current WIP code (i hope it's somewhere near minimal example)
from copy import deepcopy
import pickle
import config_editor
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt as Qt
from PyQt5.QtGui import QCursor, QStandardItemModel
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QAbstractItemView, QTreeView, QMenu
class ConfigModelItem:
def __init__(self, label, value="", is_section=False, state='default', parent=None):
self.itemData = [label, value]
self.is_section = is_section
self.state = state
self.childItems = []
self.parentItem = parent
if self.parentItem is not None:
self.parentItem.appendChild(self)
def appendChild(self, item):
self.childItems.append(item)
item.parentItem = self
def addChildren(self, items, row):
if row == -1:
row = 0
self.childItems[row:row] = items
for item in items:
item.parentItem = self
def child(self, row):
return self.childItems[row]
def childCount(self):
return len(self.childItems)
def columnCount(self):
return 2
def data(self, column):
try:
return self.itemData[column]
except IndexError:
return None
def set_data(self, data, column):
try:
self.itemData[column] = data
except IndexError:
return False
return True
def parent(self):
return self.parentItem
def row(self):
if self.parentItem is not None:
return self.parentItem.childItems.index(self)
return 0
def removeChild(self, position):
if position < 0 or position > len(self.childItems):
return False
child = self.childItems.pop(position)
child.parentItem = None
return True
def __repr__(self):
return str(self.itemData)
class ConfigModel(QtCore.QAbstractItemModel):
def __init__(self, data, parent=None):
super(ConfigModel, self).__init__(parent)
self.rootItem = ConfigModelItem("Option", "Value")
self.setup(data)
def headerData(self, section, orientation, role):
if role == Qt.DisplayRole and orientation == Qt.Horizontal:
return self.rootItem.data(section)
def columnCount(self, parent):
return 2
def rowCount(self, parent):
if parent.column() > 0:
return 0
if not parent.isValid():
parentItem = self.rootItem
else:
parentItem = parent.internalPointer()
return parentItem.childCount()
def index(self, row, column, parent):
if not self.hasIndex(row, column, parent):
return QtCore.QModelIndex()
parentItem = self.nodeFromIndex(parent)
childItem = parentItem.child(row)
if childItem:
return self.createIndex(row, column, childItem)
else:
return QtCore.QModelIndex()
def parent(self, index):
if not index.isValid():
return QtCore.QModelIndex()
childItem = index.internalPointer()
parentItem = childItem.parent()
if parentItem == self.rootItem or parentItem is None:
return QtCore.QModelIndex()
return self.createIndex(parentItem.row(), 0, parentItem)
def nodeFromIndex(self, index):
if index.isValid():
return index.internalPointer()
return self.rootItem
def data(self, index, role):
if not index.isValid():
return None
item = index.internalPointer()
if role == Qt.DisplayRole or role == Qt.EditRole:
return item.data(index.column())
return None
def setData(self, index, value, role=Qt.EditRole):
if not index.isValid():
return False
item = index.internalPointer()
if role == Qt.EditRole:
item.set_data(value, index.column())
self.dataChanged.emit(index, index, (role,))
return True
def flags(self, index):
if not index.isValid():
return QtCore.Qt.ItemIsDragEnabled | QtCore.Qt.ItemIsDropEnabled # Qt.NoItemFlags
item = index.internalPointer()
flags = Qt.ItemIsEnabled | Qt.ItemIsSelectable
if index.column() == 0:
flags |= int(QtCore.Qt.ItemIsDragEnabled)
if item.is_section:
flags |= int(QtCore.Qt.ItemIsDropEnabled)
if index.column() == 1 and not item.is_section:
flags |= Qt.ItemIsEditable
return flags
def supportedDropActions(self):
return QtCore.Qt.CopyAction | QtCore.Qt.MoveAction
def mimeTypes(self):
return ['app/configitem', 'text/xml']
def mimeData(self, indexes):
mimedata = QtCore.QMimeData()
index = indexes[0]
mimedata.setData('app/configitem', pickle.dumps(self.nodeFromIndex(index)))
return mimedata
def dropMimeData(self, mimedata, action, row, column, parentIndex):
print('action', action)
if action == Qt.IgnoreAction:
return True
droppedNode = deepcopy(pickle.loads(mimedata.data('app/configitem')))
print('copy', action & Qt.CopyAction)
print(droppedNode.itemData, 'node')
self.insertItems(row, [droppedNode], parentIndex)
self.dataChanged.emit(parentIndex, parentIndex)
if action & Qt.CopyAction:
return False # to not delete original item
return True
def removeRows(self, row, count, parent):
print('rem', row, count)
self.beginRemoveRows(parent, row, row+count-1)
parentItem = self.nodeFromIndex(parent)
for x in range(count):
parentItem.removeChild(row)
self.endRemoveRows()
print('removed')
return True
#QtCore.pyqtSlot()
def removeRow(self, index):
parent = index.parent()
self.beginRemoveRows(parent, index.row(), index.row())
parentItem = self.nodeFromIndex(parent)
parentItem.removeChild(index.row())
self.endRemoveRows()
return True
def insertItems(self, row, items, parentIndex):
print('ins', row)
parent = self.nodeFromIndex(parentIndex)
self.beginInsertRows(parentIndex, row, row+len(items)-1)
parent.addChildren(items, row)
print(parent.childItems)
self.endInsertRows()
self.dataChanged.emit(parentIndex, parentIndex)
return True
def setup(self, data: dict, parent=None):
if parent is None:
parent = self.rootItem
for key, value in data.items():
if isinstance(value, dict):
item = ConfigModelItem(key, parent=parent, is_section=True)
self.setup(value, parent=item)
else:
parent.appendChild(ConfigModelItem(key, value))
def to_dict(self, parent=None) -> dict:
if parent is None:
parent = self.rootItem
data = {}
for item in parent.childItems:
item_name, item_data = item.itemData
if item.childItems:
data[item_name] = self.to_dict(item)
else:
data[item_name] = item_data
return data
#property
def dict(self):
return self.to_dict()
class ConfigDialog(config_editor.Ui_config_dialog):
def __init__(self, data):
super(ConfigDialog, self).__init__()
self.model = ConfigModel(data)
def setupUi(self, config_dialog):
super(ConfigDialog, self).setupUi(config_dialog)
self.config_view = Tree()
self.config_view.setObjectName("config_view")
self.config_view.setModel(self.model)
self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.config_view, 0, 0, 1, 1)
self.config_view.expandAll()
#self.config_view.setDragDropMode(True)
#self.setDragDropMode(QAbstractItemView.InternalMove)
#self.setDragEnabled(True)
#self.setAcceptDrops(True)
#self.setDropIndicatorShown(True)
self.delete_button.pressed.connect(self.remove_selected)
def remove_selected(self):
index = self.config_view.selectedIndexes()[0]
self.model.removeRow(index)\
class Tree(QTreeView):
def __init__(self):
QTreeView.__init__(self)
self.setContextMenuPolicy(Qt.CustomContextMenu)
self.customContextMenuRequested.connect(self.open_menu)
self.setSelectionMode(self.SingleSelection)
self.setDragDropMode(QAbstractItemView.InternalMove)
self.setDragEnabled(True)
self.setAcceptDrops(True)
self.setDropIndicatorShown(True)
self.setAnimated(True)
def dropEvent(self, e):
print(e.dropAction(), 'baseact', QtCore.Qt.CopyAction)
# if e.keyboardModifiers() & QtCore.Qt.AltModifier:
# #e.setDropAction(QtCore.Qt.CopyAction)
# print('copy')
# else:
# #e.setDropAction(QtCore.Qt.MoveAction)
# print("drop")
print(e.dropAction())
#super(Tree, self).dropEvent(e)
index = self.indexAt(e.pos())
parent = index.parent()
print('in', index.row())
self.model().dropMimeData(e.mimeData(), e.dropAction(), index.row(), index.column(), parent)
e.accept()
def open_menu(self):
menu = QMenu()
menu.addAction("Create new item")
menu.exec_(QCursor.pos())
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
def except_hook(cls, exception, traceback):
sys.__excepthook__(cls, exception, traceback)
sys.excepthook = except_hook
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
Dialog = QtWidgets.QDialog()
data = {"section 1": {"opt1": "str", "opt2": 123, "opt3": 1.23, "opt4": False, "...": {'subopt': 'bal'}},
"section 2": {"opt1": "str", "opt2": [1.1, 2.3, 34], "opt3": 1.23, "opt4": False, "...": ""}}
ui = ConfigDialog(data)
ui.setupUi(Dialog)
print(Qt.DisplayRole)
Dialog.show()
print(app.exec_())
print(Dialog.result())
print(ui.model.to_dict())
sys.exit()

setDragDropMode(QAbstractItemView.InternalMove) only allows move operations (as the name would suggest, although the docs do leave some uncertainty in the way this is stated). You probably want to set it to QAbstractItemView.DragDrop mode. You can set the default action with setDefaultDropAction(). Other than that, it's up to the model to return the right item flags and supportedDropActions()/canDropMimeData(), which it looks like yours does. There's also a dragDropOverwriteMode property which may be interesting.
One thing that has surprised me before is that in the model's dropMimeData() method if you return True from a Qt.MoveAction, the QAbstractItemView will remove the dragged item from the model automatically (with a removeRows()/removeColumns() call to your model). This can cause some puzzling results if your model has already actually moved that row (and deleted the old one). I never quite understood that behavior. OTOH if you return False it doesn't matter to the item view, as long as the data is actually moved/updated properly.

Get Selected Item from QAbstractListModel

How do i retrieve the correctly selected item from my custom QAbstractListModel which contains a custom sorting algorithm?
You can test the tool by simply making selections in the UI and looking at the console. You can see it's printing the wrong information for the selected item.
I'm assuming the issue relates to how i use the selection indexes to get the item in the Model.
complete code:
import os, sys
from PySide import QtGui, QtCore
class ExplorerItem(object):
def __init__(self, name, tags):
self.name = name
self.tags = tags
class ElementModel(QtCore.QAbstractListModel):
TagsRole = QtCore.Qt.UserRole + 1
NameRole = QtCore.Qt.UserRole + 2
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
QtCore.QAbstractListModel.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
self._items = []
self._icons = {}
def rowCount(self, index=QtCore.QModelIndex()):
return len(self._items)
def addItem(self, item):
self.beginInsertRows(QtCore.QModelIndex(), self.rowCount(), self.rowCount())
self._items.append(item)
self.endInsertRows()
def getItem(self, index):
row = index.row()
if index.isValid() and 0 <= row < self.rowCount():
return self._items[row]
def data(self, index, role=QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole):
if not index.isValid():
return None
if 0 <= index.row() < self.rowCount():
item = self._items[index.row()]
if role == ElementModel.TagsRole:
return item.tags
elif role == ElementModel.NameRole:
return item.colors
elif role == QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole:
return item.name
elif role == QtCore.Qt.TextAlignmentRole:
return QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter
class ExplorerSortModel(QtGui.QSortFilterProxyModel):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(ExplorerSortModel, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self._patterns = {}
self.setDynamicSortFilter(True)
self.setSourceModel(ElementModel())
self.sort(0, QtCore.Qt.AscendingOrder)
def set_pattern(self, role, value):
self._patterns[role] = value
def lessThan(self, left, right):
leftData = self.sourceModel()._items[left.row()]
rightData = self.sourceModel()._items[right.row()]
if leftData and rightData:
l = getattr(leftData, 'name', '')
r = getattr(rightData, 'name', '')
return l > r
return True
def filterAcceptsRow(self, sourceRow, sourceParent):
sm = self.sourceModel()
ix = sm.index(sourceRow)
if ix.isValid():
val = True
for role, fvalue in self._patterns.items():
value = ix.data(role)
val = val and self.filter(value, fvalue, role)
return val
return False
#staticmethod
def filter(value, fvalue, role):
'''
fvalue: search value
value: properties value being tested
'''
if role == ElementModel.TagsRole:
if fvalue == []:
return True
else:
return all(any(x in y for y in value) for x in fvalue)
elif role == ElementModel.NameRole:
return True
else:
return False
class QExplorerWidget(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(QExplorerWidget, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.resize(400,400)
# control
self.ui_explorer = QtGui.QListView()
self.ui_explorer.setResizeMode(QtGui.QListView.Adjust)
self.ui_explorer.setEditTriggers(QtGui.QAbstractItemView.NoEditTriggers)
self.ui_explorer.setMovement(QtGui.QListView.Static)
self.ui_explorer.setSpacing(10)
self.explorer_model = ExplorerSortModel()
self.ui_explorer.setModel(self.explorer_model)
self.ui_explorer_selection = self.ui_explorer.selectionModel()
lay = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
lay.addWidget(self.ui_explorer)
self.setLayout(lay)
# connections
self.ui_explorer_selection.selectionChanged.connect(self.changed_selection)
# test data
self.explorer_model.sourceModel().addItem(ExplorerItem('John',['john','sports']))
self.explorer_model.sourceModel().addItem(ExplorerItem('Apple',['apple','fruit']))
self.explorer_model.sourceModel().addItem(ExplorerItem('Kevin',['kevin','money']))
self.explorer_model.sourceModel().addItem(ExplorerItem('Zoo',['zoo','animals']))
def changed_selection(self):
indexes = self.ui_explorer_selection.selectedIndexes()
for index in indexes:
item = self.explorer_model.sourceModel().getItem(index)
print item.name, item.tags, index
if __name__ == '__main__':
''
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
ex = QExplorerWidget()
ex.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

The QModelIndex of the selectedIndexes belong to the model that was established in the view, and in this case it is the ExplorerSortModel, so these indexes can not be passed directly to the getItem() method of ElementModel since that method expects that the QModelIndex belongs to ElementModel.
In your case you must convert that QModelIndex belonging to ExplorerSortModel to the corresponding QModelIndex that belongs to ElementModel using the mapSource() method.
def changed_selection(self):
indexes = self.ui_explorer_selection.selectedIndexes()
for index in indexes:
ix_source = self.explorer_model.mapToSource(index)
item = self.explorer_model.sourceModel().getItem(ix_source)
print(item.name, item.tags)

PyQt4 force view to fetchMore from QAbstractItemModel

I have a QTableView that dynamically loads data from a custom model that inherits QAbstractItemModel. The model implements both fetchMore and canFetchMore.
The problem is that I would like to be able to select all rows for small datasets, but if I hit ctrl-a in the view it only will select the rows that are currently loaded.
Is there some mechanism to force the QTableView to fetch more rows? Ideally I would like to show a progress bar indicating the fraction of data that has been loaded from the model. Every few seconds I would like to force the model to load a bit more of the data, but I still want to let the user interact with the data that has been loaded so far. This way when the progress bar is complete the user can press ctrl-a and be confident that all data is selected.
Edit: I have another motivating use case. I want to jump to a specific row, but if that row is not loaded my interface does nothing.
How can I force a QAbstractItemModel to fetch more (or up to a specific row) and then force the QTableView to show it?
If I don't implement fetchMore and canFetchMore, the previous functionality works, but loading the tables is very slow. When I implement those methods the opposite happens. Not having an answer to this problem is causing issues with the usability of my qt interface, so I'm opening a bounty for this question.
Here is a method I'm using to select a specific row.
def select_row_from_id(view, _id, scroll=False, collapse=True):
"""
_id is from the iders function (i.e. an ibeis rowid)
selects the row in that view if it exists
"""
with ut.Timer('[api_item_view] select_row_from_id(id=%r, scroll=%r, collapse=%r)' %
(_id, scroll, collapse)):
qtindex, row = view.get_row_and_qtindex_from_id(_id)
if row is not None:
if isinstance(view, QtWidgets.QTreeView):
if collapse:
view.collapseAll()
select_model = view.selectionModel()
select_flag = QtCore.QItemSelectionModel.ClearAndSelect
#select_flag = QtCore.QItemSelectionModel.Select
#select_flag = QtCore.QItemSelectionModel.NoUpdate
with ut.Timer('[api_item_view] selecting name. qtindex=%r' % (qtindex,)):
select_model.select(qtindex, select_flag)
with ut.Timer('[api_item_view] expanding'):
view.setExpanded(qtindex, True)
else:
# For Table Views
view.selectRow(row)
# Scroll to selection
if scroll:
with ut.Timer('scrolling'):
view.scrollTo(qtindex)
return row
return None
If the user has manually scrolled past the row in question then this function works. However, if the user has not seen the specific row this function just scrolls back to the top of the view.

It's probably too late for the answer here but maybe it would still benefit someone in future.
Below one can find a working example of a list model with canFetchMore and fetchMore methods + a view with a couple of custom methods:
Method trying to load more items from the model, if the model has something not loaded yet
Method capable of fetching the specific rows from the model if they haven't been loaded yet
The QMainWindow subclass in the example has a timer which is used to repeatedly call the first of the above mentioned methods, each time forcing the load of another batch of items from the model into the view. The loading of items in batches over small time intervals allows one to avoid blocking the UI thread completely and be able to edit the items loaded so far with little to no lag. The example contains a progress bar showing the part of items loaded so far.
The QMainWindow subclass also has a spin box which allows one to pick a particular row to show in the view. If the corresponding item has already been fetched from the model, the view simply scrolls to it. Otherwise it fetches this row's item from the model first, in a synchronous i.e. UI blocking fashion.
Here's the full code of the solution, tested with python 3.5.2 and PyQt5:
import sys
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets, QtCore
class DelayedFetchingListModel(QtCore.QAbstractListModel):
def __init__(self, batch_size=100, max_num_nodes=1000):
QtCore.QAbstractListModel.__init__(self)
self.batch_size = batch_size
self.nodes = []
for i in range(0, self.batch_size):
self.nodes.append('node ' + str(i))
self.max_num_nodes = max(self.batch_size, max_num_nodes)
def flags(self, index):
if not index.isValid():
return QtCore.Qt.ItemIsEnabled
return QtCore.Qt.ItemIsEnabled | QtCore.Qt.ItemIsSelectable | QtCore.Qt.ItemIsEditable;
def rowCount(self, index):
if index.isValid():
return 0
return len(self.nodes)
def data(self, index, role):
if not index.isValid():
return None
if role != QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole:
return None
row = index.row()
if row < 0 or row >= len(self.nodes):
return None
else:
return self.nodes[row]
def setData(self, index, value, role):
if not index.isValid():
return False
if role != QtCore.Qt.EditRole:
return False
row = index.row()
if row < 0 or row >= len(self.nodes):
return False
self.nodes[row] = value
self.dataChanged.emit(index, index)
return True
def headerData(self, section, orientation, role):
if section != QtCore.Qt.Horizontal:
return None
if section != 0:
return None
if role != QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole:
return None
return 'node'
def canFetchMore(self, index):
if index.isValid():
return False
return (len(self.nodes) < self.max_num_nodes)
def fetchMore(self, index):
if index.isValid():
return
current_len = len(self.nodes)
target_len = min(current_len + self.batch_size, self.max_num_nodes)
self.beginInsertRows(index, current_len, target_len - 1)
for i in range(current_len, target_len):
self.nodes.append('node ' + str(i))
self.endInsertRows()
class ListView(QtWidgets.QListView):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
QtWidgets.QListView.__init__(self, parent)
def jumpToRow(self, row):
model = self.model()
if model == None:
return False
num_rows = model.rowCount()
while(row >= num_rows):
res = fetchMoreRows(QtCore.QModelIndex())
if res == False:
return False
num_rows = model.rowCount()
index = model.index(row, 0, QtCore.QModelIndex())
self.scrollTo(index, QtCore.QAbstractItemView.PositionAtCenter)
return True
def fetchMoreRows(self, index):
model = self.model()
if model == None:
return False
if not model.canFetchMore(index):
return False
model.fetchMore(index)
return True
class MainForm(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
QtWidgets.QMainWindow.__init__(self, parent)
# Setup the model
self.max_num_nodes = 10000
self.batch_size = 100
self.model = DelayedFetchingListModel(batch_size=self.batch_size, max_num_nodes=self.max_num_nodes)
# Setup the view
self.view = ListView()
self.view.setModel(self.model)
# Update the currently selected row in the spinbox
self.view.selectionModel().currentChanged.connect(self.onCurrentItemChanged)
# Select the first row in the model
index = self.model.index(0, 0, QtCore.QModelIndex())
self.view.selectionModel().clearSelection()
self.view.selectionModel().select(index, QtCore.QItemSelectionModel.Select)
# Setup the spinbox
self.spinBox = QtWidgets.QSpinBox()
self.spinBox.setMinimum(0)
self.spinBox.setMaximum(self.max_num_nodes-1)
self.spinBox.setSingleStep(1)
self.spinBox.valueChanged.connect(self.onSpinBoxNewValue)
# Setup the progress bar showing the status of model data loading
self.progressBar = QtWidgets.QProgressBar()
self.progressBar.setRange(0, self.max_num_nodes)
self.progressBar.setValue(0)
self.progressBar.valueChanged.connect(self.onProgressBarValueChanged)
# Add status bar but initially hidden, will only show it if there's something to say
self.statusBar = QtWidgets.QStatusBar()
self.statusBar.hide()
# Collect all this stuff into a vertical layout
self.layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
self.layout.addWidget(self.view)
self.layout.addWidget(self.spinBox)
self.layout.addWidget(self.progressBar)
self.layout.addWidget(self.statusBar)
self.window = QtWidgets.QWidget()
self.window.setLayout(self.layout)
self.setCentralWidget(self.window)
# Setup timer to fetch more data from the model over small time intervals
self.timer = QtCore.QBasicTimer()
self.timerPeriod = 1000
self.timer.start(self.timerPeriod, self)
def onCurrentItemChanged(self, current, previous):
if not current.isValid():
return
row = current.row()
self.spinBox.setValue(row)
def onSpinBoxNewValue(self, value):
try:
value_int = int(value)
except ValueError:
return
num_rows = self.model.rowCount(QtCore.QModelIndex())
if value_int >= num_rows:
# There is no such row within the model yet, trying to fetch more
while(True):
res = self.view.fetchMoreRows(QtCore.QModelIndex())
if res == False:
# We shouldn't really get here in this example since out
# spinbox's range is limited by exactly the number of items
# possible to fetch but generally it's a good idea to handle
# cases like this, when someone requests more rows than
# the model has
self.statusBar.show()
self.statusBar.showMessage("Can't jump to row %d, the model has only %d rows" % (value_int, self.model.rowCount(QtCore.QModelIndex())))
return
num_rows = self.model.rowCount(QtCore.QModelIndex())
if value_int < num_rows:
break;
if num_rows < self.max_num_nodes:
# If there are still items to fetch more, check if we need to update the progress bar
if self.progressBar.value() < value_int:
self.progressBar.setValue(value_int)
elif num_rows == self.max_num_nodes:
# All items are loaded, nothing to fetch more -> no need for the progress bar
self.progressBar.hide()
# Update the selection accordingly with the new row and scroll to it
index = self.model.index(value_int, 0, QtCore.QModelIndex())
selectionModel = self.view.selectionModel()
selectionModel.clearSelection()
selectionModel.select(index, QtCore.QItemSelectionModel.Select)
self.view.scrollTo(index, QtWidgets.QAbstractItemView.PositionAtCenter)
# Ensure the status bar is hidden now
self.statusBar.hide()
def timerEvent(self, event):
res = self.view.fetchMoreRows(QtCore.QModelIndex())
if res == False:
self.timer.stop()
else:
self.progressBar.setValue(self.model.rowCount(QtCore.QModelIndex()))
if not self.timer.isActive():
self.timer.start(self.timerPeriod, self)
def onProgressBarValueChanged(self, value):
if value >= self.max_num_nodes:
self.progressBar.hide()
def main():
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
form = MainForm()
form.show()
app.exec_()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
One more thing I'd like to note is that this example expects the fetchMore method to do its work synchronously. But in more sophisticated approaches fetchMore doesn't actually have to act so. If your model loads its items from, say, a database then talking with the database synchronously in the UI thread would be a bad idea. Instead fetchMore implementation could start the asynchronous sequence of signal/slot communications with some object handling the communication with the database occurring in some background thread.

a self-using model class, based on Dmitry's answer.
class EzQListModel(QAbstractListModel):
items_changed = Signal()
an_item_changed = Signal(int)
def __init__(self, batch_size=100, items_header='Items', parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self._batch_size = batch_size
self._current_size = 0
self._items = []
self.items_header = items_header
self.data_getter_mapping = {Qt.DisplayRole: self.get_display_data, Qt.BackgroundRole: self.get_background_data}
#property
def items_size(self):
return len(self._items)
def update_fetch_more(self):
if self.canFetchMore():
self.fetchMore()
return self
#contextlib.contextmanager
def ctx_change_items(self):
yield
self.items_changed.emit()
#contextlib.contextmanager
def ctx_change_an_item(self, index):
yield
self.an_item_changed.emit(index)
def clear_items(self):
with self.ctx_change_items():
self._items.clear()
self._current_size = 0
return self
def append_item(self, x):
with self.ctx_change_items():
self._items.append(x)
return self
def insert_item(self, index, x):
with self.ctx_change_items():
self._items.insert(index, x)
return self
def extend_items(self, items):
with self.ctx_change_items():
self._items.extend(items)
return self
def get_item(self, index):
return self._items[index]
def set_item(self, index, value):
with self.ctx_change_items():
with self.ctx_change_an_item(index):
self._items[index] = value
return self
def flags(self, index):
if not index.isValid():
return Qt.ItemIsEnabled
return Qt.ItemIsEnabled | Qt.ItemIsSelectable | Qt.ItemIsEditable
def rowCount(self, parent=QModelIndex()):
if parent.isValid():
return 0
n = self._current_size
if n <= self.items_size:
return n
else:
self._current_size = self.items_size
return self.items_size
#staticmethod
def get_none_data(index):
return None
def get_display_data(self, index: QModelIndex):
return self._items[index.row()]
#staticmethod
def get_background_data(index: QModelIndex):
palette = QApplication.palette()
return palette.alternateBase() if index.row() % 2 else palette.base()
def data(self, index, role=Qt.DisplayRole):
if not index.isValid():
return None
if self.items_size <= index.row() < 0:
return None
return self.data_getter_mapping.get(role, self.get_none_data)(index)
def setData(self, index, value, role=Qt.EditRole):
if not index.isValid():
return False
if role != Qt.EditRole:
return False
row = index.row()
if self.items_size <= row < 0:
return False
self._items[row] = value
self.dataChanged.emit(index, index)
# print(self.setData.__name__, row, self._items[row], self.data(index))
return True
def headerData(self, section, orientation, role=None):
if orientation != Qt.Horizontal:
return None
if section != 0:
return None
if role != Qt.DisplayRole:
return None
return self.items_header
def canFetchMore(self, parent: QModelIndex = QModelIndex()):
if parent.isValid():
return False
return self._current_size < self.items_size
def fetchMore(self, parent: QModelIndex = QModelIndex()):
if parent.isValid():
return
fcls = FirstCountLastStop().set_first_and_total(self._current_size,
min(self.items_size - self._current_size, self._batch_size))
self.beginInsertRows(parent, fcls.first, fcls.last)
self.endInsertRows()
self._current_size += fcls.total
class FirstCountLastStop:
def __init__(self):
self.first = 0
self.total = 0
self.last = 0
self.stop = 1
def set_first_and_total(self, first, count):
self.first = first
self.total = count
self.stop = first + count
self.last = self.stop - 1
return self

How to lazy load changing data into a QColumnView (with PyQt)?

I have a hierarchical data source for a QColumnView I want to fill. The data source loads the data from a server using a REST interface.
Lets say the hierarchy looks like this:
Car_Manufacturer -> Car_Type -> Specific_Model -> Motor_Type
I have to use a QColumnView to display this (since it is a customer requirement). The behavior is supposed to be like this:
When the program starts, it loads the Car_Manufacturer from the server. When one of the Car_Manufacturer items is clicked, the Car_Type items for the selected Car_Manufacturer is loaded from the server and displayed in a new column. When the Car_Manufacturer is clicked again, the data has to be fetched again from the server and the column has to be updated. When Car_Type is clicked, the Specific_Model items for this Car_Manufacturer and Car_type have to be queried from the server and loaded into a new column... and so on.
The datasource has this api:
datasource.get_manufacturers(hierarchy) # hierarchy = []
datasource.get_car_type(hierarchy) # hierarchy = [manufacturer, ]
datasource.get_specific_model(hierarchy) # hierarchy = [manufacturer, car_type]
datasource.get_motor_type(hierarchy) # hierarchy = [manufacturer, car_type, specific_model ]
Where each element in the hierarchy is a string key representation of the item. When an item is clicked it has to inform a controller about this with the hierarchy of the curernt item.
How can I get the QColumnView to update the children of one item when the item is clicked using the datasource? How can this stay flexible when a new hierarchy layer is added or removed?

Here is an example which implements a custom DirModel.
The method _create_children is called lazily and should return a list of instances which implement AbstractTreeItem.
import sys
import os
import abc
from PyQt4.QtCore import QAbstractItemModel, QModelIndex, Qt, QVariant
from PyQt4.QtGui import QColumnView, QApplication
class TreeModel(QAbstractItemModel):
def __init__(self, root, parent=None):
super(TreeModel, self).__init__(parent)
self._root_item = root
self._header = self._root_item.header()
def columnCount(self, parent=None):
if parent and parent.isValid():
return parent.internalPointer().column_count()
else:
return len(self._header)
def data(self, index, role):
if not index.isValid():
return QVariant()
item = index.internalPointer()
if role == Qt.DisplayRole:
return item.data(index.column())
if role == Qt.UserRole:
if item:
return item.person
return QVariant()
def headerData(self, column, orientation, role):
if orientation == Qt.Horizontal and role == Qt.DisplayRole:
try:
return QVariant(self._header[column])
except IndexError:
pass
return QVariant()
def index(self, row, column, parent):
if not self.hasIndex(row, column, parent):
return QModelIndex()
if not parent.isValid():
parent_item = self._root_item
else:
parent_item = parent.internalPointer()
child_item = parent_item.child_at(row)
if child_item:
return self.createIndex(row, column, child_item)
else:
return QModelIndex()
def parent(self, index):
if not index.isValid():
return QModelIndex()
child_item = index.internalPointer()
if not child_item:
return QModelIndex()
parent_item = child_item.parent()
if parent_item == self._root_item:
return QModelIndex()
return self.createIndex(parent_item.row(), 0, parent_item)
def rowCount(self, parent=QModelIndex()):
if parent.column() > 0:
return 0
if not parent.isValid():
parent_item = self._root_item
else:
parent_item = parent.internalPointer()
return parent_item.child_count()
class AbstractTreeItem(object):
__metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
def __init__(self, parent=None):
self._children = None
self._parent = parent
#abc.abstractmethod
def header(self):
#return ["name"]
raise NotImplementedError(self.header)
#abc.abstractmethod
def column_count(self):
#return 1
raise NotImplementedError(self.column_count)
def parent(self):
return self._parent
#abc.abstractmethod
def _create_children(self):
# subclass this method
return []
def row(self):
if self._parent:
return self._parent._children.index(self)
return 0
#property
def children(self):
if self._children is None:
self._children = self._create_children()
return self._children
def child_at(self, row):
return self.children[row]
#abc.abstractmethod
def data(self, column):
#return ""
raise NotImplementedError(self.data)
def child_count(self):
count = len(self.children)
return count
class DirPathModel(AbstractTreeItem):
def __init__(self, root="/", parent=None):
super(DirPathModel, self).__init__(parent)
self._root = root
def _create_children(self):
print "walking into", self._root
children = []
try:
entries = os.listdir(self._root)
except OSError:
# no permission etc
entries = []
for name in entries:
fn = os.path.join(self._root, name)
if os.path.isdir(fn):
children.append(self.__class__(fn, self))
return children
def data(self, column):
#assert column == 0
return os.path.basename(self._root)
def header(self):
return ["name"]
def column_count(self):
return 1
def main():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
view = QColumnView()
view.setWindowTitle("Dynamic Column view test")
view.resize(1024, 768)
root = DirPathModel("/")
model = TreeModel(root)
view.setModel(model)
view.show()
return app.exec_()
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main() or 0)

Asuming you can't bring all data at once and filter it out, you'll have to modify the item model (adding and removing rows) on the go based on whatever the user has selected from the QColumnView.
There's more than one way to remove the items:
You can use the index of the selected column and remove all items "on the left" of this column.
You can remove items based whose parent (or grandparent) matches the selection being made
Any option you take, you'll have to mirror the relationship between items in some way. That or implement from QAbstractItemModel, which I think would be an overkill.

how to edit specific item in qtableview?

Is there a way to edit specific item in qtableview given the row and col value? For example, I want to increment its value every second. Here is my tablemodel. Thanks
class MyTableModel(QAbstractTableModel):
def __init__(self, datain, headerdata, parent=None, *args):
""" datain: a list of lists
headerdata: a list of strings
"""
QAbstractTableModel.__init__(self, parent, *args)
self.arraydata = datain
self.headerdata = headerdata
def rowCount(self, parent):
return len(self.arraydata)
def columnCount(self, parent):
try:
return len(self.arraydata[0])
except:
return 0
def data(self, index, role):
if not index.isValid():
return QVariant()
elif role != Qt.DisplayRole:
return QVariant()
return QVariant(self.arraydata[index.row()][index.column()])
def headerData(self, col, orientation, role):
if orientation == Qt.Horizontal and role == Qt.DisplayRole:
return QVariant(self.headerdata[col])
return QVariant()
def sort(self, Ncol, order):
"""Sort table by given column number.
"""
self.emit(SIGNAL("layoutAboutToBeChanged()"))
self.arraydata = sorted(self.arraydata, key=operator.itemgetter(Ncol))
if order == Qt.DescendingOrder:
self.arraydata.reverse()
self.emit(SIGNAL("layoutChanged()"))

You could increment the value directly in your model, and emit a dataChanged signal from the model.
For example, add a method like this to the model class:
def incrementData(row, column):
self.arraydata[row][column] += 1
idx = self.index(row, column)
self.emit(SIGNAL("dataChanged(QModelIndex,QModelIndex)"), idx, idx)