Advanced Qt Programming

List of Tables xiii Foreword xv



Introduction 1



Chapter 1: Hybrid Desktop/Internet Applications 5

Internet-Aware Widgets 6

Using WebKit 21



Chapter 2: Audio and Video 53

Using QSound and QMovie 54

The Phonon Multimedia Framework 60



Chapter 3: Model/View Table Models 87

Qt's Model/View Architecture 88

Using QStandardItemModels for Tables 90

Creating Custom Table Models 113



Chapter 4: Model/View Tree Models 129

Using QStandardItemModels for Trees 130

Creating Custom Tree Models 151



Chapter 5: Model/View Delegates 185

Datatype-Specific Editors 186

Datatype-Specific Delegates 188

Model-Specific Delegates 201



Chapter 6: Model/View Views 207

QAbstractItemView Subclasses 208

Model-Specific Visualizing Views 224



Chapter 7: Threading with QtConcurrent 245

Executing Functions in Threads 248

Filtering and Mapping in Threads 261



Chapter 8: Threading with QThread 287

Processing Independent Items 287

Processing Shared Items 302



Chapter 9: Creating Rich Text Editors 317

Introducing QTextDocument 318

Creating Custom Text Editors 320

A Rich Text Single Line Editor 342

Multi-line Rich Text Editing 353



Chapter 10: Creating Rich Text Documents 359

Exported QTextDocument File Quality 361

Creating QTextDocuments 364

Exporting and Printing Documents 371

Painting Pages 379



Chapter 11: Creating Graphics/View Windows 389

The Graphics/View Architecture 390

Graphics/View Widgets and Layouts 392

Introducing Graphics Items 399



Chapter 12: Creating Graphics/View Scenes 409

Scenes, Items, and Actions 411

Enhancing QGraphicsView 439

Creating a Dock Widget Toolbox 440

Creating Custom Graphics Items 447



Chapter 13: The Animation and State Machine Frameworks 469

Introducing the Animation Framework 469

Introducing the State Machine Framework 474

Combining Animations and State Machines 481



Epilogue 491



Selected Bibliography 495



Index 499