CTK/Libs/Widgets/ctkCompleter.h

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#ifndef __ctkCompleter_h
#define __ctkCompleter_h

// Qt includes
#include <QCompleter>
#include <QMetaType>

// CTK includes
#include "ctkWidgetsExport.h"
class ctkCompleterPrivate;

/// ctkCompleter is a QCompleter that allows different way of filtering
/// the model, not just by filtering strings that start with the
/// \sa completionPrefix (default behavior).
/// ctkCompleter is a bit hackish as it reimplements a methods (splitPath)
/// from QCompleter in a way that is not intended.
/// Disclaimer, it might not work in all contexts, but seems to work
/// fine with a QLineEdit.
/// e.g.:
/// QStringList model;
/// model << "toto tata tutu";
/// model << "tata toto tutu";
/// ctkCompleter completer(model);
/// completer.setModelFiltering(ctkCompleter::FilterWordStartsWith);
/// QLineEdit lineEdit;
/// lineEdit.setCompleter(&completer);
/// ...
/// If the user types "ta", both entries will show up in the completer
/// If the user types "ot", no entries will show up in the completer
/// however using \sa FilterContains would have shown both.
class CTK_WIDGETS_EXPORT ctkCompleter: public QCompleter
{
  Q_OBJECT
  Q_ENUMS(ModelFiltering)
  /// FilterStartsWith is the default behavior (same as QCompleter).The
  /// completer filters out strings that don't start with \sa completionPrefix
  /// FilterContains is the most permissive filter, the completer filters out
  /// only strings that don't contain the characters from \sa completionPrefix
  /// FilterWordStartsWith is useful when strings contain space separated words
  /// and \sa completionPrefix applies to the beginnig of any of the words in the
  /// string.
  Q_PROPERTY(ModelFiltering modelFiltering READ modelFiltering WRITE setModelFiltering)

public:
  ctkCompleter(QObject* parent = 0);
  ctkCompleter(QAbstractItemModel* model, QObject* parent = 0);
  ctkCompleter(const QStringList& list, QObject* parent = 0 );
  virtual ~ctkCompleter();

  enum ModelFiltering
    {
    FilterStartsWith=0,
    FilterContains,
    FilterWordStartsWith
    };

  ModelFiltering modelFiltering()const;
  void setModelFiltering(ModelFiltering filter);

  virtual QStringList splitPath(const QString& s)const;

  /// ctkCompleter::model() might return a filtered model
  /// (QSortFilterAbstractModel) different from the one that was set.
  /// QCompleter::setModel should not be used and setSourceModel used
  /// instead.
  QAbstractItemModel* sourceModel()const;
  void setSourceModel(QAbstractItemModel* model);

protected:
  QScopedPointer<ctkCompleterPrivate> d_ptr;

private:
  Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(ctkCompleter);
  Q_DISABLE_COPY(ctkCompleter);  
};

Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(ctkCompleter::ModelFiltering)

#endif // __ctkCompleter_h