QTableView and QLineEdit OUTSIDE of QTableView, like Excel

[JoZCaVaLLo]

Hi... For my application a QLineEdit above my QTableView would be very confortable, especially for long texts and also because people got used with Excel...

My question is: do you know about any thread about this argument? Googled around for a while but no real solution found...

Or better: do you know if it's possible to mirror the QLineEdit created by the delegate with the one on the top? The main difficulty is that if I start editing the topLineEdit, then I wish I could connect to it the QCompleter that is currently created by the delegate and showed in the table.

Thank you for your hints!!!

[Lykurg]

Just a thought: I would investigate if QDataWidgetMapper could be used for your need.

[wysota]

I would probably just connect a bunch of signals betweeen the two widgets.

[JoZCaVaLLo]

Do you think could be possible?

Using another QTableView of 1 col and 1 row, instead of a QLineEdit... and connecting to it the delegate and model of the main table.

[wysota]

What do you need the other table view for?

[JoZCaVaLLo]

The app should behave almost like excel... the difficulty is that instead of have simple lineEdit when modifying values in the table I have to display a QCompleter...

ban7_exemple.jpg

If I start editing in the topLineEdit instead of in the table... i whish that this QCompleter is shown right under the topLineEdit depending on what is selected in the table.

[wysota]

Ok, maybe I misunderstand --- what is "topLineEdit"?

[JoZCaVaLLo]

Sorry... I used names I use internally :-P
In the image you can see what I mean!

ban7_exemple2.jpg

[wysota]

So what do you need a second table view for?

[JoZCaVaLLo]

I'm just wondering if it's possible to avoid coding dozens of signals to achieve that objective...

edit on table
table-click.jpg

edit on qLineEdit on top
top_click.jpg

The ideal solution would be use the same QLineEdit created by the delegate of the main table. That's why I was thinking about using a table instead of a QLineEdit.

[wysota]

The same widget cannot be in two places at the same time. I honestly don't see your problem. If you want a complete on both line edits, then set it on both line edits.