Quote Originally Posted by boonie
it seems like the delegate is only shown when you want to edit the cell though, or am I missing something from the model/view docs on trolltech site.
Actually item delegate is also responsible for drawing. See QItemDelegate::paint () method and pixelator example.

Reading the api isn't helping me.
It's a bit complicated. I guess there should be more examples and tutorials.

Maybe these will help:
http://scottcollins.net/blog/2005/09...mvc-in-qt.html
http://scottcollins.net/blog/2005/09/more-on-mvc.html