Geometry of QWebElement

[TeeT]

Hello Everyone,

Super QT newbie here. I was hoping someone could help with a problem I'm having. I'm looking for an example of how to get the geometry from a QWebElement. I've been looking and haven't seen any examples to find the geometry. Currently my code looks like this:

Opage = new QWebPage(this);
Opage->mainFrame()->setHtml(reply->readAll());
QWebElement doc = Opage->mainFrame()->documentElement();
QWebElementCollection elements = doc.findAll("div");
foreach (QWebElement element, elements)
{
      QString height = element.geometry().height();
      qDebug() << height ; 
}

Opage = new QWebPage(this);
Opage->mainFrame()->setHtml(reply->readAll());
QWebElement doc = Opage->mainFrame()->documentElement();
QWebElementCollection elements = doc.findAll("div");
foreach (QWebElement element, elements)
{
      QString height = element.geometry().height();
      qDebug() << height ; 
}

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This prints out nothing. I also tried another case setting my element = doc.firstChild() but that also prints nothing. I am sure that I'm connecting and I have found attributes using doc.findall("div"). Do I need to use QWebView to see the dimensions? Or might I be over looking something simple?

Thanks in advance!

[wysota]

I would assume the page didn't have time to layout itself yet so height of the element was not calculated yet. I would wait for the QWebFrame::initialLayoutCompleted() signal before checking geometry.

[TeeT]

Thank you for the quick reply!

Alright so I added a QEventloop to make sure that it reaches initialLayoutCompleted(). I'm still new to siganls and slots but I believe this is right. It does print something now! However it doesn't make any sense. Its some random characters, but it should return an int. Also "int height" instead of "QString height" always returns a 0. Any suggestions?

Opage = new QWebPage(this);
Opage->mainFrame()->setHtml(reply->readAll());
QWebElement doc = Opage->mainFrame()->documentElement();
QEventLoop loop;
connect(Opage->mainFrame(),SIGNAL(initialLayoutCompleted()),&loop, SLOT(quit())); 
loop.exec();
QWebElementCollection elements = doc.findAll("div");
foreach (QWebElement element, elements)
{
	QString height = element.geometry().height();
	qDebug() <<  height;				
}

Opage = new QWebPage(this);
Opage->mainFrame()->setHtml(reply->readAll());
QWebElement doc = Opage->mainFrame()->documentElement();
QEventLoop loop;
connect(Opage->mainFrame(),SIGNAL(initialLayoutCompleted()),&loop, SLOT(quit())); 
loop.exec();
QWebElementCollection elements = doc.findAll("div");
foreach (QWebElement element, elements)
{
	QString height = element.geometry().height();
	qDebug() <<  height;				
}

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Output:

"?"
"?"
""?"
"""""r"
""A"
"("
"""*"
""*"
""j"
""""?"
"U"
""
"`"
""
""
""P"
"?"
"?"
"<"
"""""i"

"?"
"?"
""?"
"""""r"
""A"
"("
"""*"
""*"
""j"
""""?"
"U"
""
"`"
""
""
""P"
"?"
"?"
"<"
"""""i"

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[anda_skoa]

QWebElement::geometry() returns a QRect, its height() method returns an int, so this line

QString height = element.geometry().height();

QString height = element.geometry().height();

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is clearly wrong.

If you want a numerical value in a string use a formatting function, e.g. QString::number(), but why do you want a size value as a string?

Cheers,
_

[TeeT]

QWebElement::geometry() returns a QRect, its height() method returns an int, so this line

QString height = element.geometry().height();

QString height = element.geometry().height();

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is clearly wrong.

If you want a numerical value in a string use a formatting function, e.g. QString::number(), but why do you want a size value as a string?

Cheers,
_

Yep that did it! I feel a bit stupid now lol, I'm not sure what I was thinking :/

Thank you anda_skoa and wysota for your help!