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14 July 2025
Qt has two sub-classes of QAbstractItemModel which you do not need to subclass, namely QStringListModel and QStandardItemModel. This episode will take a look at those.
Links:
* Episode talking about custom roles in model/view: https://youtu.be/q6eOEz_UfTI?list=PL6CJYn40gN6gf-G-o6syFwGrtq3kItEqI
* Qt Widgets and more playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6gf-G-o6syFwGrtq3kItEqI
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome
00:41 Consider the value based models rather than using QListWidget, QTableWidget or QTreeWidget
02:25 QStandardItemModel
04:09 QStandardItemModel with trees
11:00 Remember: This is most often just a stopgab - still better than the list,table,tree - widgets
12:57 Ad on QWAM
The example code showcased in this video is available here:
https://github.com/KDABLabs/kdabtv/tree/master/Programming-With-Qt-Widgets
All 'Introduction to Qt Widgets - Module 1' videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6hgf7zCKF2Rv9Y0WoN8RVGf
All 'Introduction to Qt Widgets - Module 2' videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6j_c41CFMprvg9EiWz0WdSy
All 'Introduction to Qt Widgets - Module 3' videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6hWZO_viEf1rfjgk4E6SCKd
All 'Introduction to Qt Widgets - Module 4' videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6iXUNQMb2GkEjV_oK6Xid9-
All 'Introduction to Qt Widgets - Module 5' videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6h1tsLAETdrrFlsVMeYpiHI
All 'Introduction to Qt Widgets - Module 6' videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6jIsRYriqN70V83t_mdDZHT
All 'Introduction to Qt Widgets - Module 7' videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6hHyqD9ZxUqpd14LoHvadN7
All 'Introduction to Qt Widgets - Module 8' videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6iCb8g5NSfVqX0JRFzFnxak
All 'Introduction to Qt Widgets - Module 9' videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6hALniX7Fw_Ly29bg7pXBqC
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