Adding Items to a layout of a custom component - qt

Question

I have a custom Footer Component which I would like to reuse in different place in my QML App:
Rectangle {
color: "gold"
height: 50
anchors {
bottom: parent.bottom
left: parent.left
right: parent.right
}
RowLayout {
anchors.fill: parent
anchors.margins: 10
Button {
text: "quit"
}
}
}
The use of this is easy:
Window {
visible: true
Footer {
}
}
But now I would like to add a "ButtonA" to the RowLayout of my Footer in one view and a "ButtonB" in another view.
How can I achieve that?

Answer 1

See this answer.
You have to declare a default property in Footer.qml:
import QtQuick 2.0
import QtQuick.Controls 1.2
import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1
Rectangle {
color: "gold"
height: 50
default property alias content: rowLayout.children
anchors {
bottom: parent.bottom
left: parent.left
right: parent.right
}
RowLayout {
id: rowLayout
anchors.fill: parent
anchors.margins: 10
Button {
text: "quit"
}
}
}
This ensures that any items declared as children of Footer instances will be added to its RowLayout.
main.qml:
import QtQuick 2.4
import QtQuick.Controls 1.3
ApplicationWindow {
width: 640
height: 480
visible: true
StackView {
id: stackView
anchors.fill: parent
initialItem: viewAComponent
}
Component {
id: viewAComponent
Rectangle {
id: viewA
color: "salmon"
Footer {
id: footerA
Button {
text: "Go to next view"
onClicked: stackView.push(viewBComponent)
}
}
}
}
Component {
id: viewBComponent
Rectangle {
id: viewB
color: "lightblue"
Footer {
id: footerB
Button {
text: "Go to previous view"
onClicked: stackView.pop()
}
}
}
}
}
I used StackView as a convenient way of navigating between the views.