How can I center QCheckBox in QTableView?

[raven-worx]

@eyllanesc
this moves every single checkbox in the table to the center...

[CuriousPan]

@Christian-Ehrlicher, hey, this is a really nice example, but I don't understand what 'role' should I use in the model to center the checkbox, because now it's in the left top corner.

[JonB]

@CuriousPan
The code at @Christian-Ehrlicher's https://wiki.qt.io/Center_a_QCheckBox_or_Decoration_in_an_Itemview tells you what role it is using

As alignment indicator the Qt::TextAlignmentRole is 'misused' since no text is drawn for the cell.

and you can see it in the code you are copying:

opt.rect = QStyle::alignedRect(opt.direction, index.data(Qt::TextAlignmentRole).value<Qt::Alignment>(), rect.size(), opt.rect);

Or use your own role if you don't want to use that.

[CuriousPan]

@JonB, yeees, I understood this and I was using Qt::TextAlignmentRole and returning Qt::AlignCenter, but for some reason it's not aligned :(

[JonB]

@CuriousPan
I do not know about the behaviour of the delegate. But if you want to know to know whether it is being "triggered" and recognises the role in question put in a qDebug() statement (in the delegate) to find out.

[CuriousPan]

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[CuriousPan]

@JonB, yes, it's defenitely triggered.

[JonB]

@CuriousPan
Find all your occurrences of

QStyle::alignedRect(opt.direction, index.data(Qt::TextAlignmentRole).value<Qt::Alignment>(), rect.size(), opt.rect)

and qDebug() << index.data(Qt::TextAlignmentRole).value<Qt::Alignment>().

[CuriousPan]

@JonB, it always retruns QFlags<Qt::AlignmentFlag>() 1 which is Qt::DecorationRole, right?

[raven-worx]

@CuriousPan said in How can I center QCheckBox in QTableView?:

it always retruns QFlagsQt::AlignmentFlag() 1 which is Qt::DecorationRole, right

the Qt::AlignmentFlag flags/enum doesnt contain Qt::DecorationRole, so no
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qt.html#AlignmentFlag-enum

[CuriousPan]

@raven-worx, oh, I see. You're right. Anyway, why is that so?

[CuriousPan]

@raven-worx, wait! I confused you and me. This '1' is my custom printout. So what you suggested printing just gives following output: QFlags<Qt::AlignmentFlag>()

[JonB]

@CuriousPan
Qt::AlignLeft 0x0001 Aligns with the left edge.

So this value 1 is left alignment, just as per your picture, and no kind of centering specified, which would have value 4.

[CuriousPan]

@JonB, yeah, it is, but as I said, no numbers are printed.

[JonB]

@CuriousPan said in How can I center QCheckBox in QTableView?:

@JonB, it always retruns QFlagsQt::AlignmentFlag() 1 which is Qt::DecorationRole, right?

That's what you wrote. See that 1? Can you please concentrate on one thing at a time.

[CuriousPan]

@JonB, yep, I can. I'm really sorry for confusing you. No 1 is printed, it's just my mistake.

[JonB]

@CuriousPan
So that would be the value for left-align. Either you are not setting or returning the desired "center" flag on your item for the Qt::TextAlignmentRole --- you have to do that if you want it centered, that's what the code does --- or you are not looking at the right item/index.

[CuriousPan]

@JonB, I guess you're right, but, as I showed on this screenshot:
I'm using the correct role and column is defenitely correct (checked usingqDebug()).

[JonB]

@CuriousPan

• Print out index.column() in the delegate.
• Print out RecurrentColumn.
• Put a qDebug() just above return Qt::AlignCenter in your "screenshot" to make sure it's being hit.
• Please don't paste code as screenshots, paste it as code. Show where you have that code and what is above the extract you show.

[CuriousPan]

@JonB

• index.column() in the delegate has the proper number. 4 in my case as long as it is 4th (starting from 0) column in the table view.
• What do you mean by printing RecurrentColumn?

//checking other roles
} else if (index.isValid() && role == Qt::TextAlignmentRole) { 
         switch (index.column()) { 
         case RecurrentColumn: 
              qDebug() << "Hit"; 
              return Qt::AlignCenter; 
         case TotalColumn: 
              return {Qt::AlignRight | Qt::AlignVCenter}; 
         case PlnTotalColumn: 
              return {Qt::AlignRight | Qt::AlignVCenter}; 
         return Qt::AlignCenter; 
         }
}
// "Hit" is getting printed.

• Okay, will try to value your time and effort :)