Loader cannot be created inside Component def?

[Rajeesh_Raveendran]

Component {
    id: indicComp
    Loader {   /// This loader gives me error while compilation
        id: loaderInst
    }
    Rectangle {
        color: "red"
        width: 100
        height: 100
    }
}

[oria66]

You should wrap Loader and Rectangle into a Item...

Component {
    id: indicComp

Item{
    Loader { 
        id: loaderInst
    }
    Rectangle {
        color: "red"
        width: 100
        height: 100
    }
}
}

[jeremy_k]

@Rajeesh_Raveendran said in Loader cannot be created inside Component def?:

Component {
    id: indicComp
    Loader {   /// This loader gives me error while compilation

It helps to include the error message. A minimal working example reports Invalid component body specification, and the static analysis message in Qt Creator Components are only allowed to have a single child element. The second message clarifies the problem, which doesn't depend on the type of items instantiated by the Component.

@oria66 said in Loader cannot be created inside Component def?:

You should wrap Loader and Rectangle into a Item...

Component {
    id: indicComp

Item{

This works, at the expense of imposing an extra Item per instance of the component. The problem can also be solved by making the Loader a child of the Rectangle, or the other way around. This preserves the Loader sizing and focus scope behavior without explicit forwarding.

[Rajeesh_Raveendran]

@jeremy_k said in Loader cannot be created inside Component def?:

Components are only allowed to have a single child element

I understood.

Components are only allowed to have a single child element