Qml flickable disable scroll inertia

[silajim]

I want to make a flickable-listview to be only scrollable via the mouse wheel or up/down buttons on the scrollbar. I would also like to disable the scroll momentum/inertia that the flickable has so it behaves properly when scrolling in big lists with the scroll wheel and doesn't feel like a touch device.

[A Former User]

Hi!

MyListView.qml

import QtQuick 2.7
import QtQuick.Controls 2.0

Rectangle {
    id: myListView
    clip: true
    focus: true

    property var model: null
    property int moveSpeed: 300

    function moveContent(up) {
        listView.flick(0,  up ? moveSpeed : -moveSpeed  )
    }

    ListView {
        id: listView
        anchors.fill: parent
        model: myListView.model
        delegate: Text {
            text: number + ": " + name
        }

        boundsBehavior: Flickable.StopAtBounds
    }

    MouseArea {
        anchors.fill: parent
        onWheel: myListView.moveContent( wheel.angleDelta.y>0 )
    }

    Keys.onPressed: {
        if (event.key === Qt.Key_Up) {
            myListView.moveContent(true)
            event.accepted = true
        } else if (event.key === Qt.Key_Down) {
            myListView.moveContent(false)
            event.accepted = true
        } else {
            event.accepted = false
        }
    }
}

main.qml

import QtQuick 2.7
import QtQuick.Controls 2.0

ApplicationWindow {
    visible: true
    width: 640
    height: 480
    title: qsTr("Hello World")

    ListModel {
        id: myModel

        Component.onCompleted: {
            for (var i=0; i<50; ++i)
                append({"number": i, "name":"Pizza"})
        }
    }

    MyListView {
        model: myModel
        color: "orange"
        anchors.fill: parent
    }

}

[silajim]

It doesn't work as expected, at first is too slow, but when making the move speed around 1200 it still has inertia, not as much but still annoying. Is there any trick to always get the pixelDelta?

[johngod]

First you should set the property interactive to false (true by default).
Then you will have to force the flickable to move (when pressing a button, or when moving the mouse wheel event, for example) by incrementing/decrementing the contentX / contentY properties.
Hope it helps.

[trin94]

I know it's been a few years, but this might still be helpful to someone :)

For me, this approach works:

delegate: MyDelegate {
    MouseArea {
        id: _mouseArea
        anchors.fill: parent
    }

    Binding {
        when: _mouseArea.pressed
        target: _listView
        property: "interactive"
        value: false
    }
}

With this setup, you should be able to scroll the list view using the scroll wheel. When you perform a press-and-drag gesture, it will disable the scrolling or flicking behavior. Once you release the mouse button, the binding will be restored, making the list view interactive again, so you can scroll with the mouse wheel once more.

Even when you have multiple elements (i.e., instantiated delegates), dragging across them won't reset the interactive property until you release the mouse button.