QStyleOptionHeader Class

The QStyleOptionHeader class is used to describe the parameters for drawing a header. More...

Header: #include <QStyleOptionHeader>
CMake: find_package(Qt6 COMPONENTS Widgets REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets)
qmake: QT += widgets
Inherits: QStyleOption
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QStyleOptionHeaderV2

Public Types

enum SectionPosition { Beginning, Middle, End, OnlyOneSection }
enum SelectedPosition { NotAdjacent, NextIsSelected, PreviousIsSelected, NextAndPreviousAreSelected }
enum SortIndicator { None, SortUp, SortDown }
enum StyleOptionType { Type }
enum StyleOptionVersion { Version }

Public Functions

QStyleOptionHeader(const QStyleOptionHeader &other)
QStyleOptionHeader()

Public Variables

QIcon icon
Qt::Alignment iconAlignment
Qt::Orientation orientation
QStyleOptionHeader::SectionPosition position
int section
QStyleOptionHeader::SelectedPosition selectedPosition
QStyleOptionHeader::SortIndicator sortIndicator
QString text
Qt::Alignment textAlignment

Detailed Description

QStyleOptionHeader contains all the information that QStyle functions need to draw the item views' header pane, header sort arrow, and header label.

For performance reasons, there are few member functions and the access to the member variables is direct (i.e., using the . or -> operator). This makes the structures straightforward to use and emphasizes that these are simply parameters used by the style functions.

For an example demonstrating how style options can be used, see the Styles example.

See also QStyleOption.

Member Type Documentation

enum QStyleOptionHeader::SectionPosition

This enum lets you know where the section's position is in relation to the other sections.

ConstantValueDescription
QStyleOptionHeader::Beginning0At the beginining of the header
QStyleOptionHeader::Middle1In the middle of the header
QStyleOptionHeader::End2At the end of the header
QStyleOptionHeader::OnlyOneSection3Only one header section

See also position.

enum QStyleOptionHeader::SelectedPosition

This enum lets you know where the section's position is in relation to the selected section.

ConstantValueDescription
QStyleOptionHeader::NotAdjacent0Not adjacent to the selected section
QStyleOptionHeader::NextIsSelected1The next section is selected
QStyleOptionHeader::PreviousIsSelected2The previous section is selected
QStyleOptionHeader::NextAndPreviousAreSelected3Both the next and previous section are selected

See also selectedPosition.

enum QStyleOptionHeader::SortIndicator

Indicates which direction the sort indicator should be drawn

ConstantValueDescription
QStyleOptionHeader::None0No sort indicator is needed
QStyleOptionHeader::SortUp1Draw an up indicator
QStyleOptionHeader::SortDown2Draw a down indicator

See also sortIndicator.

enum QStyleOptionHeader::StyleOptionType

This enum is used to hold information about the type of the style option, and is defined for each QStyleOption subclass.

ConstantValueDescription
QStyleOptionHeader::TypeSO_HeaderThe type of style option provided (SO_Header for this class).

The type is used internally by QStyleOption, its subclasses, and qstyleoption_cast() to determine the type of style option. In general you do not need to worry about this unless you want to create your own QStyleOption subclass and your own styles.

See also StyleOptionVersion.

enum QStyleOptionHeader::StyleOptionVersion

This enum is used to hold information about the version of the style option, and is defined for each QStyleOption subclass.

ConstantValueDescription
QStyleOptionHeader::Version11

The version is used by QStyleOption subclasses to implement extensions without breaking compatibility. If you use qstyleoption_cast(), you normally do not need to check it.

See also StyleOptionType.

Member Function Documentation

QStyleOptionHeader::QStyleOptionHeader(const QStyleOptionHeader &other)

Constructs a copy of the other style option.

QStyleOptionHeader::QStyleOptionHeader()

Constructs a QStyleOptionHeader, initializing the members variables to their default values.

Member Variable Documentation

QIcon QStyleOptionHeader::icon

This variable holds the icon of the header

The default value is an empty icon, i.e. an icon with neither a pixmap nor a filename.

Qt::Alignment QStyleOptionHeader::iconAlignment

This variable holds the alignment flags for the icon of the header

The default value is Qt::AlignLeft.

Qt::Orientation QStyleOptionHeader::orientation

This variable holds the header's orientation (horizontal or vertical)

The default orientation is Qt::Horizontal

QStyleOptionHeader::SectionPosition QStyleOptionHeader::position

This variable holds the section's position in relation to the other sections

The default value is QStyleOptionHeader::Beginning.

int QStyleOptionHeader::section

This variable holds which section of the header is being painted

The default value is 0.

QStyleOptionHeader::SelectedPosition QStyleOptionHeader::selectedPosition

This variable holds the section's position in relation to the selected section

The default value is QStyleOptionHeader::NotAdjacent

QStyleOptionHeader::SortIndicator QStyleOptionHeader::sortIndicator

This variable holds the direction the sort indicator should be drawn

The default value is QStyleOptionHeader::None.

QString QStyleOptionHeader::text

This variable holds the text of the header

The default value is an empty string.

Qt::Alignment QStyleOptionHeader::textAlignment

This variable holds the alignment flags for the text of the header

The default value is Qt::AlignLeft.