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// Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
/*!
\example tools/customcompleter
\title Custom Completer Example
\ingroup examples-widgets-tools
\brief The Custom Completer example shows how to provide string-completion
facilities for an input widget based on data provided by a model. The
completer pops up suggestions for possible words based on the first three
characters input by the user and the user's choice of word is inserted
into the \c TextEdit using QTextCursor.
\image customcompleter-example.png
\section1 Setting Up The Resource File
The Custom Completer example requires a resource file, \e wordlist.txt,
that has a list of words to help QCompleter complete words. This file
contains the following:
\quotefile tools/customcompleter/customcompleter.qrc
\section1 TextEdit Class Definition
The \c TextEdit class is a subclass of QTextEdit with a custom
\c insertCompletion() slot and it reimplements the
\l{QAbstractScrollArea::keyPressEvent()}{keyPressEvent()} and the
\l{QWidget::focusInEvent()}{focusInEvent()} functions. \c TextEdit also
contains a private function \c textUnderCursor() and a private instance
of QCompleter, \c c.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/textedit.h 0
\section1 TextEdit Class Implementation
The constructor for \c TextEdit constructs a \c TextEdit with a parent and
initializes \c c. The instructions to use the completer is displayed on
the \c TextEdit object, using the
\l{QTextEdit::setPlainText()}{setPlainText()} function.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/textedit.cpp 0
In addition, \c TextEdit also includes a default destructor:
\snippet tools/customcompleter/textedit.cpp 1
The \c setCompleter() function accepts a \a completer and sets it up.
We use \c{if (c)} to check if \c c has been initialized. If it has been
initialized, the QObject::disconnect() function is invoked to disconnect
the signal from the slot. This is to ensure that no previous completer
object is still connected to the slot.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/textedit.cpp 2
We then instantiate \c c with \a completer and set it as \c{TextEdit}'s
widget. The completion mode and case sensitivity are also set and then
we connect the \l{QCompleter::activated()}{activated()} signal to the
\c insertCompletion() slot.
The \c completer() function is a getter function that returns \c c.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/textedit.cpp 3
The completer pops up the options available, based on the contents of
\e wordlist.txt, but the text cursor is responsible for filling in the
missing characters, according to the user's choice of word.
Suppose the user inputs "ACT" and accepts the completer's suggestion of
"ACTUAL". The \c completion string is then sent to \c insertCompletion()
by the completer's \l{QCompleter::activated()}{activated()} signal.
The \c insertCompletion() function is responsible for completing the word
using a QTextCursor object, \c tc. It validates to ensure that the
completer's widget is \c TextEdit before using \c tc to insert the extra
characters to complete the word.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/textedit.cpp 4
The figure below illustrates this process:
\image customcompleter-insertcompletion.png
\c{completion.length()} = 6
\c{c->completionPrefix().length()}=3
The difference between these two values is \c extra, which is 3. This
means that the last three characters from the right, "U", "A", and "L",
will be inserted by \c tc.
The \c textUnderCursor() function uses a QTextCursor, \c tc, to select a
word under the cursor and return it.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/textedit.cpp 5
The \c TextEdit class reimplements \l{QWidget::focusInEvent()}
{focusInEvent()} function, which is an event handler used to receive
keyboard focus events for the widget.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/textedit.cpp 6
The \l{QAbstractScrollArea::keyPressEvent()}{keyPressEvent()} is
reimplemented to ignore key events like Qt::Key_Enter, Qt::Key_Return,
Qt::Key_Escape, Qt::Key_Tab, and Qt::Key_Backtab so the completer can
handle them.
If there is an active completer, we cannot process the shortcut, Ctrl+E.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/textedit.cpp 7
We also handle other modifiers and shortcuts for which we do not want the
completer to respond to.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/textedit.cpp 8
Finally, we pop up the completer.
\section1 MainWindow Class Definition
The \c MainWindow class is a subclass of QMainWindow and implements a
private slot, \c about(). This class also has two private functions,
\c createMenu() and \c modelFromFile() as well as private instances of
QCompleter and \c TextEdit.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/mainwindow.h 0
\section1 MainWindow Class Implementation
The constructor constructs a \c MainWindow with a parent and initializes
the \c completer. It also instantiates a \c TextEdit and sets its
completer. A QStringListModel, obtained from \c modelFromFile(), is used
to populate the \c completer. The \c{MainWindow}'s central widget is set
to \c TextEdit and its size is set to 500 x 300.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/mainwindow.cpp 0
The \c createMenu() function creates the necessary QAction objects needed
for the "File" and "Help" menu and their \l{QAction::triggered()}
{triggered()} signals are connected to the \c quit(), \c about(), and
\c aboutQt() slots respectively.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/mainwindow.cpp 1
The \c modelFromFile() function accepts a \a fileName and attempts to
extract the contents of this file into a QStringListModel. We display the
Qt::WaitCursor when we are populating the QStringList, \c words, and
restore the mouse cursor when we are done.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/mainwindow.cpp 2
The \c about() function provides a brief description about the Custom
Completer example.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/mainwindow.cpp 3
\section1 \c main() Function
The \c main() function instantiates \c MainWindow and invokes the
\l{QWidget::show()}{show()} function.
\snippet tools/customcompleter/main.cpp 0
*/