CopperSpice API  1.9.1
QAbstractScrollArea Class Reference

The QAbstractScrollArea widget provides a scrolling area with on-demand scroll bars. More...

Inheritance diagram for QAbstractScrollArea:
QFrame QWidget QObject QPaintDevice QAbstractItemView QGraphicsView QMdiArea QPlainTextEdit QScrollArea QTextEdit QColumnView QHeaderView QListView QTableView QTreeView QTextBrowser QListWidget QUndoView QTableWidget QTreeWidget

Public Methods

 QAbstractScrollArea (QWidget *parent=nullptr)
 
 ~QAbstractScrollArea ()
 
void addScrollBarWidget (QWidget *widget, Qt::Alignment alignment)
 
QWidgetcornerWidget () const
 
QScrollBarhorizontalScrollBar () const
 
Qt::ScrollBarPolicy horizontalScrollBarPolicy () const
 
QSize maximumViewportSize () const
 
QSize minimumSizeHint () const override
 
QWidgetList scrollBarWidgets (Qt::Alignment alignment)
 
void setCornerWidget (QWidget *widget)
 
void setHorizontalScrollBar (QScrollBar *scrollBar)
 
void setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy (Qt::ScrollBarPolicy policy)
 
void setSizeAdjustPolicy (SizeAdjustPolicy policy)
 
virtual void setupViewport (QWidget *viewport)
 
void setVerticalScrollBar (QScrollBar *scrollBar)
 
void setVerticalScrollBarPolicy (Qt::ScrollBarPolicy policy)
 
void setViewport (QWidget *widget)
 
SizeAdjustPolicy sizeAdjustPolicy () const
 
QSize sizeHint () const override
 
QScrollBarverticalScrollBar () const
 
Qt::ScrollBarPolicy verticalScrollBarPolicy () const
 
QWidgetviewport () const
 
- Public Methods inherited from QFrame
 QFrame (QWidget *parent=nullptr, Qt::WindowFlags flags=Qt::EmptyFlag)
 
 ~QFrame ()
 
QRect frameRect () const
 
Shadow frameShadow () const
 
Shape frameShape () const
 
int frameStyle () const
 
int frameWidth () const
 
int lineWidth () const
 
int midLineWidth () const
 
void setFrameRect (const QRect &rect)
 
void setFrameShadow (Shadow value)
 
void setFrameShape (Shape value)
 
void setFrameStyle (int style)
 
void setLineWidth (int width)
 
void setMidLineWidth (int width)
 
QSize sizeHint () const override
 
- Public Methods inherited from QWidget
 QWidget (QWidget *parent=nullptr, Qt::WindowFlags flags=Qt::EmptyFlag)
 
 ~QWidget ()
 
bool acceptDrops () const
 
QString accessibleDescription () const
 
QString accessibleName () const
 
QList< QAction * > actions () const
 
void activateWindow ()
 
void addAction (QAction *action)
 
void addActions (const QList< QAction * > &actions)
 
void adjustSize ()
 
bool autoFillBackground () const
 
QPalette::ColorRole backgroundRole () const
 
QBackingStorebackingStore () const
 
QSize baseSize () const
 
QWidget * childAt (const QPoint &position) const
 
QWidget * childAt (int x, int y) const
 
QRect childrenRect () const
 
QRegion childrenRegion () const
 
void clearFocus ()
 
void clearMask ()
 
QMargins contentsMargins () const
 
QRect contentsRect () const
 
Qt::ContextMenuPolicy contextMenuPolicy () const
 
QCursor cursor () const
 
WId effectiveWinId () const
 
void ensurePolished () const
 
Qt::FocusPolicy focusPolicy () const
 
QWidget * focusProxy () const
 
QWidget * focusWidget () const
 
const QFontfont () const
 
QFontInfo fontInfo () const
 
QFontMetrics fontMetrics () const
 
QPalette::ColorRole foregroundRole () const
 
QRect frameGeometry () const
 
QSize frameSize () const
 
const QRectgeometry () const
 
void getContentsMargins (int *left, int *top, int *right, int *bottom) const
 
QPixmap grab (const QRect &rectangle=QRect (QPoint (0, 0), QSize (-1,-1)))
 
void grabGesture (Qt::GestureType gestureType, Qt::GestureFlags flags=Qt::GestureFlags ())
 
void grabKeyboard ()
 
void grabMouse ()
 
void grabMouse (const QCursor &cursor)
 
int grabShortcut (const QKeySequence &key, Qt::ShortcutContext context=Qt::WindowShortcut)
 
QGraphicsEffectgraphicsEffect () const
 
QGraphicsProxyWidgetgraphicsProxyWidget () const
 
bool hasEditFocus () const
 
bool hasFocus () const
 
virtual bool hasHeightForWidth () const
 
bool hasMouseTracking () const
 
int height () const
 
virtual int heightForWidth (int width) const
 
Qt::InputMethodHints inputMethodHints () const
 
virtual QVariant inputMethodQuery (Qt::InputMethodQuery query) const
 
void insertAction (QAction *before, QAction *action)
 
void insertActions (QAction *before, QList< QAction * > actions)
 
bool isActiveWindow () const
 
bool isAncestorOf (const QWidget *child) const
 
bool isEnabled () const
 
bool isEnabledTo (const QWidget *parent) const
 
bool isEnabledToTLW () const
 
bool isFullScreen () const
 
bool isHidden () const
 
bool isMaximized () const
 
bool isMinimized () const
 
bool isModal () const
 
bool isTopLevel () const
 
bool isVisible () const
 
bool isVisibleTo (const QWidget *parent) const
 
bool isWindow () const
 
bool isWindowModified () const
 
QLayoutlayout () const
 
Qt::LayoutDirection layoutDirection () const
 
QLocale locale () const
 
QPoint mapFrom (const QWidget *parent, const QPoint &pos) const
 
QPoint mapFromGlobal (const QPoint &pos) const
 
QPoint mapFromParent (const QPoint &pos) const
 
QPoint mapTo (const QWidget *parent, const QPoint &pos) const
 
QPoint mapToGlobal (const QPoint &pos) const
 
QPoint mapToParent (const QPoint &pos) const
 
QRegion mask () const
 
int maximumHeight () const
 
QSize maximumSize () const
 
int maximumWidth () const
 
int minimumHeight () const
 
QSize minimumSize () const
 
int minimumWidth () const
 
void move (const QPoint &point)
 
void move (int x, int y)
 
QWidget * nativeParentWidget () const
 
QWidget * nextInFocusChain () const
 
QRect normalGeometry () const
 
void overrideWindowFlags (Qt::WindowFlags flags)
 
QPaintEnginepaintEngine () const override
 
const QPalettepalette () const
 
QWidget * parentWidget () const
 
QPoint pos () const
 
QWidget * previousInFocusChain () const
 
QRect rect () const
 
void releaseKeyboard ()
 
void releaseMouse ()
 
void releaseShortcut (int id)
 
void removeAction (QAction *action)
 
void render (QPaintDevice *target, const QPoint &targetOffset=QPoint (), const QRegion &sourceRegion=QRegion (), RenderFlags renderFlags=RenderFlags (DrawWindowBackground|DrawChildren))
 
void render (QPainter *painter, const QPoint &targetOffset=QPoint (), const QRegion &sourceRegion=QRegion (), RenderFlags renderFlags=RenderFlags (DrawWindowBackground|DrawChildren))
 
void repaint (const QRect &rect)
 
void repaint (const QRegion &region)
 
void repaint (int x, int y, int w, int h)
 
void resize (const QSize &size)
 
void resize (int w, int h)
 
bool restoreGeometry (const QByteArray &geometry)
 
QByteArray saveGeometry () const
 
void scroll (int dx, int dy)
 
void scroll (int dx, int dy, const QRect &rect)
 
void setAcceptDrops (bool on)
 
void setAccessibleDescription (const QString &description)
 
void setAccessibleName (const QString &name)
 
void setAttribute (Qt::WidgetAttribute attribute, bool enable=true)
 
void setAutoFillBackground (bool enable)
 
void setBackgroundRole (QPalette::ColorRole role)
 
void setBaseSize (const QSize &size)
 
void setBaseSize (int basew, int baseh)
 
void setContentsMargins (const QMargins &margins)
 
void setContentsMargins (int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
 
void setContextMenuPolicy (Qt::ContextMenuPolicy policy)
 
void setCursor (const QCursor &cursor)
 
void setEditFocus (bool enable)
 
void setFixedHeight (int h)
 
void setFixedSize (const QSize &size)
 
void setFixedSize (int w, int h)
 
void setFixedWidth (int w)
 
void setFocus (Qt::FocusReason reason)
 
void setFocusPolicy (Qt::FocusPolicy policy)
 
void setFocusProxy (QWidget *widget)
 
void setFont (const QFont &font)
 
void setForegroundRole (QPalette::ColorRole role)
 
void setGeometry (const QRect &rect)
 
void setGeometry (int x, int y, int w, int h)
 
void setGraphicsEffect (QGraphicsEffect *effect)
 
void setInputMethodHints (Qt::InputMethodHints hints)
 
void setLayout (QLayout *layout)
 
void setLayoutDirection (Qt::LayoutDirection direction)
 
void setLocale (const QLocale &locale)
 
void setMask (const QBitmap &bitmap)
 
void setMask (const QRegion &region)
 
void setMaximumHeight (int maxh)
 
void setMaximumSize (const QSize &size)
 
void setMaximumSize (int maxw, int maxh)
 
void setMaximumWidth (int maxw)
 
void setMinimumHeight (int minh)
 
void setMinimumSize (const QSize &size)
 
void setMinimumSize (int minw, int minh)
 
void setMinimumWidth (int minw)
 
void setMouseTracking (bool enable)
 
void setPalette (const QPalette &palette)
 
void setParent (QWidget *parent)
 
void setParent (QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags flags)
 
void setShortcutAutoRepeat (int id, bool enable=true)
 
void setShortcutEnabled (int id, bool enable=true)
 
void setSizeIncrement (const QSize &size)
 
void setSizeIncrement (int w, int h)
 
void setSizePolicy (QSizePolicy policy)
 
void setSizePolicy (QSizePolicy::Policy horizontal, QSizePolicy::Policy vertical)
 
void setStatusTip (const QString &data)
 
void setStyle (QStyle *style)
 
void setToolTip (const QString &data)
 
void setToolTipDuration (int msec)
 
void setUpdatesEnabled (bool enable)
 
void setWhatsThis (const QString &str)
 
void setWindowFilePath (const QString &filePath)
 
void setWindowFlags (Qt::WindowFlags flags)
 
void setWindowIcon (const QIcon &icon)
 
void setWindowModality (Qt::WindowModality windowModality)
 
void setWindowOpacity (qreal level)
 
void setWindowRole (const QString &role)
 
void setWindowState (Qt::WindowStates windowState)
 
QSize size () const
 
QSize sizeIncrement () const
 
QSizePolicy sizePolicy () const
 
void stackUnder (QWidget *widget)
 
QString statusTip () const
 
QStylestyle () const
 
QString styleSheet () const
 
bool testAttribute (Qt::WidgetAttribute attribute) const
 
QString toolTip () const
 
int toolTipDuration () const
 
QWidget * topLevelWidget () const
 
bool underMouse () const
 
void ungrabGesture (Qt::GestureType gestureType)
 
void unsetCursor ()
 
void unsetLayoutDirection ()
 
void unsetLocale ()
 
void update (const QRect &rect)
 
void update (const QRegion &region)
 
void update (int x, int y, int w, int h)
 
void updateGeometry ()
 
bool updatesEnabled () const
 
QRegion visibleRegion () const
 
QString whatsThis () const
 
int width () const
 
QWidget * window () const
 
QString windowFilePath () const
 
Qt::WindowFlags windowFlags () const
 
QWindowwindowHandle () const
 
QIcon windowIcon () const
 
Qt::WindowModality windowModality () const
 
qreal windowOpacity () const
 
QString windowRole () const
 
Qt::WindowStates windowState () const
 
QString windowTitle () const
 
Qt::WindowType windowType () const
 
WId winId () const
 
int x () const
 
int y () const
 
- Public Methods inherited from QObject
 QObject (QObject *parent=nullptr)
 
 ~QObject ()
 
bool blockSignals (bool block)
 
const QList< QObject * > & children () const
 
bool connect (const QObject *sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QString &location, const QString &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)
 
bool connect (const QObject *sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QString &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)
 
bool disconnect (const QObject *receiver, const QString &slotMethod=QString ()) const
 
bool disconnect (const QString &signalMethod, const QString &location, const QObject *receiver=nullptr, const QString &slotMethod=QString ()) const
 
bool disconnect (const QString &signalMethod=QString (), const QObject *receiver=nullptr, const QString &slotMethod=QString ()) const
 
void dumpObjectInfo ()
 
void dumpObjectTree ()
 
QList< QStringdynamicPropertyNames () const
 
virtual bool event (QEvent *event)
 
virtual bool eventFilter (QObject *watched, QEvent *event)
 
template<typename T >
findChild (const QString &childName=QString ()) const
 
template<class T >
QList< T > findChildren (const QRegularExpression &regExp, Qt::FindChildOptions options=Qt::FindChildrenRecursively) const
 
template<class T >
QList< T > findChildren (const QString &childName=QString (), Qt::FindChildOptions options=Qt::FindChildrenRecursively) const
 
bool inherits (const QString &className) const
 
void installEventFilter (QObject *filterObj)
 
bool isWidgetType () const
 
bool isWindowType () const
 
void killTimer (int id)
 
const QMetaObjectmetaObject () const
 
void moveToThread (QThread *targetThread)
 
QString objectName () const
 
QObject * parent () const
 
template<class T = QVariant>
property (const QString &name) const
 
void removeEventFilter (QObject *obj)
 
void setObjectName (const QString &name)
 
void setParent (QObject *parent)
 
bool setProperty (const QString &name, const QVariant &value)
 
bool signalsBlocked () const
 
int startTimer (int interval, Qt::TimerType timerType=Qt::CoarseTimer)
 
QThreadthread () const
 
- Public Methods inherited from QPaintDevice
virtual ~QPaintDevice ()
 
int colorCount () const
 
int depth () const
 
int devicePixelRatio () const
 
qreal devicePixelRatioF () const
 
int height () const
 
int heightMM () const
 
int logicalDpiX () const
 
int logicalDpiY () const
 
bool paintingActive () const
 
int physicalDpiX () const
 
int physicalDpiY () const
 
int width () const
 
int widthMM () const
 

Protected Methods

void contextMenuEvent (QContextMenuEvent *event) override
 
void dragEnterEvent (QDragEnterEvent *event) override
 
void dragLeaveEvent (QDragLeaveEvent *event) override
 
void dragMoveEvent (QDragMoveEvent *event) override
 
void dropEvent (QDropEvent *event) override
 
bool event (QEvent *event) override
 
void keyPressEvent (QKeyEvent *event) override
 
void mouseDoubleClickEvent (QMouseEvent *event) override
 
void mouseMoveEvent (QMouseEvent *event) override
 
void mousePressEvent (QMouseEvent *event) override
 
void mouseReleaseEvent (QMouseEvent *event) override
 
void paintEvent (QPaintEvent *event) override
 
void resizeEvent (QResizeEvent *event) override
 
virtual void scrollContentsBy (int dx, int dy)
 
void setViewportMargins (const QMargins &margins)
 
void setViewportMargins (int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
 
virtual bool viewportEvent (QEvent *event)
 
QMargins viewportMargins () const
 
virtual QSize viewportSizeHint () const
 
void wheelEvent (QWheelEvent *event) override
 
- Protected Methods inherited from QFrame
void changeEvent (QEvent *event) override
 
void drawFrame (QPainter *painter)
 
bool event (QEvent *event) override
 
void initStyleOption (QStyleOptionFrame *option) const
 
void paintEvent (QPaintEvent *event) override
 
- Protected Methods inherited from QWidget
virtual void actionEvent (QActionEvent *event)
 
virtual void closeEvent (QCloseEvent *event)
 
void create (WId window=0, bool initializeWindow=true, bool destroyOldWindow=true)
 
void destroy (bool destroyWindow=true, bool destroySubWindows=true)
 
virtual void enterEvent (QEvent *event)
 
bool event (QEvent *event) override
 
virtual void focusInEvent (QFocusEvent *event)
 
bool focusNextChild ()
 
virtual bool focusNextPrevChild (bool next)
 
virtual void focusOutEvent (QFocusEvent *event)
 
bool focusPreviousChild ()
 
virtual void hideEvent (QHideEvent *event)
 
void initPainter (QPainter *painter) const override
 
virtual void inputMethodEvent (QInputMethodEvent *event)
 
virtual void keyReleaseEvent (QKeyEvent *event)
 
virtual void leaveEvent (QEvent *event)
 
int metric (PaintDeviceMetric metric) const override
 
virtual void moveEvent (QMoveEvent *event)
 
virtual bool nativeEvent (const QByteArray &eventType, void *message, long *result)
 
virtual void showEvent (QShowEvent *event)
 
virtual void tabletEvent (QTabletEvent *event)
 
- Protected Methods inherited from QObject
virtual void childEvent (QChildEvent *event)
 
virtual void connectNotify (const QMetaMethod &signalMethod) const
 
virtual void customEvent (QEvent *event)
 
virtual void disconnectNotify (const QMetaMethod &signalMethod) const
 
bool isSignalConnected (const QMetaMethod &signalMethod) const
 
int receivers (const QString &signal) const
 
QObject * sender () const
 
int senderSignalIndex () const
 
virtual void timerEvent (QTimerEvent *event)
 
- Protected Methods inherited from QPaintDevice
 QPaintDevice ()
 

Properties

 horizontalScrollBarPolicy
 
 verticalScrollBarPolicy
 
- Properties inherited from QFrame
 frameRect
 
 frameShadow
 
 frameShape
 
 frameWidth
 
 lineWidth
 
 midLineWidth
 
- Properties inherited from QWidget
 acceptDrops
 
 accessibleDescription
 
 accessibleName
 
 autoFillBackground
 
 baseSize
 
 childrenRect
 
 childrenRegion
 
 contextMenuPolicy
 
 cursor
 
 enabled
 
 focus
 
 focusPolicy
 
 font
 
 frameGeometry
 
 frameSize
 
 fullScreen
 
 geometry
 
 height
 
 inputMethodHints
 
 isActiveWindow
 
 layoutDirection
 
 locale
 
 maximized
 
 maximumHeight
 
 maximumSize
 
 maximumWidth
 
 minimized
 
 minimumHeight
 
 minimumSize
 
 minimumSizeHint
 
 minimumWidth
 
 modal
 
 mouseTracking
 
 normalGeometry
 
 palette
 
 pos
 
 rect
 
 size
 
 sizeHint
 
 sizeIncrement
 
 sizePolicy
 
 statusTip
 
 styleSheet
 
 toolTip
 
 updatesEnabled
 
 visible
 
 whatsThis
 
 width
 
 windowFilePath
 
 windowFlags
 
 windowIcon
 
 windowIconText
 
 windowModality
 
 windowModified
 
 windowOpacity
 
 windowTitle
 
 x
 
 y
 
- Properties inherited from QObject
 objectName
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Typedefs inherited from QWidget
using RenderFlags = QFlags< RenderFlag >
 
- Public Types inherited from QFrame
enum  Shadow
 
enum  Shape
 
enum  StyleMask
 
- Public Types inherited from QWidget
enum  RenderFlag
 
- Public Types inherited from QPaintDevice
enum  PaintDeviceMetric
 
- Public Signals inherited from QWidget
void customContextMenuRequested (const QPoint &pos)
 
void windowIconChanged (const QIcon &icon)
 
void windowIconTextChanged (const QString &iconText)
 
void windowTitleChanged (const QString &title)
 
- Public Signals inherited from QObject
void destroyed (QObject *obj=nullptr)
 
void objectNameChanged (const QString &objectName)
 
- Public Slots inherited from QWidget
bool close ()
 
void hide ()
 
void lower ()
 
void raise ()
 
void repaint ()
 
void setDisabled (bool disable)
 
void setEnabled (bool enable)
 
void setFocus ()
 
void setHidden (bool hidden)
 
void setStyleSheet (const QString &styleSheet)
 
virtual void setVisible (bool visible)
 
void setWindowModified (bool modified)
 
void setWindowTitle (const QString &title)
 
void show ()
 
void showFullScreen ()
 
void showMaximized ()
 
void showMinimized ()
 
void showNormal ()
 
void update ()
 
- Public Slots inherited from QObject
void deleteLater ()
 
- Static Public Methods inherited from QWidget
static QWidget * createWindowContainer (QWindow *window, QWidget *parent=nullptr, Qt::WindowFlags flags=Qt::EmptyFlag)
 
static QWidget * find (WId id)
 
static QWidget * keyboardGrabber ()
 
static QWidget * mouseGrabber ()
 
static void setTabOrder (QWidget *firstWidget, QWidget *secondWidget)
 
- Static Public Methods inherited from QObject
static bool connect (const QObject *sender, const QMetaMethod &signalMethod, const QObject *receiver, const QMetaMethod &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)
 
static bool connect (const QObject *sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QObject *receiver, const QString &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection, const QString &location=QString ())
 
static bool connect (const QObject *sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QString &location, const QObject *receiver, const QString &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)
 
template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver , class SlotClass , class... SlotArgs, class SlotReturn >
static bool connect (const Sender *sender, void (SignalClass::*signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver *receiver, SlotReturn (SlotClass::*slotMethod)(SlotArgs...), Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)
 
template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver , class T >
static bool connect (const Sender *sender, void (SignalClass::*signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver *receiver, T slotLambda, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)
 
static bool disconnect (const QObject *sender, const QMetaMethod &signalMethod, const QObject *receiver, const QMetaMethod &slotMethod)
 
static bool disconnect (const QObject *sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QObject *receiver, const QString &slotMethod)
 
static bool disconnect (const QObject *sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QString &location, const QObject *receiver, const QString &slotMethod)
 
static bool disconnect (const QObject *sender, std::nullptr_t, const QObject *receiver, std::nullptr_t)
 
template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver , class SlotClass , class... SlotArgs, class SlotReturn >
static bool disconnect (const Sender *sender, void (SignalClass::*signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver *receiver, SlotReturn (SlotClass::*slotMethod)(SlotArgs...))
 
template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver >
static bool disconnect (const Sender *sender, void (SignalClass::*signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver *receiver, std::nullptr_t slotMethod=nullptr)
 
template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver , class T >
static bool disconnect (const Sender *sender, void (SignalClass::*signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver *receiver, T slotMethod)
 
static QMetaObjectstaticMetaObject ()
 
static QString tr (const char *text, const char *comment=nullptr, std::optional< int > numArg=std::optional< int >())
 
- Protected Slots inherited from QWidget
void updateMicroFocus ()
 

Detailed Description

The QAbstractScrollArea widget provides a scrolling area with on-demand scroll bars. This class is a low-level abstraction of a scrolling area. The area provides a central widget called the viewport, in which the contents of the area is to be scrolled (i.e, the visible parts of the contents are rendered in the viewport).

Next to the viewport is a vertical scroll bar, and below is a horizontal scroll bar. When all of the area contents fits in the viewport, each scroll bar can be either visible or hidden depending on the scroll bar's Qt::ScrollBarPolicy. When a scroll bar is hidden, the viewport expands in order to cover all available space. When a scroll bar becomes visible again, the viewport shrinks in order to make room for the scroll bar.

It is possible to reserve a margin area around the viewport, see setViewportMargins(). The feature is mostly used to place a QHeaderView widget above or beside the scrolling area. Subclasses of QAbstractScrollArea should implement margins.

When inheriting QAbstractScrollArea, you need to do the following:

  • Control the scroll bars by setting their range, value, page step, and tracking their movements.
  • Draw the contents of the area in the viewport according to the values of the scroll bars.
  • Handle events received by the viewport in viewportEvent() - notably resize events.
  • Use viewport->update() to update the contents of the viewport instead of update() as all painting operations take place on the viewport.

With a scroll bar policy of Qt::ScrollBarAsNeeded (the default), QAbstractScrollArea shows scroll bars when they provide a non-zero scrolling range, and hides them otherwise.

The scroll bars and viewport should be updated whenever the viewport receives a resize event or the size of the contents changes. The viewport also needs to be updated when the scroll bars values change. The initial values of the scroll bars are often set when the area receives new contents.

We give a simple example, in which we have implemented a scroll area that can scroll any QWidget. We make the widget a child of the viewport; this way, we do not have to calculate which part of the widget to draw but can simply move the widget with QWidget::move(). When the area contents or the viewport size changes, we do the following:

QSize areaSize = viewport()->size();
QSize widgetSize = widget->size();
verticalScrollBar()->setRange(0, widgetSize.height() - areaSize.height());
horizontalScrollBar()->setRange(0, widgetSize.width() - areaSize.width());
updateWidgetPosition();

When the scroll bars change value, we need to update the widget position.

int h_value = horizontalScrollBar()->value();
int v_value = verticalScrollBar()->value();
QPoint topLeft = viewport()->rect().topLeft();
widget->move(topLeft.x() - h_value, topLeft.y() - v_value);

In order to track scroll bar movements, reimplement the virtual function scrollContentsBy(). In order to fine-tune scrolling behavior, connect to a scroll bar's QAbstractSlider::actionTriggered() signal and adjust the QAbstractSlider::sliderPosition as you wish.

For convenience, QAbstractScrollArea makes all viewport events available in the virtual viewportEvent() handler. QWidget's specialized handlers are remapped to viewport events in the cases where this makes sense. The remapped specialized handlers are: paintEvent(), mousePressEvent(), mouseReleaseEvent(), mouseDoubleClickEvent(), mouseMoveEvent(), wheelEvent(), dragEnterEvent(), dragMoveEvent(), dragLeaveEvent(), dropEvent(), contextMenuEvent(), and resizeEvent().

QScrollArea, which inherits QAbstractScrollArea, provides smooth scrolling for any QWidget (i.e., the widget is scrolled pixel by pixel). You only need to subclass QAbstractScrollArea if you need more specialized behavior. This is, for instance, true if the entire contents of the area is not suitable for being drawn on a QWidget or if you do not want smooth scrolling.

See also
QScrollArea

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QAbstractScrollArea::QAbstractScrollArea ( QWidget parent = nullptr)
explicit

Constructs a viewport. The parent argument is sent to the QWidget constructor.

QAbstractScrollArea::~QAbstractScrollArea ( )

Destroys the viewport.

Method Documentation

void QAbstractScrollArea::addScrollBarWidget ( QWidget widget,
Qt::Alignment  alignment 
)

Adds widget as a scroll bar widget in the location specified by alignment.

Scroll bar widgets are shown next to the horizontal or vertical scroll bar, and can be placed on either side of it. If you want the scroll bar widgets to be always visible, set the scrollBarPolicy for the corresponding scroll bar to AlwaysOn.

alignment must be one of Qt::Alignleft and Qt::AlignRight, which maps to the horizontal scroll bar, or Qt::AlignTop and Qt::AlignBottom, which maps to the vertical scroll bar.

A scroll bar widget can be removed by either re-parenting the widget or deleting it. It is also possible to hide a widget with QWidget::hide()

The scroll bar widget will be resized to fit the scroll bar geometry for the current style. The following describes the case for scroll bar widgets on the horizontal scroll bar:

The height of the widget will be set to match the height of the scroll bar. To control the width of the widget, use QWidget::setMinimumWidth and QWidget::setMaximumWidth, or implement QWidget::sizeHint() and set a horizontal size policy. If you want a square widget, call QStyle::pixelMetric(QStyle::PM_ScrollBarExtent) and set the width to this value.

See also
scrollBarWidgets()
void QAbstractScrollArea::contextMenuEvent ( QContextMenuEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive context menu events for the viewport() widget. The event is passed in event.

See also
QWidget::contextMenuEvent()

Reimplemented from QWidget::contextMenuEvent()

Reimplemented in QTextEdit::contextMenuEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::contextMenuEvent()

QWidget * QAbstractScrollArea::cornerWidget ( ) const

Returns the widget in the corner between the two scroll bars. By default, no corner widget is present.

See also
setCornerWidget()
void QAbstractScrollArea::dragEnterEvent ( QDragEnterEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive drag events for the viewport() widget. The event is passed in event.

See also
QWidget::dragEnterEvent()

Reimplemented from QWidget::dragEnterEvent()

Reimplemented in QTextEdit::dragEnterEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::dragEnterEvent()

void QAbstractScrollArea::dragLeaveEvent ( QDragLeaveEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive drag leave events for the viewport() widget. The event is passed in event.

See also
QWidget::dragLeaveEvent()

Reimplemented from QWidget::dragLeaveEvent()

Reimplemented in QTextEdit::dragLeaveEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::dragLeaveEvent()

void QAbstractScrollArea::dragMoveEvent ( QDragMoveEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive drag move events or the viewport() widget. The event is passed in event.

See also
QWidget::dragMoveEvent()

Reimplemented from QWidget::dragMoveEvent()

Reimplemented in QTextEdit::dragMoveEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::dragMoveEvent()

void QAbstractScrollArea::dropEvent ( QDropEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive drop events for the viewport() widget. The event is passed in event.

See also
QWidget::dropEvent()

Reimplemented from QWidget::dropEvent()

Reimplemented in QTextEdit::dropEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::dropEvent()

bool QAbstractScrollArea::event ( QEvent event)
overrideprotected

This is the main event handler for the QAbstractScrollArea widget, not the scrolling area viewport(). The specified event is a general event object that may need to be cast to the appropriate class depending on its type.

See also
QEvent::type()
QScrollBar * QAbstractScrollArea::horizontalScrollBar ( ) const

Returns the horizontal scroll bar.

See also
setHorizontalScrollBar(), horizontalScrollBarPolicy, verticalScrollBar()
Qt::ScrollBarPolicy QAbstractScrollArea::horizontalScrollBarPolicy ( ) const

Returns the value of the property.

void QAbstractScrollArea::keyPressEvent ( QKeyEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

Called with key event when a key press occurs. Handles PageUp, PageDown, Up, Down, Left, and Right, and ignores all other key presses.

Reimplemented from QWidget::keyPressEvent()

Reimplemented in QTextEdit::keyPressEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::keyPressEvent(), QTextBrowser::keyPressEvent()

QSize QAbstractScrollArea::maximumViewportSize ( ) const

Returns the size of the viewport as if the scroll bars had no valid scrolling range.

QSize QAbstractScrollArea::minimumSizeHint ( ) const
overridevirtual

Reimplemented from QWidget::minimumSizeHint()

Reimplemented in QMdiArea::minimumSizeHint()

void QAbstractScrollArea::mouseDoubleClickEvent ( QMouseEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive mouse double click events for the viewport() widget. The event is passed in event.

See also
QWidget::mouseDoubleClickEvent()

Reimplemented from QWidget::mouseDoubleClickEvent()

Reimplemented in QTextEdit::mouseDoubleClickEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::mouseDoubleClickEvent()

void QAbstractScrollArea::mouseMoveEvent ( QMouseEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive mouse move events for the viewport() widget. The event is passed in event.

See also
QWidget::mouseMoveEvent()

Reimplemented from QWidget::mouseMoveEvent()

Reimplemented in QTextEdit::mouseMoveEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::mouseMoveEvent(), QTextBrowser::mouseMoveEvent()

void QAbstractScrollArea::mousePressEvent ( QMouseEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive mouse press events for the viewport() widget. The event is passed in event.

See also
QWidget::mousePressEvent()

Reimplemented from QWidget::mousePressEvent()

Reimplemented in QTextEdit::mousePressEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::mousePressEvent(), QTextBrowser::mousePressEvent()

void QAbstractScrollArea::mouseReleaseEvent ( QMouseEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive mouse release events for the viewport() widget. The event is passed in event.

See also
QWidget::mouseReleaseEvent()

Reimplemented from QWidget::mouseReleaseEvent()

Reimplemented in QTextEdit::mouseReleaseEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::mouseReleaseEvent(), QTextBrowser::mouseReleaseEvent()

void QAbstractScrollArea::paintEvent ( QPaintEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive paint events for the viewport() widget. The event is passed in event.

If you open a painter, make sure to open it on the viewport().

See also
QWidget::paintEvent()

Reimplemented from QWidget::paintEvent()

Reimplemented in QMdiArea::paintEvent(), QTextEdit::paintEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::paintEvent(), QTextBrowser::paintEvent()

void QAbstractScrollArea::resizeEvent ( QResizeEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive resize events for the viewport() widget. The event is passed in event.

When resizeEvent() is called, the viewport already has its new geometry: Its new size is accessible through the QResizeEvent::size() function, and the old size through QResizeEvent::oldSize().

See also
QWidget::resizeEvent()

Reimplemented from QWidget::resizeEvent()

Reimplemented in QMdiArea::resizeEvent(), QTextEdit::resizeEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::resizeEvent(), QScrollArea::resizeEvent()

QWidgetList QAbstractScrollArea::scrollBarWidgets ( Qt::Alignment  alignment)

Returns a list of the currently set scroll bar widgets. The alignment can be any combination of the four location flags.

See also
addScrollBarWidget()
void QAbstractScrollArea::scrollContentsBy ( int  dx,
int  dy 
)
protectedvirtual

This virtual handler is called when the scroll bars are moved by dx, dy, and consequently the viewport's contents should be scrolled accordingly.

The default implementation simply calls update() on the entire viewport(). Subclasses can reimplement this handler for optimization purposes, or as with QScrollArea to move a contents widget. The parameters dx and dy are there for convenience, so that the class knows how much should be scrolled. You may ignore these values and scroll directly to the position the scroll bars indicate.

Calling this method in order to scroll programmatically is an error, use the scroll bars instead (e.g. by calling QScrollBar::setValue() directly).

Reimplemented in QTextEdit::scrollContentsBy(), QPlainTextEdit::scrollContentsBy(), QGraphicsView::scrollContentsBy(), QHeaderView::scrollContentsBy(), QListView::scrollContentsBy(), QTreeView::scrollContentsBy(), QMdiArea::scrollContentsBy(), QTableView::scrollContentsBy(), QColumnView::scrollContentsBy(), QScrollArea::scrollContentsBy()

void QAbstractScrollArea::setCornerWidget ( QWidget widget)

Sets the widget in the corner between the two scroll bars to be widget. You will probably also want to set at least one of the scroll bar modes to AlwaysOn. Passing nullptr shows no widget in the corner. Any previous corner widget will be hidden.

All widgets passed to this method will be deleted by the scroll area when it is destroyed, unless you separately reparent the widget after setting some other corner widget. Any new widgets should have no current parent.

By default no corner widget is present.

See also
cornerWidget(), horizontalScrollBarPolicy, horizontalScrollBarPolicy
void QAbstractScrollArea::setHorizontalScrollBar ( QScrollBar scrollBar)

Replaces the existing horizontal scroll bar with scrollBar, and sets all the former scroll bar's slider properties on the new scroll bar. The former scroll bar is then deleted.

QAbstractScrollArea already provides horizontal and vertical scroll bars by default. You can call this function to replace the default horizontal scroll bar with your own custom scroll bar.

See also
horizontalScrollBar(), setVerticalScrollBar()
void QAbstractScrollArea::setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy ( Qt::ScrollBarPolicy  policy)

Sets the value of the property to policy.

void QAbstractScrollArea::setSizeAdjustPolicy ( SizeAdjustPolicy  policy)

Sets the value of the property to policy.

void QAbstractScrollArea::setupViewport ( QWidget viewport)
virtual

This slot is called by QAbstractScrollArea after setViewport(viewport) has been called. Reimplement this function in a subclass of QAbstractScrollArea to initialize the new viewport before it is used.

See also
setViewport()
void QAbstractScrollArea::setVerticalScrollBar ( QScrollBar scrollBar)

Replaces the existing vertical scroll bar with scrollBar, and sets all the former scroll bar's slider properties on the new scroll bar. The former scroll bar is then deleted.

QAbstractScrollArea already provides vertical and horizontal scroll bars by default. You can call this method to replace the default vertical scroll bar with your own custom scroll bar.

See also
verticalScrollBar(), setHorizontalScrollBar()
void QAbstractScrollArea::setVerticalScrollBarPolicy ( Qt::ScrollBarPolicy  policy)

Sets the value of the property to policy.

void QAbstractScrollArea::setViewport ( QWidget widget)

Sets the viewport to be the given widget. The QAbstractScrollArea will take ownership of the given widget. If widget is a nullptr QAbstractScrollArea will assign a new QWidget instance for the viewport.

See also
viewport()
void QAbstractScrollArea::setViewportMargins ( const QMargins margins)
protected

Sets margins around the scrolling area. This is useful for applications such as spreadsheets with "locked" rows and columns. The margin space is left blank to provide an area for widgets. By default all margins are zero.

void QAbstractScrollArea::setViewportMargins ( int  left,
int  top,
int  right,
int  bottom 
)
protected

Sets the margins around the scrolling area to left, top, right, and bottom. This is useful for applications such as spreadsheets with "locked" rows and columns. The margin space is left blank to provide an area for widgets. By default all margins are zero.

This method is called by QTreeView and QTableView and must be implemented in any class which inherits from QAbstractScrollArea.

SizeAdjustPolicy QAbstractScrollArea::sizeAdjustPolicy ( ) const

Returns the value of the property.

QSize QAbstractScrollArea::sizeHint ( ) const
overridevirtual
QScrollBar * QAbstractScrollArea::verticalScrollBar ( ) const

Returns the vertical scroll bar.

See also
setVerticalScrollBar(), verticalScrollBarPolicy, horizontalScrollBar()
Qt::ScrollBarPolicy QAbstractScrollArea::verticalScrollBarPolicy ( ) const

Returns the value of the property.

QWidget * QAbstractScrollArea::viewport ( ) const

Returns the viewport widget. Use the QScrollArea::widget() method to retrieve the contents of the viewport widget.

See also
setViewport(), QScrollArea::widget()
bool QAbstractScrollArea::viewportEvent ( QEvent event)
protectedvirtual

The main event handler for the scrolling area the viewport() widget. It handles the event specified, and can be called by subclasses to provide reasonable default behavior. Returns true to indicate to the event system that the event has been handled, and needs no further processing, otherwise returns false to indicate that the event should be propagated further.

You can reimplement this method in a subclass, but we recommend using one of the specialized event handlers instead.

Specialized handlers for viewport events are: paintEvent(), mousePressEvent(), mouseReleaseEvent(), mouseDoubleClickEvent(), mouseMoveEvent(), wheelEvent(), dragEnterEvent(), dragMoveEvent(), dragLeaveEvent(), dropEvent(), contextMenuEvent(), and resizeEvent().

Reimplemented in QAbstractItemView::viewportEvent(), QGraphicsView::viewportEvent(), QHeaderView::viewportEvent(), QTreeView::viewportEvent(), QMdiArea::viewportEvent()

QMargins QAbstractScrollArea::viewportMargins ( ) const
protected

Returns the value of the property.

QSize QAbstractScrollArea::viewportSizeHint ( ) const
protectedvirtual
void QAbstractScrollArea::wheelEvent ( QWheelEvent event)
overrideprotectedvirtual

This event handler can be reimplemented in a subclass to receive wheel events for the viewport() widget. The event is passed in event.

See also
QWidget::wheelEvent()

Reimplemented from QWidget::wheelEvent()

Reimplemented in QTextEdit::wheelEvent(), QPlainTextEdit::wheelEvent()

Property Documentation

QAbstractScrollArea::horizontalScrollBarPolicy

This property holds the policy for the horizontal scroll bar. The default policy is Qt::ScrollBarAsNeeded.

See also
verticalScrollBarPolicy
PropertiesClass Methods
read horizontalScrollBarPolicy
write setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy
QAbstractScrollArea::verticalScrollBarPolicy

This property holds the policy for the vertical scroll bar. The default policy is Qt::ScrollBarAsNeeded.

See also
horizontalScrollBarPolicy
PropertiesClass Methods
read verticalScrollBarPolicy
write setVerticalScrollBarPolicy