QTreeView appears un-ordered and without a scrollbar on startup

[karabaja4]

Hello,

I have a problem making QTreeView work as expected.

I'm trying to make a simple filesystem tree using QFileSystemModel. I made this to work, but when I start my application, in the first 0.5 - 1 seconds of running the program the tree appears un-ordered (beginning with the home folder) and without a scrollbar. Example pictures are as follows:

This is as it appears on the cold startup for the first 0.5 - 1 seconds:



This is as it appears after the previous image, that is, after 0.5 - 1 seconds:



My code is as follows:

mainwindow.cpp

#include <QtGui>

#include "mainwindow.h"

MainWindow::MainWindow() {

    QString startPath = QDir::currentPath();

    // create system models ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    treeModel  = new QFileSystemModel(this);
    treeModel->setFilter(QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::AllDirs);
    treeModel->setRootPath("/");

    // tree ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    treeDock = new QDockWidget("Tree view", this);
    treeView = new QTreeView(treeDock);

    QWidget* dummyWidget = new QWidget(); //remove dock titlebar
    treeDock->setTitleBarWidget(dummyWidget);

    treeView->setModel(treeModel);
    treeView->setHeaderHidden(true); //no headers
    treeView->setUniformRowHeights(false); //better performance
    treeView->hideColumn(1);
    treeView->hideColumn(2);
    treeView->hideColumn(3);
    treeView->hideColumn(4);

    treeView->setRootIndex(treeModel->index("/"));
    treeView->setCurrentIndex(treeModel->index(startPath));
    treeView->scrollTo(treeModel->index(startPath));

    treeDock->setWidget(treeView); //add tree to dock
    this->addDockWidget(Qt::LeftDockWidgetArea, treeDock);

    // statusbar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    status = statusBar();

}

(I do need the dock)

mainwindow.h

#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QtCore>
#include <QtGui>

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    MainWindow();

private:
    QFileSystemModel *treeModel;
    QTreeView *treeView;
    QDockWidget *treeDock;
    QStatusBar *status;
    QMenuBar *menuBar;

};

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H

main.cpp

#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include "mainwindow.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
    MainWindow w;
    w.show();

    return a.exec();
}

=> My QTCreator project file: download here

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The problem is, I'm trying to eliminate that interval when the tree is un-ordered and without a scrollbar. I want it to appear like in the second picture from the start.

I was going nuts trying to solve this but no luck...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[gnuton]

Hi,
Personally I don't know how to really improve it, in the sense that the process that fills the model scanning the FS nodes needs some time and it's slow because maybe your home folder is rich of files and directories.
Naive solution would be making your home smaller.
It's anyway a bit weird you don't have scrollbars on the first picture, since items don't fit in the view...