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Qt Quick should be used for all UI development on mobile devices. The approach described in this article (based on QWidget) is deprecated.

This example shows how to create simple lists using a QListWidget populated withQListWidgetItems. QListWidget is a convenience class that provides a list view similar to the one supplied by QListView, but with a classic item-based interface for adding and removing items.

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Tested with

Devices(s): Qt Creator IDE & S60 Emulator

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Compatibility

Platform(s): S60 3rd Edition FP1, S60 3rd Edition FP2, S60 5th Edition

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Platform Security

Signing Required: Self-Signed

Capabilities: None

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Keywords: QListWidget,QListItemWidget

Created: mind_freak (14 Mar 2009)

Last edited: hamishwillee (11 Oct 2012)

Various Function

• If this property is true, sorting is enabled for the list; if the property is false, sorting is not enabled. The default value is false.

 listWidget->setSortingEnabled(true);

Source Code

#include <QApplication>
#include <QWidget>
#include <QHBoxLayout>
#include <QListWidget>
#include <QListWidgetItem>
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
 
    QListWidget *listWidget = new QListWidget();
    listWidget->setSortingEnabled(true);
    listWidget->addItem(new QListWidgetItem("Oak"));
    listWidget->addItem(new QListWidgetItem("Banana"));
    listWidget->addItem(new QListWidgetItem("Apple"));
    listWidget->addItem(new QListWidgetItem("Orange"));
    listWidget->addItem(new QListWidgetItem("Grapes"));
    listWidget->addItem(new QListWidgetItem("Jayesh"));
    listWidget->addItem(new QListWidgetItem("Pineapple"));
    listWidget->addItem(new QListWidgetItem("GROUNDNUT"));
    listWidget->addItem(new QListWidgetItem("Sugarcane"));
    listWidget->addItem(new QListWidgetItem("Coconut"));
    listWidget->addItem(new QListWidgetItem("Remote"));
    listWidget->addItem(new QListWidgetItem("Mango"));
 
    QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout();
    layout->addWidget(listWidget);
 
    QMainWindow w;
    w.setStyleSheet("* { background-color:rgb(199,147,88); padding: 7px ; color:rgb(255,255,255)}");
    w.setCentralWidget(listWidget);
    w.showMaximized();
 
    return a.exec();
}

Screnshot

Icon listview

list=new QListWidget();
item1=new QListWidgetItem(QIcon("D:\\Blue hills.PNG"),"BlueHills",list);
item2=new QListWidgetItem(QIcon("D:\\Sunset.PNG"),"Sunset",list);
item3=new QListWidgetItem(QIcon("D:\\Water lilies.PNG"),"Water lilies",list);
item4=new QListWidgetItem(QIcon("D:\\Winter.PNG"),"Winter",list);

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