Real-time Sorting and Filtering of a GridView

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Real-time Sorting and Filtering of a GridView

I first generate a list of elements of various colours and shapes. After this, I create two text boxes for each variable (shape, colour).

In the latter section of code that deals with the GridView, I create a filter function which sifts through the elements in the model. I have hooked this function on to the onTextChanged event to create a real-time effect.

Having found an item that doesn't match, it gets sent to the end of the list. If the item is matched, it is restored to its original index. The item will automatically fade away when it isn't matched as the opacity property illustrates.

main.qml

import QtQuick 1.0

Rectangle {<br /> property alias shapeFilter: inputTextShape.text<br /> property alias colorFilter: inputTextcolor.text<br /> width: 480; height: 480<br /> ListModel {<br /> id: widgetModel<br /> ListElement { index: 0; hue: &quot;green&amp;quot;; shape: &quot;circle&amp;quot; }<br /> ListElement { index: 1; hue: &quot;purple&amp;quot;; shape: &quot;circle&amp;quot; }<br /> ListElement { index: 2; hue: &quot;blue&amp;quot;; shape: &quot;rectangle&amp;quot; }<br /> ListElement { index: 3; hue: &quot;purple&amp;quot;; shape: &quot;rectangle&amp;quot; }<br /> ListElement { index: 4; hue: &quot;blue&amp;quot;; shape: &quot;circle&amp;quot; }<br /> ListElement { index: 5; hue: &quot;green&amp;quot;; shape: &quot;rectangle&amp;quot; }<br /> ListElement { index: 6; hue: &quot;green&amp;quot;; shape: &quot;circle&amp;quot; }<br /> }<br /> Component {<br /> id: widgetDelegate<br /> Rectangle {<br /> width: 80; height: 80<br /> smooth: true<br /> color: hue<br /> radius: shape  &amp;quot;circle&amp;quot; ? 80 : 0
            opacity: (shapeFilter != &amp;quot;&amp;quot; ? shapeFilter  shape : true) &amp;&amp;<br /> (colorFilter != &quot;&quot; ? colorFilter == hue : true)

Behavior on opacity { NumberAnimation { duration: 500 } }<br /> }<br /> }<br /> GridView {<br /> width: parent.width; height: parent.height * 0.9<br /> anchors.top: parent.top<br /> model: widgetModel<br /> delegate: widgetDelegate<br /> MouseArea {<br /> id: selectCircleFromShape<br /> anchors.fill: parent<br /> }<br /> }<br /> Item {<br /> id: textArea<br /> height: 60; width: parent.width/2<br /> anchors.bottom: parent.bottom<br /> anchors.bottomMargin: 20<br /> Text {<br /> width: 50; height: parent.height/2; anchors.leftMargin: 20<br /> text: &quot;Shape:&quot;; font.pixelSize: 24<br /> }<br /> Text {<br /> width: 50; height: parent.height/2; anchors.leftMargin: 20<br /> anchors.bottom: parent.bottom<br /> text: &quot;Color:&quot;; font.pixelSize: 24<br /> }<br /> function filter(type, comp) {<br /> if (shapeFilter  &amp;quot;&amp;quot; &amp;amp;&amp;amp; colorFilter  &quot;&quot;)<br /> {<br /> for (var i = 0; i &lt; widgetModel.count; i+'')<br /> widgetModel.move(i,widgetModel.get(i).index,1)<br /> }<br /> else<br /> {<br /> for (var j = 0, i = 0; j &lt; widgetModel.count; j, i''+)<br /> if ((type ? widgetModel.get(i).hue : widgetModel.get(i).shape) != comp)<br /> widgetModel.move(i—,widgetModel.count - 1,1)<br /> }<br /> }<br /> Rectangle {<br /> anchors.right: parent.right<br /> width: 100; height: parent.height / 2<br /> border.color: &quot;steelblue&amp;quot;<br /> border.width: 5; radius: 10<br /> TextInput {<br /> id: inputTextShape; focus: true<br /> anchors.fill: parent; anchors.leftMargin: 10<br /> font.pixelSize: 24<br /> onTextChanged: textArea.filter(false, shapeFilter)<br /> }<br /> }<br /> Rectangle {<br /> anchors.right: parent.right<br /> anchors.bottom: parent.bottom<br /> width: 100; height: parent.height / 2<br /> border.color: &quot;steelblue&amp;quot;<br /> border.width: 5; radius: 10<br /> TextInput {<br /> id: inputTextcolor<br /> anchors.fill: parent; anchors.leftMargin: 10<br /> font.pixelSize: 24<br /> onTextChanged: textArea.filter(true, colorFilter)<br /> }<br /> }<br /> }<br />}