[PyKDE] Tableitem center text + font size

[Dave S]

On Thursday 07 September 2006 20:46, Jim Bublitz wrote:
> On Thursday 07 September 2006 11:51, Dave S wrote:
> > My project (and learning adventure !) continues ...
> >
> > (1) How do I center text in a TableItem ? I realize that I need to set an
> > alignment flag ie AlignHCenter but am struggling to do so. My QT3 docs
> > say ...
> >
> > The Qt class is a namespace for miscellaneous identifiers that need to be
> > global-like. Normally, you can ignore this class. QObject and a few other
> > classes inherit it, so all the identifiers in the Qt namespace are
> > normally usable without qualification. However, you may occasionally need
> > to say Qt::black instead of just black, particularly in static utility
> > functions (such as many class factories). See also Miscellaneous Classes.
> >
> > I have tried many different ways of getting centralization to work
> > including self.AlignHCenter() which fails with
> >
> >  File "./view2.py", line 75, in DispErrorHeader self.AlignHCenter()
> > TypeError: 'AlignmentFlags' object is not callable
> > QGVector::remove: Index -3 out of range
> >
> > I am trying to centralize in the context of ...
> >
> >     def DispErrorHeader(self, row):
> >         self.tableitem = ModTableItem(self.table1, QTableItem.Never,
> > 'Errors') self.AlignHCenter()
> >         self.tableitem.SetColors(Qt.red, Qt.gray)
> >         self.table1.setItem(row, 0, self.tableitem)
> >         self.tableitem.setSpan(1,2)
> >
> > Any Suggestions
>
> Add another method to the QTableItem subclass from a few days ago:
>
>     def alignment (self):
>         # QTableItem has no setAlignment method yet (as is pointed out in
>         # a comment in the Qt  C source). This is a way to force numbers to
>         # right align. The logic here could be expanded to allow choice of
>         # alignments. The methods that draw text in cells call alignment()
>         # to get the alignment setting. The  alternative to this is to
>         # overload the text drawing methods. This is easier.
>
>         return Qt.AlignRight  # or whichever Qt.Align* you want
>
> This overloads QTableItem.alignment () - a fairly non-obvious solution. I
> forget exactly where I found out how to do this, but I don't think it's an
> original idea.
>
> > (2) How do I enlarge the font of text in a TableItem - and possibly
> > invoke 'bold' ? I have to admit I have been mainly banging my head
> > against the alignment problem but this will be my next hurdle - I would
> > appreciate a pointer :)
>
> In the 'paint()' method from before, call QPainter.setFont () on the
> QPainter before passign it to QTableItem.paint ().
>
> Jim

Jim thanks once again - I would never work this out without advice :)

Cheers

Dave

(PS my app is coming on a treat)