Moving Python objects around a QAbstractItemModel and QTreeView drag/drop

[Kyle Altendorf]

On 2020-09-27 22:06, Scott Ballard wrote:
> Have there been any advances made in drag/drop Python objects contained 
> in a QAbstractItemModel and QTreeView? Years ago you'd have to pickle 
> the Python object into a QMimeData and after the move decode it. This 
> seems a bit crazy just to move an item in a TreeView.

Toss it in a dict and pass the key through the drag process.  My objects 
happen to have UUIDs for other uses so I use that.

Cheers,
-kyle