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QML: Custom draggable point delegate for ChartView series


Is it possible to use custom delegates for draggable points (i.e. Items, icons, Rectangles, etc) in Qt Charts or other 3rd party libraries like it is easily possible in Qt Location for MapItemView, MapQuickItem and their delegate property? Or it is possible to use some combinations of PathView and ChartView for such purpose? PathView inside ChartView could be a solution, however probably will need to convert chart coordinates to screen coordinates there: also not sure ChartView has methods for this. Need to make some mockup to check this. Had not found any documentation or samples about. Should be obvious and simple like it was implemented in Qt Location however it is not implemented for Qt Charts for some reasons.

Ideal way could be Map element using from Qt Location where I have all I need: MapItemView, MapQuickItem and MapPolygon or MapPolyline for graphics as I have cartographic information to draw. But again 2 questions:

Is it possible to dynamically draw some custom map here? Any ideas?

Sample chart/terrain elevation


Solution

  • Found simple and elegant solution with ChartView with Repeater inside and ChartView mapping functions: mapToPosition and mapToValue to map chart<->screen coordinates easily.

    Mockup:

    import QtQuick 2.12
    import QtCharts 2.3
    
    Item {
        visible: true
        width: 640
        height: 480
    
        ChartView {
            id: chart
            anchors.fill: parent
            antialiasing: true
    
            ValueAxis {
                id: xAxis
                min: 0
                max: 1100
                tickCount: 12
                labelFormat: "%.0f"
            }
    
            ValueAxis {
                id: yAxis
                min: -50
                max: 200
                tickInterval: 50
                labelFormat: "%.0f"
            }
    
            ListModel {
                id: lineModel
                ListElement { x: 50; y: 155; }
                ListElement { x: 138; y: 175 }
                ListElement { x: 193; y: 50 }
                ListElement { x: 271; y: 90 }
                ListElement { x: 295; y: 90 }
                ListElement { x: 383; y: 150 }
                ListElement { x: 529; y: 100 }
                ListElement { x: 665; y: 150 }
                ListElement { x: 768; y: 90 }
                ListElement { x: 794; y: 90 }
                ListElement { x: 851; y: 50 }
                ListElement { x: 875; y: 50 }
                ListElement { x: 925; y: 175 }
                ListElement { x: 1060; y: 125 }
            }
    
            ListModel {
                id: areaModel
                ListElement { x: 0; y: 100 }
                ListElement { x: 138; y: 125 }
                ListElement { x: 193; y: 0 }
                ListElement { x: 271; y: 40 }
                ListElement { x: 295; y: 40 }
                ListElement { x: 383; y: 100 }
                ListElement { x: 529; y: 50 }
                ListElement { x: 665; y: 100 }
                ListElement { x: 768; y: 40 }
                ListElement { x: 794; y: 40 }
                ListElement { x: 851; y: 0 }
                ListElement { x: 875; y: 0 }
                ListElement { x: 925; y: 125 }
                ListElement { x: 1060; y: 75 }
                ListElement { x: 1100; y: 60 }
            }
    
            AreaSeries {
                name: "Terrain"
                axisX: xAxis
                axisY: yAxis
                borderColor: color
                upperSeries: LineSeries {
                    id: areaSeries
                }
            }
    
            LineSeries {
                id: lineSeries
                name: "Flying path"
                axisX: xAxis
                axisY: yAxis
            }
    
            function adjustPosition(item, index) {
                let point = Qt.point(lineModel.get(index).x, lineModel.get(index).y)
                let position = chart.mapToPosition(point, lineSeries)
                item.x = position.x - item.width / 2
                item.y = position.y - item.height / 2
            }
    
            function adjustValue(item, index) {
                let position = Qt.point(item.x + item.width / 2, item.y + item.height / 2)
                let point = chart.mapToValue(position, lineSeries)
                lineModel.setProperty(index, "y", point.y)  // Change only Y-coordinate
                lineSeries.replace(lineSeries.at(index).x, lineSeries.at(index).y, // old
                                   lineSeries.at(index).x, point.y)                // new
            }
    
            Repeater {
                model: lineModel
    
                Rectangle {
                    id: indicator
                    radius: 100
                    width: radius / 2
                    height: width
                    color: "red"
    
                    property real parentWidth: chart.width
                    property real parentHeight: chart.height
    
                    onParentWidthChanged: chart.adjustPosition(this, index)
                    onParentHeightChanged: chart.adjustPosition(this, index)
    
                    onYChanged: {
                        if(mouseArea.drag.active) {
                            chart.adjustValue(this, index)
                        }
                    }
    
                    Image {
                        id: waypoint
                        anchors.centerIn: parent
                        source: index ? "qrc:/waypoint.svg" : "qrc:/home.svg"
                    }
    
                    MouseArea {
                        id: mouseArea
                        anchors.fill: parent
                        drag.target: indicator
                        drag.axis: Drag.YAxis
                        preventStealing: true
                    }
                }
            }
    
            Component.onCompleted: {
                lineSeries.clear()
                areaSeries.clear()
                for(let i = 0; i < lineModel.count; i++) {
                    lineSeries.append(lineModel.get(i).x, lineModel.get(i).y)
                }
    
                for(let j = 0; j < areaModel.count; j++) {
                    areaSeries.append(areaModel.get(j).x, areaModel.get(j).y)
                }
            }
        }
    }
    

    Any improvements, optimizations and suggestion like model binding via HXYModelMapper/VXYModelMapper instead of JS model filling are welcome. Will fix the answer.

    Result screenshot:

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