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authorBea Lam <bea.lam@nokia.com>2010-12-06 07:49:04 (GMT)
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Some doc clarification for components and javascript integration
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diff --git a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativecomponent.cpp b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativecomponent.cpp
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@@ -147,32 +147,36 @@ class QByteArray;
Components are reusable, encapsulated QML elements with well-defined interfaces.
Components are often defined by \l {qdeclarativedocuments.html}{component files} -
- that is, \c .qml files. The \e Component element allows components to be defined
- within QML items rather than in a separate file. This may be useful for reusing
- a small component within a QML file, or for defining a component that logically
- belongs with other QML components within a file.
+ that is, \c .qml files. The \e Component element essentially allows QML components
+ to be defined inline, within a \l {QML Document}{QML document}, rather than as a separate QML file.
+ This may be useful for reusing a small component within a QML file, or for defining
+ a component that logically belongs with other QML components within a file.
For example, here is a component that is used by multiple \l Loader objects.
- It contains a top level \l Rectangle item:
+ It contains a single item, a \l Rectangle:
\snippet doc/src/snippets/declarative/component.qml 0
Notice that while a \l Rectangle by itself would be automatically
rendered and displayed, this is not the case for the above rectangle
because it is defined inside a \c Component. The component encapsulates the
- QML elements within, as if they were defined in a separate \c .qml
+ QML elements within, as if they were defined in a separate QML
file, and is not loaded until requested (in this case, by the
two \l Loader objects).
- A Component cannot contain anything other
- than an \c id and a single top level item. While the \c id is optional,
- the top level item is not; you cannot define an empty component.
+ Defining a \c Component is similar to defining a \l {QML Document}{QML document}.
+ A QML document has a single top-level item that defines the behaviors and
+ properties of that component, and cannot define properties or behaviors outside
+ of that top-level item. In the same way, a \c Component definition contains a single
+ top level item (which in the above example is a \l Rectangle) and cannot define any
+ data outside of this item, with the exception of an \e id (which in the above example
+ is \e redSquare).
- The Component element is commonly used to provide graphical components
- for views. For example, the ListView::delegate property requires a Component
+ The \c Component element is commonly used to provide graphical components
+ for views. For example, the ListView::delegate property requires a \c Component
to specify how each list item is to be displayed.
- Component objects can also be dynamically created using
+ \c Component objects can also be created dynamically using
\l{QML:Qt::createComponent()}{Qt.createComponent()}.
*/