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Diffstat (limited to 'src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativecomponent.cpp')
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diff --git a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativecomponent.cpp b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativecomponent.cpp index 3b782e7..7aa17e8 100644 --- a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativecomponent.cpp +++ b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativecomponent.cpp @@ -549,15 +549,19 @@ QDeclarativeComponent::QDeclarativeComponent(QDeclarativeComponentPrivate &dd, Q Returns an object instance from this component, or null if object creation fails. The object will be created in the same context as the one in which the component - was created. + was created. This function will always return null when called on components + which were not created in QML. Note that if the returned object is to be displayed, its \c parent must be set to - an existing item in a scene, or else the object will not be visible. + an existing item in a scene, or else the object will not be visible. The parent + argument is required to help you avoid this, you must explicitly pass in null if + you wish to create an object without setting a parent. */ /*! \internal - A version of create which returns a scriptObject, for use in script + A version of create which returns a scriptObject, for use in script. + This function will only work on components created in QML. Sets graphics object parent because forgetting to do this is a frequent and serious problem. |