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QWaylandQuickShellSurfaceItem Class

The QWaylandQuickShellSurfaceItem class provides a Qt Quick item that represents a QWaylandShellSurface. More...

Header: #include <QWaylandQuickShellSurfaceItem>
CMake: find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS WaylandCompositor)
target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::WaylandCompositor)
qmake: QT += waylandcompositor
In QML: ShellSurfaceItem
Inherits: QWaylandQuickItem

Properties

Public Functions

QWaylandQuickShellSurfaceItem(QQuickItem *parent = nullptr)
bool autoCreatePopupItems()
QQuickItem *moveItem() const
void setAutoCreatePopupItems(bool enabled)
void setMoveItem(QQuickItem *moveItem)
void setShellSurface(QWaylandShellSurface *shellSurface)
void setStaysOnBottom(bool on)
void setStaysOnTop(bool on)
QWaylandShellSurface *shellSurface() const
bool staysOnBottom() const
bool staysOnTop() const

Signals

Detailed Description

This type is used to render xdg_shell, ivi_application, wl_shell or qt_shell surfaces as part of a Qt Quick scene.

See also QWaylandQuickItem, QWaylandXdgSurface, QWaylandIviSurface, and QWaylandWlShellSurface.

Property Documentation

autoCreatePopupItems : bool

This property holds whether QWaylandQuickShellSurfaceItems for popups parented to the shell surface managed by this item should automatically be created.

Access functions:

bool autoCreatePopupItems()
void setAutoCreatePopupItems(bool enabled)

Notifier signal:

void autoCreatePopupItemsChanged()

moveItem : QQuickItem*

This property holds the move item for this QWaylandQuickShellSurfaceItem. This is the item that will be moved when the clients request the QWaylandShellSurface to be moved, maximized, resized etc. This property is useful when implementing server-side decorations.

Access functions:

QQuickItem *moveItem() const
void setMoveItem(QQuickItem *moveItem)

Notifier signal:

void moveItemChanged()

shellSurface : QWaylandShellSurface*

This property holds the QWaylandShellSurface rendered by this QWaylandQuickShellSurfaceItem. It may either be a QWaylandXdgSurfaceV5, QWaylandWlShellSurface or QWaylandIviSurface depending on which shell protocol is in use.

Access functions:

QWaylandShellSurface *shellSurface() const
void setShellSurface(QWaylandShellSurface *shellSurface)

Notifier signal:

void shellSurfaceChanged()

staysOnBottom : bool

Keep this item above other Wayland surfaces

Access functions:

bool staysOnBottom() const
void setStaysOnBottom(bool on)

Notifier signal:

void staysOnBottomChanged()

staysOnTop : bool

Keep this item above other Wayland surfaces

Access functions:

bool staysOnTop() const
void setStaysOnTop(bool on)

Notifier signal:

void staysOnTopChanged()

Member Function Documentation

QWaylandQuickShellSurfaceItem::QWaylandQuickShellSurfaceItem(QQuickItem *parent = nullptr)

Constructs a QWaylandQuickWlShellSurfaceItem with the given parent.

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