QTfrontend/ui/widget/HistoryLineEdit.h
author nemo
Sun, 25 Jan 2015 14:48:02 -0500
changeset 10808 1e39630d7c2e
parent 10108 c68cf030eded
child 11046 47a8c19ecb60
permissions -rw-r--r--
Add a couple of more variable bindings, make all the set visual gear values optional, to allow skipping trailing params or specifying ones in the middle as nil to not set. Should make using it more convenient in simple cases.

/*
 * Hedgewars, a free turn based strategy game
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Igor Ulyanov <iulyanov@gmail.com>
 * Copyright (c) 2004-2014 Andrey Korotaev <unC0Rr@gmail.com>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */

/**
 * @file
 * @brief HistoryLineEdit class definition
 */

#ifndef HEDGEWARS_HISTORYLINEEDIT
#define HEDGEWARS_HISTORYLINEEDIT

#include <QStringList>
#include <QString>

#include <QLineEdit>

#include <QKeyEvent>


class QLineEdit;

/**
 * @brief <code>QLineEdit</code> that features a history of previous contents,
 *        re-selectable using the arrow keys.
 *
 * @author sheepluva
 * @since 0.9.17
 */
class HistoryLineEdit : public QLineEdit
{
        Q_OBJECT

    public:
        /**
        * @brief Class constructor.
        * @param parent parent QWidget.
        * @param maxHistorySize maximum amount of history entries kept.
        */
        HistoryLineEdit(QWidget * parent = 0, int maxHistorySize = 64);

        /**
        * @brief Class destructor.
        */
        ~HistoryLineEdit();

        /**
         * @brief Appends current text to history (if not only whitespaces);
         */
        void rememberCurrentText();

        /**
         * @brief Forget all history.
         */
        void reset();


    public slots:
        /**
         * @brief Clears the contents.
         */
        void clear();


    protected:
        /**
         * @brief Overrides method of parent class.
         * Arrow keys are used for navigating the history.
         *
         * All other keys are forwarded to the parent's method.
         *
         * @param event the key event.
         */
        virtual void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent * event);


    private:
        int m_maxHistorySize; ///< the maximum allowed size for the history
        int m_curHistEntryIdx; ///< the index of the displayed used entry

        QStringList * m_history; ///< history of previous inputs

        /**
         * @brief Navigates content history in the desired direction.
         *
         * Note: no wrap-around on purpose (so that holding down/up will get the
         * the user to the respective end rather than into an endless cycle :P)
         *
         * @param isGoingUp true: next older entry, false: next more recent entry.
         */
        void navigateHistory(bool isGoingUp);
};



#endif // HEDGEWARS_HISTORYLINEEDIT