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Doc: Update info about managing item hierarchy in Design mode
Task-number: QDS-2056 Change-Id: I0786d01dcde48e056450ea70b498abcdd204e381 Reviewed-by: Thomas Hartmann <thomas.hartmann@qt.io>
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You can select items in the \uicontrol Navigator to edit their properties
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in the \uicontrol Properties view. Items can access the properties of their
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parent item. To select items on the canvas, right-click an item, and select
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another type in the context menu.
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parent item. To select items in the \uicontrol {Form Editor}, right-click
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an item, and select another type in the context menu.
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Typically, child items are located within the parent item on the canvas.
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However, they do not necessarily have to fit inside the parent item. For
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example, you might want to make a mouse area larger than the rectangle
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or image beneath it (1).
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Typically, child items are located within the parent item in the
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\uicontrol {Form Editor}. However, they do not necessarily have to
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fit inside the parent item. For example, you might want to make a
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mouse area larger than the rectangle or image beneath it (1).
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\image qmldesigner-element-size.png "Mouse area for a button"
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When you copy an item, all its child items are also copied. When
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you remove an item, the child items are also removed.
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To show and hide items on the canvas when focusing on specific parts of the
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application, click \inlineimage eye_open.png
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. To change the visibility of an item in the application code, select the
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Select context menu commands to reset item size, position, or anchors,
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and to edit items colors or the annotations attached to it. To change
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the source of an Image type, select \uicontrol {Change Source URL} in
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the context menu.
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\section1 Showing and Hiding Items
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To show and hide items in the \uicontrol {Form Editor} when focusing on
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specific parts of the application, click \inlineimage eye_open.png
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in the \uicontrol Navigator.
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To change the visibility of an item in the application code, select the
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\uicontrol Visibility check box in the \uicontrol Properties view or select
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\uicontrol Edit > \uicontrol Visibility in the context menu.
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You can also set the \uicontrol Opacity field to 0 to hide items that you
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want to apply animation to.
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You can also set the \uicontrol Opacity field to 0 in \uicontrol Properties
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to hide items in the UI that you want to apply animation to.
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As all properties, visibility and opacity are inherited from the parent
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item. To hide or show child items, edit the properties of the parent item.
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To hide invisible items in the navigator, click \inlineimage filtericon.png
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To hide invisible items in the \uicontrol Navigator, click
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\inlineimage filtericon.png
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(\uicontrol {Filter Tree}) and select \uicontrol {Show only visible items}.
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To reset item size, position, or anchors, select context menu commands. To
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change the source of an Image type, select \uicontrol {Change Source URL} in
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the context menu.
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To view lists of files or projects, instead, select \uicontrol {File System},
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\uicontrol {Open Documents}, or \uicontrol Projects in the menu. To view
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several types of content at a time, split the sidebars by clicking the
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\inlineimage splitbutton_horizontal.png
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(\uicontrol Split) button.
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\section1 Setting the Stacking Order
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The \c z property of an \l Item determines its position in relation to its
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from the last item up.
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To move an item to the front or back of all its siblings, right-click it in
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the navigator or the \uicontrol {Form Editor} and select
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the \uicontrol Navigator or \uicontrol {Form Editor} and select
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\uicontrol {Stack (z)} > \uicontrol {To Front} or \uicontrol {To Back}.
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To raise or lower the stack value of an item, select \uicontrol Raise
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or \uicontrol Lower. To remove the \c z property, select
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\section1 Switching Parent Items
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When you drag and drop instances of QML types to the canvas, the new item is
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added as a child of the item beneath it. When you move items on the canvas,
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it is not possible to determine whether you want to adjust their position or
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attach them to a new parent item. Therefore, the parent item is not
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automatically changed. To change the parent of the item, press down the
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\key Shift key before you drag and drop the item into a new position. The
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topmost item under the cursor becomes the new parent of the item.
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When you drag and drop instances of QML types to the
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\uicontrol {Form Editor}, the new item is added as a child of the item
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beneath it. When you move the items, it is not possible to determine whether
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you want to adjust their position or attach them to a new parent item.
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Therefore, the parent item is not automatically changed. To change the
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parent of the item, press down the \key Shift key before you drag and drop
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the item into a new position. The topmost item under the cursor becomes the
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new parent of the item.
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You can change the parent of an item also in the \uicontrol Navigator.
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Drag and drop the item to another position in the tree or use the arrow
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