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I am trying to create a ComboBox that has both text and images in the dropdown options. However, the implicitContentWidthPolicy doesn't seem to be working properly and the width appears to be sized only to the first list element.

import QtQuick 2.15
import QtQuick.Controls 2.15

Window {
    width: 640
    height: 480
    visible: true
    title: qsTr("Hello World")

    ComboBox{
        id: testComboBox
        //implicitContentWidthPolicy: ComboBox.ContentItemImplicitWidth
        //implicitContentWidthPolicy: ComboBox.WidestTextWhenCompleted + 24
        implicitContentWidthPolicy: ComboBox.WidestTextWhenCompleted

        model: ListModel {
            id: model
            ListElement {language: "English" ; flag: "english_flag.png"}
            ListElement {language: "German" ; flag: "german_flag.png"}
            ListElement {language: "Italian" ; flag: "italian_flag.png"}
        }
        delegate: ItemDelegate {
            Row {
                Image {
                    source: model.flag
                    width: 24
                    height: 16
                }
                Text {
                    text: model.language
                    font.pixelSize: 16
                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                }
            }
        }
        Row {
            Image {
                source: testComboBox.model.get(testComboBox.currentIndex).flag
                width: 24
                height: 16
            }
            Text {
                text: testComboBox.model.get(testComboBox.currentIndex).language
                font.pixelSize: 16
                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
            }
        }
    }
}

I have tried using ComboBox.ContentItemImplicitWidth and ComboBox.WidestTextWhenCompleted and neither works properly. In both cases the size is only correct for the first list element.

I am trying to create a ComboBox that has both text and images in the dropdown options. However, the implicitContentWidthPolicy doesn't seem to be working properly and the width appears to be sized only to the first list element.

import QtQuick 2.15
import QtQuick.Controls 2.15

Window {
    width: 640
    height: 480
    visible: true
    title: qsTr("Hello World")

    ComboBox{
        id: testComboBox
        //implicitContentWidthPolicy: ComboBox.ContentItemImplicitWidth
        //implicitContentWidthPolicy: ComboBox.WidestTextWhenCompleted + 24
        implicitContentWidthPolicy: ComboBox.WidestTextWhenCompleted

        model: ListModel {
            id: model
            ListElement {language: "English" ; flag: "english_flag.png"}
            ListElement {language: "German" ; flag: "german_flag.png"}
            ListElement {language: "Italian" ; flag: "italian_flag.png"}
        }
        delegate: ItemDelegate {
            Row {
                Image {
                    source: model.flag
                    width: 24
                    height: 16
                }
                Text {
                    text: model.language
                    font.pixelSize: 16
                    anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                }
            }
        }
        Row {
            Image {
                source: testComboBox.model.get(testComboBox.currentIndex).flag
                width: 24
                height: 16
            }
            Text {
                text: testComboBox.model.get(testComboBox.currentIndex).language
                font.pixelSize: 16
                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
            }
        }
    }
}

I have tried using ComboBox.ContentItemImplicitWidth and ComboBox.WidestTextWhenCompleted and neither works properly. In both cases the size is only correct for the first list element.

• qt
• qml
• qt-quick
• qcombobox
• qtquickcontrols

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Sorted by: Reset to default 1

In the following, the ComboBox's progressively increases its width to cover the combined width of each delegates. The moment the ComboBox is opened it will trigger a resize of the ComboBox's width:

ComboBox {
    id: control
    delegate: ItemDelegate {
        Component.onCompleted: control.width = Math.max(control.width, width + 40)
    }
}

Other things I changed:

• Set valueRole and textRole so that I can use currentValue and currentText later
• Use ItemDelegate.contentItem to rerender the control
• Use RowLayout and Layout properties to size the flags

    ComboBox {
        id: control
        model: ListModel {
            id: listModel
            ListElement {language: "English" ; flag: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-5%29.svg/320px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-5%29.svg.png"}
            ListElement {language: "German (Deutsch)" ; flag: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg"}
            ListElement {language: "Italian" ; flag: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg"}
        }
        valueRole: "language"
        textRole: "flag"
        delegate: ItemDelegate {
            Component.onCompleted: control.width = Math.max(control.width, width + 40)
            contentItem: RowLayout {
                Image {
                    Layout.preferredWidth: 24
                    Layout.preferredHeight: 16
                    source: flag
                }
                Text {
                    Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignLeft
                    Layout.fillWidth: true
                    text: language
                    font: control.font
                }
            }
            highlighted: control.highlightedIndex === index
        }
        contentItem: ItemDelegate {
            contentItem: RowLayout {
                Image {
                    Layout.preferredWidth: 24
                    Layout.preferredHeight: 16
                    source: control.currentText
                }
                Text {
                    Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignLeft
                    Layout.fillWidth: true
                    text: control.currentValue
                    font: control.font
                    elide: Text.ElideRight
                }
            }
            onClicked: control.popup.open()
        }
    }

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