QML - tracking global position of a component

Question

I would like to track a global position of an object (or relative to one of it\'s ancestors) and bind it to some other item\'s position.

I was thinking about using <

Answer 1

Tracking certain Item's global positions seems like an important problem if developing some complex graphics interaction. I came up with a relatively simple & graceful solution. Here is my core codes:

Item{
    id: globalRoot
    signal globalPositionChanged(Item item, real newX, real newY);

    function tracking(item){
        var obj = item;
        var objN;
        function onGlobalXYChanged(){
            var pt = mapFromItem(item, item.x, item.y);
            globalRoot.globalPositionChanged(item, pt.x, pt.y);
        }
        do{
            objN = obj.objectName;
            obj.xChanged.connect(onGlobalXYChanged);
            obj.yChanged.connect(onGlobalXYChanged);
            obj = obj.parent;
        }while(objN !== "furthestAncestorObjectName");
    }
}

The core idea is: what essentially makes an Item's global position change? It maybe itself, its parent or its parent's parent etc. So make a traverse back to its furthest parent and connect each of its ancestor's x/y change signal to a function, within which we get the item's global position and broadcast outside.