Setting Loader.active to false doesn't release item immediately

Question

I have a use case where depending on the presence or absence of a property value an object referencing it is either created or removed. I am using a Loader for

Answer 1

You can also use Connections to connect to the Loader's onActiveChanged-event and break the binding there:

Loader {
    id: ld
    active: false
    sourceComponent: Text {
        text: object.subObject.i
        font.pointSize: 20

        Connections {
            target: ld
            onActiveChanged: {
                if (active) return
                text = text // This will overwrite the binding by the last value of the property itself.
            }
        }
    }
}