SideArea.hh

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#ifndef SIDE_AREA_
#define SIDE_AREA_

//=============================================================================
//
//  CLASS SideElement
//
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//== INCLUDES =================================================================

#include <QIcon>
#include <QWidget>
#include <QString>
#include <QSettings>

//== FORWARDDECLARATIONS ======================================================

class QVBoxLayout;

class SideElement;

class SideArea : public QWidget {
  public:

    SideArea (QWidget *_parent = 0);

    void addItem (QObject const * const _plugin, QWidget *_w, QString _name,
            QIcon* _icon = 0, QWidget *_headerAreaWidget = 0);

    void clear ();

    //expand all elements
    void expandAll();

    void expand(QWidget *sideElementWidget, bool expand);

    void saveState (QSettings &_settings);

    void saveViewModeState(const QString& _viewMode);

    void restoreState (QSettings &_settings);

    void restoreViewModeState(const QString& _viewMode);

    void setElementActive(QString _name, bool _active);

    void moveItemToPosition(const QString& _name, int _position);

    void moveItemToPosition(QObject const * const _plugin, const QString& _name, int _position);

    int getNumberOfWidgets() const;

    const QList<const QObject *>& plugins();

    const QStringList& names();

    // position of the last added item
    int lastPos_;

  private:
    // elements
    QVector<SideElement *> items_;

    // plugins in side area
    QList<const QObject *> plugins_;

    // item names
    QStringList itemNames_;

    // saves active state of each SideElement in each view
    QMap<QString, bool> sideElementState_;

    // main layout
    QVBoxLayout *layout_;
};

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#endif // SIDE_AREA_ defined
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