- Qt 5.3
- Qt QML
- QML Types
- QML Basic Type: enumeration
- Qt 5.3.2 Reference Documentation

# QML Basic Type: enumeration

The `enumeration` type refers to a named enumeration value.

Each named value can be referred to as `<Type>.<value>`. For example, the Text type has an `AlignRight` enumeration value:

    Text { horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignRight }

(For backwards compatibility, the enumeration value may also be specified as a string, e.g. "AlignRight". This form is not recommended for new code.)

When integrating with C++, note that any `enum` value passed into QML from C++ is automatically converted into an `enumeration` value, and vice-versa.

This basic type is provided by the QML language. Some enumeration values are provided by the QtQuick import.

## Using the enumeration type in QML

The `enumeration` type is a representation of a C++ `enum` type. It is not possible to refer to the `enumeration` type in QML itself; instead, the int or var types can be used when referring to `enumeration` values from QML code.

For example:

    import QtQuick 2.0

    Item {
        // refer to Text.AlignRight using an int type
        property int enumValue: textItem.horizontalAlignment

        signal valueEmitted(int someValue)

        Text {
            id: textItem
            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignRight
        }

        // emit valueEmitted() signal, which expects an int, with Text.AlignRight
        Component.onCompleted: valueEmitted(Text.AlignRight)
    }

See also QML Basic Types.