- Qt 5.5
- Qt Quick Controls
- QML Types
- ExclusiveGroup QML Type
- Qt 5.5.1 Reference Documentation

# ExclusiveGroup QML Type

ExclusiveGroup provides a way to declare several checkable controls as mutually exclusive. More...

Import Statement: | import QtQuick.Controls 1.4

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Properties

- current : object

## Methods

- void bindCheckable(object)
- void unbindCheckable(object)

## Detailed Description

ExclusiveGroup can contain several Action items, and those will automatically get their Action::exclusiveGroup property assigned.

    ExclusiveGroup {
        id: radioInputGroup

        Action {
            id: dabRadioInput
            text: "DAB"
            checkable: true
        }

        Action {
            id: fmRadioInput
            text: "FM"
            checkable: true
        }

        Action {
            id: amRadioInput
            text: "AM"
            checkable: true
        }
    }

Several controls already support ExclusiveGroup, e.g. Action, MenuItem, Button, and RadioButton.

As ExclusiveGroup only supports Action as child items, we need to manually assign the `exclusiveGroup` property for other objects.

    GroupBox {
        id: group2
        title: qsTr("Tab Position")
        Layout.fillWidth: true
        RowLayout {
            ExclusiveGroup { id: tabPositionGroup }
            RadioButton {
                id: topButton
                text: qsTr("Top")
                checked: true
                exclusiveGroup: tabPositionGroup
                Layout.minimumWidth: 100
            }
            RadioButton {
                id: bottomButton
                text: qsTr("Bottom")
                exclusiveGroup: tabPositionGroup
                Layout.minimumWidth: 100
            }
        }
    }

## Adding support to ExclusiveGroup

It is possible to add support for ExclusiveGroup for an object or control. It should have a `checked` property, and either a `checkedChanged`, `toggled()`, or `toggled(bool)` signal. It also needs to be bound with ExclusiveGroup::bindCheckable() when its ExclusiveGroup typed property is set.

    Item {
        id: myItem

        property bool checked: false
        property ExclusiveGroup exclusiveGroup: null

        onExclusiveGroupChanged: {
            if (exclusiveGroup)
                exclusiveGroup.bindCheckable(myItem)
        }
    }

The example above shows the minimum code necessary to add ExclusiveGroup support to any item.

## Property Documentation

current : object

The currently selected object. Defaults to the first checked object bound to the ExclusiveGroup. If there is none, then it defaults to `null`.

## Method Documentation

void bindCheckable(object)

Register `object` to the exclusive group.

You should only need to call this function when creating a component you want to be compatible with `ExclusiveGroup`.

See also ExclusiveGroup::unbindCheckable().

void unbindCheckable(object)

Unregister `object` from the exclusive group.

You should only need to call this function when creating a component you want to be compatible with `ExclusiveGroup`.

See also ExclusiveGroup::bindCheckable().