Qt 5.6 | Qt Labs Controls | QML Types | ButtonGroup QML Type

Qt 5.6.3 Reference Documentation

# ButtonGroup QML Type

An exclusive group of checkable controls. More...

Import Statement: | import Qt.labs.controls 1.0

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Properties

- buttons : list<AbstractButton>
- current : AbstractButton

## Attached Properties

- group : ButtonGroup

## Methods

- void addButton(AbstractButton button)
- void removeButton(AbstractButton button)

## Detailed Description

ButtonGroup is a non-visual, mutually exclusive group of buttons. It is used with controls such as RadioButton, where only one of the options can be selected at a time.

The most straight-forward way to use ButtonGroup is to assign a list of buttons. For example, the list of children of a positioner or a layout that manages a group of mutually exclusive buttons.

      ButtonGroup {
          buttons: column.children
      }

      Column {
          id: column

          RadioButton {
              checked: true
              text: qsTr("DAB")
          }

          RadioButton {
              text: qsTr("FM")
          }

          RadioButton {
              text: qsTr("AM")
          }
      }

Mutually exclusive buttons do not always share the same parent item, or the parent layout may sometimes contain items that should not be included in the button group. Such cases are best handled using the group attached property.

      ButtonGroup { id: radioGroup }

      Column {
          Label {
              text: qsTr("Radio:")
          }

          RadioButton {
              checked: true
              text: qsTr("DAB")
              ButtonGroup.group: radioGroup
          }

          RadioButton {
              text: qsTr("FM")
              ButtonGroup.group: radioGroup
          }

          RadioButton {
              text: qsTr("AM")
              ButtonGroup.group: radioGroup
          }
      }

More advanced use cases can be handled using the addButton() and removeButton() methods.

Note: Types in the Qt.labs module are not guaranteed to remain compatible in future versions.

See also RadioButton.

## Property Documentation

[default] buttons : list<AbstractButton>

This property holds the list of buttons.

      ButtonGroup {
          buttons: column.children
      }

      Column {
          id: column

          RadioButton {
              checked: true
              text: qsTr("Option A")
          }

          RadioButton {
              text: qsTr("Option B")
          }
      }

See also group.

current : AbstractButton

This property holds the currently selected button, or `null` if there is none.

By default, it is the first checked button added to the button group.

## Attached Property Documentation

ButtonGroup.group : ButtonGroup

This property attaches a button to a button group.

      ButtonGroup { id: group }

      RadioButton {
          checked: true
          text: qsTr("Option A")
          ButtonGroup.group: group
      }

      RadioButton {
          text: qsTr("Option B")
          ButtonGroup.group: group
      }

See also buttons.

## Method Documentation

void addButton(AbstractButton button)

Adds a button to the button group.

Note: Manually adding objects to a button group is typically unnecessary. The buttons property and the group attached property provide a convenient and declarative syntax.

See also buttons and group.

void removeButton(AbstractButton button)

Removes a button from the button group.

Note: Manually removing objects from a button group is typically unnecessary. The buttons property and the group attached property provide a convenient and declarative syntax.

See also buttons and group.