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Depending on the user input, create some sliders, rectangles etc.

  • Hey there,

    I am beginner to Qt Quick. I am wondering, is it possible to create custom number of sliders, rectangles, dials etc. depending on the user input. For example, when user writes 5 in a text box, I want to create 5 sliders and let the user to place them in anywhere on the app screen. Thanks in advance.

  • Hi @fgfgfg
    Have a look at dynamic object creation:

    In its simplest form, e.g. for Rectangle objects, you could have something like this:

    First, instantiate a component, either using the Component type as in the example below, or via Qt.createComponent() as in the Qt doc.

    Component {
        id: rectComponent
        Rectangle {
           width: 200
           height: 50

    Then, using JavaScript, you can create objects from the component, e.g. as follows:

    onClicked: {
           for (var i=0; i<parseInt(textInput.text); ++i) {
                rectComponent.createObject(visualParent, {"x": 100, "y": i*300})

    where visualParent is the visual parent item under which you want to create the objects (e.g. the id of your MainWindow)

    As stated in the doc, it may be more efficient to pass object parameters (x and y for example) directly in the call to `createObject()' rather than to set them after the object is created.

    Since you want move the objects around, you must enable drag & drop on your object.
    I used this example to learn about drag/drop in QML:

  • Hi @Diracsbracket
    Thank you for your reply.

    Now, depending on the user input I am creating some objects. For example, when i=2, it creates 2 objects. i = 4, it creates 4 objects.

    Component.onCompleted: {
        button.clicked.connect (MyScript.createSpriteObjects) }

    But when i=3 (less than the previous i), there is still 4 objects. I could not destroy the previous objects.

    //JS File
    var component;
    var sprite;
    var i;
    function createSpriteObjects() {
        for (var i=0; i<parseInt(textField.text); i++){
        component = Qt.createComponent("Sprite.qml");
        sprite = component.createObject(appWindow, {"x": 400, "y": i*100});
        if (sprite === null) {
            // Error Handling
            console.log("Error creating object");

    Is there any way to do that instead of defining another button and sending signal to destroy function. Thanks in advance.

  • @fgfgfg
    You need to keep track of the object you create, and when you no longer need them, i.e. just before creating your new batch of objects, you should destroy them.

    As to the question of how you keep track of those objects, you could e.g. store the objects in a list, or iterate over the children of the common parent object to find the objects and then invoke the destroy() method on each of these.

    Good luck!

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