circle in QML

[jeff28]

Hi,
I have a text object in my QML file. What I am trying to do is that I want this text file to appear with a circle shape on my simulator. Any ideas how? beacuse I tried rotating it using path object but I couldn't make it

[spirit]

Play with the Rectangle's radius property.

[jeff28]

I tried that great idea. But my text does not take the shape of the circle. I put my Text in my Rectangle too. If I am not clear please try to think that I would like to make my border from a text object

[spirit]

I see. I doubt that there is an "easy" way to do this. I can suggest two options:
1. You can look at ShaderEffectItem (http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qml-shadereffectitem.html)
2. or you can dynamically create Text element for a single character and place it into correct place (that all characters will produce a circle). See Dynamic Object Management in QML (http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qdeclarativedynamicobjects.html).

[jeff28]

Thank you I am looking to these things right away :)

Added after 46 minutes:

You are right those are not easy. Is it possible if I could use my .qml in a .cpp file and use QPainter to handle this problem?

[spirit]

Sure, you can create your own QML components. See Extending QML Functionalities using C++ (http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qml-extending.html).


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