QGraphicsItem paint not triggered

If I add my subclassed QGraphicsItem before I add anything else to the scene everything works fine. But if I add something else before then the paint method is never triggered in my new QGraphicsItem. Can somebody explain what I am missing?

Code:

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MyScene::MyScene(QObject *parent)
: QGraphicsScene(parent), currentDrawItem(NULL), bDraw(false)
{
   void MyScene::toggleSymbols()
   {
	if(bSymbols)
	{
		qDebug("false");
		bSymbols = false;
	}
	else
	{
		qDebug("true");
		bSymbols = true;
		symbols = new itemSymbols(); //Subclassed QGraphicsItem
		QPointF centerPos = QPointF(this->sceneRect().width()/2, this->sceneRect().height()/2);
		symbols->setCenterPos(centerPos);
		addItem(symbols);
	}
   }
}

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Code:

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itemSymbols::itemSymbols() : QGraphicsItem()
{
   void itemSymbols::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, QWidget    *widget)
   {
       Debug("itemSymbols paint()");
   }
}

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How did you implement boundingRect() for the item?

I've modified the code a bit know but still the same result.

In MyScene.cpp I create the Item and set it´s size like this

Code:

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symbols = new itemSymbols();
QSizeF size(this->sceneRect().width()*0.05,this->sceneRect().height()*0.07);
QPointF centerPos = QPointF(this->sceneRect().center());
symbols->setSize(centerPos, size);
addItem(symbols);

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And then in the item itself I do this

Code:

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void itemSymbols::setSize(QPointF pos, QSizeF size)
{
	QRectF test(pos size);
	bBox = test;
}
QRectF itemSymbols::boundingRect() const
{
	return bBox;
}

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No, this is wrong. If you modify the boundingRect value, you need to inform Graphics View about it by calling QGraphicsItem::prepareGeometryChange().

Oh ok. Like this?

Code:

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void itemSymbols::setSize(QPointF pos, QSizeF size)
{
	centerPos = pos;
	QRectF test(centerPos,size);
	QGraphicsItem::prepareGeometryChange();
	bBox = test;
}

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Swap #5 and #6, just in case. And of course make sure you paint within the rectangle returned by boundingRect.

Ok thanks alot wysota. It still isn't working but now the paint method is triggered so hopefully it's not that hard no solve.

What isn't working? From what I see you're not painting anything. Furthermore it seems your item should probably be derived from QGraphicsRectItem instead of QGraphicsItem.

This is my paint method. What I'm really trying to do here is a movable legend. As you can see the pen size is way off but any less than 200 is not visible so my guess is that I've mixed up the maybe the scene's coordinatesystem with the item's?

Code:

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void itemSymbols::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, QWidget *widget)
{
	painter->setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
	qDebug("itemSymbols paint()");
 
	bBox.setHeight(height);
	bBox.setWidth(width);
 
	QPointF header;
	header.setX(width/2);
	header.setY(height*0.05);
 
	qreal newHeight = header.y();
 
	QFont font;
	font.setBold(true);
	painter->setFont(font);
 
	QPen pen;
	pen.setWidth(200);
	painter->setPen(pen);
 
	painter->drawText(header,"Symbols");
 
	qreal iRows = (height-newHeight)/15;
	qreal h = iRows;
 
	qreal iCol = width/4;
	qreal c = iCol;
 
	font.setBold(false);
	painter->setFont(font);
 
	QFont font2;
	font2.setPointSizeF(4);
	painter->setFont(font2);
 
	for(int i = 0;i<vPics.size();i++)
	{
		QPointF p;
		p.setX(10.0);
		p.setY(h+10);
 
		QPointF p2;
		p2.setX(60.0);
		p2.setY(h);
 
		h = h + iRows;
		c = c + iCol;
 
		QPixmap pixmap(vPics.at(i));
		QRectF d = QRectF(p.x(),p.y(),28,28);
		//painter->drawRect(d);
		//painter->drawPixmap(p,pixmap);
 
		const char *chTemp;
		chTemp = vDesc.at(i).toAscii();
		QRectF t = QRectF(p2.x(), p.y(),120,30);
		//painter->drawRect(t);
		//painter->drawText(QRectF(p2.x(), p.y(),120,30), Qt::AlignCenter, QObject::tr(chTemp));
	}
 
	qDebug("Drawing a box at pos %f %f", bBox.topLeft().x(), bBox.topLeft().y());
	painter->drawRect(bBox);
	painter->drawPoint(centerPos);
}

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I don't know what width and height are but changing the bounding box in the paint routine is definitely a bad idea. The method is called paint() and not paintAndUpdateBoundingBox(). Not knowing the scene size and the transformation matrix of the view I'm unable to say anything about the pen size.