'Best' Qt strategy for loading/saving user settings (esp. for QTreeView)

[agarny]

Then try to detect the end of this loading process, and load you settings right after ?

I have tried that too (by having a while loop with qApp->processEvents(); in it -- yes, it was a quick and dirty way of testing things at that stage), but to no avail. What I did, if I recall correctly was to test for QTreeView to be visible, but that didn't quite work as I expected (I seem to remember that things were hanging up, but I might have something wrong back then, can't remember for certain).

[totem]

Indeed a loop on processEvents() does not seem clean
If you have a treeview, you must have an associated model (or you meant treewidget?)
Try to catch a signal from this model, indicating it finished to load its data; if you don't find such signal, try to implement something equivalent. Then you read treeview settings, after its data has been updated

[agarny]

Indeed a loop on processEvents() does not seem clean

Well, I did warn you...

If you have a treeview, you must have an associated model (or you meant treewidget?)

I do indeed have an associated model (a QFileSystemModel object).

Try to catch a signal from this model, indicating it finished to load its data; if you don't find such signal, try to implement something equivalent. Then you read treeview settings, after its data has been updated

I am not aware of any such signal. I did, however, try to 'play' with the expanded() signal, but again to no avail.

Anyway, I am nearly done with what I needed to do, so I should soon be able to resume that aspect of my work.

[meyrambek]

As i understand your problem not in settings your problem in show/hide some properties of widgets. You can do save to file (as txt) your needed widgets as boolean or in integers (with specific values) then when your program opens read them from file and show/hide needed widgets.

[agarny]

As i understand your problem not in settings your problem in show/hide some properties of widgets. You can do save to file (as txt) your needed widgets as boolean or in integers (with specific values) then when your program opens read them from file and show/hide needed widgets.

Sorry meyrambek, but I believe you misunderstood my problem. Also, I wouldn't personally recommend using a text file to save my settings. I much prefer to rely on QSettings for this.

[meyrambek]

not as txt as xml is more good way