How to store an Id beside text and icon in a QComboBox?

Question

is it possible to store some additional data in a QComboBox? I would like to store the Id of a data set beside its caption/name in a combobox, but it shouldnt show up (Ids can be some how cryptic and might confuse the user)

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Ben

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '13 at 15:05

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You should use setItemData, itemData and findData methods of QComboBox. It allows to attach arbitrary QVariant value to each item.

answered Jun 18 '13 at 15:05

Pavel Strakhov

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Thanks for the answer. This indeed works; I can set and retrieve an additional index programmatically. However, I can't do it by using QT Designer, right? – Ben A. Jun 20 '13 at 05:24

How to store an Id beside text and icon in a QComboBox?

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