Dialog
Since: BlackBerry 10.0.0
#include <bb/cascades/Dialog>
A class that represents a full-screen view as a dialog.

A Dialog is a full-screen view that is displayed as a transparent layer on top of the current screen context. Basically, it's a separate view within the current application.
Dialog is primarily used to display UI options that are related to the creation or selection of content, often as a temporary subtask that's outside the main navigation of the application. You can think of a dialog as representing a separate flow, or a detour, from the main application flow.
A dialog always occupies the entire screen when it is displayed, and can contain Control components. An opened dialog will always be shown on top of the current screen context. Any screen context directly underneath a dialog is still visible when a dialog is shown.
You can attach a dialog to any UIObject by using the attachedObjects property.
Defining a Dialog in C++:
Dialog* pMyDialog = Dialog::create() .content(Container::create()) .onClosed(this, SLOT(onClosedHandler())) .open();
Defining a Dialog in QML:
Page { attachedObjects: [ Dialog { id: myDialog Container { horizontalAlignment: HorizontalAlignment.Fill verticalAlignment: VerticalAlignment.Fill Button { horizontalAlignment: HorizontalAlignment.Center text: "Hide Dialog" onClicked: myDialog.close() } } } ] actions: [ ActionItem { title: "Show Dialog" ActionBar.placement: ActionBarPlacement.OnBar onTriggered: { myDialog.open(); } } ] }
Overview
Inheritance
bb::cascades::BaseObject | ||||
bb::cascades::UIObject | ||||
bb::cascades::AbstractDialog | ||||
bb::cascades::Dialog |
QML properties
content | : bb::cascades::Control |
accessibility | : bb::cascades::AbstractA11yObject [read-only]![]() |
attachedObjects | : QDeclarativeListProperty< QObject > [read-only]![]() |
objectName | : QString![]() |
opened | : bool [read-only]![]() |
parent | : QObject [read-only]![]() |
ui | : bb::cascades::UIConfig [read-only]![]() |
QML signals
onContentChanged | : {} |
onClosed | ![]() |
onCreationCompleted | ![]() |
onObjectNameChanged | ![]() |
onOpened | ![]() |
onOpenedChanged | ![]() |
Properties Index
bb::cascades::Control | content |
bb::cascades::AbstractA11yObject | accessibility [read-only]![]() |
QDeclarativeListProperty< QObject > | attachedObjects [read-only]![]() |
QString | objectName![]() |
bool | opened [read-only]![]() |
QObject | parent [read-only]![]() |
bb::cascades::UIConfig | ui [read-only]![]() |
Public Functions Index
Dialog (UIObject *parent=0) | |
virtual | ~Dialog () |
bb::cascades::Control * | content () const |
Q_SLOT void | resetContent () |
Q_SLOT void | setContent (bb::cascades::Control *content) |
bb::cascades::AbstractA11yObject * | accessibility () const ![]() |
Q_SLOT void | close ()![]() |
virtual bool | event (QEvent *event)![]() |
bool | isOpened () const ![]() |
Q_SLOT void | open ()![]() |
void | setObjectName (const QString &name)![]() |
virtual Q_INVOKABLE QString | toDebugString () const ![]() |
Q_INVOKABLE bb::cascades::UIConfig * | ui () const ![]() |
Static Public Functions Index
Builder | create () |
Protected Functions Index
Only has inherited protected functions
BaseObject (QObject *parent=0)![]() | |
virtual void | connectNotify (const char *signal)![]() |
virtual void | disconnectNotify (const char *signal)![]() |
Signals Index
void | contentChanged (bb::cascades::Control *content) |
void | closed ()![]() |
void | creationCompleted ()![]() |
void | objectNameChanged (const QString &objectName)![]() |
void | opened ()![]() |
void | openedChanged (bool opened)![]() |
Properties
bb::cascades::AbstractA11yObject
Defines this dialog's accessibility objects.
BlackBerry 10.2.0
QDeclarativeListProperty< QObject >
A hierarchical list of the UIObject's attached objects.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
QString
This property is overridden from QObject.
QObject::objectName().
BlackBerry 10.0.0
bool
Indicates whether the dialog is currently opened.
If the value is true, the dialog is opened. If it is false, the dialog is closed.
The default value of this property is false.
The openedChanged() signal is emitted when this property changes.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
QObject
A read-only property that represents this object's parent.
The parent of an object is specified using QObject::setParent(QObject*). The purpose of the property is to expose the object's parent to QML.
This property is read-only to prevent modifications from QML, where typically the parent is declaratively set. In C++ code, the parent can be explicitly set using QObject::setParent(QObject*), or implicitly set by adding it to a visual container.
The default value of this property is 0.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
bb::cascades::UIConfig
An object that gives access to unit conversion routines.
// Size using design units Container { preferredWidth: ui.du(12) preferredHeight: ui.du(5) } // Size using design units, snap to whole pixels Container { preferredWidth: ui.sdu(13.5) preferredHeight: ui.sdu(7.5) } // Size using absolute pixel values Container { preferredWidth: ui.px(150) preferredHeight: ui.px(50) }C++ use:
Container *container1 = Container::create().background(Color::Red); UIConfig *ui = container1->ui(); container1->setPreferredWidth(ui->du(12)); container1->setPreferredHeight(ui->du(5)); Container *container2 = Container::create().background(Color::Green); container2->setPreferredWidth(ui->sdu(13.5)); container2->setPreferredHeight(ui->sdu(7.5)); Container *container3 = Container::create().background(Color::Blue); container3->setPreferredWidth(ui->px(150)); container3->setPreferredHeight(ui->sdu(50));
Blackberry 10.3.0
Public Functions
virtual
Destructor.
bb::cascades::Control *
Gets the active content of this Dialog.
Ownership will not be transferred.
The content of this Dialog.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
Q_SLOT void
Resets the content for this Dialog.
This function resets the content for this Dialog. Content will be removed and content property set to 0. This is equivalent to setContent(0). When this function completes, the contentChanged() signal is emitted.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
Q_SLOT void
Sets the content of this Dialog.
Ownership of the content will always be transferred to this Dialog. If this Dialog already has content, the old content is still owned by this Dialog and will be destroyed when this Dialog is destroyed.
If content was successfully set using this function, the contentChanged() signal is emitted.
Parameters | |
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content |
The content to set. Can be 0 to remove content (old content will still be owned by this Dialog). |
BlackBerry 10.0.0
bb::cascades::AbstractA11yObject * 
Returns the accessibility object.
The accessibility object.
BlackBerry 10.2.0
Q_SLOT void 
Closes the dialog.
When the dialog is closed, the value of the opened property changes to false and the closed() signal is emitted. The closed() signal might not be emitted immediately when this function is called, but could happen asynchronously at a later time.
If called when the dialog is already opening or closing, this function has no effect.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
virtual bool 
Overloaded to implement the event mechanism in Cascades.
If this function is overridden, it must be called by the derived class for events to work properly in Cascades.
Parameters | |
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event |
The received event. |
True if the received event was recognized and processed, false otherwise.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
bool 
Indicates whether the dialog is opened.
true if the dialog is opened, false otherwise.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
Q_SLOT void 
Opens the dialog.
When the dialog is opened, the value of the opened property changes to true and the opened() signal is emitted. The opened() signal might not be emitted immediately when this function is called, but could happen asynchronously at a later time.
If called when the dialog is already opening or closing, this function has no effect.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
void 
Sets the objectName property.
Parameters | |
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name |
The new name for the object. |
BlackBerry 10.0.0
virtual Q_INVOKABLE QString 
Returns a debug string representing this object.
A debug string for the object.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
Q_INVOKABLE bb::cascades::UIConfig * 
Returns the UIConfig for this ui object.
The UIConfig can be used to perform unit conversions from design units (du) and snapped design units (sdu) to pixels.
Ownership remains with Cascades.
Container *container1 = Container::create().background(Color::Red); UIConfig *ui = container1->ui(); container1->setPreferredWidth(ui->du(12)); container1->setPreferredHeight(ui->du(5)); Container *container2 = Container::create().background(Color::Green); container2->setPreferredWidth(ui->sdu(13.5)); container2->setPreferredHeight(ui->sdu(7.5)); Container *container3 = Container::create().background(Color::Blue); container3->setPreferredWidth(ui->px(150)); container3->setPreferredHeight(ui->sdu(50));
The UIConfig for this ui object.
BlackBerry 10.3.0
Static Public Functions
Builder
Creates and returns a builder for constructing a Dialog.
Dialog* myDialog = Dialog::create();
A Builder used for constructing a Dialog.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
Protected Functions
(Only has inherited protected functions)
Constructs an instance of BaseObject's subclass.
Parameters | |
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parent |
An optional parent, defaults to 0. |
BlackBerry 10.0.0
virtual void 
Overloaded to implement the event mechanism in Cascades.
If this function is overridden, it must be called by the derived class for events to work properly in Cascades.
Parameters | |
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signal |
The connected signal. |
BlackBerry 10.0.0
virtual void 
Overloaded to implement the event mechanism in Cascades.
If this function is overridden, it must be called by the derived class for events to work properly in Cascades.
Parameters | |
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signal |
The disconnected signal. |
BlackBerry 10.0.0
Signals
void
Emitted when the content of this Dialog has changed.
Parameters | |
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content |
The new content of this Dialog. |
BlackBerry 10.0.0
void 
Emitted when the dialog is closed.
The signal is emitted asynchronously when the dialog is completely closed after the close animation is finished.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
void 
Emitted when this object is instantiated as a result of loading a QML document and creating the root node (only after the root component that caused this instantiation has completed construction), or when the object is being constructed from its builder class.
This signal indicates that the construction and initialization of the object has been completed, the properties are initialized, and any QML binding values have been assigned to the object.
This signal is not emitted when the object is constructed from C++ using the constructor. If the object is constructed using its builder class, the signal is emitted when the the builder class returns the fully constructed object.
This signal can be used when there is an activity that needs to be performed, such as a property state integrity verification after the object is instantiated from a QML document or a builder, but before control is returned to the application.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
void 
This signal is emitted when the objectName property is changed.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
void 
Emitted when the dialog is opened.
The signal is emitted asynchronously when the dialog is completely opened after the open animation is finished.
BlackBerry 10.0.0
void 
Emitted when the opened property changes its value.
Parameters | |
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opened |
If true the dialog is opened, if false the dialog is closed. |
BlackBerry 10.0.0