SearchDialog Class Reference

The sky object search dialog. More...

#include <SearchDialog.hpp>

Public Types
enum	CoordinateSystem {   equatorialJ2000 , equatorial , horizontal , galactic ,   supergalactic , ecliptic , eclipticJ2000 }
	Available coordinate systems.

Public Slots
void	retranslate () override
void	setVisible (bool v) override
	On the first call with "true" populates the window contents. Also sets focus to entry line.
void	setSimpleStyle ()
	This style only displays the text search field and the search button.
void	setCurrentCoordinateSystem (SearchDialog::CoordinateSystem cs)
	Set the current coordinate system.
void	setCurrentCoordinateSystemKey (QString key)
	Set the current coordinate system from its key.
void	setRecentSearchSize (int maxSize)
	Called when user wants to change recent search list size.
void	setCoordinateSystem (int csID)
void	populateCoordinateSystemsList ()
void	populateCoordinateAxis ()
void	populateRecentSearch ()
Public Slots inherited from StelDialog
virtual void	styleChanged (const QString &style)
	Apply application style change.
virtual void	retranslate ()=0
	Retranslate the content of the dialog. More...
virtual void	setVisible (bool)
	On the first call with "true" populates the window contents.
virtual void	close ()
	Closes the window (the window widget is not deleted, just not visible).
void	handleMovedTo (QPoint newPos)
	Adds dialog location to config.ini; should be connected in createDialogContent()
virtual void	handleDialogSizeChanged (QSizeF size)
	Stores dialog sizes into config.ini; should be connected from the proxy. More...

Signals
void	simbadUseChanged (bool use)
void	simbadQueryDistChanged (int dist)
void	simbadQueryCountChanged (int count)
void	simbadGetsIdsChanged (bool b)
void	simbadGetsSpecChanged (bool b)
void	simbadGetsDistChanged (bool b)
void	simbadGetsMorphoChanged (bool b)
void	simbadGetsTypesChanged (bool b)
void	simbadGetsDimsChanged (bool b)
Signals inherited from StelDialog
void	visibleChanged (bool)

Public Member Functions
	SearchDialog (QObject *parent)
bool	eventFilter (QObject *object, QEvent *event) override
SearchDialog::CoordinateSystem	getCurrentCoordinateSystem () const
	Get the current coordinate system.
QString	getCurrentCoordinateSystemKey (void) const
	Get the current coordinate system key.
int	getRecentSearchSize () const
	Returns current max size of recent search list.
QStringList	listMatchingRecentObjects (const QString &objPrefix, int maxNbItem=20, bool useStartOfWords=false) const
	Find and return the list of at most maxNbItem objects auto-completing the passed object name. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from StelDialog
	StelDialog (const QString &dialogName=QString("Default"), QObject *parent=nullptr)
bool	visible () const
	Returns true if the dialog contents have been constructed and are currently shown.
QString	getDialogName () const

Static Public Member Functions
static QString	substituteGreek (const QString &keyString)
	Replaces all occurrences of substrings describing Greek letters (i.e. More...
static QString	getGreekLetterByName (const QString &potentialGreekLetterName)
	Returns the Greek unicode character for the specified letter string (i.e. "alpha", "beta", ...)

Static Public Attributes
static const char *	DEF_SIMBAD_URL
	URL of the default SIMBAD server (Strasbourg).
static QString	extSearchText

Protected Member Functions
void	createDialogContent () override
	Initialize the dialog widgets and connect the signals/slots.

Protected Attributes
Ui_searchDialogForm *	ui
Protected Attributes inherited from StelDialog
QWidget *	dialog
	The main dialog.
class CustomProxy *	proxy
QString	dialogName
	The name should be set in derived classes' constructors and can be used to store and retrieve the panel locations.
QList< QWidget * >	kineticScrollingList
	A list of widgets where kinetic scrolling can be activated or deactivated The list must be filled once, in the constructor or init() of fillDialog() etc. More...

Properties
bool	useSimbad
int	simbadDist
	Properties for SIMBAD position query. More...
int	simbadCount
	At max, retrieve so many results.
bool	simbadGetIds
	get all IDs for object
bool	simbadGetSpec
	get spectral data
bool	simbadGetMorpho
	get morphological description
bool	simbadGetTypes
	get object types
bool	simbadGetDims
	get dimensions
Properties inherited from StelDialog
bool	visible

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Slots inherited from StelDialog
bool	askConfirmation (const QString &message=q_("Are you sure? This will delete your customized data."))
void	messageBox (const QString &title, const QString &message)
void	enableKineticScrolling (bool b)
	enable kinetic scrolling. This should be connected to StelApp's StelGui signal flagUseKineticScrollingChanged.
void	handleFontChanged ()
	connect from StelApp to handle font and font size changes.
void	handleColorSchemeChanged ()
	connect from StelApp to handle CSS style changes
virtual void	updateNightModeProperty (bool n)
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from StelDialog
static void	connectCheckBox (QAbstractButton *checkBox, const QString &actionName)
	Helper function to connect a checkbox to the StelAction with the specified name.
static void	connectCheckBox (QAbstractButton *checkBox, StelAction *action)
	Helper function to connect a checkbox to the given StelAction.
static void	connectIntProperty (QLineEdit *lineEdit, const QString &propName)
	Helper function to connect a QLineEdit to an integer StelProperty. More...
static void	connectIntProperty (QSpinBox *spinBox, const QString &propName)
	Helper function to connect a QSpinBox to an integer StelProperty. More...
static void	connectIntProperty (QComboBox *comboBox, const QString &propName)
	Helper function to connect a QComboBox to an integer StelProperty. More...
static void	connectIntProperty (QSlider *slider, const QString &propName, int minValue, int maxValue)
	Helper function to connect a QSlider to an double or float StelProperty. More...
static void	connectDoubleProperty (QDoubleSpinBox *spinBox, const QString &propName)
	Helper function to connect a QDoubleSpinBox to an double or float StelProperty. More...
static void	connectDoubleProperty (AngleSpinBox *spinBox, const QString &propName)
	Helper function to connect an AngleSpinBox to a double or float StelProperty representing decimal degrees. More...
static void	connectDoubleProperty (QSlider *slider, const QString &propName, double minValue, double maxValue)
	Helper function to connect a QSlider to an double or float StelProperty. More...
static void	connectStringProperty (QComboBox *comboBox, const QString &propName)
	Helper function to connect a QComboBox to a QString StelProperty. More...
static void	connectStringProperty (QLineEdit *lineEdit, const QString &propName)
	Helper function to connect a QLineEdit to a QString StelProperty. More...
static void	connectBoolProperty (QAbstractButton *checkBox, const QString &propName)
	Helper function to connect a checkbox to a bool StelProperty. More...
static void	connectBoolProperty (QGroupBox *checkBox, const QString &propName)
	Helper function to connect a groupbox to a bool StelProperty. More...

Detailed Description

The sky object search dialog.

Member Function Documentation

listMatchingRecentObjects()

QStringList SearchDialog::listMatchingRecentObjects	(	const QString &	objPrefix,
		int	maxNbItem = 20,
		bool	useStartOfWords = false
	)		const

Find and return the list of at most maxNbItem objects auto-completing the passed object name.

Parameters

maxNbItem	the maximum number of returned object names.
useStartOfWords	the autofill mode for returned objects names

Returns

a list of matching object names by order of recent searches, or an empty list if nothing match

substituteGreek()

static QString SearchDialog::substituteGreek ( const QString &  keyString )

static

Replaces all occurrences of substrings describing Greek letters (i.e.

"alpha", "beta", ...) with the actual Greek unicode characters.

Property Documentation

simbadDist

int SearchDialog::simbadDist

readwrite

Properties for SIMBAD position query.

Distance from queried coordinates