src/selectionmode/actiontexthelper.h

   1 /*
   2     This file is part of the KDE project
   3     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Felix Ernst <felixernst@zohomail.eu>
   4
   5     SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only OR LGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-LGPL
   6 */
   7
   8 #ifndef ACTIONTEXTHELPER_H
   9 #define ACTIONTEXTHELPER_H
  10
  11 #include <QAction>
  12 #include <QPointer>
  13 #include <QString>
  14
  15 namespace SelectionMode
  16 {
  17
  18 /**
  19  * @brief Helps changing the texts of actions depending on the current selection.
  20  *
  21  * This is useful for actions that directly trigger a change when there is a selection and do something
  22  * different when nothing is selected. For example should the copy action read "Copy" when items are
  23  * selected but when no items are selected it can read "Copy…" since triggering it will enter selection
  24  * mode and ask users to select the files they want to copy first.
  25  */
  26 class ActionTextHelper : QObject
  27 {
  28 public:
  29     explicit ActionTextHelper(QObject *parent);
  30
  31     /**
  32      * Changes the text of \a action to \a text whenever textsWhenNothingIsSelectedEnabled(true) is called.
  33      * The texts can be changed back by calling textsWhenNothingIsSelectedEnabled(false).
  34      * @see textsWhenNothingIsSelectedEnabled()
  35      */
  36     void registerTextWhenNothingIsSelected(QAction *action, QString registeredText);
  37
  38     /**
  39      * Changes all texts that were registered previously using registerTextWhenNothingIsSelected() to those
  40      * registered texts if called with \a enabled == true. Otherwise resets the texts to the original one.
  41      */
  42     void textsWhenNothingIsSelectedEnabled(bool enabled);
  43
  44 private:
  45     enum TextState { TextWhenNothingIsSelected, TextWhenSomethingIsSelected };
  46
  47     /**
  48      * Utility struct to allow switching back and forth between registered actions showing their
  49      * distinct texts for when no items are selected or when items are selected.
  50      * An example is "Copy" or "Copy…". The latter one is used when nothing is selected and signifies
  51      * that it will trigger SelectionMode so items can be selected and then copied.
  52      */
  53     struct RegisteredActionTextChange {
  54         QPointer<QAction> action;
  55         QString registeredText;
  56         TextState textStateOfRegisteredText;
  57
  58         RegisteredActionTextChange(QAction *action, QString registeredText, TextState state)
  59             : action{action}
  60             , registeredText{registeredText}
  61             , textStateOfRegisteredText{state} {};
  62     };
  63
  64     /**
  65      * @see RegisteredActionTextChange
  66      */
  67     std::vector<RegisteredActionTextChange> m_registeredActionTextChanges;
  68 };
  69
  70 }
  71
  72 #endif // ACTIONTEXTHELPER_H