- Qt 6.4
- Qt Quick
- QML Types
- Flickable
- Qt 6.4.3 Reference Documentation

# Flickable QML Type

Provides a surface that can be "flicked". More...

Import Statement: | import QtQuick
Inherits: | Item
Inherited By: | GridView, ListView, and TableView

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Properties

- atXBeginning : bool
- atXEnd : bool
- atYBeginning : bool
- atYEnd : bool
- bottomMargin : real
- boundsBehavior : enumeration
- boundsMovement : enumeration
- contentHeight : real
- contentItem : Item
- contentWidth : real
- contentX : real
- contentY : real
- dragging : bool
- draggingHorizontally : bool
- draggingVertically : bool
- flickDeceleration : real
- flickableDirection : enumeration
- flicking : bool
- flickingHorizontally : bool
- flickingVertically : bool
- horizontalOvershoot : real
- horizontalVelocity : real
- interactive : bool
- leftMargin : real
- maximumFlickVelocity : real
- moving : bool
- movingHorizontally : bool
- movingVertically : bool
- originX : real
- originY : real
- pixelAligned : bool
- pressDelay : int
- rebound : Transition
- rightMargin : real
- synchronousDrag : bool
- topMargin : real
- verticalOvershoot : real
- verticalVelocity : real
- visibleArea
  - visibleArea.heightRatio : real
  - visibleArea.widthRatio : real
  - visibleArea.xPosition : real
  - visibleArea.yPosition : real

## Signals

- flickEnded()
- flickStarted()
- movementEnded()
- movementStarted()

## Methods

- cancelFlick()
- flick(qreal xVelocity, qreal yVelocity)
- resizeContent(real width, real height, QPointF center)
- returnToBounds()

## Detailed Description

The Flickable item places its children on a surface that can be dragged and flicked, causing the view onto the child items to scroll. This behavior forms the basis of Items that are designed to show large numbers of child items, such as ListView and GridView.

In traditional user interfaces, views can be scrolled using standard controls, such as scroll bars and arrow buttons. In some situations, it is also possible to drag the view directly by pressing and holding a mouse button while moving the cursor. In touch-based user interfaces, this dragging action is often complemented with a flicking action, where scrolling continues after the user has stopped touching the view.

Flickable does not automatically clip its contents. If it is not used as a full-screen item, you should consider setting the clip property to true.

## Example Usage

The following example shows a small view onto a large image in which the user can drag or flick the image in order to view different parts of it.

     import QtQuick 2.0

     Flickable {
         width: 200; height: 200
         contentWidth: image.width; contentHeight: image.height

         Image { id: image; source: "bigImage.png" }
     }

Items declared as children of a Flickable are automatically parented to the Flickable's contentItem. This should be taken into account when operating on the children of the Flickable; it is usually the children of `contentItem` that are relevant. For example, the bound of Items added to the Flickable will be available by `contentItem.childrenRect`

## Examples of contentX and contentY

The following images demonstrate a flickable being flicked in various directions and the resulting contentX and contentY values. The blue square represents the flickable's content, and the black border represents the bounds of the flickable.

| The `contentX` and `contentY` are both `0`.
| The `contentX` and the `contentY` are both `50`.
| The `contentX` is `-50` and the `contentY` is `50`.
| The `contentX` and the `contentY` are both `-50`.
| The `contentX` is `50` and the `contentY` is `-50`.

## Limitations

Note: Due to an implementation detail, items placed inside a Flickable cannot anchor to the Flickable. Instead, use parent, which refers to the Flickable's contentItem. The size of the content item is determined by contentWidth and contentHeight.

## Property Documentation

[read-only] moving : bool
[read-only] movingHorizontally : bool
[read-only] movingVertically : bool

These properties describe whether the view is currently moving horizontally, vertically or in either direction, due to the user either dragging or flicking the view.

[read-only] dragging : bool
[read-only] draggingHorizontally : bool
[read-only] draggingVertically : bool

These properties describe whether the view is currently moving horizontally, vertically or in either direction, due to the user dragging the view.

[read-only] flicking : bool
[read-only] flickingHorizontally : bool
[read-only] flickingVertically : bool

These properties describe whether the view is currently moving horizontally, vertically or in either direction, due to the user flicking the view.

[read-only] originX : real
[read-only] originY : real

These properties hold the origin of the content. This value always refers to the top-left position of the content regardless of layout direction.

This is usually (0,0), however ListView and GridView may have an arbitrary origin due to delegate size variation, or item insertion/removal outside the visible region.

See also contentX and contentY.

bottomMargin : real
leftMargin : real
rightMargin : real
topMargin : real

These properties hold the margins around the content. This space is reserved in addition to the contentWidth and contentHeight.

contentHeight : real
contentWidth : real

The dimensions of the content (the surface controlled by Flickable). This should typically be set to the combined size of the items placed in the Flickable.

The following snippet shows how these properties are used to display an image that is larger than the Flickable item itself:

     import QtQuick 2.0

     Flickable {
         width: 200; height: 200
         contentWidth: image.width; contentHeight: image.height

         Image { id: image; source: "bigImage.png" }
     }

In some cases, the content dimensions can be automatically set based on the childrenRect.width and childrenRect.height properties of the contentItem. For example, the previous snippet could be rewritten with:

     contentWidth: contentItem.childrenRect.width; contentHeight: contentItem.childrenRect.height

Though this assumes that the origin of the childrenRect is 0,0.

[read-only] atXBeginning : bool
[read-only] atXEnd : bool
[read-only] atYBeginning : bool
[read-only] atYEnd : bool

These properties are true if the flickable view is positioned at the beginning, or end respectively.

[read-only] horizontalVelocity : real
[read-only] verticalVelocity : real

The instantaneous velocity of movement along the x and y axes, in pixels/sec.

The reported velocity is smoothed to avoid erratic output.

Note that for views with a large content size (more than 10 times the view size), the velocity of the flick may exceed the velocity of the touch in the case of multiple quick consecutive flicks. This allows the user to flick faster through large content.

contentX : real
contentY : real

These properties hold the surface coordinate currently at the top-left corner of the Flickable. For example, if you flick an image up 100 pixels, `contentY` will increase by 100.

Note: If you flick back to the origin (the top-left corner), after the rebound animation, `contentX` will settle to the same value as `originX`, and `contentY` to `originY`. These are usually (0,0), however ListView and GridView may have an arbitrary origin due to delegate size variation, or item insertion/removal outside the visible region. So if you want to implement something like a vertical scrollbar, one way is to use `y: (contentY - originY) * (height / contentHeight)` for the position; another way is to use the normalized values in visibleArea.

See also Examples of contentX and contentY, originX, and originY.

boundsBehavior : enumeration

This property holds whether the surface may be dragged beyond the Flickable's boundaries, or overshoot the Flickable's boundaries when flicked.

When the boundsMovement is `Flickable.FollowBoundsBehavior`, a value other than `Flickable.StopAtBounds` will give a feeling that the edges of the view are soft, rather than a hard physical boundary.

The `boundsBehavior` can be one of:

- Flickable.StopAtBounds - the contents can not be dragged beyond the boundary of the flickable, and flicks will not overshoot.
- Flickable.DragOverBounds - the contents can be dragged beyond the boundary of the Flickable, but flicks will not overshoot.
- Flickable.OvershootBounds - the contents can overshoot the boundary when flicked, but the content cannot be dragged beyond the boundary of the flickable. (since `QtQuick 2.5`)
- Flickable.DragAndOvershootBounds (default) - the contents can be dragged beyond the boundary of the Flickable, and can overshoot the boundary when flicked.

See also horizontalOvershoot, verticalOvershoot, and boundsMovement.

[since 5.10] boundsMovement : enumeration

This property holds whether the flickable will give a feeling that the edges of the view are soft, rather than a hard physical boundary.

The `boundsMovement` can be one of:

- Flickable.StopAtBounds - this allows implementing custom edge effects where the contents do not follow drags or flicks beyond the bounds of the flickable. The values of horizontalOvershoot and verticalOvershoot can be utilized to implement custom edge effects.
- Flickable.FollowBoundsBehavior (default) - whether the contents follow drags or flicks beyond the bounds of the flickable is determined by boundsBehavior.

The following example keeps the contents within bounds and instead applies a flip effect when flicked over horizontal bounds:

     Flickable {
         id: flickable
         boundsMovement: Flickable.StopAtBounds
         boundsBehavior: Flickable.DragAndOvershootBounds
         transform: Rotation {
             axis { x: 0; y: 1; z: 0 }
             origin.x: flickable.width / 2
             origin.y: flickable.height / 2
             angle: Math.min(30, Math.max(-30, flickable.horizontalOvershoot))
         }
     }

The following example keeps the contents within bounds and instead applies an opacity effect when dragged over vertical bounds:

     Flickable {
         boundsMovement: Flickable.StopAtBounds
         boundsBehavior: Flickable.DragOverBounds
         opacity: Math.max(0.5, 1.0 - Math.abs(verticalOvershoot) / height)
     }

This property was introduced in Qt 5.10.

See also boundsBehavior, verticalOvershoot, and horizontalOvershoot.

[read-only] contentItem : Item

The internal item that contains the Items to be moved in the Flickable.

Items declared as children of a Flickable are automatically parented to the Flickable's contentItem.

Items created dynamically need to be explicitly parented to the contentItem:

     Flickable {
         id: myFlickable
         function addItem(file) {
             var component = Qt.createComponent(file)
             component.createObject(myFlickable.contentItem);
         }
     }

flickDeceleration : real

This property holds the rate at which a flick will decelerate: the higher the number, the faster it slows down when the user stops flicking via touch, touchpad or mouse wheel. For example 0.0001 is nearly "frictionless", and 10000 feels quite "sticky".

The default value is platform dependent. Values of zero or less are not allowed.

Note: For touchpad flicking, some platforms drive Flickable directly by sending QWheelEvents with QWheelEvent::phase() being `Qt::ScrollMomentum`, after the user has released all fingers from the touchpad. In that case, the operating system is controlling the deceleration, and this property has no effect.

Note: For mouse wheel scrolling, and for gesture scrolling on touchpads that do not have a momentum phase, extremely large values of flickDeceleration can make Flickable very resistant to scrolling, especially if maximumFlickVelocity is too small.

flickableDirection : enumeration

This property determines which directions the view can be flicked.

- Flickable.AutoFlickDirection (default) - allows flicking vertically if the contentHeight is not equal to the height of the Flickable. Allows flicking horizontally if the contentWidth is not equal to the width of the Flickable.
- Flickable.AutoFlickIfNeeded - allows flicking vertically if the contentHeight is greater than the height of the Flickable. Allows flicking horizontally if the contentWidth is greater than to the width of the Flickable. (since `QtQuick 2.7`)
- Flickable.HorizontalFlick - allows flicking horizontally.
- Flickable.VerticalFlick - allows flicking vertically.
- Flickable.HorizontalAndVerticalFlick - allows flicking in both directions.

[read-only, since 5.9] horizontalOvershoot : real

This property holds the horizontal overshoot, that is, the horizontal distance by which the contents has been dragged or flicked past the bounds of the flickable. The value is negative when the content is dragged or flicked beyond the beginning, and positive when beyond the end; `0.0` otherwise.

Whether the values are reported for dragging and/or flicking is determined by boundsBehavior. The overshoot distance is reported even when boundsMovement is `Flickable.StopAtBounds`.

This property was introduced in Qt 5.9.

See also verticalOvershoot, boundsBehavior, and boundsMovement.

interactive : bool

This property describes whether the user can interact with the Flickable. A user cannot drag or flick a Flickable that is not interactive.

By default, this property is true.

This property is useful for temporarily disabling flicking. This allows special interaction with Flickable's children; for example, you might want to freeze a flickable map while scrolling through a pop-up dialog that is a child of the Flickable.

maximumFlickVelocity : real

This property holds the maximum velocity that the user can flick the view in pixels/second.

The default value is platform dependent.

pixelAligned : bool

This property sets the alignment of contentX and contentY to pixels (`true`) or subpixels (`false`).

Enable pixelAligned to optimize for still content or moving content with high constrast edges, such as one-pixel-wide lines, text or vector graphics. Disable pixelAligned when optimizing for animation quality.

The default is `false`.

pressDelay : int

This property holds the time to delay (ms) delivering a press to children of the Flickable. This can be useful where reacting to a press before a flicking action has undesirable effects.

If the flickable is dragged/flicked before the delay times out the press event will not be delivered. If the button is released within the timeout, both the press and release will be delivered.

Note that for nested Flickables with pressDelay set, the pressDelay of outer Flickables is overridden by the innermost Flickable. If the drag exceeds the platform drag threshold, the press event will be delivered regardless of this property.

See also QStyleHints.

rebound : Transition

This holds the transition to be applied to the content view when it snaps back to the bounds of the flickable. The transition is triggered when the view is flicked or dragged past the edge of the content area, or when returnToBounds() is called.

     import QtQuick 2.0

     Flickable {
         width: 150; height: 150
         contentWidth: 300; contentHeight: 300

         rebound: Transition {
             NumberAnimation {
                 properties: "x,y"
                 duration: 1000
                 easing.type: Easing.OutBounce
             }
         }

         Rectangle {
             width: 300; height: 300
             gradient: Gradient {
                 GradientStop { position: 0.0; color: "lightsteelblue" }
                 GradientStop { position: 1.0; color: "blue" }
             }
         }
     }

When the above view is flicked beyond its bounds, it will return to its bounds using the transition specified:

If this property is not set, a default animation is applied.

[since 5.12] synchronousDrag : bool

If this property is set to true, then when the mouse or touchpoint moves far enough to begin dragging the content, the content will jump, such that the content pixel which was under the cursor or touchpoint when pressed remains under that point.

The default is `false`, which provides a smoother experience (no jump) at the cost that some of the drag distance is "lost" at the beginning.

This property was introduced in Qt 5.12.

[read-only, since 5.9] verticalOvershoot : real

This property holds the vertical overshoot, that is, the vertical distance by which the contents has been dragged or flicked past the bounds of the flickable. The value is negative when the content is dragged or flicked beyond the beginning, and positive when beyond the end; `0.0` otherwise.

Whether the values are reported for dragging and/or flicking is determined by boundsBehavior. The overshoot distance is reported even when boundsMovement is `Flickable.StopAtBounds`.

This property was introduced in Qt 5.9.

See also horizontalOvershoot, boundsBehavior, and boundsMovement.

visibleArea group
[read-only] visibleArea.heightRatio : real
[read-only] visibleArea.widthRatio : real
[read-only] visibleArea.xPosition : real
[read-only] visibleArea.yPosition : real

These properties describe the position and size of the currently viewed area. The size is defined as the percentage of the full view currently visible, scaled to 0.0 - 1.0. The page position is usually in the range 0.0 (beginning) to 1.0 minus size ratio (end), i.e. `yPosition` is in the range 0.0 to 1.0-`heightRatio`. However, it is possible for the contents to be dragged outside of the normal range, resulting in the page positions also being outside the normal range.

These properties are typically used to draw a scrollbar. For example:

     Rectangle {
         width: 200; height: 200

         Flickable {
             id: flickable
             ...
         }

         Rectangle {
             id: scrollbar
             anchors.right: flickable.right
             y: flickable.visibleArea.yPosition * flickable.height
             width: 10
             height: flickable.visibleArea.heightRatio * flickable.height
             color: "black"
         }
     }

See also UI Components: Scrollbar Example.

## Signal Documentation

flickEnded()

This signal is emitted when the view stops moving after a flick or a series of flicks.

Note: The corresponding handler is `onFlickEnded`.

flickStarted()

This signal is emitted when the view is flicked. A flick starts from the point that the mouse or touch is released, while still in motion.

Note: The corresponding handler is `onFlickStarted`.

movementEnded()

This signal is emitted when the view stops moving due to user interaction or a generated flick(). If a flick was active, this signal will be emitted once the flick stops. If a flick was not active, this signal will be emitted when the user stops dragging - i.e. a mouse or touch release.

Note: The corresponding handler is `onMovementEnded`.

movementStarted()

This signal is emitted when the view begins moving due to user interaction or a generated flick().

Note: The corresponding handler is `onMovementStarted`.

## Method Documentation

cancelFlick()

Cancels the current flick animation.

flick(qreal xVelocity, qreal yVelocity)

Flicks the content with xVelocity horizontally and yVelocity vertically in pixels/sec.

Calling this method will update the corresponding moving and flicking properties and signals, just like a real flick.

resizeContent(real width, real height, QPointF center)

Resizes the content to width x height about center.

This does not scale the contents of the Flickable - it only resizes the contentWidth and contentHeight.

Resizing the content may result in the content being positioned outside the bounds of the Flickable. Calling returnToBounds() will move the content back within legal bounds.

returnToBounds()

Ensures the content is within legal bounds.

This may be called to ensure that the content is within legal bounds after manually positioning the content.