Merge pull request #7247 from jherico/qml_script_messaging

Allow message passing from a script to a QML window

interface/resources/qml/QmlWindow.qml

@@ -50,7 +50,23 @@ Windows.Window {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    // Handle message traffic from the script that launched us to the loaded QML
+    function fromScript(message) {
+        if (root.dynamicContent && root.dynamicContent.fromScript) {
+            root.dynamicContent.fromScript(message);
+        }
+    }
     
+    // Handle message traffic from our loaded QML to the script that launched us
+    signal sendToScript(var message);
+    onDynamicContentChanged: {
+        if (dynamicContent && dynamicContent.sendToScript) {
+            dynamicContent.sendToScript.connect(sendToScript);
+        }
+    }
+
+
     Item {
         id: contentHolder
         anchors.fill: parent

libraries/ui/src/QmlWindowClass.cpp

@@ -217,6 +217,13 @@ QmlWindowClass::QmlWindowClass(QObject* qmlWindow)
     qDebug() << "Created window with ID " << _windowId;
     Q_ASSERT(_qmlWindow);
     Q_ASSERT(dynamic_cast<const QQuickItem*>(_qmlWindow));
+    // Forward messages received from QML on to the script
+    connect(_qmlWindow, SIGNAL(sendToScript(QVariant)), this, SIGNAL(fromQml(const QVariant&)), Qt::QueuedConnection);
+}
+
+void QmlWindowClass::sendToQml(const QVariant& message) {
+    // Forward messages received from the script on to QML
+    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(asQuickItem(), "fromScript", Qt::QueuedConnection, Q_ARG(QVariant, message));
 }
 
 QmlWindowClass::~QmlWindowClass() {

libraries/ui/src/QmlWindowClass.h

@@ -67,17 +67,23 @@ public slots:
 
     void setTitle(const QString& title);
 
+
     // Ugh.... do not want to do
     Q_INVOKABLE void raise();
     Q_INVOKABLE void close();
     Q_INVOKABLE int getWindowId() const { return _windowId; };
     Q_INVOKABLE QmlScriptEventBridge* getEventBridge() const { return _eventBridge; };
 
+    // Scripts can use this to send a message to the QML object
+    void sendToQml(const QVariant& message);
+
 signals:
     void visibilityChanged(bool visible);  // Tool window
     void moved(glm::vec2 position);
     void resized(QSizeF size);
     void closed();
+    // Scripts can connect to this signal to receive messages from the QML object
+    void fromQml(const QVariant& message);
 
 protected slots:
     void hasClosed();