Different delegates for QML ListView

Question

I would like to know if it's possible to use (several) different delegates for a QML ListView.

Depending on the individual object in the ListView model, I would like to visualize the objects with different delegates.

This piece of code explains what I want to achieve:

main.qml

import QtQuick 2.4
import QtQuick.Controls 1.3
import QtQuick.Window 2.2
import QtQuick.Dialogs 1.2

ApplicationWindow {
    title: qsTr("Hello World")
    width: 640
    height: 480
    visible: true

    ListModel {
        id: contactsModel
        ListElement {
            name: "Bill Smith"
            position: "Engineer"
        }
        ListElement {
            name: "John Brown"
            position: "Engineer"
        }
        ListElement {
            name: "Sam Wise"
            position: "Manager"
        }
    }

    ListView {
        id: contactsView
        anchors.left: parent.left
        anchors.top: parent.top
        width: parent.width
        height: parent.height
        orientation: Qt.Vertical
        spacing: 10
        model: contactsModel
        delegate: {
            if (position == "Engineer") return Employee;  //<--- depending on condition, load Contact{}
            else if (position == "Manager") return Manager; //<--- depending on condition, load Person{}
        }
    }
}

Employee.qml (One possible Component which I would like to use as a delegate)

import QtQuick 2.4

Rectangle{
    width: 200
    height: 50
    color: ListView.isCurrentItem ? "#003366" : "#585858"
    border.color: "gray"
    border.width: 1

    Text{
        anchors.centerIn: parent
        color: "white"
        text: name
    }
}

Manager.qml (other Component I would like to use as a delegate)

import QtQuick 2.4

Rectangle{
    width: 200
    height: 50
    color: "red"
    border.color: "blue"
    border.width: 1

    Text{
        anchors.centerIn: parent
        color: "white"
        text: name
    }
}

I would appreciate any advice! Thanks!

Answer 1

I've had the same problem, the Qt documentation is providing a pretty good answer: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qml-qtquick-loader.html#using-a-loader-within-a-view-delegate

The easiest solution is an inline Component with a Loader to set a source file:

ListView {
    id: contactsView
    anchors.left: parent.left
    anchors.top: parent.top
    width: parent.width
    height: parent.height
    orientation: Qt.Vertical
    spacing: 10
    model: contactsModel
    delegate: Component {
        Loader {
            source: switch(position) {
                case "Engineer": return "Employee.qml"
                case "Manager": return "Manager.qml"
            }
        }
    }
}

Any attempt to use Loader.srcComponent will result in missing any variable from the model (including index). The only way for the variables to be present is the children Component to be inside the main Component, but then only one can be present, so it is useless.