Start hooking up tables to app

src/app/layout/qgslayoutapputils.cpp

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "qgslayoutitemhtml.h"
 #include "qgslayouthtmlwidget.h"
 #include "qgslayoutscalebarwidget.h"
+#include "qgslayoutitemattributetable.h"
 #include "qgisapp.h"
 #include "qgsmapcanvas.h"
 
@@ -279,4 +280,34 @@ void QgsLayoutAppUtils::registerGuiForKnownItemTypes()
   } );
   registry->addLayoutItemGuiMetadata( htmlItemMetadata.release() );
 
+  // attribute table item
+
+  auto attributeTableItemMetadata = qgis::make_unique< QgsLayoutItemGuiMetadata >( QgsLayoutItemRegistry::LayoutAttributeTable, QObject::tr( "Attribute Table" ), QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( QStringLiteral( "/mActionAddTable.svg" ) ),
+                                    [ = ]( QgsLayoutItem * item )->QgsLayoutItemBaseWidget *
+  {
+    return nullptr; //new QgsLayoutHtmlWidget( qobject_cast< QgsLayoutFrame * >( item ) );
+  }, createRubberBand );
+  attributeTableItemMetadata->setItemCreationFunction( [ = ]( QgsLayout * layout )->QgsLayoutItem*
+  {
+    std::unique_ptr< QgsLayoutItemAttributeTable > tableMultiFrame = qgis::make_unique< QgsLayoutItemAttributeTable >( layout );
+    QgsLayoutItemAttributeTable *table = tableMultiFrame.get();
+
+    //set first vector layer from layer registry as table source
+    QMap<QString, QgsMapLayer *> layerMap = layout->project()->mapLayers();
+    for ( auto it = layerMap.constBegin() ; it != layerMap.constEnd(); ++it )
+    {
+      if ( QgsVectorLayer *vl = qobject_cast<QgsVectorLayer *>( it.value() ) )
+      {
+        table->setVectorLayer( vl );
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    layout->addMultiFrame( tableMultiFrame.release() );
+    std::unique_ptr< QgsLayoutFrame > frame = qgis::make_unique< QgsLayoutFrame >( layout, table );
+    QgsLayoutFrame *f = frame.get();
+    table->addFrame( frame.release() );
+    return f;
+  } );
+  registry->addLayoutItemGuiMetadata( attributeTableItemMetadata .release() );
 }

src/core/layout/qgslayoutitemattributetable.cpp

@@ -75,28 +75,6 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsLayoutAttributeTableCompare
 QgsLayoutItemAttributeTable::QgsLayoutItemAttributeTable( QgsLayout *layout )
   : QgsLayoutTable( layout )
 {
-#if 0 //TODO - move to app
-  //set first vector layer from layer registry as default one
-  QMap<QString, QgsMapLayer *> layerMap = mComposition->project()->mapLayers();
-  QMap<QString, QgsMapLayer *>::const_iterator mapIt = layerMap.constBegin();
-  for ( ; mapIt != layerMap.constEnd(); ++mapIt )
-  {
-    QgsVectorLayer *vl = dynamic_cast<QgsVectorLayer *>( mapIt.value() );
-    if ( vl )
-    {
-      mVectorLayer.setLayer( vl );
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-#endif
-
-  if ( mVectorLayer )
-  {
-    resetColumns();
-    //listen for modifications to layer and refresh table when they occur
-    connect( mVectorLayer.get(), &QgsVectorLayer::layerModified, this, &QgsLayoutTable::refreshAttributes );
-  }
-
   if ( mLayout )
   {
     connect( mLayout->project(), static_cast < void ( QgsProject::* )( const QString & ) >( &QgsProject::layerWillBeRemoved ), this, &QgsLayoutItemAttributeTable::removeLayer );
@@ -129,7 +107,7 @@ QgsLayoutItemAttributeTable *QgsLayoutItemAttributeTable::create( QgsLayout *lay
 
 QString QgsLayoutItemAttributeTable::displayName() const
 {
-  return tr( "<attribute table>" );
+  return tr( "<Attribute table frame>" );
 }
 
 void QgsLayoutItemAttributeTable::setVectorLayer( QgsVectorLayer *layer )

src/core/layout/qgslayoutitemtexttable.cpp

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ QString QgsLayoutItemTextTable::stringType() const
 
 QString QgsLayoutItemTextTable::displayName() const
 {
-  return tr( "<text table>" );
+  return tr( "<Text table frame>" );
 }
 
 QgsLayoutItemTextTable *QgsLayoutItemTextTable::create( QgsLayout *layout )