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Asked: 2026-05-25T23:29:06+00:00

I have a working tree model derived from QAbstractItemModel and I wish to filter

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I have a working tree model derived from QAbstractItemModel and I wish to filter it using a QSortFilterProxyModel subclass to display only children nodes of certain criteria. For example I have the following tree:

A
- B
-- C1
-- C1
-- C1
--- C2
- D
- E

I want to filter this tree with the condition that the node has name == C1 and display only the nodes with C1 and their children like this:

C1
C1
C1
- C2

I already have a subclass with filterAcceptsRow() re-implemented that can partially do what I want but it will still show the parent and grandparent of C1 nodes:

A
- B
-- C1
-- C1
-- C1
--- C2

I think this is because for children nodes to even be considered, their parent has to pass the filterAcceptsRow() test, am I right? How can I implement filterAcceptRows() or other methods such that it can do what I have described?

I have asked this question sometime back in qtcentre and qtforum but did not get any useful reply. I tried to move the indices of the QSortFilterProxyModel subclass directly using beginMoveRows and endMoveRows inside filterAcceptsRow() but that just crashes the test application due to dangerous const_cast.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Okay, I’ve found a solution to my problem. Just use QTreeView::setRootIndex() with index B as the input argument. Index B becomes the root index of the QTreeView, which is hidden and only its children are shown in full.

    I felt really dumb after finding this solution. Guess I was too focused on using the proxy model to modify how the data is presented, I had totally forgotten about QTreeView.

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