[SailfishDevel] ContextMenu used with multiple Views on one Page

[christopher.lamb at thurweb.ch]

Hi All

I am struggling to get a Silica ContextNenu working from a view.

I have taken the ComponentsGallery MenuPage as a reference example.  
When an entry on the view is PressAndHold(ed) a ContextMenu "drops  
down" below the selected item.

In most cases this causes the items below those selected to slide  
down. Towards the bottom of the screen it causes items above to slide  
up (so there is room to paint the ContextMenu).

In my app I have a column of 4 Views in a parent child relationship.  
Clicking on an item in View 1 causes Views 2, 3, and 4 to repopulate.  
Clicking on an item in View 2 causes Views 3 and 4 to repopulate. (See  
MC_MainPage1.jp2).

When a item is clicked, I "expand* the delegate and the view holding  
the item to create space for the ContextMenu (which may be taller than  
the View in its normal state). Lower Views slide down accordingly.  
(See MC_MainPage2.jp2). So far so good.

However when a I add the ContextMenu, things go a little haywire, as  
can be seen in MC_MainPage3.jp2. Rather than sliding lower ListItems  
down, the ContextMenu slides higher ListIems up, and sits itself at  
the top of the View / screen.

Any ideas of what is going on?

I suspect that my use case may be a little too exotic for the standard  
ContextMenu: I am on the brink of implementing my own custom  
equivalent, but thought I would seek the wise council of others before  
doing so.

My code can be found here:
https://github.com/sailfishapps/landed/tree/master/landedsettings21/qml/landedsettings21

The .qmls related to this issue are:
MainPage
https://github.com/sailfishapps/landed/blob/master/landedsettings21/qml/landedsettings21/MainPage.qml
LandedMVD (my generic Model View Delegate Control, used 4 times by MainPage)
https://github.com/sailfishapps/landed/blob/master/landedsettings21/qml/landedsettings21/LandedMVD.qml
ViewDelegate (the delegate used by MainPage/LandedMVD)
https://github.com/sailfishapps/landed/blob/master/landedsettings21/qml/landedsettings21/ViewDelegate.qml

Chris

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