[SailfishDevel] Why do I get "binding loop" error?

[J-P Nurmi]

On 24 Mar 2014, at 22:24, Ragnar Kurm <ragnar at waalaskala.com> wrote:

>> flickable.contentHeight: column.height
> 
> Thank you Andrei,
> but it does not help :(
> 
> I assumed that your code was meant like this:
> SilicaFlickable { contentHeight: column.height; Column { id: column ...} }
> 
> Even when set explicitly
> SilicaFlickable { contentY: 0 ... }
> still get the loop.
> 
> I wonder how/where to debug this?
> 
> This did not help me either:
> SailfishOS/mersdk/targets/SailfishOS-i486-x86/usr/lib/qt5/qml/Sailfish/Silica/SilicaFlickable.qml
> No mention of contentY, which loops.
> 
> Thank you,
> Ragnar
> 
> 
>>> I'm experiencing the same in a slightly different context (a SilicaListView with a ContextMenu dynamically created and on shown after a long press on each ListItem delegate). To me it seems related to the ContextMenu item, when it becomes visible and it pushes down the content below.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I have problems with an error:
>>> Test.qml:7: QML SilicaFlickable: Binding loop detected for property "contentY"
>>> 
>>> What do I miss?
>>> 
>>> Ragnar
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> import QtQuick 2.0
>>> import Sailfish.Silica 1.0
>>> 
>>> Dialog {
>>>     id: dialog
>>>     SilicaFlickable {
>>>         Column {
>>>             ComboBox {
>>>                 label: "Label"
>>>                 width: dialog.width
>>>                 menu: ContextMenu {
>>>                     width: dialog.width
>>>                     MenuItem { text: "Item 1" }
>>>                 }
>>>             }
>>>         }
>>>     }
>>> }
> 

a) give the flickable a valid geometry, and
b) specify the content size.

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J-P Nurmi