Selected items can be deleted from model via menu action "Delete item(s)"

mainwindow.cpp

@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent)
   connect(this, &MainWindow::displayStatusMessage, this, &MainWindow::showStatusMessage);
   connect(this, &MainWindow::checkForUpdates, this,
           &MainWindow::on_actionCheck_for_update_triggered, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+
+  connect(ui->tableView->selectionModel(), &QItemSelectionModel::selectionChanged, this,
+          &MainWindow::onSelectionChanged);
+
+  onSelectionChanged(QItemSelection(), QItemSelection());
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow() { delete ui; }
@@ -90,6 +95,26 @@ void MainWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent* event) {
   }
 }
 
+void MainWindow::showStatusMessage(const QString text) {
+  qInfo() << text;
+  ui->statusbar->showMessage(text);
+}
+
+void MainWindow::onSelectionChanged(const QItemSelection& selected,
+                                    const QItemSelection& deselected) {
+  Q_UNUSED(selected);
+  Q_UNUSED(deselected);
+
+  QItemSelection localSelection = ui->tableView->selectionModel()->selection();
+  if (localSelection.empty()) {
+    // qDebug() << "Nothing selected. Disabling delete action";
+    m_deleteItemAct->setEnabled(false);
+  } else {
+    // qDebug() << "Something selected. Enabling delete action";
+    m_deleteItemAct->setEnabled(true);
+  }
+}
+
 void MainWindow::onAboutClicked() {
   const QString applicationName = APPLICATION_NAME;
   const QString titlePrefix     = tr("About ");
@@ -104,11 +129,6 @@ void MainWindow::onAboutClicked() {
   QMessageBox::about(this, titlePrefix + applicationName, aboutText);
 }
 
-void MainWindow::showStatusMessage(const QString text) {
-  qInfo() << text;
-  ui->statusbar->showMessage(text);
-}
-
 void MainWindow::on_actionCheck_for_update_triggered() {
   showStatusMessage("Checking for update...");
   const bool updateAvailable = m_core->isApplicationUpdateAvailable();
@@ -133,6 +153,25 @@ void MainWindow::openNewItemDialog() {
   m_newItemDialog->show();
 }
 
+void MainWindow::deleteSelectedtItems() {
+  showStatusMessage(tr("Invoked 'Edit|Delete Item'"));
+  QItemSelection localSelection = ui->tableView->selectionModel()->selection();
+  if (localSelection.empty()) {
+    qDebug() << "No items selected. Nothing to remove.";
+  } else {
+    for (QList<QItemSelectionRange>::reverse_iterator iter = localSelection.rbegin(),
+                                                      rend = localSelection.rend();
+         iter != rend; ++iter) {
+      // qInfo() << "iter:" << *iter;
+      // const QModelIndex parentIndex = iter->parent();
+      const int topRow    = iter->top();
+      const int bottomRow = iter->bottom();
+      const int nRows     = bottomRow - topRow + 1;
+      m_tableModel->removeRows(topRow, nRows);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 void MainWindow::createActions() {
   // TODO add generic menu actions (file/new, edit/cut, ...)
   createFileActions();
@@ -227,7 +266,6 @@ void MainWindow::createEditActions() {
   m_openNewItemDialogAct->setShortcut(QKeySequence::New);
   m_openNewItemDialogAct->setStatusTip(tr("Opens a dialog to add a new item"));
   connect(m_openNewItemDialogAct.get(), &QAction::triggered, this, &MainWindow::openNewItemDialog);
-  // m_openNewItemDialogAct->setEnabled(false);
   ui->menu_Edit->addAction(m_openNewItemDialogAct.get());
 
   m_openEditItemDialogAct = make_unique<QAction>(tr("&Edit item"), this);
@@ -237,11 +275,10 @@ void MainWindow::createEditActions() {
   m_openEditItemDialogAct->setEnabled(false);
   ui->menu_Edit->addAction(m_openEditItemDialogAct.get());
 
-  m_deleteItemAct = make_unique<QAction>(tr("&Delete item"), this);
+  m_deleteItemAct = make_unique<QAction>(tr("&Delete item(s)"), this);
   m_deleteItemAct->setShortcuts(QKeySequence::Delete);
-  m_deleteItemAct->setStatusTip(tr("Delete currently selected items"));
-  // connect(m_deleteAct, &QAction::triggered, this, &MainWindow::deleteItem);
-  m_deleteItemAct->setEnabled(false);
+  m_deleteItemAct->setStatusTip(tr("Delete currently selected item(s)"));
+  connect(m_deleteItemAct.get(), &QAction::triggered, this, &MainWindow::deleteSelectedtItems);
   ui->menu_Edit->addAction(m_deleteItemAct.get());
 
   ui->menu_Edit->addSeparator();

mainwindow.h

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
 #define MAINWINDOW_H
 
+#include <QItemSelection>
 #include <QMainWindow>
 
 class NewItemDialog;
@@ -32,14 +33,17 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
   void closeEvent(QCloseEvent* event) override;
 
  private slots:
-  void onAboutClicked();
   void showStatusMessage(const QString text);
+  void onSelectionChanged(const QItemSelection& selected, const QItemSelection& deselected);
+
+  void onAboutClicked();
   void on_actionCheck_for_update_triggered();
 
   void on_pushButton_clicked();
 
   /// slots for menu actions
   void openNewItemDialog();
+  void deleteSelectedtItems();
 
  private:
   Ui::MainWindow* ui;