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/*I'm trying to make a QComboBox display a short value (e.g., '1', '2', or '3'), yet have the dropdown from the combo box display longer values such as "Number One", "Number Two", etc...

Here's what I have ...
*/

{
    QString max_dropdown_len, styleSheet;

    max_dropdown_len = QString::number(300);
    styleSheet = "QComboBox QAbstractItemView { min-width: %1; }";

    QComboBox *cb = new QComboBox(this);

    QStandardItemModel *model = new QStandardItemModel(this);
    model->setColumnCount(2);
    model->appendRow(QList<QStandardItem*>() <<
        (new QStandardItem("1")) << (new QStandardItem("Number 1")));
    model->appendRow(QList<QStandardItem*>() <<
        (new QStandardItem("2")) << (new QStandardItem("Number 2")));
    model->appendRow(QList<QStandardItem*>() <<
        (new QStandardItem("3")) << (new QStandardItem("Number 3")));

    QListView *view = new QListView(this);
    view->setModelColumn(1);

    cb->setModel(model);
    cb->setView(view);
    cb->setModelColumn(0);
    cb->setStyleSheet(styleSheet.arg(max_dropdown_len));

    layout = new QFormLayout;
    layout->addRow(new QLabel(tr("Test: ")), cb);

    group = new QGroupBox(tr("Dx RST Report"));
    group->setLayout(layout);
}

/* The problem is that the combobox displays a 1, and when I activate the dropdown, all the values show 1, 2, 3 instead of "number 1", "number 2", "number 3".
*/