Window.close() should not be callable in QML

Window.close() is not documented for QtQuick but for some reason it

• pops up as a suggestion in Qt Creator
• it exists as a valid function that closes a window

The problem is, it does not emit closing() and thus you can not react to X-clicks and close() calls with one onClosing slot.

The next problem is, you cannot re-implement the function. Assume you do the following to fix the problem above:

function close() {
    var closeEvent = { accepted: true };
    childWindow.closing(closeEvent)
    if (closeEvent.accepted)
    {
        visible = false
    }
    else
    {
        console.log("Closing denied")
    }
}

and have the following slot

onClosing: {
    console.log("Child window is closing …")
    close.accepted = false
}

Now, you have a name collision, since the slot parameter close is overwritten by the function name close.

To avoid all this confusion, I think it is necessary to one of the following:

• remove the Window.close() function from QML,
• rename the parameter of the onClosing slot and let Window.close() emit closing

Full example code available here: https://gist.github.com/webmaster128/c0724440033ef153bb96