I think you can do this without model:
//ListWidget.h
#pragma once
#include <QListWidget>
#include <QListWidgetItem>
#include <QLabel>
#include <QUrl>
#include <QDesktopServices>
class ListWidget: public QListWidget
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
ListWidget()
{
QListWidgetItem* item = new QListWidgetItem("", this);
addItem(item);
QString description("Description:");
QString hyperlinkText("http://www.stackoverflow.com/");
QLabel* hyperlinkWidget = new QLabel( QString("<span>%1 </span><a href=\"%2\">%2</a>").arg(description).arg(hyperlinkText), this);
setItemWidget(item, hyperlinkWidget);
connect(hyperlinkWidget, SIGNAL(linkActivated(const QString&)), this, SLOT(onHyperlinkActivated(const QString&)));
}
private slots:
void onHyperlinkActivated(const QString & link)
{
QDesktopServices::openUrl( QUrl(link) );
}
};
//main.cpp
#include <QtWidgets/QApplication>
#include "ListWidget.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
ListWidget w;
w.show();
return a.exec();
}