You're reading from Qt5 C++ GUI Programming Cookbook Design and build a functional, appealing, and user-friendly graphical user interface

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783280278

Length 300 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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C++

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GUI Application Development

Author (1):

Lee Zhi Eng

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Look and Feel Customization

2. States and Animations FREE CHAPTER

3. QPainter and 2D Graphics

4. OpenGL Implementation

5. Building a Touch Screen Application with Qt5

6. XML Parsing Made Easy

7. Conversion Library

8. Accessing Databases

9. Developing a Web Application Using Qt Web Engine

Index

Designing a basic user interface with QML

In this example, we will learn how to use Qt Quick Designer to design our program's user interface.

How to do it…

First of all, create a new Qt Quick application project, just like we did in the previous recipe. You can also use the previous project files if you wish to.
You will see two QML files in your project resources—main.qml and MainForm.ui.qml. The former is where we implement the logic for our application, and the latter is where we design our user interface. We will start with the UI design, so let's open up MainForm.ui.qml. Once it's been opened by Qt Creator, you will see an entirely different UI editor compared to the one we used in previous chapters. This editor is called the Qt Quick Designer, which is used specifically to design UI for Qt Quick projects. The components of this editor are described as follows:
- Library: The Library window displays all the predefined QML types that you can add to your UI canvas...

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Authors (1)

Lee Zhi Eng

Lee Zhi Eng is a self-taught programmer who worked as an artist and programmer at several game studios before becoming a part-time lecturer for 2 years at a university, teaching game development subjects related to Unity and Unreal Engine. He has not only taken part in various projects related to games, interactive apps, and virtual reality but has also participated in multiple projects that are more oriented toward software and system development. When he is not writing code, he enjoys traveling, photography, and exploring new technologies.

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