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@@ -2407,12 +2407,106 @@ pixmap property in the property editor.
is used to hide widgets that should not be explicitly created by the user,
but are required by other widgets.
- If you would like to use a container widget that is not a subclass of the
- containers provided in \QD, but the container is still based on the notion
- of \e{Current Page}, you need to provide a container extension and
- tell \QD which method to use to add the pages. This can be done using the
- \c{<addpagemethod>} XML tag.
+
+ A complete custom widget specification looks like:
+
+ \code
+<ui language="c++"> displayname="MyWidget">
+ <widget class="widgets::MyWidget" name="mywidget"/>
+ <customwidgets>
+ <customwidget>
+ <class>widgets::MyWidget</class>
+ <addpagemethod>addPage</addpagemethod>
+ <propertyspecifications>
+ <stringpropertyspecification name="fileName" notr="true" type="singleline"
+ <stringpropertyspecification name="text" type="richtext"
+ </propertyspecifications>
+ </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
+</ui>
+ \endcode
+
+ Attributes of the \c{<ui>} tag:
+ \table
+ \header
+ \o Attribute
+ \o Presence
+ \o Values
+ \o Comment
+ \row
+ \o \c{language}
+ \o optional
+ \o "c++", "jambi"
+ \o This attribute specifies the language the custom widget is intended for.
+ It is mainly there to prevent C++-plugins from appearing in Qt Jambi.
+ \row
+ \o \c{displayname}
+ \o optional
+ \o Class name
+ \o The value of the attribute appears in the Widget box and can be used to
+ strip away namespaces.
+ \endtable
+
+ The \c{<addpagemethod>} tag tells \QD and \l uic which method should be used to
+ add pages to a container widget. This applies to container widgets that require
+ calling a particular method to add a child rather than adding the child by passing
+ the parent. In particular, this is relevant for containers that are not a
+ a subclass of the containers provided in \QD, but are based on the notion
+ of \e{Current Page}. In addition, you need to provide a container extension
+ for them.
+
+ The \c{<propertyspecifications>} element can contain a list of property meta information.
+ Currently, properties of type string are supported. For these properties, the
+ \c{<stringpropertyspecification>} tag can be used. This tag has the following attributes:
+
+
+ \table
+ \header
+ \o Attribute
+ \o Presence
+ \o Values
+ \o Comment
+ \row
+ \o \c{name}
+ \o required
+ \o Name of the property
+ \row
+ \o \c{type}
+ \o required
+ \o See below table
+ \o The value of the attribute determines how the property editor will handle them.
+ \row
+ \o \c{notr}
+ \o optional
+ \o "true", "false"
+ \o If the attribute is "true", the value is not meant to be translated.
+ \endtable
+ Values of the \c{type} attribute of the string property:
+
+ \table
+ \header
+ \o Value
+ \o Type
+ \row
+ \o \c{"richtext"}
+ \o Rich text.
+ \row
+ \o \c{"multiline"}
+ \o Multi-line plain text.
+ \row
+ \o \c{"singleline"}
+ \o Single-line plain text.
+ \row
+ \o \c{"stylesheet"}
+ \o A CSS-style sheet.
+ \row
+ \o \c{"objectname"}
+ \o An object name (restricted set of valid characters).
+ \row
+ \o \c{"url"}
+ \o URL, file name.
+ \endtable
\section1 Plugin Requirements