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These examples are ordered by functional area, but many - examples often use features from many parts of Qt to highlight one area - in particular. - - This document provides a brief overview of each example category and - provides links to the more formal \l{Qt Examples}{list of examples}. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Widgets}{Widgets} - - \l{Qt Examples#Widgets}{\inlineimage widget-examples.png - } - - Qt comes with a large range of standard widgets that users of modern - applications have come to expect. - - You can also develop your own custom widgets and controls, and use them - alongside standard widgets. - - It is even possible to provide custom styles and themes for widgets that can - be used to change the appearance of standard widgets and appropriately - written custom widgets. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Dialogs}{Dialogs} - - \l{Qt Examples#Dialogs}{\inlineimage dialog-examples.png - } - - Qt includes standard dialogs for many common operations, such as file - selection, printing, and color selection. - - Custom dialogs can also be created for specialized modal or modeless - interactions with users. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Main Windows}{Main Windows} - - \l{Qt Examples#Main Windows}{\inlineimage mainwindow-examples.png - } - - All the standard features of application main windows are provided by Qt. - - Main windows can have pull down menus, tool bars, and dock windows. These - separate forms of user input are unified in an integrated action system that - also supports keyboard shortcuts and accelerator keys in menu items. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Layouts}{Layouts} - - \l{Qt Examples#Layouts}{\inlineimage layout-examples.png - } - - Qt uses a layout-based approach to widget management. Widgets are arranged in - the optimal positions in windows based on simple layout rules, leading to a - consistent look and feel. - - Custom layouts can be used to provide more control over the positions and - sizes of child widgets. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Painting}{Painting} - - \l{Qt Examples#Painting}{\inlineimage painting-examples.png - } - - Qt's painting system is able to render vector graphics, images, and outline - font-based text with sub-pixel accuracy accuracy using anti-aliasing to - improve rendering quality. - - These examples show the most common techniques that are used when painting - with Qt, from basic concepts such as drawing simple primitives to the use of - transformations. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Item Views}{Item Views} - - \l{Qt Examples#Item Views}{\inlineimage itemview-examples.png - } - - Item views are widgets that typically display data sets. Qt 4's model/view - framework lets you handle large data sets by separating the underlying data - from the way it is represented to the user, and provides support for - customized rendering through the use of delegates. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Graphics View}{Graphics View} - - \l{Qt Examples#Graphics View}{\inlineimage graphicsview-examples.png - } - - Qt is provided with a comprehensive canvas through the GraphicsView - classes. - - These examples demonstrate the fundamental aspects of canvas programming - with Qt. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Rich Text}{Rich Text} - - \l{Qt Examples#Rich Text}{\inlineimage richtext-examples.png - } - - Qt provides powerful document-oriented rich text engine that supports Unicode - and right-to-left scripts. Documents can be manipulated using a cursor-based - API, and their contents can be imported and exported as both HTML and in a - custom XML format. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Tools}{Tools} - - \l{Qt Examples#Tools}{\inlineimage tool-examples.png - } - - Qt is equipped with a range of capable tool classes, from containers and - iterators to classes for string handling and manipulation. - - Other classes provide application infrastructure support, handling plugin - loading and managing configuration files. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Desktop}{Desktop} - - \l{Qt Examples#Desktop}{\inlineimage desktop-examples.png - } - - Qt provides features to enable applications to integrate with the user's - preferred desktop environment. - - Features such as system tray icons, access to the desktop widget, and - support for desktop services can be used to improve the appearance of - applications and take advantage of underlying desktop facilities. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Drag and Drop}{Drag and Drop} - - \l{Qt Examples#Drag and Drop}{\inlineimage draganddrop-examples.png - } - - Qt supports native drag and drop on all platforms via an extensible - MIME-based system that enables applications to send data to each other in the - most appropriate formats. - - Drag and drop can also be implemented for internal use by applications. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Threads}{Threads} - - \l{Qt Examples#Threads}{\inlineimage thread-examples.png - } - - Qt 4 makes it easier than ever to write multithreaded applications. More - classes have been made usable from non-GUI threads, and the signals and slots - mechanism can now be used to communicate between threads. - - Additionally, it is now possible to move objects between threads. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Concurrent Programming}{Concurrent Programming} - - The QtConcurrent namespace includes a collection of classes and functions - for straightforward concurrent programming. - - These examples show how to apply the basic techniques of concurrent - programming to simple problems. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Network}{Network} - - \l{Qt Examples#Network}{\inlineimage network-examples.png - } - - Qt is provided with an extensive set of network classes to support both - client-based and server side network programming. - - These examples demonstrate the fundamental aspects of network programming - with Qt. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#XML}{XML} - - \l{Qt Examples#XML}{\inlineimage xml-examples.png - } - - XML parsing and handling is supported through SAX and DOM compliant APIs. - - Qt's SAX compliant classes allow you to parse XML incrementally; the DOM - classes enable more complex document-level operations to be performed on - XML files. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#XQuery, XPath}{XQuery, XPath} - - Qt provides an XQuery/XPath engine, QtXmlPatterns, for querying XML - files and custom data models, similar to the model/view framework. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#OpenGL}{OpenGL} - - \l{Qt Examples#OpenGL}{\inlineimage opengl-examples.png - } - - Qt provides support for integration with OpenGL implementations on all - platforms, giving developers the opportunity to display hardware accelerated - 3D graphics alongside a more conventional user interface. - - These examples demonstrate the basic techniques used to take advantage of - OpenGL in Qt applications. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Multimedia}{Multimedia} - - \l{Qt Examples#Multimedia} - - Qt provides low-level audio support on linux,windows and mac platforms by default and - an audio plugin API to allow developers to implement there own audio support for - custom devices and platforms. - - These examples demonstrate the basic techniques used to take advantage of - Audio API in Qt applications. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#SQL}{SQL} - - \l{Qt Examples#SQL}{\inlineimage sql-examples.png - } - - Qt provides extensive database interoperability, with support for products - from both open source and proprietary vendors. - - SQL support is integrated with Qt's model/view architecture, making it easier - to provide GUI integration for your database applications. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Help System}{Help System} - - \l{Qt Examples#Help System}{\inlineimage assistant-examples.png - } - - Support for interactive help is provided by the Qt Assistant application. - Developers can take advantages of the facilities it offers to display - specially-prepared documentation to users of their applications. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Qt Designer}{Qt Designer} - - \l{Qt Examples#Qt Designer}{\inlineimage designer-examples.png - } - - Qt Designer is a capable graphical user interface designer that lets you - create and configure forms without writing code. GUIs created with - Qt Designer can be compiled into an application or created at run-time. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#UiTools}{UiTools} - - \l{Qt Examples#UiTools}{\inlineimage uitools-examples.png - } - - Qt is equipped with a range of capable tool classes, from containers and - iterators to classes for string handling and manipulation. - - Other classes provide application infrastructure support, handling plugin - loading and managing configuration files. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Qt Linguist}{Qt Linguist} - - \l{Qt Examples#Qt Linguist}{\inlineimage linguist-examples.png - } - - Internationalization is a core feature of Qt. These examples show how to - access translation and localization facilities at run-time. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Qt Script}{Qt Script} - - \l{Qt Examples#Qt Script}{\inlineimage qtscript-examples.png - } - - Qt is provided with a powerful embedded scripting environment through the QtScript - classes. - - These examples demonstrate the fundamental aspects of scripting applications - with Qt. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Phonon Multimedia Framework}{Phonon Multimedia Framework} - - \l{Qt Examples#Phonon Multimedia Framework}{\inlineimage phonon-examples.png - } - - The Phonon Multimedia Framework brings multimedia support to Qt applications. - - The examples and demonstrations provided show how to play music and movies - using the Phonon API. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#WebKit}{WebKit} - - \l{Qt Examples#WebKit}{\inlineimage webkit-examples.png - } - - Qt provides an integrated Web browser component based on WebKit, the popular - open source browser engine. - - These examples and demonstrations show a range of different uses for WebKit, - from displaying Web pages within a Qt user interface to an implementation of - a basic function Web browser. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#State Machine}{State Machine} - - Qt provides a powerful hierchical finite state machine through the Qt State - Machine classes. - - These examples demonstrate the fundamental aspects of implementing - Statecharts with Qt. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#Qt for Embedded Linux}{Qt for Embedded Linux} - - \l{Qt Examples#Qt for Embedded Linux}{\inlineimage qt-embedded-examples.png - } - - These examples show how to take advantage of features specifically designed - for use on systems with limited resources, specialized hardware, and small - screens. - - \section1 \l{Qt Examples#ActiveQt}{ActiveQt} - - Qt is supplied with a number of example applications and demonstrations that - have been written to provide developers with examples of the Qt API in use, - highlight good programming practice, and showcase features found in each of - Qt's core technologies. - - The example and demo launcher can be used to explore the different categories - available. It provides an overview of each example, lets you view the - documentation in Qt Assistant, and is able to launch examples and demos. - - \section1 \l{http://qt.nokia.com/doc/qq}{Another Source of Examples} - - One more valuable source for examples and explanations of Qt - features is the archive of the \l {http://qt.nokia.com/doc/qq} - {Qt Quarterly}. - -*/ |