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A single custom widget plugin is built as a - separate library. If you want to include several custom widget - plugins in the same library, you must in addition subclass - QDesignerCustomWidgetCollectionInterface. - - To provide your custom widget plugin with the expected behavior - and functionality within \QD's workspace you can subclass the - associated extension classes: - - The QDesignerContainerExtension class allows you to add pages to a - custom multi-page container. The QDesignerTaskMenuExtension class - allows you to add custom menu entries to \QD's task menu. The - QDesignerMemberSheetExtension class allows you to manipulate a - widget's member functions which is displayed when configuring - connections using \QD's mode for editing signals and slots. And - finally, the QDesignerPropertySheetExtension class allows you to - manipulate a widget's properties which is displayed in \QD's - property editor. - - \image qtdesignerextensions.png - - In \QD the extensions are not created until they are required. For - that reason, when implementing extensions, you must also subclass - QExtensionFactory, i.e create a class that is able to make - instances of your extensions. In addition, you must make \QD's - extension manager register your factory; the extension manager - controls the construction of extensions as they are required, and - you can access it through QDesignerFormEditorInterface and - QExtensionManager. - - For a complete example creating a custom widget plugin with an - extension, see the \l {designer/taskmenuextension}{Task Menu - Extension} or \l {designer/containerextension}{Container - Extension} examples. - - \section1 Retrieving Access to \QD Components - - The purpose of the classes mentioned in this section is to provide - access to \QD's components, managers and workspace, and they are - not intended to be instantiated directly. - - \QD is composed by several components. It has an action editor, a - property editor, widget box and object inspector which you can - view in its workspace. - - \image qtdesignerscreenshot.png - - \QD also has an object that works behind the scene; it contains - the logic that integrates all of \QD's components into a coherent - application. You can access this object, using the - QDesignerFormEditorInterface, to retrieve interfaces to \QD's - components: - - \list - \o QDesignerActionEditorInterface - \o QDesignerObjectInspectorInterface - \o QDesignerPropertyEditorInterface - \o QDesignerWidgetBoxInterface - \endlist - - In addition, you can use QDesignerFormEditorInterface to retrieve - interfaces to \QD's extension manager (QExtensionManager) and form - window manager (QDesignerFormWindowManagerInterface). The - extension manager controls the construction of extensions as they - are required, while the form window manager controls the form - windows appearing in \QD's workspace. - - Once you have an interface to \QD's form window manager - (QDesignerFormWindowManagerInterface), you also have access to all - the form windows currently appearing in \QD's workspace: The - QDesignerFormWindowInterface class allows you to query and - manipulate the form windows, and it provides an interface to the - form windows' cursors. QDesignerFormWindowCursorInterface is a - convenience class allowing you to query and modify a given form - window's widget selection, and in addition modify the properties - of all the form's widgets. - - \section1 Creating User Interfaces at Run-Time - - The \c QtDesigner module contains the QFormBuilder class that - provides a mechanism for dynamically creating user interfaces at - run-time, based on \c .ui files created with \QD. This class is - typically used by custom components and applications that embed - \QD. Standalone applications that need to dynamically generate - user interfaces at run-time use the QUiLoader class, found in - the QtUiTools module. - - For a complete example using QUiLoader, see - the \l {designer/calculatorbuilder}{Calculator Builder example}. - - \sa {Qt Designer Manual}, {QtUiTools Module} -*/ - -/*! - \class QDesignerMemberSheetExtension - - \brief The QDesignerMemberSheetExtension class allows you to - manipulate a widget's member functions which is displayed when - configuring connections using Qt Designer's mode for editing - signals and slots. - - \inmodule QtDesigner - - QDesignerMemberSheetExtension is a collection of functions that is - typically used to query a widget's member functions, and to - manipulate the member functions' appearance in \QD's signals and - slots editing mode. For example: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 2 - - When implementing a custom widget plugin, a pointer to \QD's - current QDesignerFormEditorInterface object (\c formEditor in the - example above) is provided by the - QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::initialize() function's parameter. - - The member sheet (and any other extension), can be retrieved by - querying \QD's extension manager using the qt_extension() - function. When you want to release the extension, you only need to - delete the pointer. - - All widgets have a default member sheet used in \QD's signals and - slots editing mode with the widget's member functions. But - QDesignerMemberSheetExtension also provides an interface for - creating custom member sheet extensions. - - \warning \QD uses the QDesignerMemberSheetExtension to facilitate - the signal and slot editing mode. Whenever a connection between - two widgets is requested, \QD will query for the widgets' member - sheet extensions. If a widget has an implemented member sheet - extension, this extension will override the default member sheet. - - To create a member sheet extension, your extension class must - inherit from both QObject and QDesignerMemberSheetExtension. Then, - since we are implementing an interface, we must ensure that it's - made known to the meta object system using the Q_INTERFACES() - macro: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 3 - - This enables \QD to use qobject_cast() to query for - supported interfaces using nothing but a QObject pointer. - - In \QD the extensions are not created until they are - required. For that reason, when implementing a member sheet - extension, you must also create a QExtensionFactory, i.e a class - that is able to make an instance of your extension, and register - it using \QD's \l {QExtensionManager}{extension manager}. - - When a widget's member sheet extension is required, \QD's \l - {QExtensionManager}{extension manager} will run through all its - registered factories calling QExtensionFactory::createExtension() - for each until the first one that is able to create a member sheet - extension for that widget, is found. This factory will then make - an instance of the extension. If no such factory is found, \QD - will use the default member sheet. - - There are four available types of extensions in \QD: - QDesignerContainerExtension, QDesignerMemberSheetExtension, - QDesignerPropertySheetExtension and - QDesignerTaskMenuExtension. \QD's behavior is the same whether the - requested extension is associated with a multi page container, a - member sheet, a property sheet or a task menu. - - The QExtensionFactory class provides a standard extension - factory, and can also be used as an interface for custom - extension factories. You can either create a new - QExtensionFactory and reimplement the - QExtensionFactory::createExtension() function. For example: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 4 - - Or you can use an existing factory, expanding the - QExtensionFactory::createExtension() function to make the factory - able to create a member sheet extension as well. For example: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 5 - - For a complete example using an extension class, see \l - {designer/taskmenuextension}{Task Menu Extension example}. The - example shows how to create a custom widget plugin for Qt - Designer, and how to to use the QDesignerTaskMenuExtension class - to add custom items to \QD's task menu. - - \sa QExtensionFactory, QExtensionManager, {Creating Custom Widget - Extensions} -*/ - -/*! - \fn QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::~QDesignerMemberSheetExtension() - - Destroys the member sheet extension. -*/ - -/*! - \fn int QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::count() const - - Returns the extension's number of member functions. -*/ - -/*! - \fn int QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::indexOf(const QString &name) const - - Returns the index of the member function specified by the given \a - name. - - \sa memberName() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::memberName(int index) const - - Returns the name of the member function with the given \a index. - - \sa indexOf() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::memberGroup(int index) const - - Returns the name of the member group specified for the function - with the given \a index. - - \sa indexOf(), setMemberGroup() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::setMemberGroup(int index, const QString &group) - - Sets the member group of the member function with the given \a - index, to \a group. - - \sa indexOf(), memberGroup() -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::isVisible(int index) const - - Returns true if the member function with the given \a index is - visible in \QD's signal and slot editor, otherwise false. - - \sa indexOf(), setVisible() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::setVisible(int index, bool visible) - - If \a visible is true, the member function with the given \a index - is visible in \QD's signals and slots editing mode; otherwise the - member function is hidden. - - \sa indexOf(), isVisible() -*/ - -/*! - \fn virtual bool QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::isSignal(int index) const - - Returns true if the member function with the given \a index is a - signal, otherwise false. - - \sa indexOf() -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::isSlot(int index) const - - Returns true if the member function with the given \a index is a - slot, otherwise false. - - \sa indexOf() -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::inheritedFromWidget(int index) const - - Returns true if the member function with the given \a index is - inherited from QWidget, otherwise false. - - \sa indexOf() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::declaredInClass(int index) const - - Returns the name of the class in which the member function with - the given \a index is declared. - - \sa indexOf() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::signature(int index) const - - Returns the signature of the member function with the given \a - index. - - \sa indexOf() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QList<QByteArray> QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::parameterTypes(int index) const - - Returns the parameter types of the member function with the given - \a index, as a QByteArray list. - - \sa indexOf(), parameterNames() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QList<QByteArray> QDesignerMemberSheetExtension::parameterNames(int index) const - - Returns the parameter names of the member function with the given - \a index, as a QByteArray list. - - \sa indexOf(), parameterTypes() -*/ - - -// Doc: Interface only - -/*! - \class QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension - \brief The QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension class provides an extension to a layout in \QD. - \inmodule QtDesigner - \internal -*/ - -/*! - \enum QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::InsertMode - - This enum describes the modes that are used to insert items into a layout. - - \value InsertWidgetMode Widgets are inserted into empty cells in a layout. - \value InsertRowMode Whole rows are inserted into a vertical or grid layout. - \value InsertColumnMode Whole columns are inserted into a horizontal or grid layout. -*/ - -/*! - \fn virtual QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::~QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension() - - Destroys the extension. -*/ - -/*! - \fn virtual QList<QWidget*> QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::widgets(QLayout *layout) const - - Returns the widgets that are managed by the given \a layout. - - \sa insertWidget(), removeWidget() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QRect QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::itemInfo(int index) const - - Returns the rectangle covered by the item at the given \a index in the layout. -*/ - -/*! - \fn int QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::indexOf(QWidget *widget) const - - Returns the index of the specified \a widget in the layout. -*/ - -/*! - \fn int QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::indexOf(QLayoutItem *item) const - - Returns the index of the specified layout \a item. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::InsertMode QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::currentInsertMode() const - - Returns the current insertion mode. -*/ - -/*! - \fn int QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::currentIndex() const - - Returns the current index in the layout. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QPair<int, int> QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::currentCell() const - - Returns a pair containing the row and column of the current cell in the layout. -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::insertWidget(QWidget *widget, const QPair<int, int> &cell) - - Inserts the given \a widget into the specified \a cell in the layout. - - \sa removeWidget() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::removeWidget(QWidget *widget) - - Removes the specified \a widget from the layout. - - \sa insertWidget() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::insertRow(int row) - - Inserts a new row into the form at the position specified by \a row. -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::insertColumn(int column) - - Inserts a new column into the form at the position specified by \a column. -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::simplify() - - Simplifies the layout by removing unnecessary empty rows and columns, and by changing the - number of rows or columns spanned by widgets. -*/ - -/*! - \fn int QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::findItemAt(const QPoint &position) const - - Returns the index of the item in the layout that covers the given \a position. -*/ - -/*! - \fn int QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::findItemAt(int row, int column) const - - Returns the item in the layout that occupies the specified \a row and \a column in the layout. - - Currently, this only applies to grid layouts. -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerLayoutDecorationExtension::adjustIndicator(const QPoint &position, int index) - - Adjusts the indicator for the item specified by \a index so that - it lies at the given \a position on the form. -*/ - - -// Doc: Interface only - -/*! - \class QDesignerContainerExtension - \brief The QDesignerContainerExtension class allows you to add pages to - a custom multi-page container in Qt Designer's workspace. - \inmodule QtDesigner - - QDesignerContainerExtension provide an interface for creating - custom container extensions. A container extension consists of a - collection of functions that \QD needs to manage a multi-page - container plugin, and a list of the container's pages. - - \image containerextension-example.png - - \warning This is \e not an extension for container plugins in - general, only custom \e multi-page containers. - - To create a container extension, your extension class must inherit - from both QObject and QDesignerContainerExtension. For example: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 6 - - Since we are implementing an interface, we must ensure that it's - made known to the meta object system using the Q_INTERFACES() - macro. This enables \QD to use the qobject_cast() function to - query for supported interfaces using nothing but a QObject - pointer. - - You must reimplement several functions to enable \QD to manage a - custom multi-page container widget: \QD uses count() to keep track - of the number pages in your container, widget() to return the page - at a given index in the list of the container's pages, and - currentIndex() to return the list index of the selected page. \QD - uses the addWidget() function to add a given page to the - container, expecting it to be appended to the list of pages, while - it expects the insertWidget() function to add a given page to the - container by inserting it at a given index. - - In \QD the extensions are not created until they are - required. For that reason you must also create a - QExtensionFactory, i.e a class that is able to make an instance of - your extension, and register it using \QD's \l - {QExtensionManager}{extension manager}. - - When a container extension is required, \QD's \l - {QExtensionManager}{extension manager} will run through all its - registered factories calling QExtensionFactory::createExtension() - for each until the first one that is able to create a container - extension, is found. This factory will then create the extension - for the plugin. - - There are four available types of extensions in \QD: - QDesignerContainerExtension , QDesignerMemberSheetExtension, - QDesignerPropertySheetExtension and QDesignerTaskMenuExtension. - \QD's behavior is the same whether the requested extension is - associated with a multi page container, a member sheet, a property - sheet or a task menu. - - The QExtensionFactory class provides a standard extension factory, - and can also be used as an interface for custom extension - factories. You can either create a new QExtensionFactory and - reimplement the QExtensionFactory::createExtension() function. For - example: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 7 - - Or you can use an existing factory, expanding the - QExtensionFactory::createExtension() function to make the factory - able to create a container extension as well. For example: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 8 - - For a complete example using the QDesignerContainerExtension - class, see the \l {designer/containerextension}{Container - Extension example}. The example shows how to create a custom - multi-page plugin for \QD. - - \sa QExtensionFactory, QExtensionManager, {Creating Custom Widget - Extensions} -*/ - -/*! - \fn QDesignerContainerExtension::~QDesignerContainerExtension() - - Destroys the extension. -*/ - -/*! - \fn int QDesignerContainerExtension::count() const - - Returns the number of pages in the container. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QWidget *QDesignerContainerExtension::widget(int index) const - - Returns the page at the given \a index in the extension's list of - pages. - - \sa addWidget(), insertWidget() -*/ - -/*! - \fn int QDesignerContainerExtension::currentIndex() const - - Returns the index of the currently selected page in the - container. - - \sa setCurrentIndex() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerContainerExtension::setCurrentIndex(int index) - - Sets the currently selected page in the container to be the - page at the given \a index in the extension's list of pages. - - \sa currentIndex() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerContainerExtension::addWidget(QWidget *page) - - Adds the given \a page to the container by appending it to the - extension's list of pages. - - \sa insertWidget(), remove(), widget() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerContainerExtension::insertWidget(int index, QWidget *page) - - Adds the given \a page to the container by inserting it at the - given \a index in the extension's list of pages. - - \sa addWidget(), remove(), widget() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerContainerExtension::remove(int index) - - Removes the page at the given \a index from the extension's list - of pages. - - \sa addWidget(), insertWidget() -*/ - - -// Doc: Interface only - -/*! - \class QDesignerTaskMenuExtension - \brief The QDesignerTaskMenuExtension class allows you to add custom - menu entries to Qt Designer's task menu. - \inmodule QtDesigner - - QDesignerTaskMenuExtension provides an interface for creating - custom task menu extensions. It is typically used to create task - menu entries that are specific to a plugin in \QD. - - \QD uses the QDesignerTaskMenuExtension to feed its task - menu. Whenever a task menu is requested, \QD will query - for the selected widget's task menu extension. - - \image taskmenuextension-example-faded.png - - A task menu extension is a collection of QActions. The actions - appear as entries in the task menu when the plugin with the - specified extension is selected. The image above shows the custom - \gui {Edit State...} action which appears in addition to \QD's - default task menu entries: \gui Cut, \gui Copy, \gui Paste etc. - - To create a custom task menu extension, your extension class must - inherit from both QObject and QDesignerTaskMenuExtension. For - example: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 9 - - Since we are implementing an interface, we must ensure that it - is made known to the meta-object system using the Q_INTERFACES() - macro. This enables \QD to use the qobject_cast() function to - query for supported interfaces using nothing but a QObject - pointer. - - You must reimplement the taskActions() function to return a list - of actions that will be included in \QD task menu. Optionally, you - can reimplement the preferredEditAction() function to set the - action that is invoked when selecting your plugin and pressing - \key F2. The preferred edit action must be one of the actions - returned by taskActions() and, if it's not defined, pressing the - \key F2 key will simply be ignored. - - In \QD, extensions are not created until they are required. A - task menu extension, for example, is created when you click the - right mouse button over a widget in \QD's workspace. For that - reason you must also construct an extension factory, using either - QExtensionFactory or a subclass, and register it using \QD's - \l {QExtensionManager}{extension manager}. - - When a task menu extension is required, \QD's \l - {QExtensionManager}{extension manager} will run through all its - registered factories calling QExtensionFactory::createExtension() - for each until it finds one that is able to create a task menu - extension for the selected widget. This factory will then make an - instance of the extension. - - There are four available types of extensions in \QD: - QDesignerContainerExtension, QDesignerMemberSheetExtension, - QDesignerPropertySheetExtension, and QDesignerTaskMenuExtension. - \QD's behavior is the same whether the requested extension is - associated with a container, a member sheet, a property sheet or a - task menu. - - The QExtensionFactory class provides a standard extension factory, - and can also be used as an interface for custom extension - factories. You can either create a new QExtensionFactory and - reimplement the QExtensionFactory::createExtension() function. For - example: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 10 - - Or you can use an existing factory, expanding the - QExtensionFactory::createExtension() function to make the factory - able to create a task menu extension as well. For example: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 11 - - For a complete example using the QDesignerTaskMenuExtension class, - see the \l {designer/taskmenuextension}{Task Menu Extension - example}. The example shows how to create a custom widget plugin - for \QD, and how to to use the QDesignerTaskMenuExtension - class to add custom items to \QD's task menu. - - \sa QExtensionFactory, QExtensionManager, {Creating Custom Widget - Extensions} -*/ - -/*! - \fn QDesignerTaskMenuExtension::~QDesignerTaskMenuExtension() - - Destroys the task menu extension. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QAction *QDesignerTaskMenuExtension::preferredEditAction() const - - Returns the action that is invoked when selecting a plugin with - the specified extension and pressing \key F2. - - The action must be one of the actions returned by taskActions(). -*/ - -/*! - \fn QList<QAction*> QDesignerTaskMenuExtension::taskActions() const - - Returns the task menu extension as a list of actions which will be - included in \QD's task menu when a plugin with the specified - extension is selected. - - The function must be reimplemented to add actions to the list. -*/ - - -// Doc: Interface only - -/*! - \class QDesignerCustomWidgetCollectionInterface - - \brief The QDesignerCustomWidgetCollectionInterface class allows - you to include several custom widgets in one single library. - - \inmodule QtDesigner - - When implementing a custom widget plugin, you build it as a - separate library. If you want to include several custom widget - plugins in the same library, you must in addition subclass - QDesignerCustomWidgetCollectionInterface. - - QDesignerCustomWidgetCollectionInterface contains one single - function returning a list of the collection's - QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface objects. For example, if you have - several custom widgets \c CustomWidgetOne, \c CustomWidgetTwo and - \c CustomWidgetThree, the class definition may look like this: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 12 - - In the class constructor you add the interfaces to your custom - widgets to the list which you return in the customWidgets() - function: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 13 - - Note that instead of exporting each custom widget plugin using the - Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2() macro, you export the entire collection. The - Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2() macro ensures that \QD can access and construct - the custom widgets. Without this macro, there is no way for \QD to - use them. - - \sa QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface, {Creating Custom Widgets for - Qt Designer} -*/ - -/*! - \fn QDesignerCustomWidgetCollectionInterface::~QDesignerCustomWidgetCollectionInterface() { - - Destroys the custom widget collection interface. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QList<QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface*> QDesignerCustomWidgetCollectionInterface::customWidgets() const - - Returns a list of interfaces to the collection's custom widgets. -*/ - - -// Doc: Interface only - -/*! - \class QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface - - \brief The QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface class enables Qt Designer - to access and construct custom widgets. - - \inmodule QtDesigner - - QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface provides a custom widget with an - interface. The class contains a set of functions that must be subclassed - to return basic information about the widget, such as its class name and - the name of its header file. Other functions must be implemented to - initialize the plugin when it is loaded, and to construct instances of - the custom widget for \QD to use. - - When implementing a custom widget you must subclass - QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface to expose your widget to \QD. For - example, this is the declaration for the plugin used in the - \l{Custom Widget Plugin Example}{Custom Widget Plugin example} that - enables an analog clock custom widget to be used by \QD: - - \snippet examples/designer/customwidgetplugin/customwidgetplugin.h 0 - - Note that the only part of the class definition that is specific - to this particular custom widget is the class name. In addition, - since we are implementing an interface, we must ensure that it's - made known to the meta object system using the Q_INTERFACES() - macro. This enables \QD to use the qobject_cast() function to - query for supported interfaces using nothing but a QObject - pointer. - - After \QD loads a custom widget plugin, it calls the interface's - initialize() function to enable it to set up any resources that it - may need. This function is called with a QDesignerFormEditorInterface - parameter that provides the plugin with a gateway to all of \QD's API. - - \QD constructs instances of the custom widget by calling the plugin's - createWidget() function with a suitable parent widget. Plugins must - construct and return an instance of a custom widget with the specified - parent widget. - - In the implementation of the class you must remember to export - your custom widget plugin to \QD using the Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2() - macro. For example, if a library called \c libcustomwidgetplugin.so - (on Unix) or \c libcustomwidget.dll (on Windows) contains a widget - class called \c MyCustomWidget, we can export it by adding the - following line to the file containing the plugin implementation: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 14 - - This macro ensures that \QD can access and construct the custom widget. - Without this macro, there is no way for \QD to use it. - - When implementing a custom widget plugin, you build it as a - separate library. If you want to include several custom widget - plugins in the same library, you must in addition subclass - QDesignerCustomWidgetCollectionInterface. - - \warning If your custom widget plugin contains QVariant - properties, be aware that only the following \l - {QVariant::Type}{types} are supported: - - \list - \o QVariant::ByteArray - \o QVariant::Bool - \o QVariant::Color - \o QVariant::Cursor - \o QVariant::Date - \o QVariant::DateTime - \o QVariant::Double - \o QVariant::Int - \o QVariant::Point - \o QVariant::Rect - \o QVariant::Size - \o QVariant::SizePolicy - \o QVariant::String - \o QVariant::Time - \o QVariant::UInt - \endlist - - For a complete example using the QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface - class, see the \l {designer/customwidgetplugin}{Custom Widget - Example}. The example shows how to create a custom widget plugin - for \QD. - - \sa QDesignerCustomWidgetCollectionInterface {Creating Custom - Widgets for Qt Designer} -*/ - -/*! - \fn QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::~QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface() - - Destroys the custom widget interface. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::name() const - - Returns the class name of the custom widget supplied by the interface. - - The name returned \e must be identical to the class name used for the - custom widget. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::group() const - - Returns the name of the group to which the custom widget belongs. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::toolTip() const - - Returns a short description of the widget that can be used by \QD - in a tool tip. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::whatsThis() const - - Returns a description of the widget that can be used by \QD in - "What's This?" help for the widget. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::includeFile() const - - Returns the path to the include file that \l uic uses when - creating code for the custom widget. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QIcon QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::icon() const - - Returns the icon used to represent the custom widget in \QD's - widget box. -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::isContainer() const - - Returns true if the custom widget is intended to be used as a - container; otherwise returns false. - - Most custom widgets are not used to hold other widgets, so their - implementations of this function will return false, but custom - containers will return true to ensure that they behave correctly - in \QD. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QWidget *QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::createWidget(QWidget *parent) - - Returns a new instance of the custom widget, with the given \a - parent. -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::isInitialized() const - - Returns true if the widget has been initialized; otherwise returns - false. - - \sa initialize() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::initialize(QDesignerFormEditorInterface *formEditor) - - Initializes the widget for use with the specified \a formEditor - interface. - - \sa isInitialized() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::domXml() const - - Returns the XML that is used to describe the custom widget's - properties to \QD. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::codeTemplate() const - - This function is reserved for future use by \QD. - - \omit - Returns the code template that \QD includes in forms that contain - the custom widget when they are saved. - \endomit -*/ - -/*! - \macro QDESIGNER_WIDGET_EXPORT - \relates QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface - \since 4.1 - - This macro is used when defining custom widgets to ensure that they are - correctly exported from plugins for use with \QD. - - On some platforms, the symbols required by \QD to create new widgets - are removed from plugins by the build system, making them unusable. - Using this macro ensures that the symbols are retained on those platforms, - and has no side effects on other platforms. - - For example, the \l{designer/worldtimeclockplugin}{World Time Clock Plugin} - example exports a custom widget class with the following declaration: - - \snippet examples/designer/worldtimeclockplugin/worldtimeclock.h 0 - \dots - \snippet examples/designer/worldtimeclockplugin/worldtimeclock.h 2 - - \sa {Creating Custom Widgets for Qt Designer} -*/ - - -// Doc: Abstract class - -/*! - \class QDesignerDnDItemInterface - \brief The QDesignerDnDItemInterface class provides an interface that is used to manage items - during a drag and drop operation. - \inmodule QtDesigner - \internal -*/ - -/*! - \enum QDesignerDnDItemInterface::DropType - - This enum describes the result of a drag and drop operation. - - \value MoveDrop The item was moved. - \value CopyDrop The item was copied. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QDesignerDnDItemInterface::QDesignerDnDItemInterface() - - Constructs a new interface to a drag and drop item. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QDesignerDnDItemInterface::~QDesignerDnDItemInterface() - - Destroys the interface to the item. -*/ - -/*! - \fn DomUI *QDesignerDnDItemInterface::domUi() const - - Returns a user interface object for the item. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QWidget *QDesignerDnDItemInterface::widget() const - - Returns the widget being copied or moved in the drag and drop operation. - - \sa source() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QWidget *QDesignerDnDItemInterface::decoration() const - - Returns the widget used to represent the item. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QPoint QDesignerDnDItemInterface::hotSpot() const - - Returns the cursor's hotspot. - - \sa QDrag::hotSpot() -*/ - -/*! - \fn DropType QDesignerDnDItemInterface::type() const - - Returns the type of drag and drop operation in progress. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QWidget *QDesignerDnDItemInterface::source() const - - Returns the widget that is the source of the drag and drop operation; i.e. the original - container of the widget being dragged. - - \sa widget() -*/ - - -// Doc: Abstract class - -/*! - \class QDesignerIconCacheInterface - \brief The QDesignerIconCacheInterface class provides an interface to \QD's icon cache. - \inmodule QtDesigner - \internal -*/ - -/*! - \fn QDesignerIconCacheInterface::QDesignerIconCacheInterface(QObject *parent) - - Constructs a new interface with the given \a parent. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QIcon QDesignerIconCacheInterface::nameToIcon(const QString &filePath, const QString &qrcPath) - - Returns the icon associated with the name specified by \a filePath in the resource - file specified by \a qrcPath. - - If \a qrcPath refers to a valid resource file, the name used for the file path is a path - within those resources; otherwise the file path refers to a local file. - - \sa {The Qt Resource System}, nameToPixmap() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QPixmap QDesignerIconCacheInterface::nameToPixmap(const QString &filePath, const QString &qrcPath) - - Returns the pixmap associated with the name specified by \a filePath in the resource - file specified by \a qrcPath. - - If \a qrcPath refers to a valid resource file, the name used for the file path is a path - within those resources; otherwise the file path refers to a local file. - - \sa {The Qt Resource System}, nameToIcon() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerIconCacheInterface::iconToFilePath(const QIcon &icon) const - - Returns the file path associated with the given \a icon. The file path is a path within - an application resources. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerIconCacheInterface::iconToQrcPath(const QIcon &icon) const - - Returns the path to the resource file that refers to the specified \a icon. The resource - path refers to a local file. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerIconCacheInterface::pixmapToFilePath(const QPixmap &pixmap) const - - Returns the file path associated with the given \a pixmap. The file path is a path within - an application resources. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerIconCacheInterface::pixmapToQrcPath(const QPixmap &pixmap) const - - Returns the path to the resource file that refers to the specified \a pixmap. The resource - path refers to a local file. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QList<QPixmap> QDesignerIconCacheInterface::pixmapList() const - - Returns a list of pixmaps for the icons provided by the icon cache. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QList<QIcon> QDesignerIconCacheInterface::iconList() const - - Returns a list of icons provided by the icon cache. -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerIconCacheInterface::resolveQrcPath(const QString &filePath, const QString &qrcPath, const QString &workingDirectory) const - - Returns a path to a resource specified by the \a filePath within - the resource file located at \a qrcPath. If \a workingDirectory is - a valid path to a directory, the path returned will be relative to - that directory; otherwise an absolute path is returned. - - \omit - ### Needs checking - \endomit -*/ - - -// Doc: Interface only - -/*! - \class QDesignerPropertySheetExtension - - \brief The QDesignerPropertySheetExtension class allows you to - manipulate a widget's properties which is displayed in Qt - Designer's property editor. - - \sa QDesignerDynamicPropertySheetExtension - - \inmodule QtDesigner - - QDesignerPropertySheetExtension provides a collection of functions that - are typically used to query a widget's properties, and to - manipulate the properties' appearance in the property editor. For - example: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 15 - - Note that if you change the value of a property using the - QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::setProperty() function, the undo - stack is not updated. To ensure that a property's value can be - reverted using the undo stack, you must use the - QDesignerFormWindowCursorInterface::setProperty() function, or its - buddy \l - {QDesignerFormWindowCursorInterface::setWidgetProperty()}{setWidgetProperty()}, - instead. - - When implementing a custom widget plugin, a pointer to \QD's - current QDesignerFormEditorInterface object (\c formEditor in the - example above) is provided by the - QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface::initialize() function's parameter. - - The property sheet, or any other extension, can be retrieved by - querying \QD's extension manager using the qt_extension() - function. When you want to release the extension, you only need to - delete the pointer. - - All widgets have a default property sheet which populates \QD's - property editor with the widget's properties (i.e the ones defined - with the Q_PROPERTY() macro). But QDesignerPropertySheetExtension - also provides an interface for creating custom property sheet - extensions. - - \warning \QD uses the QDesignerPropertySheetExtension to feed its - property editor. Whenever a widget is selected in its workspace, - \QD will query for the widget's property sheet extension. If the - selected widget has an implemented property sheet extension, this - extension will override the default property sheet. - - To create a property sheet extension, your extension class must - inherit from both QObject and - QDesignerPropertySheetExtension. Then, since we are implementing - an interface, we must ensure that it's made known to the meta - object system using the Q_INTERFACES() macro: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 16 - - This enables \QD to use qobject_cast() to query for supported - interfaces using nothing but a QObject pointer. - - In \QD the extensions are not created until they are - required. For that reason, when implementing a property sheet - extension, you must also create a QExtensionFactory, i.e a class - that is able to make an instance of your extension, and register - it using \QD's \l {QExtensionManager}{extension manager}. - - When a property sheet extension is required, \QD's \l - {QExtensionManager}{extension manager} will run through all its - registered factories calling QExtensionFactory::createExtension() - for each until the first one that is able to create a property - sheet extension for the selected widget, is found. This factory - will then make an instance of the extension. If no such factory - can be found, \QD will use the default property sheet. - - There are four available types of extensions in \QD: - QDesignerContainerExtension, QDesignerMemberSheetExtension, - QDesignerPropertySheetExtension and QDesignerTaskMenuExtension. Qt - Designer's behavior is the same whether the requested extension is - associated with a multi page container, a member sheet, a property - sheet or a task menu. - - The QExtensionFactory class provides a standard extension factory, - and can also be used as an interface for custom extension - factories. You can either create a new QExtensionFactory and - reimplement the QExtensionFactory::createExtension() function. For - example: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 17 - - Or you can use an existing factory, expanding the - QExtensionFactory::createExtension() function to make the factory - able to create a property sheet extension extension as well. For - example: - - \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_qtdesigner.qdoc 18 - - For a complete example using an extension class, see the \l - {designer/taskmenuextension}{Task Menu Extension example}. The - example shows how to create a custom widget plugin for Qt - Designer, and how to to use the QDesignerTaskMenuExtension class - to add custom items to \QD's task menu. - - \sa QExtensionFactory, QExtensionManager, {Creating Custom Widget - Extensions} -*/ - -/*! - \fn QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::~QDesignerPropertySheetExtension() - - Destroys the property sheet extension. -*/ - -/*! - \fn int QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::count() const - - Returns the selected widget's number of properties. -*/ - -/*! - \fn int QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::indexOf(const QString &name) const - - Returns the index for a given property \a name. - - \sa propertyName() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::propertyName(int index) const - - Returns the name of the property at the given \a index. - - \sa indexOf() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QString QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::propertyGroup(int index) const - - Returns the property group for the property at the given \a index. - - \QD's property editor supports property groups, i.e. sections of - related properties. A property can be related to a group using the - setPropertyGroup() function. The default group of any property is - the name of the class that defines it. For example, the - QObject::objectName property appears within the QObject property - group. - - \sa indexOf(), setPropertyGroup() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::setPropertyGroup(int index, const QString &group) - - Sets the property group for the property at the given \a index to - \a group. - - Relating a property to a group makes it appear within that group's - section in the property editor. The default property group of any - property is the name of the class that defines it. For example, - the QObject::objectName property appears within the QObject - property group. - - \sa indexOf(), property(), propertyGroup() -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::hasReset(int index) const - - Returns true if the property at the given \a index has a reset - button in \QD's property editor, otherwise false. - - \sa indexOf(), reset() -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::reset(int index) - - Resets the value of the property at the given \a index, to the - default value. Returns true if a default value could be found, otherwise false. - - \sa indexOf(), hasReset(), isChanged() -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::isVisible(int index) const - - Returns true if the property at the given \a index is visible in - \QD's property editor, otherwise false. - - \sa indexOf(), setVisible() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::setVisible(int index, bool visible) - - If \a visible is true, the property at the given \a index is - visible in \QD's property editor; otherwise the property is - hidden. - - \sa indexOf(), isVisible() -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::isAttribute(int index) const - - Returns true if the property at the given \a index is an attribute, - which will be \e excluded from the .ui file, otherwise false. - - \sa indexOf(), setAttribute() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::setAttribute(int index, bool attribute) - - If \a attribute is true, the property at the given \a index is - made an attribute which will be \e excluded from the .ui file; - otherwise it will be included. - - \sa indexOf(), isAttribute() -*/ - -/*! - \fn QVariant QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::property(int index) const - - Returns the value of the property at the given \a index. - - \sa indexOf(), setProperty(), propertyGroup() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::setProperty(int index, const QVariant &value) - - Sets the \a value of the property at the given \a index. - - \warning If you change the value of a property using this - function, the undo stack is not updated. To ensure that a - property's value can be reverted using the undo stack, you must - use the QDesignerFormWindowCursorInterface::setProperty() - function, or its buddy \l - {QDesignerFormWindowCursorInterface::setWidgetProperty()}{setWidgetProperty()}, - instead. - - \sa indexOf(), property(), propertyGroup() -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::isChanged(int index) const - - Returns true if the value of the property at the given \a index - differs from the property's default value, otherwise false. - - \sa indexOf(), setChanged(), reset() -*/ - -/*! - \fn void QDesignerPropertySheetExtension::setChanged(int index, bool changed) - - Sets whether the property at the given \a index is different from - its default value, or not, depending on the \a changed parameter. - - \sa indexOf(), isChanged() -*/ - -// Doc: Interface only - -/*! - \class QDesignerDynamicPropertySheetExtension - - \brief The QDesignerDynamicPropertySheetExtension class allows you to - manipulate a widget's dynamic properties in Qt Designer's property editor. - - \sa QDesignerPropertySheetExtension, {QObject#Dynamic Properties}{Dynamic Properties} - - \inmodule QtDesigner - \since 4.3 -*/ - -/*! - \fn QDesignerDynamicPropertySheetExtension::~QDesignerDynamicPropertySheetExtension() - - Destroys the dynamic property sheet extension. -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerDynamicPropertySheetExtension::dynamicPropertiesAllowed() const - - Returns true if the widget supports dynamic properties; otherwise returns false. -*/ - -/*! - \fn int QDesignerDynamicPropertySheetExtension::addDynamicProperty(const QString &propertyName, const QVariant &value) - - Adds a dynamic property named \a propertyName and sets its value to \a value. - Returns the index of the property if it was added successfully; otherwise returns -1 to - indicate failure. -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerDynamicPropertySheetExtension::removeDynamicProperty(int index) - - Removes the dynamic property at the given \a index. - Returns true if the operation succeeds; otherwise returns false. -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerDynamicPropertySheetExtension::isDynamicProperty(int index) const - - Returns true if the property at the given \a index is a dynamic property; otherwise - returns false. -*/ - -/*! - \fn bool QDesignerDynamicPropertySheetExtension::canAddDynamicProperty(const QString &propertyName) const - - Returns true if \a propertyName is a valid, unique name for a dynamic - property; otherwise returns false. - -*/ |