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diff --git a/doc/src/widgets-and-layouts/widgets.qdoc b/doc/src/widgets-and-layouts/widgets.qdoc index ac0bf77..9fe2d69 100644 --- a/doc/src/widgets-and-layouts/widgets.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/widgets-and-layouts/widgets.qdoc @@ -40,131 +40,121 @@ ****************************************************************************/ /*! - \page widgets-and-layouts.html - \title Widgets and Layouts - \ingroup qt-gui-concepts - - \ingroup frameworks-technologies - - \nextpage Widget Classes - - The primary elements for designing user interfaces in Qt are widgets and layouts. - - \section1 Widgets - - \l{Widget Classes}{Widgets} can display data and status information, receive - user input, and provide a container for other widgets that should be grouped - together. A widget that is not embedded in a parent widget is called a - \l{Application Windows and Dialogs}{window}. - - \image parent-child-widgets.png A parent widget containing various child widgets. - - The QWidget class provides the basic capability to render to the screen, and to - handle user input events. All UI elements that Qt provides are either subclasses - of QWidget, or are used in connection with a QWidget subclass. Creating custom - widgets is done by subclassing QWidget or a suitable subclass and reimplementing - the virtual event handlers. - - \section1 Layouts - - \l{Layout Management}{Layouts} are an elegant and flexible way to automatically - arrange child widgets within their container. Each widget reports its size requirements - to the layout through the \l{QWidget::}{sizeHint} and \l{QWidget::}{sizePolicy} - properties, and the layout distributes the available space accordingly. - - \table - \row - \o \image qgridlayout-with-5-children.png - \o \image qformlayout-with-6-children.png - \endtable - - \l{Qt Designer Manual}{\QD} is a powerful tool for interactively creating and - arranging widgets in layouts. - - \section1 Widget Styles - - \l{Implementing Styles and Style Aware Widgets}{Styles} draw on behalf of widgets - and encapsulate the look and feel of a GUI. Qt's built-in widgets use the QStyle - class to perform nearly all of their drawing, ensuring that they look exactly like - the equivalent native widgets. + \page widgets-and-layouts.html + \title Widgets and Layouts + \ingroup qt-gui-concepts + \brief The primary elements for designing user interfaces in Qt. + + \section1 Widgets + + Widgets are the primary elements for creating user interfaces in Qt. + \l{Widget Classes}{Widgets} can display data and status information, + receive user input, and provide a container for other widgets that + should be grouped together. A widget that is not embedded in a + parent widget is called a \l{Application Windows and + Dialogs}{window}. + + \image parent-child-widgets.png A parent widget containing various child widgets. + + The QWidget class provides the basic capability to render to the + screen, and to handle user input events. All UI elements that Qt + provides are either subclasses of QWidget, or are used in connection + with a QWidget subclass. Creating custom widgets is done by + subclassing QWidget or a suitable subclass and reimplementing the + virtual event handlers. + + \section1 Layouts + + \l{Layout Management}{Layouts} are an elegant and flexible way to + automatically arrange child widgets within their container. Each + widget reports its size requirements to the layout through the + \l{QWidget::}{sizeHint} and \l{QWidget::}{sizePolicy} properties, + and the layout distributes the available space accordingly. + + \table + \row + \o \image qgridlayout-with-5-children.png + \o \image qformlayout-with-6-children.png + \endtable + + \l{Qt Designer Manual}{\QD} is a powerful tool for interactively creating and + arranging widgets in layouts. + + \section1 Widget Styles + + \l{Implementing Styles and Style Aware Widgets}{Styles} draw on + behalf of widgets and encapsulate the look and feel of a GUI. Qt's + built-in widgets use the QStyle class to perform nearly all of their + drawing, ensuring that they look exactly like the equivalent native + widgets. - \table - \row - \o \image windowsxp-tabwidget.png - \o \image plastique-tabwidget.png - \o \image macintosh-tabwidget.png - \endtable - - \l{Qt Style Sheets} are a powerful mechanism that allows you to customize the - appearance of widgets, in addition to what is already possible by subclassing QStyle. -*/ - -/*! - \page widget-classes.html - \title Widget Classes + \table + \row + \o \image windowsxp-tabwidget.png + \o \image plastique-tabwidget.png + \o \image macintosh-tabwidget.png + \endtable - \contentspage Widgets and Layouts - \nextpage Layout Management + \l{Qt Style Sheets} are a powerful mechanism that allows you to customize the + appearance of widgets, in addition to what is already possible by subclassing QStyle. - Below you find a list of all widget classes in Qt. You can also browse the - widget classes Qt provides in the various supported styles in the - \l{Qt Widget Gallery}. + \section1 The Widget Classes - \tableofcontents + The following sections list the widget classes. See the \l{Qt Widget + Gallery} for some examples. - \section1 Basic Widgets + \section2 Basic Widgets - These basic widgets (controls), such as buttons, comboboxes and scroll bars, are - designed for direct use. + These basic widgets (controls), e.g. buttons, comboboxes and + scroll bars, are designed for direct use. - \table - \row - \o \image windows-label.png - \o \image windowsvista-pushbutton.png - \o \image gtk-progressbar.png - \row - \o \image plastique-combobox.png - \o \image macintosh-radiobutton.png - \o \image cde-lineedit.png - \endtable + \table + \row + \o \image windows-label.png + \o \image windowsvista-pushbutton.png + \o \image gtk-progressbar.png + \row + \o \image plastique-combobox.png + \o \image macintosh-radiobutton.png + \o \image cde-lineedit.png + \endtable - \annotatedlist basicwidgets + \annotatedlist basicwidgets - \section1 Advanced Widgets + \section2 Advanced Widgets - Advanced GUI widgets such as tab widgets and progress bars provide more - complex user interface controls. + Advanced GUI widgets, e.g. tab widgets and progress bars, provide + more complex user interface controls. - \table - \row - \o \image windowsxp-treeview.png - \o \image gtk-calendarwidget.png - \o \image qundoview.png - \endtable + \table + \row + \o \image windowsxp-treeview.png + \o \image gtk-calendarwidget.png + \o \image qundoview.png + \endtable - \annotatedlist advanced + \annotatedlist advanced - \table - \row - \o \image windowsvista-tabwidget.png - \o \image macintosh-groupbox.png - \endtable + \table + \row + \o \image windowsvista-tabwidget.png + \o \image macintosh-groupbox.png + \endtable - \section1 Organizer Widgets + \section2 Organizer Widgets - Classes like splitters, tab bars, button groups, etc are used to - organize and group GUI primitives into more complex applications or - dialogs. + Classes like splitters, tab bars, button groups, etc are used for + organizing and grouping GUI primitives into more complex + applications and dialogs. - \annotatedlist organizers + \annotatedlist organizers - \section1 Abstract Widget Classes + \section2 Abstract Widget Classes - Abstract widget classes usable through subclassing. They are generally - not usable in themselves, but provide functionality that can be used - by inheriting these classes. + The abstract widget classes are base classes. They are not usable as + standalone classes but provide functionality when they are subclassed. - \annotatedlist abstractwidgets + \annotatedlist abstractwidgets */ /*! |