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-rw-r--r--src/gui/kernel/qapplication.cpp17
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qapplication.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qapplication.cpp
index a2c058a..09a3bfe 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qapplication.cpp
@@ -780,6 +780,9 @@ void QApplicationPrivate::construct(
qt_is_gui_used = (qt_appType != QApplication::Tty);
process_cmdline();
+ // the environment variable has the lowest precedence of runtime graphicssystem switches
+ if (graphics_system_name.isEmpty())
+ graphics_system_name = QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv("QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM"));
// Must be called before initialize()
qt_init(this, qt_appType
#ifdef Q_WS_X11
@@ -1560,10 +1563,18 @@ QStyle* QApplication::setStyle(const QString& style)
on-screen widgets and QPixmaps. The available systems are \c{"native"},
\c{"raster"} and \c{"opengl"}.
- This function call overrides both the application commandline
- \c{-graphicssystem} switch and the configure \c{-graphicssystem} switch.
+ There are several ways to set the graphics backend, in order of decreasing
+ precedence:
+ \list
+ \o the application commandline \c{-graphicssystem} switch
+ \o QApplication::setGraphicsSystem()
+ \o the QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM environment variable
+ \o the Qt configure \c{-graphicssystem} switch
+ \endlist
+ If the highest precedence switch sets an invalid name, the error will be
+ ignored and the default backend will be used.
- \warning This function must be called before the QApplication constructor
+ \warning This function is only effective before the QApplication constructor
is called.
\note The \c{"opengl"} option is currently experimental.