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2// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
3
4/*!
5 \page 03-qdoc-commands-markup.html
6 \previouspage Naming Things
7 \nextpage Macros
8
9 \title Markup Commands
10
11 The markup commands indicate the generated documentation's visual
12 appearance and logical structure.
13
14 \list
15 \li \l {a-command} {\\a}
16 \li \l {annotatedlist-command} {\\annotatedlist}
17 \li \l {b-command} {\\b}
18 \li \l {badcode-command} {\\badcode}
19 \li \l {b-command} {\\bold} (deprecated, use \\b)
20 \li \l {br-command} {\\br}
21 \li \l {brief-command} {\\brief}
22 \li \l {c-command} {\\c}
23 \li \l {caption-command} {\\caption}
24 \li \l {code-command} {\\code}
25 \li \l {codeline-command} {\\codeline}
26 \li \l {details-command} {\\details}
27 \li \l {div-command} {\\div}
28 \li \l {dots-command} {\\dots}
29 \li \l {e-command} {\\e}
30 \li \l {else-command} {\\else}
31 \li \l {endif-command} {\\endif}
32 \li \l {generatelist-command} {\\generatelist}
33 \li \l {header-command} {\\header}
34 \li \l {e-command} {\\i} (deprecated, use \\e)
35 \li \l {if-command} {\\if}
36 \li \l {image-command} {\\image}
37 \li \l {include-command} {\\include}
38 \li \l {inlineimage-command} {\\inlineimage}
39 \li \l {keyword-command} {\\keyword}
40 \li \l {l-command} {\\l}
41 \li \l {legalese-command} {\\legalese}
42 \li \l {li-command} {\\li}
43 \li \l {list-command} {\\list}
44 \li \l {meta-command} {\\meta}
45 \li \l {noautolist-command} {\\noautolist}
46 \li \l {li-command} {\\o} (deprecated, use \\li)
47 \li \l {note-command} {\\note}
48 \li \l {notranslate-command} {\\notranslate}
49 \li \l {omit-command} {\\omit}
50 \li \l {printline-command} {\\printline}
51 \li \l {printto-command} {\\printto}
52 \li \l {printuntil-command} {\\printuntil}
53 \li \l {qml-command}{\\qml}
54 \li \l {quotation-command} {\\quotation}
55 \li \l {quotefile-command} {\\quotefile}
56 \li \l {quotefromfile-command} {\\quotefromfile}
57 \li \l {raw-command} {\\raw}
58 \li \l {row-command} {\\row}
59 \li \l {sa-command} {\\sa}
60 \li \l {sectionOne-command} {\\section1}
61 \li \l {sectionTwo-command} {\\section2}
62 \li \l {sectionThree-command} {\\section3}
63 \li \l {sectionFour-command} {\\section4}
64 \li \l {sincelist-command} {\\sincelist}
65 \li \l {skipline-command} {\\skipline}
66 \li \l {skipto-command} {\\skipto}
67 \li \l {skipuntil-command} {\\skipuntil}
68 \li \l {snippet-command} {\\snippet}
69 \li \l {span-command} {\\span}
70 \li \l {sub-command} {\\sub}
71 \li \l {sup-command} {\\sup}
72 \li \l {table-command} {\\table}
73 \li \l {target-command} {\\target}
74 \li \qdoccmd tm
75 \li \l {tt-command} {\\tt}
76 \li \l {uicontrol-command} {\\uicontrol}
77 \li \l {underline-command} {\\underline}
78 \li \l {raw-command} {\\unicode}
79 \li \l {warning-command} {\\warning}
80 \li \l {backslash-sequence} {\\\\}
81 \li \l {endash-sequence} {\--}
82 \li \l {emdash-sequence} {-\--}
83 \endlist
84*/
85
86
87/*!
88 \page 04-qdoc-commands-textmarkup.html
89 \previouspage Markup Commands
90 \nextpage Document Structure
91
92 \title Text Markup
93
94 The text formatting commands indicate how text is to be rendered.
95
96 \target a-command
97 \section1 \\a (parameter marker)
98
99 The \\a command tells QDoc the next word is a formal parameter name.
100
101 A warning is emitted when a formal parameter is not documented or
102 is misspelled, so when you document a function you should mention
103 each formal parameter by name in the function description,
104 preceded by the \\a command. The parameter name is then rendered
105 in italics.
106
107 The formal parameter name may be enclosed between curly brackets,
108 but that isn't required.
109
110 \target c-command
111 \section1 \\c (code font)
112
113 The \\c command is used for rendering variable names, user-defined
114 class names, and C++ keywords (for example, \c int and \c for) in the code
115 font.
116
117 The command renders its argument using a monospace font. If the text to be
118 rendered in the code font contains spaces, enclose the entire text in curly
119 brackets:
120
121 \code
122 \c {QLineEdit::QLineEdit(const QString &contents, QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent)}
123 \endcode
124
125 The \\c command accepts the special character \c \ within its
126 argument, which renders it as a normal character. So if you want
127 to use nested commands, you must use the \l {tt-command} {teletype
128 (\\tt)} command instead.
129
130 See also \l {tt-command} {\\tt} and \l {code-command} {\\code}.
131
132 \target details-command
133 \section1 \\details (collapsible)
134
135 The \\details and \\enddetails commands generates a collapsible <details>
136 element with a <summary> to control the hidden/visible state.
137
138 When generating HTML output, use the \\details and \\enddetails commands to
139 generate a collapsible \c{<details>} HTML element. The command takes an
140 optional summary string enclosed in curly braces. This optional argument
141 specifies a visible heading for the details.
142
143 if the argument is omitted, QDoc outputs \e {"..."} as the summary string.
144
145 For example, with the following input:
146 \code [text] *
147 /\1!
148 \details {QDoc details}
149 \note You're looking at detailed information.
150 \enddetails
151 \1/
152 \endcode
153
154 If QDoc is generating HTML, it will translate these commands to:
155
156 \code [text]
157 <details>
158 <summary>QDoc details</summary>
159 <div class="admonition note">
160 <p><b>Note: </b>You're looking at detailed information.</p>
161 </div>
162 </details>
163 \endcode
164
165 QDoc renders this as:
166
167 \details {QDoc details}
168 \note You're looking at detailed information.
169 \enddetails
170
171 For any other output format, QDoc generates the contents as a normal paragraph,
172 ignoring the summary string. This command was introduced to QDoc in Qt6.6.
173
174 \target div-command
175 \section1 \\div
176
177 The \\div and \\enddiv commands delimit a large or small block of
178 text (which may include other QDoc commands) to which special
179 formatting attributes should be applied.
180
181 An argument must be provided in curly braces, as in the QDoc
182 comment shown below. The argument is not interpreted but is used
183 as attribute(s) of the tag that is output by QDoc.
184
185 For example, we might want to render an inline image so that it
186 floats to the right of the current block of text:
187
188 \badcode *
189 /\1!
190 \div {class="float-right"}
191 \inlineimage qml-column.png
192 \enddiv
193 \1/
194 \endcode
195
196 If QDoc is generating HTML, it will translate these commands to:
197
198 \code
199 <div class="float-right"><p><img src="images/qml-column.png" /></p></div>
200 \endcode
201
202 For HTML, the attribute value \e {float-right} then will refer to
203 a clause in the style.css file, which in this case could be:
204
205 \code
206 div.float-right
207 {
208 float: right; margin-left: 2em
209 }
210 \endcode
211
212 \note Note that the \b {\\div} command can be nested.
213
214 Below you can find an example taken from the index.qdoc file used to
215 generate index.html for Qt 4.7:
216
217 \code
218 \div {class="indexbox guide"}
219 \div {class="heading"}
220 Qt Developer Guide
221 \enddiv
222 \div {class="indexboxcont indexboxbar"}
223 \div {class="section indexIcon"} \emptyspan
224 \enddiv
225 \div {class="section"}
226 Qt is a cross-platform application and UI
227 framework. Using Qt, you can write web-enabled
228 applications once and deploy them across desktop,
229 mobile and embedded operating systems without
230 rewriting the source code.
231 \enddiv
232 \div {class="section sectionlist"}
233 \list
234 \li \l{Getting Started}
235 \li \l{Installation} {Installation}
236 \li \l{how-to-learn-qt.html} {How to learn Qt}
237 \li \l{tutorials.html} {Tutorials}
238 \li \l{Qt Examples} {Examples}
239 \li \l{qt4-7-intro.html} {What's new in Qt 4.7}
240 \endlist
241 \enddiv
242 \enddiv
243 \enddiv
244 \endcode
245
246 When all the class attribute values are defined as they are in the
247 style.css file that is used for rendering the Qt documentation,
248 the above example is rendered as:
249
250 \div {class="indexbox guide"}
251 \div {class="heading"}
252 Qt Developer Guide
253 \enddiv
254 \div {class="indexboxcont indexboxbar"}
255 \div {class="section indexIcon"} \emptyspan
256 \enddiv
257 \div {class="section"}
258 Qt is a cross-platform application and UI
259 framework. Using Qt, you can write web-enabled
260 applications once and deploy them across desktop,
261 mobile and embedded operating systems without
262 rewriting the source code.
263 \enddiv
264 \div {class="section sectionlist"}
265 \list
266 \li Getting Started
267 \li Installation
268 \li How to learn Qt
269 \li Tutorials
270 \li Examples
271 \li What's new in Qt 4.7
272 \endlist
273 \enddiv
274 \enddiv
275 \enddiv
276
277 See also \l {span-command} {\\span}.
278
279 \target span-command
280 \section1 \\span
281
282 The \\span command applies special formatting to a small block of text.
283
284 Two arguments must be provided, each argument in curly braces, as
285 shown in the QDoc comment below. The first argument is not
286 interpreted, but specifies the formatting attribute(s) of the tag
287 output by QDoc. The second argument is the text to be rendered with
288 the special formatting attributes.
289
290 For example, we might want to render the first word of each
291 element in a numeric list in blue.
292
293 \badcode *
294 /\1!
295 Global variables with complex types:
296 \list 1
297 \li \span {class="variableName"} {mutableComplex1} in globals.cpp at line 14
298 \li \span {class="variableName"} {mutableComplex2} in globals.cpp at line 15
299 \li \span {class="variableName"} {constComplex1} in globals.cpp at line 16
300 \li \span {class="variableName"} {constComplex2} in globals.cpp at line 17
301 \endlist
302 \1/
303 \endcode
304
305 Class \e {variableName} refers to a clause in your style.css.
306
307 \code
308 .variableName
309 {
310 font-family: courier;
311 color: blue
312 }
313 \endcode
314
315 Using the \e {variableName} clause shown above, the example is rendered as:
316
317 Global variables with complex types:
318 \list 1
319 \li \span {class="variableName"} {mutableComplex1} in globals.cpp at line 14
320 \li \span {class="variableName"} {mutableComplex2} in globals.cpp at line 15
321 \li \span {class="variableName"} {constComplex1} in globals.cpp at line 16
322 \li \span {class="variableName"} {constComplex2} in globals.cpp at line 17
323 \endlist
324
325 \note The \b span command does not cause a new paragraph to be
326 started.
327
328 See also \l {div-command} {\\div}.
329
330 \target tm-command
331 \section1 \\tm (trademark)
332
333 The \\tm command indicates that its argument is a trademark. QDoc appends
334 a trademark symbol `™` to the first occurrence of the argument when
335 generating a page.
336
337 In the project's configuration, the \c navigation.trademarkspage variable
338 is used for defining a title of a page that contains trademark-related
339 documentation.
340
341 \badcode
342 navigation.trademarkspage = Trademarks
343 \endcode
344
345 If set, each occurrence of the trademark symbol also links to the
346 trademarks page.
347
348 \note In section titles, the \\tm command is ignored and its argument
349 rendered as-is.
350
351 See also \l {sectionOne-command}{\\section1} and \qdocvar {navigation}.
352
353 \target tt-command
354 \section1 \\tt (teletype font)
355
356 The \\tt command renders its argument in a monospace font. This
357 command behaves just like the \l {c-command} {\\c} command, except
358 that \\tt allows you to nest QDoc commands within the argument
359 (e.g. \l {e-command} {\\e}, \l {b-command} {\\b} and \l
360 {underline-command} {\\underline}).
361
362 \badcode *
363 /\1!
364 After having populated the main container with
365 child widgets, \c setupUi() scans the main container's list of
366 slots for names with the form
367 \tt{on_\e{objectName}_\e{signalName}().}
368 \1/
369 \endcode
370
371 If the text to be rendered in the code font contains spaces, enclose the
372 entire text in curly brackets.
373
374 \code
375 \tt {QLineEdit::QLineEdit(const QString &contents, QWidget *parent) :QWidget(parent)}
376 \endcode
377
378 See also \l {c-command} {\\c}.
379
380 \target b-command
381 \section1 \\b
382
383 The \\b command renders its argument in bold font. This command used
384 to be called \\bold.
385
386 \badcode *
387 /\1!
388 This is regular text; \b {this text is
389 rendered using the \\b command}.
390 \1/
391 \endcode
392
393 \target br-command
394 \section1 \\br
395
396 The \\br command forces a line break.
397
398 \target e-command
399 \section1 \\e (emphasis, italics)
400
401 The \\e command renders its argument in a special font, normally italics. This
402 command used to be called \\i, which is now deprecated.
403
404 If the argument contains spaces or other punctuation, enclose the
405 argument in curly brackets.
406
407 \badcode *
408 /\1!
409 Here, we render \e {a few words} in italics.
410 \1/
411 \endcode
412
413 If you want to use other QDoc commands within an argument that
414 contains spaces, you always need to enclose the argument in
415 braces. But QDoc is smart enough to count parentheses, so you
416 don't need braces in cases like this:
417
418 \badcode *
419 /\1!
420 An argument can sometimes contain whitespaces,
421 for example: \e QPushButton(tr("A Brand New Button"))
422 \1/
423 \endcode
424
425 Finally, trailing punctuation is not included in an argument,
426 nor is "'s".
427
428 \target sub-command
429 \section1 \\sub
430
431 The \\sub command renders its argument lower than the baseline of
432 the regular text, using a smaller font.
433
434 \badcode *
435 /\1!
436 Definition (Range): Consider the sequence
437 {x\sub n}\sub {n > 1} . The set
438
439 {x\sub 2, x\sub 3, x\sub 4, ...} = {x\sub n ; n = 2, 3, 4, ...}
440
441 is called the range of the sequence.
442 \1/
443 \endcode
444
445 If the argument contains spaces or other punctuation, enclose the
446 argument in curly brackets.
447
448 \target sup-command
449 \section1 \\sup
450
451 The \\sup command renders its argument higher than
452 the baseline of the regular text, using a smaller font.
453
454 \badcode *
455 /\1!
456 The series
457
458 1 + a + a\sup 2 + a\sup 3 + a\sup 4 + ...
459
460 is called the \i {geometric series}.
461 \1/
462 \endcode
463
464 If the argument contains spaces or other punctuation, enclose the
465 argument in curly brackets.
466
467 \target uicontrol-command
468 \section1 \\uicontrol
469
470 The \\uicontrol command is used to mark content as being used for UI
471 control elements. When using HTML, the output is rendered in bold.
472
473 See also \l {b-command}{\\b}.
474
475 \target underline-command
476 \section1 \\underline
477
478 The \\underline command renders its argument underlined.
479
480 \badcode *
481 /\1!
482 The \underline {F}ile menu gives the users the possibility
483 to edit an existing file, or save a new or modified
484 file, and exit the application.
485 \1/
486 \endcode
487
488 If the argument contains spaces or other punctuation, enclose the
489 argument in curly brackets.
490
491 \target backslash-sequence
492 \section1 \\\\ (double backslash)
493
494 The sequence \\\\ expands to a single backslash.
495
496 QDoc commands always start with a single backslash. To display a
497 single backslash in the text, you must type two backslashes. If
498 you want to display two backslashes, you must type four.
499
500 \badcode *
501 /\1!
502 The \\\\ command is useful if you want a
503 backslash to appear verbatim, for example,
504 writing C:\\windows\\home\\.
505 \1/
506 \endcode
507
508 However, if you want your text to appear in a monospace font as
509 well, you can use the \l {c-command} {\\c} command instead, which
510 accepts and renders the backslash as any other character. For
511 example:
512
513 \badcode *
514 /\1!
515 The \\c command is useful if you want a
516 backslash to appear verbatim, and the word
517 that contains it written in a monospace font,
518 like this: \c {C:\windows\home\}.
519 \1/
520 \endcode
521
522 \target endash-sequence
523 \section1 \-- (en dash)
524 QDoc renders double hyphens as an en dash. QDoc markup commands
525 designed to make their input appear verbatim---such as the \\c
526 command---won't replace the double hyphens with an en dash character.
527 For example:
528
529 \badcode *
530 /\1!
531 The \\c command -- useful if you want text in a monospace font --
532 is well documented.
533 \1/
534 \endcode
535
536 However, other commands may require that the hyphens are escaped to ensure
537 QDoc renders the output as expected. For example;
538
539 \badcode *
540 /\1!
541 This \l {endash-sequence}{link to the -- (endash) sequence}
542 isn't escaped and QDoc therefore renders an endash in the link
543 text. However, the escaped
544 \l {endash-sequence}{link to the \-- (endash) sequence}
545 renders both hyphens as intended.
546 \1/
547 \endcode
548
549 \warning Avoid using en dash in section and page titles. Linking to a title
550 may fail if it contains special characters such as an en dash.
551
552 See also \l {emdash-sequence}{\-\-- (em dash)}.
553
554 \target emdash-sequence
555 \section1 -\-- (em dash)
556
557 QDoc renders triple hyphens as an em dash. QDoc markup commands
558 designed to make their input appear verbatim---such as the \\c
559 command---won't replace the triple hyphens with an em dash character.
560 For example:
561
562 \badcode *
563 /\1!
564 The \\c command---useful when you want text to be rendered
565 verbatim---is well documented.
566 \1/
567 \endcode
568
569 However, other commands may require that the hyphens are escaped to ensure
570 QDoc renders the output as expected. For example;
571
572 \badcode *
573 /\1!
574 This \l {emdash-sequence}{link to the --- (emdash) sequence}
575 isn't escaped and QDoc therefore renders an emdash in the link
576 text. However, the escaped
577 \l {emdash-sequence}{link to the -\-- (emdash) sequence}
578 renders both hyphens as intended.
579 \1/
580 \endcode
581
582 \note The escaped control sequence in this example is for the en dash.
583 This avoids a hyphen followed by an en dash in the output.
584
585 \warning Avoid using em dash in section and page titles. Linking to a title
586 may fail if it contains special characters such as an em dash.
587
588 See also \l {endash-sequence}{\-- (en dash)}.
589*/
590
591
592/*!
593 \page 05-qdoc-commands-documentstructure.html
594 \previouspage Text Markup
595 \nextpage Including Code Inline
596
597 \title Document Structure
598
599 The document structuring commands are for dividing your document
600 into sections. QDoc supports four levels of section: \c \section1,
601 \c \section2, \c \section3, and \c \section4. The section commands
602 correspond to the traditional section, subsection, etc used in
603 outlining.
604
605 \section1 Section commands
606
607 In general a document structuring command considers everything
608 that follows it until the first line break as its argument. The
609 argument is rendered as the unit's title. If the title needs to be
610 spanned over several lines, make sure that each line (except the
611 last one) is ended with a backslash.
612
613 In total, there are four levels for sections in QDoc: \c \section1,
614 \c \section2, \c \section3 and \c \section4. These correspond to the
615 traditional section, subsection, subsubsection and subsubsubsection.
616
617 There is a strict ordering of the section units:
618
619 \code
620 section1
621 |
622 section2
623 |
624 section3
625 |
626 section4
627 \endcode
628
629 When sections are used, the first section command should be \c section1.
630
631 \badcode *
632 /\1!
633 \section1 Basic Qt
634
635 This is the first section.
636
637
638 \section2 Getting Started
639
640 This is the first subsection.
641
642
643 \section3 Hello Qt
644
645 This is the first subsubsection.
646
647
648 \section3 Making Connections
649
650 This is the second subsubsection.
651
652
653 \section3 Using the Reference Documentation
654
655 This is the third subsubsection.
656
657
658 \section2 Creating Dialogs
659
660 This is the second subsection.
661
662
663 \section3 Subclassing QDialog
664
665 This is the first subsubsection.
666
667 ...
668
669
670 \section1 Intermediate Qt
671
672 This is the second section.
673
674
675 \section2 Layout Management
676
677 This is the second section's first subsection.
678
679
680 \section3 Basic Layouts
681
682 This is the first subsubsection.
683
684 ...
685 \1/
686 \endcode
687
688 Each section is a logical unit in the document. The section
689 heading appears in the automatically generated table of contents
690 that normally appears in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
691
692 \target sectionOne-command
693 \section1 \\section1
694
695 The \\section1 command starts a new section.
696
697 See \l{section-commands} {Section commands} for an explanation of the various
698 section units, command argument, and rendering.
699
700 \target sectionTwo-command
701 \section1 \\section2
702
703 The \\section2 command starts a new section.
704
705 See \l{section-commands} {Section commands} for an explanation of the various
706 section units, command argument, and rendering.
707
708 \target sectionThree-command
709 \section1 \\section3
710
711 The \\section3 command starts a new section.
712
713 See \l{section-commands} {Section commands} for an explanation of the various
714 section units, command argument, and rendering.
715
716 \target sectionFour-command
717 \section1 \\section4
718
719 The \\section4 command starts a new section.
720
721 See \l{section-commands} {Section commands} for an explanation of the various
722 section units, command argument, and rendering.
723
724*/
725
726
727/*!
728 \page 06-qdoc-commands-includecodeinline.html
729 \previouspage Document Structure
730 \nextpage Including External Code
731
732 \title Including Code Inline
733
734 The following commands are used to render source code without
735 formatting. The source code begins on a new line, rendered in the
736 code.
737
738 \note Although most of these commands are for rendering C++
739 code, the
740 \l{07-0-qdoc-commands-includingexternalcode.html#snippet-command}
741 {\\snippet} and
742 \l{07-0-qdoc-commands-includingexternalcode.html#codeline-command}
743 {\\codeline} commands are preferred over the others. These
744 commands allow equivalent code snippets for other Qt language
745 bindings to be substituted for the C++ snippets in the
746 documentation.
747
748 \target code-command
749 \section1 \\code
750
751 The \\code and \\endcode commands enclose a snippet of source code.
752 The \\code command accepts two kinds of optional arguments on the
753 same line as the command: a language in square brackets, and a list
754 of snippet parameters:
755
756 \code [text]
757 \code [language] parameters
758 \endcode
759
760 The language argument controls highlighting and linking, as
761 described in \l {Highlighting and autolinking}. The parameters are
762 strings that QDoc injects into the snippet, as described in
763 \l {Code snippet parameters}.
764
765 \note The \l {c-command} {\\c} command can be used for short code
766 fragments within a sentence. The \\code command is for longer code
767 snippets. It renders the code verbatim in a separate paragraph in
768 a html <pre> element, and parses the enclosed snippet, creating links
769 to any known types in the code.
770
771 QDoc highlights and creates links for C++ and QML code only. For
772 command-line instructions, shell scripts, or code in any other
773 language, use \c {\code [text]} to render the content as plain text.
774 Prefer \c {\code [text]} over the older
775 \l {badcode-command}{\\badcode} command for this purpose.
776
777 When processing the \\code command, QDoc removes all indentation
778 that is common for the verbatim code blocks within a \c{/}\c{*!}
779 ... \c{*}\c{/} comment before it adds the standard indentation.
780
781 \note This doesn't apply to externally quoted code using the \l
782 {quotefromfile-command} {\\quotefromfile} or \l
783 {quotefile-command} {\\quotefile} command.
784
785 \code [text] \\endcode *
786 /*!
787 \code
788 #include <QApplication>
789 #include <QPushButton>
790
791 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
792 {
793 ...
794 }
795 \1
796 \2/
797 \endcode
798
799 Other QDoc commands are disabled within \\code... \\endcode, and
800 the special character '\\' is accepted and rendered like the rest
801 of the code, unless it is followed by a digit and parameters were
802 passed to \\code.
803
804 \section2 Highlighting and autolinking
805
806 The \\code commands attempts to parse its contents as code of a
807 specific language, as defined in the \l {language-variable}{language}
808 configuration variable. This provides highlighting and automatic
809 linking to types detected in the code.
810
811 As an exception since QDoc version 6.4, when the \\code command
812 is used within a QML-specific \l {Topic Commands}{topic}, QDoc
813 first attempts to recognize the code as QML; for other topics,
814 the language configuration variable takes precedence. To
815 explicitly mark the code snippet as QML, use the \l {qml-command}
816 {\\qml} command instead.
817
818 From version 6.11, a language can be specified as an optional
819 case-insensitive argument on the same line as the \\code command.
820 When specified, the language overrides the default language and any
821 other language-specific behavior described above. QDoc recognizes
822 the following language arguments:
823
824 \table
825 \header
826 \li Argument
827 \li Effect
828 \row
829 \li \c cpp, \c c
830 \li Highlights the snippet as C++ and creates links to known types.
831 \row
832 \li \c qml
833 \li Highlights the snippet as QML and creates links to known types.
834 \row
835 \li \c text
836 \li Renders the snippet as plain text, without highlighting or
837 links.
838 \row
839 \li A language listed in the \l {codelanguages-variable}
840 {codelanguages} configuration variable
841 \li Renders the snippet without highlighting or links, but records
842 the language in the generated HTML.
843 \endtable
844
845 For any other language argument, QDoc warns about an unrecognized
846 markup language and handles the snippet as if no language was given.
847
848 For example:
849
850 \code [text] \\endcode
851 \code [text]
852 # This is an example of unmarked code.
853 implement MyModule;
854 include "sys.m";
855 sys: Sys;
856 \1
857 \endcode
858
859 This can be useful when quoting a language that QDoc does not have
860 the ability to mark up.
861
862 To let other tools highlight such code, add its language to the
863 \l {codelanguages-variable}{codelanguages} configuration variable
864 and pass that language to \\code instead of \c text. QDoc includes
865 the language as metadata in the generated HTML.
866
867 \section2 Code snippet parameters
868
869 Since QDoc version 5.12, \\code command accepts also optional
870 parameters. Parameters are useful for injecting simple
871 strings into the code snippet. To inject a string to a specific
872 location in the snippet, add a backslash followed by a digit (1..8).
873 The digits correspond with the order of the argument list, where
874 arguments are separated by spaces and follow any optional language
875 argument.
876
877 For example:
878
879 \code [text] 1 2 * endcode
880 /\3!
881 \code * hello
882 /\\1 \\2 \\1/
883 \\4
884 \3/
885 \endcode
886
887 For the above snippet, QDoc renders the word \e hello enclosed in
888 a C-style comment.
889
890 \section2 Including code from external files
891
892 To include code snippets from an external file, use the
893 \l{snippet-command}{\\snippet} and \l{codeline-command}
894 {\\codeline} commands.
895
896 See also \l {c-command}{\\c}, \l {qml-command}{\\qml},
897 \l {badcode-command}{\\badcode}, \l {quotefromfile-command}
898 {\\quotefromfile}, and \l {language-variable}{language}.
899
900 \target badcode-command
901 \section1 \\badcode
902
903 Similar to \l {code-command}{\\code}, \\badcode and \\endcode commands
904 enclose content that is rendered verbatim in a separate paragraph, but no
905 parsing or automatic link creation is performed. Instead, the content is
906 treated as plain text, the same way as with \c {\code [text]}.
907
908 The \\badcode command predates the language argument of \\code. For
909 command-line instructions, shell scripts, or any other content that
910 QDoc can't highlight, use \c {\code [text]} instead.
911
912 Like \\code, \\badcode accepts optional
913 \l {Code snippet parameters}{snippet parameters}. Unlike \\code, it
914 doesn't accept a language argument: all text on the same line as
915 \\badcode is read as snippet parameters. To highlight a snippet as
916 C++ or QML, use \c {\code [cpp]} or \c {\code [qml]} instead.
917
918 \target qml-command
919 \section1 \\qml
920
921 The \\qml and \\endqml commands enclose a snippet of QML source
922 code. Use these for proper syntax highlighting of QML code snippets.
923 The enclosed snippet must be complete as if it was a valid .qml file.
924 If the snippet is incomplete, QDoc will issue a warning and ignore the
925 snippet.
926
927 \badcode *
928 /\1!
929 \qml
930 import QtQuick 2.0
931
932 Row {
933 Rectangle {
934 width: 100; height: 100
935 color: "blue"
936 transform: Translate { y: 20 }
937 }
938 Rectangle {
939 width: 100; height: 100
940 color: "red"
941 transform: Translate { y: -20 }
942 }
943 }
944 \endqml
945 \1/
946 \endcode
947
948 Like the \l{code-command}{\\code} command, \\qml accepts optional
949 parameters.
950*/
951
952
953/*!
954 \page 07-0-qdoc-commands-includingexternalcode.html
955 \previouspage Including Code Inline
956 \nextpage Creating Links
957
958 \title Including External Code
959
960 The following commands enable you to include code snippets from
961 external files. You can make QDoc include the complete contents of
962 a file, or you can quote specific parts of the file and skip
963 others. The typical use of the latter is to quote a file chunk by
964 chunk.
965
966 \note Although all these commands can be used for rendering C++
967 code, the
968 \l{07-0-qdoc-commands-includingexternalcode.html#snippet-command}
969 {\\snippet} and
970 \l{07-0-qdoc-commands-includingexternalcode.html#codeline-command}
971 {\\codeline} commands are preferred over the others. These
972 commands allow equivalent code snippets for other Qt language
973 bindings to be substituted for the C++ snippets in the
974 documentation.
975
976 \target quotefile-command
977 \section1 \\quotefile
978
979 The \\quotefile command expands to the complete contents of the
980 file given as argument.
981
982 The command considers the rest of the line as part of its
983 argument, make sure to follow the file name with a line break.
984
985 The file's contents is rendered in a separate paragraph, using a
986 monospace font and the standard indentation. The code is shown
987 verbatim.
988
989 \badcode *
990 /\1!
991 This is a simple "Hello world" example:
992
993 \quotefile examples/main.cpp
994
995 It contains only the bare minimum you need
996 to get a Qt application up and running.
997 \1/
998 \endcode
999
1000 From version 6.11, a language can be specified as an optional
1001 case-insensitive argument on the same line as the \\quotefile
1002 command.
1003 This influences the quoted text in the same way as for the
1004 \l{code-command}{\\code} command.
1005
1006 For example:
1007
1008 \code [text]
1009 \quotefile [text] examples/main.cpp
1010 \endcode
1011
1012 This can be useful when quoting from a file containing source code
1013 that QDoc does not have the ability to mark up.
1014
1015 See also \l {quotefromfile-command} {\\quotefromfile} and
1016 \l {code-command} {\\code}.
1017
1018
1019 \target quotefromfile-command
1020 \section1 \\quotefromfile
1021
1022 The \\quotefromfile command opens the file given as argument for
1023 quoting.
1024
1025 The command considers the rest of the line as part of its
1026 argument, make sure to follow the file name with a line break.
1027
1028 The command is intended for use when quoting parts from file with
1029 the walkthrough commands: \l {printline-command} {\\printline}, \l
1030 {printto-command} {\\printto}, \l {printuntil-command}
1031 {\\printuntil}, \l {skipline-command} {\\skipline}, \l
1032 {skipto-command} {\\skipto}, \l {skipuntil-command}
1033 {\\skipuntil}. This enables you to quote specific portions of a
1034 file.
1035
1036 \badcode *
1037 /\1!
1038 The whole application is contained within
1039 the \c main() function:
1040
1041 \quotefromfile examples/main.cpp
1042
1043 \skipto main
1044 \printuntil app(argc, argv)
1045
1046 First we create a QApplication object using
1047 the \c argc and \c argv parameters.
1048
1049 \skipto QPushButton
1050 \printuntil resize
1051
1052 Then we create a QPushButton, and give it a reasonable
1053 size using the QWidget::resize() function.
1054
1055 ...
1056 \1/
1057 \endcode
1058
1059 QDoc remembers which file it is quoting from, and the current
1060 position in that file (see \l {file} {\\printline} for more
1061 information). There is no need to "close" the file.
1062
1063 From version 6.11, a language can be specified as an optional
1064 case-insensitive argument on the same line as the
1065 \\quotefromfile command. This influences the quoted text in the
1066 same way as for the \l{code-command}{\\code} command.
1067
1068 For example:
1069
1070 \code [text]
1071 \quotefromfile [text] examples/main.cpp
1072 \skipto main
1073 \printuntil app(argc, argv)
1074 \endcode
1075
1076 QDoc also remembers which code language it is quoting from, so
1077 commands like \l{printline-command}{\\printline},
1078 \l{printto-command}{\\printto} and \l{printuntil-command}{\\printuntil}
1079 quote from the current file, applying a consistent style of markup
1080 until a new file is read.
1081
1082 See also \l {quotefile-command} {\\quotefile}, \l {code-command}
1083 {\\code} and \l {dots} {\\dots}.
1084
1085 \target printline-command
1086 \section1 \\printline
1087
1088 The \\printline command expands to the line from the current
1089 position.
1090
1091 To ensure that the documentation remains synchronized with the
1092 source file, a substring of the line must be specified as an
1093 argument to the command. Note that the command considers the rest
1094 of the line as part of its argument, make sure to follow the
1095 substring with a line break.
1096
1097 The line from the source file is rendered as a separate paragraph,
1098 using a monospace font and the standard indentation. The code is
1099 shown verbatim.
1100
1101 \badcode *
1102 /\1!
1103 There has to be exactly one QApplication object
1104 in every GUI application that uses Qt.
1105
1106 \quotefromfile examples/main.cpp
1107
1108 \printline QApplication
1109
1110 This line includes the QApplication class
1111 definition. QApplication manages various
1112 application-wide resources, such as the
1113 default font and cursor.
1114
1115 \printline QPushButton
1116
1117 This line includes the QPushButton class
1118 definition. The QPushButton widget provides a command
1119 button.
1120
1121 \printline main
1122
1123 The main function...
1124 \1/
1125 \endcode
1126
1127 \target file
1128
1129 QDoc reads the file sequentially. To move the current position
1130 forward you can use either of the \l {skipline-command}
1131 {\\skip...} commands. To move the current position backward, you
1132 can use the \l {quotefromfile-command} {\\quotefromfile} command
1133 again.
1134
1135 \target substring
1136
1137 If the substring argument is surrounded by slashes it is
1138 interpreted as a \l {QRegularExpression}{regular expression}.
1139
1140 \badcode *
1141 /\1!
1142 \quotefromfile examples/mainwindow.cpp
1143
1144 \skipto closeEvent
1145 \printuntil /^\}/
1146
1147 Close events are sent to widgets that the users want to
1148 close, usually by clicking \c File|Exit or by clicking
1149 the \c X title bar button. By reimplementing the event
1150 handler, we can intercept attempts to close the
1151 application.
1152 \1/
1153 \endcode
1154
1155 (\l {widgets/scribble} {The complete example file...})
1156
1157 The regular expression \c /^\}/ makes QDoc print until the first
1158 '}' character occurring at the beginning of the line without
1159 indentation. /.../ encloses the regular expression, and '^' means
1160 the beginning of the line. The '}' character must be escaped since
1161 it is a special character in regular expressions.
1162
1163 QDoc will emit a warning if the specified substring or regular
1164 expression cannot be located, i.e. if the source code has changed.
1165
1166 See also \l {printto-command} {\\printto} and \l
1167 {printuntil-command} {\\printuntil}.
1168
1169 \target printto-command
1170 \section1 \\printto
1171
1172 The \\printto command expands to all the lines from the current
1173 position up to and \e excluding the next line containing a given
1174 substring.
1175
1176 The command considers the rest of the line as part of its
1177 argument, make sure to follow the substring with a line break. The
1178 command also follows the same conventions for \l {file}
1179 {positioning} and \l {substring} {argument} as the \l
1180 {printline-command} {\\printline} command.
1181
1182 The lines from the source file are rendered in a separate
1183 paragraph, using a monospace font and the standard
1184 indentation. The code is shown verbatim.
1185
1186 \badcode *
1187 /\1!
1188 The whole application is contained within the
1189 \c main() function:
1190
1191 \quotefromfile examples/main.cpp
1192 \printto hello
1193
1194 First we create a QApplication object using the \c argc and
1195 \c argv parameters...
1196 \1/
1197 \endcode
1198
1199 See also \l {printline-command} {\\printline} and \l
1200 {printuntil-command} {\\printuntil}.
1201
1202 \target printuntil-command
1203 \section1 \\printuntil
1204
1205 The \\printuntil command expands to all the lines from the current
1206 position up to and \e including the next line containing a given
1207 substring.
1208
1209 The command considers the rest of the line as part of its
1210 argument, make sure to follow the substring with a line break. The
1211 command also follows the same conventions for \l {file}
1212 {positioning} and \l {substring} {argument} as the \l
1213 {printline-command} {\\printline} command.
1214
1215 If \\printuntil is used without an argument, it expands to all the
1216 lines from the current position to the end of the quoted file.
1217
1218 The lines from the source file are rendered in a separate
1219 paragraph, using a monospace font and the standard
1220 indentation. The code is shown verbatim.
1221
1222 \badcode *
1223 /\1!
1224 The whole application is contained within the
1225 \c main() function:
1226
1227 \quotefromfile examples/main.cpp
1228 \skipto main
1229 \printuntil hello
1230
1231 First we create a QApplication object using the
1232 \c argc and \c argv parameters, then we create
1233 a QPushButton.
1234 \1/
1235 \endcode
1236
1237 See also \l {printline-command} {\\printline} and \l
1238 {printto-command} {\\printto}.
1239
1240 \target skipline-command
1241 \section1 \\skipline
1242
1243 The \\skipline command ignores the next non-blank line in the
1244 current source file.
1245
1246 Doc reads the file sequentially, and the \\skipline command is
1247 used to move the current position (omitting a line of the source
1248 file). See the remark about \l {file} {file positioning} above.
1249
1250 The command considers the rest of the line as part of its
1251 argument, make sure to follow the substring with a line break. The
1252 command also follows the same conventions for \l {substring}
1253 {argument} as the \l {printline-command} {\\printline} command,
1254 and it is used in conjunction with the \l {quotefromfile-command}
1255 {\\quotefromfile} command.
1256
1257 \badcode *
1258 /\1!
1259 QPushButton is a GUI push button that the user
1260 can press and release.
1261
1262 \quotefromfile examples/main.cpp
1263 \skipline QApplication
1264 \printline QPushButton
1265
1266 This line includes the QPushButton class
1267 definition. For each class that is part of the
1268 public Qt API, there exists a header file of
1269 the same name that contains its definition.
1270 \1/
1271 \endcode
1272
1273
1274 See also \l {skipto-command} {\\skipto}, \l {skipuntil-command}
1275 {\\skipuntil} and \l {dots} {\\dots}.
1276
1277 \target skipto-command
1278 \section1 \\skipto
1279
1280 The \\skipto command ignores all the lines from the current
1281 position up to and \e excluding the next line containing a given
1282 substring.
1283
1284 QDoc reads the file sequentially, and the \\skipto command is used
1285 to move the current position (omitting one or several lines of the
1286 source file). See the remark about \l {file} {file positioning}
1287 above.
1288
1289 The command considers the rest of the line as part of its
1290 argument, make sure to follow the substring with a line break.
1291
1292 The command also follows the same conventions for \l {substring}
1293 {argument} as the \l {printline-command} {\\printline} command,
1294 and it is used in conjunction with the \l {quotefromfile-command}
1295 {\\quotefromfile} command.
1296
1297 \badcode *
1298 /\1!
1299 The whole application is contained within
1300 the \c main() function:
1301
1302 \quotefromfile examples/main.cpp
1303 \skipto main
1304 \printuntil }
1305
1306 First we create a QApplication object. There
1307 has to be exactly one such object in
1308 every GUI application that uses Qt. Then
1309 we create a QPushButton, resize it to a reasonable
1310 size ...
1311 \1/
1312 \endcode
1313
1314 See also \l {skipline-command} {\\skipline}, \l
1315 {skipuntil-command} {\\skipuntil} and \l {dots} {\\dots}.
1316
1317 \target skipuntil-command
1318 \section1 \\skipuntil
1319
1320 The \\skipuntil command ignores all the lines from the current
1321 position up to and \e including the next line containing a given
1322 substring.
1323
1324 QDoc reads the file sequentially, and the \\skipuntil command is
1325 used to move the current position (omitting one or several lines
1326 of the source file). See the remark about \l {file} {file
1327 positioning} above.
1328
1329 The command considers the rest of the line as part of its
1330 argument, make sure to follow the substring with a line break.
1331
1332 The command also follows the same conventions for \l {substring}
1333 {argument} as the \l {printline-command} {\\printline} command,
1334 and it is used in conjunction with the \l {quotefromfile-command}
1335 {\\quotefromfile} command.
1336
1337 \badcode *
1338 /\1!
1339 The first thing we did in the \c main() function
1340 was to create a QApplication object \c app.
1341
1342 \quotefromfile examples/main.cpp
1343 \skipuntil show
1344 \dots
1345 \printuntil }
1346
1347 In the end we must remember to make \c main() pass the
1348 control to Qt. QCoreApplication::exec() will return when
1349 the application exits...
1350 \1/
1351 \endcode
1352
1353 See also \l {skipline-command} {\\skipline}, \l {skipto-command}
1354 {\\skipto} and \l {dots} {\\dots}.
1355
1356 \target dots-command
1357 \section1 \\dots
1358
1359 The \\dots command indicates that parts of the source file have
1360 been omitted when quoting a file.
1361
1362 The command is used in conjunction with the \l
1363 {quotefromfile-command} {\\quotefromfile} command, and should be
1364 stated on its own line. The dots are rendered on a new line, using
1365 a monospace font.
1366
1367 \badcode *
1368 /\1!
1369 \quotefromfile examples/main.cpp
1370 \skipto main
1371 \printuntil {
1372 \dots
1373 \skipuntil exec
1374 \printline }
1375 \1/
1376 \endcode
1377
1378 The default indentation is 4 spaces, but this can be adjusted
1379 using the command's optional argument.
1380
1381 \badcode *
1382 /\1!
1383 \dots 0
1384 \dots
1385 \dots 8
1386 \dots 12
1387 \dots 16
1388 \1/
1389 \endcode
1390
1391 See also \l {skipline-command} {\\skipline}, \l {skipto-command}
1392 {\\skipto} and \l {skipuntil-command} {\\skipuntil}.
1393
1394 \target snippet-command
1395 \section1 \\snippet
1396
1397 The \\snippet command causes a code snippet to be included
1398 verbatim as preformatted text, which may be syntax highlighted.
1399
1400 Each code snippet is referenced by the file that holds it and by
1401 a unique identifier for that file. Snippet files are typically
1402 stored in a \c{snippets} directory inside the documentation
1403 directory (for example, \c{$QTDIR/doc/src/snippets}).
1404
1405 \note QDoc resolves a relative snippet path against the directories
1406 configured by the \l {exampledirs-variable}{exampledirs} and
1407 \l {imagedirs-variable}{imagedirs} variables (plus any \c{doc/images}
1408 directories found beneath the example directories). It does \e not search
1409 \c{sourcedirs} or \c{headerdirs}, so snippet files that live in a separate
1410 tree from your examples must still be reachable from \c{exampledirs} or
1411 \c{imagedirs}. The \l {quotefile-command}{\\quotefile} and
1412 \l {quotefromfile-command}{\\quotefromfile} commands resolve their files the
1413 same way.
1414
1415 QDoc uses the first matching file it finds. When the same relative path
1416 exists under more than one search directory, QDoc consults the directories
1417 in lexicographic path order, so one file can shadow another.
1418
1419 For example, the following documentation references a snippet in a
1420 file residing in a subdirectory of the documentation directory:
1421
1422 \code
1423 \snippet snippets/textdocument-resources/main.cpp Adding a resource
1424 \endcode
1425
1426 The text following the file name is the unique identifier for the
1427 snippet. This is used to delimit the quoted code in the relevant
1428 snippet file, as shown in the following example that corresponds to
1429 the above \c{\snippet} command:
1430
1431 \code
1432 ...
1433 QImage image(64, 64, QImage::Format_RGB32);
1434 image.fill(qRgb(255, 160, 128));
1435
1436//! [Adding a resource]
1437 document->addResource(QTextDocument::ImageResource,
1438 QUrl("mydata://image.png"), QVariant(image));
1439//! [Adding a resource]
1440 ...
1441 \endcode
1442
1443 By default, QDoc looks for \c{//!} as a code snippet marker.
1444 For \c{.pro}, \c{.py}, \c{.cmake}, and \c{CMakeLists.txt}
1445 files, \c {#!} is detected. Finally, \c{<!--} is accepted in
1446 \c{.html}, \c{.qrc}, \c{.ui}, \c{.xml}, and \c{.xq} files.
1447
1448 QDoc normalizes snippet indentation by comparing the snippet-marker's
1449 space-based indentation against the snippet's minimum content indentation
1450 (ignoring Qt-macros, blank lines, and full-line comments). It then
1451 automatically un-indents the snippet body to whichever is smaller,
1452 ensuring the generated code always preserves its natural structure
1453 regardless of where the markers sit. Under-indented markers are left
1454 untouched.
1455
1456 \note QDoc only handles space characters for indentation normalization,
1457 not tabs or other whitespace. For best results, use consistent space-based
1458 indentation in source files containing snippets.
1459
1460 From version 6.11, a language can be specified as an optional
1461 case-insensitive argument on the same line as the \\snippet command.
1462 This influences the quoted text in the same way as for the
1463 \l{code-command}{\\code} command.
1464
1465 This example use of the command overrides the default C++ markup style
1466 and outputs plain text instead:
1467
1468 \code [text]
1469 \snippet [text] code.cpp
1470 \endcode
1471
1472 This can be useful when quoting a language that QDoc does not have
1473 the ability to mark up, or when needing to quote from a file with an
1474 unconventional file name.
1475
1476 \target codeline-command
1477 \section1 \\codeline
1478
1479 The \\codeline command inserts a blank line of preformatted
1480 text. It is used to insert gaps between snippets without closing
1481 the current preformatted text area and opening a new one.
1482
1483*/
1484
1485
1486/*!
1487 \page 08-qdoc-commands-creatinglinks.html
1488 \previouspage Including External Code
1489 \nextpage Including Images
1490
1491 \title Creating Links
1492
1493 These commands are for creating hyperlinks to classes, functions,
1494 examples, and other targets.
1495
1496 \target l-command
1497 \section1 \\l (link)
1498
1499 The \\l link command is used to create a hyperlink to many
1500 different kinds of targets. The command's general syntax is:
1501
1502 \code
1503 \l [ link criteria ] { link target } { link text }
1504 \endcode
1505
1506 ...where the \c {link criteria} in square brackets are optional
1507 but may be required when the \c {link target} is ambiguous. See
1508 \l {Fixing Ambiguous Links} below.
1509
1510 You can use the \\l command to link to:
1511
1512 \list
1513
1514 \li an external page:
1515
1516 \badcode
1517 An URL with a custom link text:
1518 \l {https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/} {Qt 6 Documentation}.
1519
1520 An URL without a custom link text: \l {https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/}.
1521 \endcode
1522
1523 Renders as:
1524
1525 An URL with a custom link text:
1526 \l {https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/} {Qt 6 Documentation}.
1527
1528 An URL without a custom link text: \l {https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/}.
1529
1530 See also \l {externalpage-command}{\\externalpage}.
1531
1532 \li a documentation page. The link target can be:
1533
1534 \list
1535 \li the page title specified with the \l {title-command} {\\title}
1536 command:
1537
1538 \badcode
1539 Here is a link with a custom link text:
1540 \l {Getting Started with QDoc}{QDoc - Getting Started}.
1541
1542 Here is a link with a link text that is the same as the link
1543 target: \l {Getting Started with QDoc}.
1544 \endcode
1545
1546 Renders as:
1547
1548 Here is a link with a custom link text:
1549 \l {Getting Started with QDoc}{QDoc - Getting Started}.
1550
1551 Here is a link with a link text that is the same as link target:
1552 \l {Getting Started with QDoc}.
1553
1554 \li the page file name specified with the \l {page-command} {\\page}
1555 command:
1556
1557 \badcode
1558 \page 08-qdoc-commands-creatinglinks.html
1559 \title Creating Links
1560
1561 These commands are for creating hyperlinks to classes, functions,
1562 examples, and other targets.
1563
1564 ...
1565
1566 The \l {08-qdoc-commands-creatinglinks.html} {Creating Links page}
1567 explains how to create links with QDoc.
1568 \endcode
1569
1570 Renders as:
1571
1572 The \l {08-qdoc-commands-creatinglinks.html} {Creating Links page}
1573 article explains how to create links with QDoc.
1574
1575 \li the page with a \l {keyword-command} {\\keyword} command.
1576 \endlist
1577
1578 \li a particular anchor section within a document. The link target can be:
1579
1580 \list
1581 \li a section title specified with one of the
1582 \l{section-commands} {Section commands}:
1583
1584 \badcode
1585 Here is a link to a QDoc Commands section of the Writing
1586 Documentation topic:
1587 \l {Writing Documentation#QDoc Commands}{QDoc Commands}.
1588
1589 If you have unique section titles across your documentation
1590 project, you can use the section title as a target without
1591 the need to add the topic title:
1592 \l {QDoc Commands}.
1593 \endcode
1594
1595 Renders as:
1596
1597 Here is a link to a QDoc Commands section of the Writing
1598 Documentation topic:
1599 \l {Writing Documentation#QDoc Commands}{QDoc Commands}.
1600
1601 If you have unique section titles across your documentation
1602 project, you can use the section title as a target without the
1603 need to add the topic title:
1604 \l {QDoc Commands}.
1605
1606 Since the \c # character is used for the purpose of linking
1607 within documents it cannot be used verbatim when linking to
1608 titles that contain it. Instead, it must be escaped using a
1609 backslash:
1610
1611 \code [text]
1612 \l {Using Qt with C\\#}
1613 \endcode
1614
1615 Two backslashes are used because QDoc will process the text
1616 before it is supplied to the link command.
1617
1618 \li an anchor defined with a \l {target-command}{\\target} command:
1619 \code [text]
1620 \target assertions
1621
1622 Assertions make some statement about the text at the
1623 point where they occur in the regexp, but they do not
1624 match any characters.
1625
1626 ...
1627
1628 Regexps are built up from expressions, quantifiers, and
1629 \l {assertions} {assertions}.
1630
1631 \endcode
1632
1633 \endlist
1634
1635 \li an API item. Target links can be:
1636
1637 \list
1638 \li \c {\l QWidget} - The name of a class documented with the
1639 \l {class-command} {\\class} or
1640 \l {qmltype-command}{\\qmltype} command.
1641
1642 \li \c {\l QWidget::sizeHint()} - The signature of a function
1643 without parameters. If a matching function without
1644 parameters can't be found, the link is satisfied with the
1645 first matching function found.
1646
1647 \li \c {\l QWidget::removeAction(QAction* action)} - The
1648 signature of a function with parameters. If an exact match is
1649 not found, the link is not satisfied and QDoc reports a
1650 \e {Can't link to...} error.
1651
1652 \li \c {\l <QtGlobal>} - The subject of a \l {headerfile-command}
1653 {\\headerfile} command.
1654
1655 \li \c {\l QWidget::geometry} - The signature of a property
1656 defined for a QObject subclass.
1657
1658 \li \c {\l Item.height} - The signature of a property defined for
1659 a QML type.
1660
1661 \endlist
1662
1663 If you only want the function name to appear in the link, you
1664 can use the following syntax: \c {\l{QWidget::}{sizeHint()}}.
1665
1666 \li an example. The target link is the example title or a relative path
1667 used in an \l {example-command} {\\example} command:
1668
1669 \code [text] *
1670 /\1!
1671 \example widgets/imageviewer
1672 \title ImageViewer Example
1673 \brief Shows how to combine QLabel and QScrollArea
1674 to display an image.
1675
1676 ...
1677 \1/
1678
1679 ...
1680
1681 See the example: \l widgets/imageviewer
1682 \endcode
1683 \endlist
1684
1685 If the link target is equivalent to the link text, you can omit the second
1686 argument.
1687
1688 For example, if you have documentation like:
1689
1690 \code [text] *
1691 /\1!
1692 \target assertions
1693
1694 Assertions make some statement about the text at the
1695 point where they occur in the regexp, but they do not
1696 match any characters.
1697
1698 ...
1699
1700 Regexps are built up from expressions, quantifiers, and
1701 \l {assertions} {assertions}.
1702 \1/
1703 \endcode
1704
1705 You can simplify this as follows:
1706
1707 \code [text] *
1708 /\1!
1709 \target assertions
1710
1711 Assertions make some statement about the text at the
1712 point where they occur in the regexp, but they do not
1713 match any characters.
1714
1715 ...
1716
1717 Regexps are built up from expressions, quantifiers, and
1718 \l assertions.
1719 \1/
1720 \endcode
1721
1722 For the one-parameter version, the braces can often be omitted.
1723
1724 \target qdoc-automatic-linking
1725 \section2 Automatic linking
1726
1727 QDoc also tries to make a link out of any word that doesn't
1728 resemble a normal English word, for example, Qt class names or
1729 functions, like QWidget or QWidget::sizeHint(). In these cases,
1730 the \\l command can actually be omitted, but by using the command,
1731 you ensure that QDoc will emit a warning if it cannot find the
1732 link target.
1733
1734 If auto-linking produces an unwanted link for a word that
1735 happens to match a link target, you can suppress it with the
1736 \l {ignorewords-variable} {ignorewords} configuration variable.
1737
1738 \section2 Fixing Ambiguous Links
1739
1740 An ambiguous link is one that has a matching target in more than one Qt
1741 module or documentation set. For example, the same section title can appear
1742 in more than one Qt module, or the name of a C++ class in one module
1743 can also be the name of a QML type in another module.
1744 A real example in Qt is the name Qt itself: it is the name of both a C++
1745 namespace in QtCore and a QML type in QtQml.
1746
1747 Suppose we want to link to the \l {Qt} {Qt C++ namespace}. At the
1748 time QDoc generated this HTML page, that link was correct. Does
1749 it still go to the C++ namespace? Qdoc generated that link from
1750 this link command:
1751
1752 \code [text]
1753 \l {Qt} {Qt C++ namespace}
1754 \endcode
1755
1756 Now suppose we want to link to the \l [QML] {Qt} {Qt QML type}.
1757 At the time QDoc generated this HTML page, that link was also
1758 correct, but we had to use this link command:
1759
1760 \code [text]
1761 \l [QML] {Qt} {Qt QML type}
1762 \endcode
1763
1764 The \e {QML} in \e {square brackets} tells QDoc to accept a
1765 matching target only if the target is on a QML page. Qdoc actually
1766 finds the C++ namespace target first, but since that target is on
1767 a C++ page, QDoc ignores it and keeps looking until it finds the
1768 same target on a QML page.
1769
1770 Without the guidance in the \e{\\l command} in the optional \e
1771 {square bracket} argument, QDoc links to the first matching target
1772 it finds. QDoc can't warn that the link was ambiguous in such
1773 cases because it doesn't know that another matching target exists.
1774
1775 \section2 What arguments can appear in square brackets?
1776
1777 A link command with square bracket argument has the following syntax:
1778
1779 \code [text]
1780 \l [QML|CPP|DOC|attached|QtModuleName] {link target} {link text}
1781 \endcode
1782
1783 The \e {square bracket} argument is only allowed in the \c {\l
1784 (link)} command. The example above shows how \c QML is used as the
1785 \e {square brackets} argument to force QDoc to match a QML target.
1786 Most often, this will be a QML type, but it can also be a QML
1787 member function or property. Additionally, some QML types contain
1788 properties and attached properties with the same name. Attached
1789 properties can be selected with an \c attached argument.
1790 If \c attached is omitted, regular properties will be linked to
1791 in preference to attached properties with duplicate names.
1792
1793 In the example, QDoc didn't need a \e {square bracket} argument to
1794 find the Qt C++ namespace page, because that one was the first
1795 matching target QDoc found anyway. However, to force QDoc to find
1796 a C++ target when a matching QML target gets in the way, \c CPP
1797 can be used as the \e {square bracket} argument. For example, the
1798 following link will force QDoc to ignore the Qt QML type and continue
1799 searching until it matches the Qt C++ namespace.
1800
1801 \code [text]
1802 \l [CPP] {Qt} {Qt C++ namespace}
1803 \endcode
1804
1805 If the link target is neither a C++ nor a QML entity, \c {DOC} can
1806 be used as the \e {square bracket} argument to prevent QDoc from
1807 matching either of those. At this writing, there were no cases of
1808 ambiguous links where using \c {DOC} was required.
1809
1810 Often, the documentor knows which Qt module the link target is
1811 in. When the module name is known, use the module name as the \e
1812 {square bracket} argument. In the example above, if we know that
1813 the QML type named Qt is located in the QtQml module, we can write
1814 the link command like this:
1815
1816 \code [text]
1817 \l [QtQml] {Qt} {Qt QML type}
1818 \endcode
1819
1820 When a module name is used as the \e {square bracket} argument,
1821 QDoc will search for the link target in that module only. This
1822 makes searching for link targets more efficient.
1823
1824 Finally, the module name and entity type arguments can be
1825 combined, separated by a blank, so something like this is also
1826 allowed:
1827
1828 \code [text]
1829 \l [CPP QtQml] {Window} {C++ class Window}
1830 \endcode
1831
1832 As of this writing, there were no cases where combining the two
1833 was required.
1834
1835 See also \l {sa-command} {\\sa}, \l {target-command} {\\target},
1836 and \l {keyword-command} {\\keyword}.
1837
1838
1839 \target sa-command
1840 \section1 \\sa (see also)
1841
1842 The \\sa command defines a list of links that will be rendered in
1843 a separate "See also" section at the bottom of the documentation
1844 unit.
1845
1846 The command takes a comma-separated list of links as its
1847 argument. If the line ends with a comma, you can continue
1848 the list on the next line. The general syntax is:
1849
1850 \code [text]
1851 \sa {the first link}, {the second link},
1852 {the third link}, ...
1853 \endcode
1854
1855 QDoc will automatically try to generate "See also" links
1856 interconnecting a property's various functions. For example, a
1857 setVisible() function will automatically get a link to visible()
1858 and vice versa.
1859
1860 In general, QDoc will generate "See also" links that interconnect
1861 the functions that access the same property. It recognizes four
1862 different syntax versions:
1863
1864 \list
1865 \li \c property()
1866 \li \c setProperty()
1867 \li \c isProperty()
1868 \li \c hasProperty()
1869 \endlist
1870
1871 The \\sa command supports the same kind of links as the \l
1872 {l-command} {\\l} command.
1873
1874 \badcode *
1875 /\1!
1876 Appends the actions \a actions to this widget's
1877 list of actions.
1878
1879 \sa removeAction(), QMenu, addAction()
1880 \1/
1881 void QWidget::addActions(QList<QAction *> actions)
1882 {
1883 ...
1884 }
1885 \endcode
1886
1887 See also \l {l-command} {\\l}, \l {target-command} {\\target} and
1888 \l {keyword-command} {\\keyword}.
1889
1890
1891 \target target-command
1892 \section1 \\target
1893
1894 The \\target command names a place in the documentation that you
1895 can link to using the \l {l-command} {\\l (link)} and \l
1896 {sa-command} {\\sa (see also)} commands.
1897
1898 \e{The text up to the line break becomes the target name}. Be sure
1899 to follow the target name with a line break. Curly brackets are not
1900 required around the target name, but they may be required when the
1901 target name is used in a link command. See below.
1902
1903 \code [text] *
1904 /\1!
1905 \target capturing parentheses
1906 \section1 Capturing Text
1907
1908 Parentheses allow us to group elements together so that
1909 we can quantify and capture them.
1910
1911 ...
1912 \1/
1913 \endcode
1914
1915 The target name \e{capturing parentheses} can be linked to
1916 in the following way:
1917
1918 \list
1919 \li \c {\l {capturing parentheses}}
1920 \endlist
1921
1922 Above, the target name is enclosed in brackets because it contains
1923 spaces.
1924
1925 \note The \\target command does not support \qdocvar macro expansion
1926 in its argument.
1927
1928 \section2 \\target in a \\table
1929 When you use the \\target command in a table, make sure that the
1930 \\target command follows a \l {li-command}{\\li}-command (table
1931 cell), as some generators only support targets to an individual cell,
1932 not to a whole row.
1933 Moreover, ensure that it's either on a separate line, or the last content
1934 that occurs in the line it's in. This is due to how the \\target
1935 command works; it consumes anything up to the next line break as
1936 its parameter. In other words, if you have a table and need a
1937 \\target within it, make sure that it follows the following
1938 structure:
1939
1940 \badcode
1941 \table
1942 \row
1943 \li \target my-target
1944 My text goes here.
1945 \li This is my next table cell.
1946 \endtable
1947 \endcode
1948
1949 See also \l {l-command} {\\l}, \l {sa-command} {\\sa} and \l
1950 {keyword-command} {\\keyword}.
1951
1952 \target keyword-command
1953 \section1 \\keyword
1954
1955 The \\keyword command names a place in the documentation that you
1956 can link to using the \l {l-command} {\\l (link)} and \l
1957 {sa-command} {\\sa (see also)} commands. It also adds the keyword
1958 and the location to generated indices.
1959
1960 The \\keyword command is like the \l {target-command} {\\target}
1961 command, except that when linking to a keyword, by default the link
1962 goes to the top of the QDoc comment (topic) the \\keyword appears in.
1963
1964 If you want to create a keyword for a \c section unit within a
1965 topic, add the \\keyword directly above the section title:
1966
1967 \badcode
1968 \keyword debug
1969 \section1 Debug command line option (--debug)
1970 ...
1971 \endcode
1972
1973 Unlike \\target, keywords are registered in indices of generated
1974 offline documentation files (.qch). This allows users to look up the
1975 location by keyword, for instance, in
1976 \l[QtAssistant]{Searching for Keywords}{Qt Assistant's Index Search},
1977 and makes the keyword accessible in \QC's context help.
1978
1979 Keywords must be unique over all the documents processed during
1980 the QDoc run. The command uses the rest of the line as its
1981 argument. Be sure to follow the keyword with a line break.
1982
1983
1984 \badcode *
1985 /\1!
1986 \class QRegularExpression
1987 \reentrant
1988 \brief The QRegularExpression class provides pattern
1989 matching using regular expressions.
1990 \ingroup tools
1991 \ingroup misc
1992 \ingroup shared
1993
1994 \keyword regular expression
1995
1996 Regular expressions, or "regexps", provide a way to
1997 find patterns within text.
1998
1999 ...
2000 \1/
2001 \endcode
2002
2003 The location marked with the keyword can be linked to with:
2004
2005 \badcode *
2006 /\1!
2007 When a string is surrounded by slashes, it is
2008 interpreted as a \l {regular expression}.
2009 \1/
2010 \endcode
2011
2012 If the keyword text contains spaces, the brackets are required.
2013
2014 \note The \\keyword command does not support \qdocvar macro expansion
2015 in its argument.
2016
2017 See also \l {l-command} {\\l (link)}, \l {sa-command} {\\sa (see
2018 also)} and \l {target-command} {\\target}.
2019
2020*/
2021
2022
2023/*!
2024 \page 09-qdoc-commands-includingimages.html
2025 \previouspage Creating Links
2026 \nextpage Tables and Lists
2027
2028 \title Including Images
2029
2030 The graphic commands makes it possible to include images in the
2031 documentation. The images can be rendered as separate paragraphs,
2032 or within running text.
2033
2034 \target image-command
2035 \section1 \\image
2036
2037 The \\image command expands to the image specified by its first
2038 argument, and renders it centered as a separate paragraph.
2039
2040 The command takes two arguments. The first argument is the name of
2041 the image file. The second argument is a description of what
2042 the image contains, and is used for the HTML \c alt attribute.
2043 Its contents is read aloud by screen readers, and its use is therefore
2044 strongly recommended for accessibility purposes. It may also be used by
2045 browsers that don't support images, like the Lynx text browser. You
2046 can also set the \l {usealttextastitle-variable} {usealttextastitle}
2047 variable to make QDoc generate a \e title attribute for the image, which
2048 commonly is rendered by graphical text browsers as a tooltip when the user
2049 hovers the mouse over the image.
2050
2051 While QDoc is quite forgiving, you should wrap both the file name and the
2052 description in curly braces, like so:
2053 \badcode
2054 \image {Bandit.png} {A Golden Retriever holding a bag of coffee in its mouth}
2055 \endcode
2056 This syntax is the most explicit and should always give the expected result.
2057 If not, be sure to follow the file name or the description with a line break.
2058 Curly brackets are required if the description argument spans multiple lines.
2059 If the description is wrapped in double quotes, QDoc will remove them before
2060 generating output. Special characters may be replaced with the corresponding
2061 HTML entity code in QDoc's HTML output.
2062
2063 \badcode *
2064 /\1!
2065 Qt is a C++ toolkit for cross-platform GUI application development.
2066
2067 \image {happyguy.jpg} {Happy guy}
2068
2069 Qt provides single-source portability across Microsoft
2070 Windows, macOS, Linux, and all major commercial Unix
2071 variants. It is also available for embedded devices.
2072 \1/
2073 \endcode
2074
2075 See also \l {inlineimage-command} {\\inlineimage} and \l
2076 {caption-command} {\\caption}.
2077
2078 \target inlineimage-command
2079 \section1 \\inlineimage
2080
2081 The \\inlineimage command expands to the image specified by its
2082 argument. The image is rendered inline with the rest of the text.
2083
2084 The command takes two arguments. The first argument is the name of
2085 the image file. The second argument is optional and is a simple
2086 description of the image within braces {}, equivalent to the HTML
2087 alt="" in an image tag. The description is used for tooltips, and
2088 for when a browser doesn't support images, like the Lynx text browser.
2089
2090 The most common use of the \\inlineimage command is in lists and
2091 tables. Here is an example of including inline images in a list:
2092
2093 \badcode *
2094 /\1!
2095 \list 1
2096 \li \inlineimage happy.gif {Oh so happy, I am a caption!}
2097 \li \inlineimage happy.gif Oh so happy, but I'm not a caption.
2098 \endlist
2099 \1/
2100 \endcode
2101
2102 Here is an example of including inline images in a table:
2103
2104 \badcode *
2105 /\1!
2106 \table
2107 \header
2108 \li Qt
2109 \li Qt Creator
2110 \row
2111 \li \inlineimage happy.gif {Oh so happy!}
2112 \li \inlineimage happy.gif Oh so happy!
2113 \row
2114 \li \inlineimage happy.gif Oh so happy!
2115 \li \inlineimage happy.gif {Oh so happy!}
2116 \endtable
2117 \1/
2118 \endcode
2119
2120 The command can also be used to insert an image inline with the
2121 text.
2122
2123 \badcode *
2124 /\1!
2125 \inlineimage training.jpg {Qt Training} The Qt Programming course is
2126 offered as a five day Open Enrollment Course. The classes are open to
2127 the public. Although the course is open to anyone who wants to learn,
2128 attendees should have significant experience in C++ development to
2129 derive maximum benefit from the course.
2130 \1/
2131 \endcode
2132
2133 See also \l {image-command} {\\image} and \l {caption-command} {\\caption}.
2134
2135 \target caption-command
2136 \section1 \\caption
2137
2138 The \\caption command provides a caption for an image.
2139
2140 The command takes all the text up to the end of the paragraph to
2141 be the caption. Experiment until you get the effect you want.
2142
2143 \badcode *
2144 /\1!
2145 \table 100%
2146 \row
2147 \li \image windows-pushbutton.png
2148 \caption The QPushButton widget provides a command button.
2149 \li \image windows-toolbutton.png
2150 \caption The QToolButton class provides a quick-access button to commands
2151 or options, usually used inside a QToolBar.
2152 \endtable
2153 \1/
2154 \endcode
2155
2156 See also \l {image-command} {\\image} and \l {inlineimage-command}
2157 {\\inlineimage}
2158*/
2159
2160
2161/*!
2162 \page 10-qdoc-commands-tablesandlists.html
2163 \previouspage Including Images
2164 \nextpage Special Content
2165
2166 \title Tables and Lists
2167
2168 These commands enable creating lists and tables. A list is
2169 rendered left aligned as a separate paragraph. A table is rendered
2170 centered as a separate paragraph. The table width depends on the
2171 width of its contents.
2172
2173 \target table-command
2174 \section1 \\table
2175
2176 The \\table and \\endtable commands delimit the contents of a
2177 table.
2178
2179 The command accepts a single argument specifying the table's width
2180 as a percentage of the page width:
2181
2182 \badcode *
2183 /\1!
2184 \table 100%
2185
2186 ...
2187
2188 \endtable
2189 \1/
2190 \endcode
2191
2192 The code above ensures that the table will fill all available
2193 space. If the table's width is smaller than 100 %, the table will
2194 be centered in the generated documentation.
2195
2196 A table can contain headers, rows and columns. A row starts with a
2197 \l {row-command} {\\row} command and consists of cells, each of which
2198 starts with an \l {li-command} {\\li} command. There is also a \l
2199 {header-command} {\\header} command which is a special kind of row
2200 that has a special format.
2201
2202 \code [text] *
2203 /\1!
2204 \table
2205 \header
2206 \li Qt Core Feature
2207 \li Brief Description
2208 \row
2209 \li \l {Signal and Slots}
2210 \li Signals and slots are used for communication
2211 between objects.
2212 \row
2213 \li \l {Layout Management}
2214 \li The Qt layout system provides a simple
2215 and powerful way of specifying the layout
2216 of child widgets.
2217 \row
2218 \li \l {Drag and Drop}
2219 \li Drag and drop provides a simple visual
2220 mechanism which users can use to transfer
2221 information between and within applications.
2222 \endtable
2223 \1/
2224 \endcode
2225
2226 You can also make cells span several rows and columns. For
2227 example:
2228
2229 \code [text] *
2230 /\1!
2231 \table
2232 \header
2233 \li {3,1} This header cell spans three columns,
2234 but only one row.
2235 \row
2236 \li {2, 1} This table cell spans two columns,
2237 but only one row
2238 \li {1, 2} This table cell spans only one column,
2239 but two rows.
2240 \row
2241 \li A regular table cell
2242 \li A regular table cell
2243 \endtable
2244 \1/
2245 \endcode
2246
2247 See also \l {header-command} {\\header}, \l {row-command} {\\row} and \l {li-command} {\\li}.
2248
2249 \target header-command
2250 \section1 \\header
2251
2252 The \\header command indicates that the following table cells are
2253 the current table's column headers.
2254
2255 The command can only be used within the \l{table-command}
2256 {\\table...\\endtable} commands. A header can contain several
2257 cells. A cell is created with the \l {li-command} {\\li} command.
2258
2259 A header cell's text is centered within the table cell and
2260 rendered using a bold font.
2261
2262 \code [text] *
2263 /\1!
2264 \table
2265 \header
2266 \li Qt Core Feature
2267 \li Brief Description
2268 \row
2269 \li \l {Signal and Slots}
2270 \li Signals and slots are used for communication
2271 between objects.
2272 \endtable
2273 \1/
2274 \endcode
2275
2276 See also \l {table-command} {\\table}, \l {row-command} {\\row} and \l {li-command} {\\li}.
2277
2278 \target row-command
2279 \section1 \\row
2280
2281 The \\row command begins a new row in a table. The \l {li-command}
2282 {\\li items} that belong in the new row will immediately follow the
2283 \\row.
2284
2285 The command can only be used within the \l{table-command}
2286 {\\table...\\endtable} commands. A row can contain several
2287 cells. A cell is created with the \l {li-command} {\\li} command.
2288
2289 The background cell color of each row alternates between two
2290 shades of grey, making it easier to distinguish the rows from each
2291 other. The cells' contents is left aligned.
2292
2293 \code [text] *
2294 /\1!
2295 \table
2296 \header
2297 \li Qt Core Feature
2298 \li Brief Description
2299 \row
2300 \li \l {Signal and Slots}
2301 \li Signals and slots are used for communication
2302 between objects.
2303 \row
2304 \li \l {Layout Management}
2305 \li The Qt layout system provides a simple
2306 and powerful way of specifying the layout
2307 of child widgets.
2308 \row
2309 \li \l {Drag and Drop}
2310 \li Drag and drop provides a simple visual
2311 mechanism which users can use to transfer
2312 information between and within applications.
2313 \endtable
2314 \1/
2315 \endcode
2316
2317 See also \l {table-command} {\\table}, \l {header-command}
2318 {\\header}, and \l {li-command} {\\li}.
2319
2320 \target value-command
2321 \section1 \\value
2322
2323 The \\value command starts the documentation of a C++ enum item.
2324
2325 The command's first argument is the value name. The value name may
2326 be preceded by an optional \e since clause enclosed in square
2327 brackets. The value description follows the value name. The description
2328 ends at the next blank line or \\value. The arguments are rendered in a
2329 table.
2330
2331 \note To include images in the \\value description, use the
2332 \l {inlineimage-command}{\\inlineimage} command.
2333
2334 Without a \e since clause, a \\value command could look like this:
2335
2336 \code
2337 \value QtInfoMsg A message generated by the qInfo() function.
2338 \endcode
2339
2340 The same command with a \e since clause would look like this:
2341
2342 \code
2343 \value [since 5.5] QtInfoMsg A message generated by the qInfo() function.
2344 \endcode
2345
2346 The documentation will be located in the associated class, header
2347 file or namespace documentation. See the \l {enum-command}
2348 {\\enum} documentation for an example.
2349
2350 \note Since Qt 5.4, \\value command can also be used outside the
2351 \l {enum-command} {\\enum} topic. In this case, QDoc renders a
2352 two-column table listing the constant name (taken as-is from the
2353 first argument) and its description. This can be used, for
2354 example, in \l {qmlproperty-command}{\\qmlproperty} topic for
2355 documenting acceptable values for a QML enumeration property.
2356
2357 See also \l {enum-command} {\\enum} and \l {omitvalue-command} {\\omitvalue}.
2358
2359 \target omitvalue-command
2360 \section1 \\omitvalue
2361
2362 The \\omitvalue command excludes a C++ enum item from the
2363 documentation.
2364
2365 The command's only mandatory argument is the name of the enum item
2366 that will be omitted. If the enum item is followed by a single-line
2367 description, that is also omitted.
2368
2369 See the \l {enum-command} {\\enum} documentation for an example.
2370
2371 See also \l {enum-command} {\\enum} and \l {value-command}
2372 {\\value} \l {since-command}{\\since}
2373
2374 \target list-command
2375 \section1 \\list
2376
2377 The \\list and \\endlist commands delimit a list of items.
2378
2379 Create each list item with the \l {li-command} {\\li} command. A
2380 list always contains one or more items. Lists can be nested. For
2381 example:
2382
2383 \code [text] *
2384 /\1!
2385 \list
2386 \li Qt Reference Documentation: Getting Started
2387 \list
2388 \li How to Learn Qt
2389 \li Installation
2390 \list
2391 \li Qt/X11
2392 \li Qt/Windows
2393 \li Qt/Mac
2394 \li Qt/Embedded
2395 \endlist
2396 \li Tutorial and Examples
2397 \endlist
2398 \endlist
2399 \1/
2400 \endcode
2401
2402 The \\list command takes an optional argument providing
2403 alternative appearances for the list items.
2404
2405 \code [text] *
2406 /\1!
2407 \list
2408 \li How to Learn Qt
2409 \li Installation
2410 \li Tutorial and Examples
2411 \endlist
2412 \1/
2413 \endcode
2414
2415 If you provide 'A' as an argument to the \\list command, the
2416 bullets are replaced with characters in alphabetical order:
2417
2418 \list A
2419 \li How to Learn Qt
2420 \li Installation
2421 \li Tutorial and Examples
2422 \endlist
2423
2424 If you replace 'A' with '1', the list items are numbered in
2425 ascending order:
2426
2427 \list 1
2428 \li How to Learn Qt
2429 \li Installation
2430 \li Tutorial and Examples
2431 \endlist
2432
2433 If you provide 'i' as the argument, the bullets are replaced with
2434 roman numerals:
2435
2436 \list i
2437 \li How to Learn Qt
2438 \li Installation
2439 \li Tutorial and Examples
2440 \endlist
2441
2442 Finally, you can make the list items appear with roman numbers
2443 following in ascending order if you provide 'I' as the optional
2444 argument:
2445
2446 \list I
2447 \li How to Learn Qt
2448 \li Installation
2449 \li Tutorial and Examples
2450 \endlist
2451
2452 You can also make the listing start at any character or number by
2453 simply provide the number or character you want to start at. For
2454 example:
2455
2456 \code [text] *
2457 /\1!
2458 \list G
2459 \li How to Learn Qt
2460 \li Installation
2461 \li Tutorial and Examples
2462 \endlist
2463 \1/
2464 \endcode
2465
2466 See also \l {li-command} {\\li}.
2467
2468 \target li-command
2469 \section1 \\li (table cell, list item)
2470
2471 The \\li command marks a table cell or a list item. This command
2472 is only used in \l{table-command} {tables} and \l{list-command}
2473 {lists}.
2474
2475 It considers everything as its argument until the next \\li command, until the
2476 next \l {table-command} {\\endtable}, or \l {list-command} {\\endlist}
2477 command. See \l {table-command} {\\table} and \l {list-command} {\\list}
2478 for examples.
2479
2480 If the command is used within a table, you can also specify
2481 how many rows or columns the item should span.
2482
2483 \code [text] *
2484 /\1!
2485 \table
2486 \header
2487 \li {3,1} This header cell spans three columns
2488 but only one row.
2489 \row
2490 \li {2, 1} This table item spans two columns
2491 but only one row
2492 \li {1, 2} This table item spans only one column,
2493 but two rows.
2494 \row
2495 \li A regular table item
2496 \li A regular table item
2497 \endtable
2498 \1/
2499 \endcode
2500
2501 If not specified, the item will span one column and one row.
2502
2503 See also \l {table-command} {\\table}, \l {header-command}
2504 {\\header}, and \l {list-command} {\\list}.
2505
2506*/
2507
2508
2509/*!
2510 \page 11-qdoc-commands-specialcontent.html
2511 \previouspage Tables and Lists
2512 \nextpage Miscellaneous
2513
2514 \title Special Content
2515
2516 The document contents commands identify parts of the documentation,
2517 parts with a special rendering, conceptual meaning or
2518 function.
2519
2520 \target quotation-command
2521 \section1 \\quotation
2522
2523 The \\quotation and \\endquotation commands delimit a long quotation.
2524
2525 The text in the delimited block is surrounded by
2526 \b{<blockquote>} and \b{</blockquote>} in the html output,
2527 e.g.:
2528
2529 \code [text] *
2530 /\1!
2531 Although the prospect of a significantly broader market is
2532 good news for Firstlogic, the notion also posed some
2533 challenges. Dave Dobson, director of technology for the La
2534 Crosse, Wisconsin-based company, said:
2535
2536 \quotation
2537 As our solutions were being adopted into new
2538 environments, we saw an escalating need for easier
2539 integration with a wider range of enterprise
2540 applications.
2541 \endquotation
2542 \1/
2543 \endcode
2544
2545 The text in the \b{\\quotation} block will appear in the generated HTML as:
2546
2547 \code [text]
2548 <blockquote>
2549 <p>As our solutions were being adopted into new environments,
2550 we saw an escalating need for easier integration with a wider
2551 range of enterprise applications.</p>
2552 </blockquote>
2553 \endcode
2554
2555 The built-in style sheet for most browsers will render the
2556 contents of the <blockquote> tag with left and right
2557 indentations. The example above would be rendered as:
2558
2559 \quotation
2560 As our solutions were being adopted into new
2561 environments, we saw an escalating need for easier
2562 integration with a wider range of enterprise
2563 applications.
2564 \endquotation
2565
2566 But you can redefine the \b{<blockquote>} tag in your style.css file.
2567
2568
2569 \target note-command
2570 \section1 \\note
2571
2572 The \\note command defines a new paragraph preceded by "Note:"
2573 in bold. The command takes a continuous paragraph as the argument,
2574 terminating after the end of the paragraph. The note command is only for
2575 shorter statements and not for longer multiline paragraphs.
2576
2577 Similar to the \l{warning-command}{\\warning} command, the note is for
2578 short and important statements. See
2579 \l{https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_Writing_Guidelines}{Qt Writing Guidelines} for
2580 usage information.
2581
2582 \target notranslate-command
2583 \section1 \\notranslate
2584
2585 The \\notranslate command indicates that its argument is \b not to be translated,
2586 when the generated output is passed to a language translation service.
2587
2588 Other commands (\qdoccmd {c}, \qdoccmd {tt}) have the same effect, but
2589 \\notranslate does not style its argument in any way.
2590
2591 This command was introduced in QDoc version 6.10.
2592
2593 \target brief-command
2594 \section1 \\brief
2595
2596 The \\brief command introduces a one-sentence description of
2597 any of the \l{Topic Commands}.
2598
2599 The brief text is used to introduce the documentation of the
2600 associated object, and in lists generated using the \l
2601 {generatelist-command} {\\generatelist} command and the \l
2602 {annotatedlist-command} {\\annotatedlist} command.
2603
2604 The brief text will be displayed in the documentation
2605 for that particular topic.
2606
2607 For example the boolean QWidget::isWindow property:
2608
2609 \code [text] *
2610 /\1!
2611 \property QWidget::isActiveWindow
2612 \brief Whether this widget's window is the active window.
2613
2614 The active window is the window that contains the widget that
2615 has keyboard focus.
2616
2617 When popup windows are visible, this property is \c true
2618 for both the active window \e and the popup.
2619
2620 \sa activateWindow(), QApplication::activeWindow()
2621 \1/
2622 \endcode
2623
2624 and the QWidget::geometry property
2625
2626 \code [text] *
2627 /\1!
2628 \property QWidget::geometry
2629 \brief The geometry of the widget relative to its parent and
2630 excluding the window frame.
2631
2632 When changing the geometry, the widget, if visible,
2633 receives a move event (moveEvent()) and/or a resize
2634 event (resizeEvent()) immediately.
2635
2636 ...
2637
2638 \sa frameGeometry(), rect(), ...
2639 \1/
2640 \endcode
2641
2642 When the \\brief command is used to describe a class, we recommend
2643 using a complete sentence like this:
2644
2645 \code [text]
2646 The <classname> class is|provides|contains|specifies...
2647 \endcode
2648
2649 \warning Do not repeat your detailed description with the same sentence as
2650 the brief statement will be the first paragraph of the detailed
2651 description.
2652
2653 \code [text] *
2654 /\1!
2655 \class PreviewWindow
2656 \brief The PreviewWindow class is a custom widget
2657 displaying the names of its currently set
2658 window flags in a read-only text editor.
2659
2660 The PreviewWindow class inherits QWidget. The widget
2661 displays the names of its window flags set with the
2662 setWindowFlags() function. It is also provided with a
2663 QPushButton that closes the window.
2664
2665 ...
2666
2667 \sa QWidget
2668 \1/
2669 \endcode
2670
2671 Using \\brief in a \l{namespace-command}{\\namespace}:
2672
2673 \code [text] *
2674 /\1!
2675 \namespace Qt
2676
2677 \brief The Qt namespace contains miscellaneous identifiers
2678 used throughout the Qt library.
2679 \1/
2680 \endcode
2681
2682 Using \\brief in a \l{headerfile-command}{\\headerfile}:
2683
2684 \code [text] *
2685 /\1!
2686 \headerfile <QtGlobal>
2687 \title Global Qt Declarations
2688
2689 \brief The <QtGlobal> header file provides basic
2690 declarations and is included by all other Qt headers.
2691
2692 \sa <QtAlgorithms>
2693 \1/
2694 \endcode
2695
2696 See also \l{property-command} {\\property}, \l{class-command}
2697 {\\class}, \l{namespace-command} {\\namespace} and
2698 \l{headerfile-command} {\\headerfile}.
2699
2700 \target legalese-command
2701 \section1 \\legalese
2702
2703 The \\legalese and \\endlegalese commands delimit a license agreement.
2704
2705 In the generated HTML, the delimited text is surrounded by a \b
2706 {<div class="LegaleseLeft">} and \b {</div>} tags.
2707
2708 An example of a license agreement enclosed in \\legalese
2709 and \\endlegalese:
2710
2711 \code [text] *
2712 /\1!
2713 \legalese
2714 Copyright 1996 Daniel Dardailler.
2715
2716 Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this
2717 software for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
2718 provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
2719 copies and that both that copyright notice and this
2720 permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and
2721 that the name of Daniel Dardailler not be used in
2722 advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
2723 software without specific, written prior permission. Daniel
2724 Dardailler makes no representations about the suitability of
2725 this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
2726 without express or implied warranty.
2727
2728 Modifications Copyright 1999 Matt Koss, under the same
2729 license as above.
2730 \endlegalese
2731 \1/
2732 \endcode
2733
2734 It will appear in the generated HTML as:
2735
2736 \code [text]
2737 <div class="LegaleseLeft">
2738 <p>Copyright 1996 Daniel Dardailler.</p>
2739 <p>Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell
2740 this software for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
2741 provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
2742 copies and that both that copyright notice and this
2743 permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and
2744 that the name of Daniel Dardailler not be used in
2745 advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
2746 software without specific, written prior permission. Daniel
2747 Dardailler makes no representations about the suitability of
2748 this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
2749 without express or implied warranty.</p>
2750
2751 <p>Modifications Copyright 1999 Matt Koss, under the same
2752 license as above.</p>
2753 </div>
2754 \endcode
2755
2756 If the \\endlegalese command is omitted, QDoc will process the
2757 \\legalese command but considers the rest of the documentation
2758 page as the license agreement.
2759
2760 Ideally, the license text is located with the licensed code.
2761
2762 Elsewhere, the documentation identified as \e{\\legalese} command
2763 can be accumulated using \l {generatelist-command} {\\generatelist}
2764 with \c {legalese} as the argument. This is useful for generating
2765 an overview of the license agreements associated with the source
2766 code.
2767
2768 \note The output of the \c {\generatelist legalese} command includes
2769 the \\legalese texts in the current documentation project only. If
2770 the current documentation project depends on other modules, their
2771 license texts will not be listed.
2772
2773 \target warning-command
2774 \section1 \\warning
2775
2776 The \\warning command prepends "Warning:" to the command's
2777 argument, in bold font.
2778
2779 \code [text] *
2780 /\1!
2781 Qt::HANDLE is a platform-specific handle type
2782 for system objects. This is equivalent to
2783 \c{void *} on Windows and macOS, and to
2784 \c{unsigned long} on X11.
2785
2786 \warning Using this type is not portable.
2787 \1/
2788 \endcode
2789*/
2790
2791
2792/*!
2793 \page 12-0-qdoc-commands-miscellaneous.html
2794 \previouspage Special Content
2795 \nextpage The QDoc Configuration File
2796
2797 \title Miscellaneous
2798
2799 These commands provide miscellaneous functions connected to the
2800 visual appearance of the documentation, and to the process of
2801 generating the documentation.
2802
2803 \target annotatedlist-command
2804 \section1 \\annotatedlist
2805
2806 The \\annotatedlist command expands to a list of the members of a
2807 group, each member listed with its \e {brief} text. Below is an
2808 example from the Qt Reference Documentation:
2809
2810 \code [text] *
2811 /\1!
2812 ...
2813 \section1 Drag and Drop Classes
2814
2815 These classes deal with drag and drop and the necessary mime type
2816 encoding and decoding.
2817
2818 \annotatedlist draganddrop
2819 \1/
2820 \endcode
2821
2822 This generates a list of all the C++ classes and/or QML types in
2823 the \e{draganddrop} group. A C++ class or QML type in the
2824 \e{draganddrop} group will have \e{\\ingroup draganddrop} in its
2825 \e{\\class} or \e{\\qmltype} comment.
2826
2827 The group members are sorted in ascending order, based on
2828 user-visible name or title. Since QDoc 6.8, \\annotatedlist
2829 and \qdoccmd generatelist support also custom sorting.
2830
2831 See also \qdoccmd generatelist and \l {Sorting group members}.
2832
2833 \target cmakepackage-command
2834 \section1 \\cmakepackage
2835
2836 Use the \\cmakepackage command in a \\module comment to set the package name
2837 for the module's CMake usage information. For example:
2838
2839 \code [text] *
2840 /*!
2841 \module Foo
2842 \cmakepackage Baz
2843 \1/
2844 \endcode
2845
2846 QDoc includes these commands in the module's requisites:
2847
2848 \code [text]
2849 find_package(Baz REQUIRED)
2850 target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Baz::Baz)
2851 \endcode
2852
2853 When no component or target item is specified, QDoc uses the package name
2854 for both parts of the target name.
2855
2856 \e{See also} \l{module-command}{\\module} and
2857 \l{cmakecomponent}{\\cmakecomponent}}
2858
2859 \target cmakecomponent-command
2860 \section1 \\cmakecomponent
2861
2862 Use the \\cmakecomponent command in a \\module comment to set the CMake
2863 component used to find and link the module. For example:
2864
2865 \code [text] *
2866 /*!
2867 \module Foo
2868 \cmakecomponent Baz
2869 \1/
2870 \endcode
2871
2872 QDoc uses \c{Qt6} as the package name when no \\cmakepackage is specified:
2873
2874 \code [text]
2875 find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Baz)
2876 target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Baz)
2877 \endcode
2878
2879 Specify \\cmakepackage as well if the component belongs to a different
2880 package.
2881
2882 \e{See also} \l{module-command}{\\module} and
2883 \l{cmakepackage}{\\cmakepackage}}
2884
2885 \target cmaketargetitem-command
2886 \section1 \\cmaketargetitem
2887
2888 Use the \\cmaketargetitem command in a \\module comment to override the
2889 target passed to \c{target_link_libraries}. Set a CMake package or
2890 component as well, so QDoc can generate the CMake requisites. For example:
2891
2892 \code [text] *
2893 /*!
2894 \module Foo
2895 \cmakecomponent Baz
2896 \cmaketargetitem Qt6::BazPrivate
2897 \1/
2898 \endcode
2899
2900 The package lookup stays the same, but QDoc uses the specified target
2901 instead of \c{Qt6::Baz}:
2902
2903 \code [text]
2904 find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Baz)
2905 target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::BazPrivate)
2906 \endcode
2907
2908 \e{See also} \l{module-command}{\\module} and
2909 \l{cmakecomponent}{\\cmakecomponent}}
2910
2911
2912 \target qtcmakepackage-command
2913 \section1 \\qtcmakepackage
2914
2915 Use the \\qtcmakepackage command in a \\module comment to set a component of
2916 the default Qt package. It is equivalent to \\cmakecomponent for this
2917 purpose. For example:
2918
2919 \code [text] *
2920 /*!
2921 \module Foo
2922 \qtcmakepackage Baz
2923 \1/
2924 \endcode
2925
2926 QDoc uses the Qt package and generates both the lookup and link commands:
2927
2928 \code [text]
2929 find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Baz)
2930 target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Baz)
2931 \endcode
2932
2933
2934 \target qtcmaketargetitem-command
2935 \section1 \\qtcmaketargetitem
2936
2937 Use the \\qtcmaketargetitem command in a \\module comment to override the
2938 target used by \c{target_link_libraries} within the Qt package. Unlike
2939 \\cmaketargetitem, its argument is the target name without the \c{Qt6::}
2940 prefix. Set a CMake package or component as well. For example:
2941
2942 \code [text] *
2943 /\1!
2944 \module Foo
2945 \qtcmakepackage Baz
2946 \qtcmaketargetitem BazPrivate
2947 \1/
2948 \endcode
2949
2950 QDoc generates \c{find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Baz)} and links
2951 against \c{Qt6::BazPrivate}.
2952
2953 \e{See also} \l{module-command}{\\module} and
2954 \l{qtcmakepackage}{\\qtcmakepackage}}
2955
2956
2957 \target generatelist-command
2958 \section1 \\generatelist
2959
2960 The \\generatelist command expands to a list of links to the
2961 documentation entities grouped with an \l {ingroup-command}
2962 {\\ingroup} command or entities that match one of the arguments
2963 listed below. An example from the Qt Reference Documentation:
2964
2965 \code [text] *
2966 /\1!
2967 \page classes.html
2968 \title All Classes
2969
2970 For a shorter list that only includes the most
2971 frequently used classes, see \l{Qt's Main Classes}.
2972
2973 \generatelist classes Q
2974 \1/
2975 \endcode
2976
2977 This generates the \e {All Classes} page. The command accepts the
2978 following arguments:
2979
2980 \section2 \c {<group-name>}
2981
2982 With a group name as the only argument, QDoc lists all entities that
2983 use the \c {\ingroup <group-name>} command.
2984
2985 \section3 Sorting group members
2986
2987 When generating a list of group members, they are sorted in ascending
2988 order, based on user-visible name or title. Since QDoc 6.8, the default
2989 sort order can be modified:
2990
2991 \code [text]
2992 \generatelist [descending] changelogs
2993 \endcode
2994
2995 Assuming the \e changelogs group consists of pages
2996 detailing changes in different versions, this generates the
2997 list in descending order (newest version first).
2998
2999 \section4 Sort key
3000
3001 Since QDoc 6.8, a custom sort key can be assigned to one or
3002 more group members using the \qdoccmd meta command:
3003
3004 \code [text]
3005 \meta sortkey {sort key}
3006 \endcode
3007
3008 Sorting (ascending or descending) is then done based on
3009 these key(s), rather than user-visible titles.
3010
3011 \note Any group member with a sort key is listed \e before
3012 members without a key (in the default ascending order). This
3013 allows raising individual group member(s) to the top of the
3014 list.
3015
3016 \target table example
3017 \section2 \c annotatedclasses
3018
3019 The \c annotatedclasses argument provides a table containing the
3020 names of all the classes, and a description of each class. Each
3021 class name is a link to the class's reference documentation. For
3022 example:
3023
3024 \table
3025 \row
3026 \li QDial
3027 \li Rounded range control (like a speedometer or potentiometer)
3028 \row
3029 \li QDialog
3030 \li The base class of dialog windows
3031 \row
3032 \li QDir
3033 \li Access to directory structures and their contents
3034 \endtable
3035
3036 A C++ class is documented with the \l {class-command} {\\class}
3037 command. The annotation for the class is taken from the argument
3038 of the class comment's \l {brief-command} {\\brief} command.
3039
3040 \section2 \c annotatedexamples
3041
3042 The \c annotatedexamples argument provides a complete list of all
3043 examples as a set of tables containing the titles of all the
3044 examples, and a description of each example. Each title is a
3045 link to the example's documentation.
3046
3047 A separate table for each module (that has documented examples)
3048 is generated, provided that the module has defined a
3049 navigation.landingpage configuration variable. The \e landingpage
3050 variable is used as a title for a header that precedes each table.
3051
3052 \section2 \c annotatedattributions
3053
3054 The \c annotatedattributions argument provides a complete list of all
3055 attributions as a set of tables containing the titles of all the
3056 attributions, and a description of each attribution. Each title is a
3057 link to the attribution's page.
3058
3059 A separate table for each module (that has attributions)
3060 is generated, provided that the module has defined a
3061 navigation.landingpage configuration variable. The \e landingpage
3062 variable is used as a title for a header that precedes each table.
3063
3064 \target list example
3065 \section2 \c {classes <prefix>}
3066
3067 The \c classes argument provides a complete alphabetical list of
3068 the classes. The second argument, \c{<prefix>}, is the common
3069 prefix for the class names. The class names will be sorted on the
3070 character that follows the common prefix. e.g. The common prefix
3071 for the Qt classes is \c Q. The common prefix argument is
3072 optional. If no common prefix is provided, the class names will
3073 be sorted on their first character.
3074
3075 Each class name becomes a link to the class's reference
3076 documentation. This command is used to generate the
3077 \e {All Classes} page this way:
3078
3079 \code [text] *
3080 /\1!
3081 \page classes.html
3082 \title All Classes
3083 \ingroup classlists
3084
3085 \brief Alphabetical list of classes.
3086
3087 This is a list of all Qt classes. For classes that
3088 have been deprecated, see the \l{Obsolete Classes}
3089 list.
3090
3091 \generatelist classes Q
3092 \1/
3093 \endcode
3094
3095 A C++ class is documented with the \l {class-command} {\\class}
3096 command.
3097
3098 \section2 \c classesbymodule
3099
3100 When this argument is used, a second argument is required, which
3101 specifies the module whose classes are to be listed. QDoc
3102 generates a table containing those classes. Each class is listed
3103 with the text of its \l{brief-command} {\\brief} command.
3104
3105 For example, this command can be used on a module page as follows:
3106
3107 \code [text] *
3108 /\1!
3109 \page phonon-module.html
3110 \module Phonon
3111 \title Phonon Module
3112 \ingroup modules
3113
3114 \brief Contains namespaces and classes for multimedia functionality.
3115
3116 \generatelist{classesbymodule Phonon}
3117
3118 ...
3119 \1/
3120 \endcode
3121
3122 Each class that is a member of the specified module must be marked
3123 with the \l {inmodule-command} {\\inmodule} command in its \\class
3124 comment.
3125
3126 \section2 \c qmltypesbymodule
3127
3128 Similar to \c classesbymodule argument, but used for listing the
3129 QML types (excluding QML value types) from the QML module specified
3130 with the second argument.
3131
3132 \note Support for this argument was introduced in QDoc 5.6.
3133
3134 \section2 \c qmlvaluetypesbymodule
3135
3136 Similar to \c qmltypesbymodule argument, but lists QML value
3137 types instead.
3138
3139 \note Support for this argument was introduced in QDoc 6.7.
3140
3141 \section2 \c functionindex
3142
3143 The \c functionindex argument provides a complete alphabetical
3144 list of all the documented member functions. It is normally used
3145 only to generate the \e {Qt function index} page
3146 this way:
3147
3148 \code [text] *
3149 /\1!
3150 \page functions.html
3151 \title All Functions
3152 \ingroup funclists
3153
3154 \brief All documented Qt functions listed alphabetically with a
3155 link to where each one is declared.
3156
3157 This is the list of all documented member functions and global
3158 functions in the Qt API. Each function has a link to the
3159 class or header file where it is declared and documented.
3160
3161 \generatelist functionindex
3162 \1/
3163 \endcode
3164
3165 \section2 \c legalese
3166
3167 The \c legalese argument tells QDoc to generate a list of licenses in
3168 the current documentation project. Each license is identified using
3169 the \l {legalese-command} {\\legalese} command.
3170
3171 \section2 \c overviews
3172
3173 The \c overviews argument is used to tell QDoc to generate a list
3174 by concatenating the contents of all the \l {group-command}
3175 {\\group} pages. Qt uses it to generate the \e {overviews} page
3176 this way:
3177
3178 \code [text] *
3179 /\1!
3180 \page overviews.html
3181
3182 \title All Overviews and HOWTOs
3183
3184 \generatelist overviews
3185 \1/
3186 \endcode
3187
3188 \section2 \c attributions
3189
3190 The \c attributions argument is used to tell QDoc to generate a list
3191 of attributions in the documentation.
3192
3193 \section2 \c related
3194
3195 The \c related argument is used in combination with the \l
3196 {group-command} {\\group} and \l {ingroup-command} {\\ingroup}
3197 commands to list all the overviews related to a specified
3198 group. For example, the page for the \e {Programming with Qt}
3199 page is generated this way:
3200
3201 \code [text] *
3202 /\1!
3203 \group qt-basic-concepts
3204 \title Programming with Qt
3205
3206 \brief The basic architecture of the Qt cross-platform application and UI framework.
3207
3208 Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework for
3209 writing web-enabled applications for desktop, mobile, and
3210 embedded operating systems. This page contains links to
3211 articles and overviews explaining key components and
3212 techniuqes used in Qt development.
3213
3214 \generatelist {related}
3215 \1/
3216 \endcode
3217
3218 Each page listed on this group page contains the command:
3219
3220 \code
3221 \ingroup qt-basic-concepts
3222 \endcode
3223
3224 See also \qdoccmd {annotatedlist}.
3225
3226 \target if-command
3227 \section1 \\if
3228
3229 The \\if command and the corresponding \\endif command
3230 enclose parts of a QDoc comment that only will be included if
3231 the condition specified by the command's argument is true.
3232
3233 The command reads the rest of the line and parses it as an C++ #if
3234 statement.
3235
3236 \code [text] *
3237 /\1!
3238 \if defined(opensourceedition)
3239
3240 \note This edition is for the development of
3241 \l{Qt Open Source Edition} {Free and Open Source}
3242 software only; see \l{Qt Commercial Editions}.
3243
3244 \endif
3245 \1/
3246 \endcode
3247
3248 This QDoc comment will only be rendered if the \c
3249 opensourceedition preprocessor symbol is defined, and specified in
3250 the \l {defines-variable} {defines} variable in the configuration
3251 file to make QDoc process the code within #ifdef and #endif:
3252
3253 \code [text]
3254 defines = opensourceedition
3255 \endcode
3256
3257 You can also define the preprocessor symbol manually on the
3258 command line. For more information see the documentation of the \l
3259 {defines-variable} {defines} variable.
3260
3261 See also \l{endif-command} {\\endif}, \l{else-command} {\\else},
3262 \l {defines-variable} {defines} and \l {falsehoods-variable}
3263 {falsehoods}.
3264
3265 \target endif-command
3266 \section1 \\endif
3267
3268 The \\endif command and the corresponding \\if command
3269 enclose parts of a QDoc comment that will be included if
3270 the condition specified by the \l {if-command} {\\if} command's
3271 argument is true.
3272
3273 For more information, see the documentation of the \l {if-command}
3274 {\\if} command.
3275
3276 See also \l{if-command} {\\if}, \l{else-command} {\\else}, \l
3277 {defines-variable} {defines} and \l {falsehoods-variable}
3278 {falsehoods}.
3279
3280 \target else-command
3281 \section1 \\else
3282
3283 The \\else command specifies an alternative if the
3284 condition in the \l {if-command} {\\if} command is false.
3285
3286 The \\else command can only be used within \l {if-command}
3287 {\\if...\\endif} commands, but is useful when there is only two
3288 alternatives.
3289
3290 \target include-command
3291 \section1 \\include
3292
3293 The \\include command sends all or part of the file specified by
3294 its first argument to the QDoc input stream to be processed as a
3295 QDoc comment snippet.
3296
3297 The command is useful when some snippet of commands or text is to
3298 be used in multiple places in the documentation. Use the \\include
3299 command wherever you want to insert a snippet into the documentation.
3300 The file containing the snippet to include, must be located under the
3301 path(s) listed in the \l{sourcedirs-variable}{sourcedirs} or
3302 \l{exampledirs-variable}{exampledirs} QDoc configuration variable.
3303 It can be either any source file parsed by QDoc (or even the same one
3304 where \\include command is used), or any other text file. To store
3305 snippets in a separate file that is not meant to be parsed by QDoc,
3306 use a file extension that is not listed in
3307 \l{sources.fileextensions-variable}{sources.fileextensions};
3308 for example, \c .qdocinc.
3309
3310 The command can have one or more arguments. The first
3311 argument is always a file name. The contents of the file must be
3312 QDoc input, in other words, a sequence of QDoc commands and text, but
3313 without the enclosing QDoc comment \c{/}\c{*!} ... \c{*}\c{/} delimiters.
3314 If you want to include the entire named file, leave the second argument
3315 empty. If you want to include only part of the file, see the
3316 \l{2-argument-form}{two argument form} below. Here is an example
3317 of the one argument form:
3318
3319 \code [text] *
3320 /\1!
3321 \page corefeatures.html
3322 \title Core Features
3323
3324 \include examples/signalandslots.qdocinc
3325 \include examples/objectmodel.qdocinc
3326 \include examples/layoutmanagement.qdocinc
3327 \1/
3328 \endcode
3329
3330
3331 \target 2-argument-form
3332 \section2 \\include filename snippet-identifier
3333
3334 It is a waste of time to make a separate \c .qdocinc file for every
3335 QDoc include snippet you want to use in multiple places in the
3336 documentation, especially given that you probably have to put the
3337 copyright/license notice in every one of these files. If you
3338 have multiple snippets to be included, you can put them all in a
3339 single file and surround each one with:
3340
3341 \code [text]
3342 //! [snippet-id1]
3343
3344 QDoc commands and text...
3345
3346 //! [snippet-id1]
3347
3348 //! [snippet-id2]
3349
3350 More QDoc commands and text...
3351
3352 //! [snippet-id2]
3353 \endcode
3354
3355 Then you can use the two-argument form of the command:
3356
3357 \code [text]
3358 \include examples/signalandslots.qdocinc snippet-id2
3359 \include examples/objectmodel.qdocinc another-snippet-id
3360 \endcode
3361
3362 The sequence of QDoc commands and text found between the two tags
3363 with the same name as the second argument is sent to the QDoc input
3364 stream. You can even have nested snippets.
3365
3366 \note Snippet identifiers work also within documentation comment
3367 (\beginqdoc .. \endqdoc) blocks, so it's not necessary to use a
3368 separate \c .qdocinc file. When processing a comment block, QDoc
3369 removes any \c {//!} comment lines from the generated output.
3370
3371 \section2 Extra arguments
3372
3373 Since QDoc 6.3, any further arguments passed to the \\include command
3374 are used for injecting strings into the included content. To inject a
3375 string to a specific location in the content, add a backslash followed
3376 by a digit (1..9). The digits correspond with the order of the argument
3377 list. Enclose arguments in curly braces to ensure that QDoc renders the
3378 entire argument, including possible whitespace characters, as you expect.
3379
3380 \important Each additional argument (including the snippet ID) must be
3381 enclosed in braces. If you want to include the entire file,
3382 use an empty snippet ID: \c {{}}.
3383
3384 For example, given the following snippet in a file \c includes.qdocinc:
3385
3386 \code [text]
3387 //! [usage]
3388 To enable \e{\1}, select \uicontrol {\2} > \uicontrol Enable.
3389 //! [usage]
3390 \endcode
3391
3392 Then, the following \\include line:
3393
3394 \code [text]
3395 \include includes.qdocinc {usage} {detailed output} {Verbose}
3396 \endcode
3397
3398 Renders
3399 \quotation
3400 To enable \e {detailed output}, select \uicontrol {Verbose} >
3401 \uicontrol Enable.
3402 \endquotation
3403
3404 \target meta-command
3405 \section1 \\meta
3406
3407 The \\meta command is used for adding metadata to documentation.
3408 The command has two arguments: the first argument is the name of the
3409 metadata attribute, and the second argument is the value for the attribute.
3410 Each argument should be enclosed in curly brackets, as shown in this
3411 example:
3412
3413 \code [text] *
3414 /\1!
3415 \example demos/coffee
3416 \title Coffee Machine
3417 \brief A Qt Quick application with a state-based custom user interface.
3418
3419 \meta {tags} {quick,embedded,states,touch}
3420 \meta {category} {Application Examples}
3421 \1/
3422 \endcode
3423
3424 A number of metadata attributes have a specific purpose:
3425
3426 \b {Example Metadata}
3427
3428 Another use for \\meta command is to include metadata (tags) in
3429 \l {example-command}{\\example} documentation. By default, QDoc
3430 generates example tags based on the example's \l {title-command}{\\title}
3431 and module name. These tags are displayed in Qt Creator's Welcome mode,
3432 helping users navigate the list of examples.
3433
3434 Additional tags can be created with \c {\meta {tag} {tag1}}
3435 or \c {\meta {tags} {tag1,[tag2,...]}}.
3436 For example:
3437
3438 \code [text] *
3439 /\1!
3440 \example helloworld
3441 \title Hello World Example
3442 \meta {tags} {tutorial,basic}
3443 \1/
3444 \endcode
3445
3446 This would result in the following tags: \e {tutorial,basic,hello,world}.
3447 Common words such as \e example are ignored.
3448
3449 \b {Excluding Examples}
3450
3451 Marking an example \e broken will exclude it from the generated manifest
3452 file, effectively removing it from Qt Creator's Welcome mode.
3453
3454 \code [text]
3455 \meta {tag} {broken}
3456 \endcode
3457
3458 \b {Example Install Paths}
3459
3460 The \\meta command combined with an argument \c installpath specifies the
3461 location of an installed example. This value overrides the one that is set
3462 using the \c examplesinstallpath configuration variable.
3463
3464 \code [text] *
3465 /\1!
3466 \example helloworld
3467 \title Hello World Example
3468 \meta {installpath} {tutorials}
3469 \1/
3470 \endcode
3471
3472 See also \l {examplesinstallpath}.
3473
3474 \b {Status}
3475
3476 A \c status argument for the \\meta command adds a custom status description
3477 for a \l {class-command}{\\class} or a \l {qmltype-command}{\\qmltype}. This
3478 description will then appear in a table at the top of the type reference page.
3479
3480 \code [text] *
3481 /\1!
3482 \class QNativeInterface::QAndroidApplication
3483 \meta {status} {Android-specific}
3484 \1/
3485 \endcode
3486
3487 See also \l {Status}{status-related commands}.
3488
3489 \b {Document metadata}
3490
3491 A \c keywords argument for the \\meta command adds specified keywords
3492 as metadata for the generated document:
3493
3494 \code [text]
3495 \meta {keywords} {reference, internal}
3496 \endcode
3497
3498 In HTML output, these keywords are generated as a
3499 \c {<meta name="keywords" content="...">} element.
3500
3501 \target noautolist-command
3502 \section1 \\noautolist
3503
3504 The \\noautolist command indicates that the annotated list of C++
3505 classes or QML types, which is automatically generated at the
3506 bottom of the C++ or QML module page should be omitted, because
3507 the classes or types have been listed manually. This command can
3508 also be used with the \l {group-command}{\\group} command to omit
3509 the list of group members, when they are listed manually.
3510
3511 The command must stand on its own line. See \l {Qt Quick Controls QML Types}
3512 for an example. The page is generated from \c {qtquickcontrols2-qmlmodule.qdoc}.
3513 There you will find a QDoc comment containing the \c{\qmlmodule} command for
3514 the \l QtQuick.Controls module. The same comment contains a \c {\noautolist}
3515 command to disable automatic list generation, and a \l {generatelist-command}
3516 {\\generatelist} to list the QML types in a specific section of the document.
3517
3518 This command was introduced in QDoc 5.6.
3519
3520 Since Qt 5.10, this command can be applied also to \l{example-command}
3521 {\\example} documentation, where it causes the automatically generated
3522 list of files and images belonging to an example project to be omitted.
3523
3524 \target omit-command
3525 \section1 \\omit
3526
3527 The \\omit command and the corresponding \\endomit command
3528 delimit parts of the documentation that you want QDoc to skip. For
3529 example:
3530
3531 \code [text] *
3532 /\1!
3533 \table
3534 \row
3535 \li Basic Widgets
3536 \li Basic GUI widgets such as buttons, comboboxes
3537 and scrollbars.
3538
3539 \omit
3540 \row
3541 \li Component Model
3542 \li Interfaces and helper classes for the Qt
3543 Component Model.
3544 \endomit
3545
3546 \row
3547 \li Database Classes
3548 \li Database related classes, e.g. for SQL databases.
3549 \endtable
3550 \1/
3551 \endcode
3552
3553 \target raw-command
3554 \section1 \\raw (avoid!)
3555
3556 The \\raw command and the corresponding
3557 \\endraw command delimit a block of raw mark-up language code.
3558
3559 \warning Avoid using this command for new documentation. Use QDoc commands
3560 such as \\table and \\list for content whenever possible. Raw HTML ties
3561 the content to one output format and can bypass normal escaping.
3562
3563 The command takes an argument specifying the code's format.
3564
3565 QDoc generates the given code only when generating the format that
3566 was specified by the user.
3567
3568 For example, "\\raw HTML" will only generate code when QDoc
3569 generates HTML documentation.
3570
3571 Existing documentation may still use this command for format-specific
3572 markup. When changing such documentation, prefer portable QDoc markup.
3573
3574 \target sincelist-command
3575 \section1 \\sincelist
3576
3577 The \\sincelist command expands to a detailed breakdown of new
3578 inclusions to the documented API in a specified version. Example
3579 usage:
3580
3581 \code [text] * \QtMajorVersion \QtMinorVersion \QtVer
3582 /\1!
3583 \page newclasses\2\3.html
3584 \title New Classes and Functions in \4
3585 \brief A comprehensive list of new classes and functions in \4.
3586
3587 \sincelist \4
3588 \1/
3589 \endcode
3590
3591 \\sincelist takes a single argument, a version string. The generated
3592 output includes all functionality that is marked with a
3593 \l {since-command}{\\since} command or a \l {since clause} matching
3594 the version string.
3595
3596 \target unicode-command
3597 \section1 \\unicode
3598
3599 The \\unicode command allows you to insert an arbitrary Unicode
3600 character in the document.
3601
3602 The command takes an argument specifying the character as an
3603 integer. By default, base 10 is assumed, unless a '0x' or '0'
3604 prefix is specified (for base 16 and 8, respectively).
3605*/