1// Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
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5 \title Qt Widgets Examples
6 \brief Lots of examples of how to use different kinds of widgets.
8 \group examples-widgets
10 \image widget-examples.png
12 Qt comes with a large range of standard widgets that users of modern
13 applications have come to expect.
15 You can also develop your own custom widgets and controls, and use them
16 alongside standard widgets.
18 It is even possible to provide custom styles and themes for widgets that can
19 be used to change the appearance of standard widgets and appropriately
20 written custom widgets.
26 \title Painting Examples
27 \brief How to use the Qt painting system.
28 \group examples-painting
30 \image painting-examples.png
32 Qt's painting system is able to render vector graphics, images,
33 and outline font-based text with sub-pixel accuracy using
34 anti-aliasing to improve rendering quality.
36 These examples show the most common techniques that are used when painting
37 with Qt, from basic concepts such as drawing simple primitives to the use of
44 \title Rich Text Examples
45 \brief Using the document-oriented rich text engine.
46 \group examples-richtext
48 \image richtext-examples.png
50 Qt provides powerful document-oriented rich text engine that supports Unicode
51 and right-to-left scripts. Documents can be manipulated using a cursor-based
52 API, and their contents can be imported and exported as both HTML and in a
59 \title Desktop Examples
60 \brief Integrating your Qt application with your favorite desktop.
61 \group examples-desktop
63 \image desktop-examples.png
65 Qt provides features to enable applications to integrate with the user's
66 preferred desktop environment.
68 Features such as system tray icons, access to the desktop widget, and
69 support for desktop services can be used to improve the appearance of
70 applications and take advantage of underlying desktop facilities.
75 \group examples-dialogs
77 \title Dialog Examples
78 \brief Using Qt's standard dialogs and building and using custom dialogs.
80 \image dialog-examples.png
82 Qt includes standard dialogs for many common operations, such as file
83 selection, printing, and color selection.
85 Custom dialogs can also be created for specialized modal or modeless
86 interactions with users.
91 \title Item Views Examples
92 \brief Using the model/view framework.
93 \group examples-itemviews
95 \image itemviews-examples.png
97 Qt provides a lot of capabalities to display pre- and user-defined item models
99 The separation of functionality introduced by the model/view architecture gives
100 developers greater flexibility to customize the presentation of items.
105 \ingroup all-examples
106 \keyword Graphicsview Examples
107 \title Graphics View Examples
108 \brief Using the Graphics View framework.
109 \page examples-graphicsview.html
111 \image graphicsview-examples.png
113 Qt provides powerful graphics engine that supports easy visualization of items, with
114 support for rotation and zooming.
115 Additionally it provides an event propagation architecture for interaction.
117 These examples demonstrate the fundamental aspects of canvas programming with Qt.
119 \annotatedlist{examples-graphicsview}
121 These examples show the use of graphics widgets and layouts.
123 \annotatedlist{examples-graphicsview-layout}
125 Some examples demonstrate the use of graphics effects with canvas items.
127 \annotatedlist{examples-graphicsview-graphicseffects}
131 \group examples-mainwindow
132 \ingroup all-examples
133 \title Main Window Examples
134 \brief Building applications around a main window.
136 \image mainwindow-examples.png
138 All the standard features of application main windows are provided by Qt.
140 Main windows can have pull down menus, tool bars, and dock windows. These
141 separate forms of user input are unified in an integrated action system that
142 also supports keyboard shortcuts and accelerator keys in menu items.
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