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Reference: Toolbar Buttons
Introduction
Qt Designer's toolbar buttons provide fast access to common
functionality. Toolbar buttons are grouped in several toolbars. Toolbars
have a handle at the left hand side which can be clicked to minimize the
toolbar. Toolbars that have been minimized have their handle appear just
under the menu bar; click the handle to restore the toolbar to the last
position it occupied. You can drag a toolbar's handle to move the toolbar
to a different position in the toolbar area. Toolbars can be dragged out
of the toolbar area entirely and made into stand-alone tool dock windows.
To hide a tool dock window click its close button. To restore a hidden
tool dock window, right click the tool area, then click the name of the
tool dock window you wish to restore.
The File Toolbar Buttons
File Toolbuttons
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New Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+N) to
create a new project, form or file. This option invokes the New
File Dialog.
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Open Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+O) to
open existing projects, forms or files. This button invokes the File
Open Dialog which is used to select files.
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Save Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+S) to
save the project, forms and files. For a new project that has no forms
or files, click 'Save' to save the project before exiting. For new
forms, click 'Save' and the Save
Form As Dialog appears.
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Active Project Click the combobox to view the names of the
projects that are currently open and select a project name to toggle
between the projects.
The Edit Toolbar Buttons
Edit Toolbuttons
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Undo Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+Z) to
undo an action. The name of the last action that was performed appears
after the word 'Undo' in this toolbar button's tooltip.
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Redo Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+Y) to
redo an action. The name of the last action that was performed appears
after the word 'Redo' in this toolbar button's tooltip.
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Cut Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+X) to
delete the selected item from the current form or file and copy it to
the clipboard.
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Copy Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+C) to
copy the selected item from the current form or file to the
clipboard.
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Paste Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+V) to
paste the selected item (if any) from the clipboard into the current
form or file.
The Search Toolbar Buttons
Search Toolbuttons
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Find Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+F) to
invoke the Find
Text Dialog.
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Find Incremental Click this toolbar button (or press
Alt+I) to place the cursor in the text box located next to the
Find toolbar button. Type characters into the text box; as you
type, Qt Designer will highlight the first occurrence of the
text that it finds in the file. Press the Enter key to go to the
next occurrence of the text. Press the Esc key once you have
found the word you are looking for to place the cursor in the
editor.
The Tools Toolbar Buttons
The tools toolbar buttons are available through toolbars (as they have
always been prior to Qt 3.1), and also via the new Toolbox. From Qt 3.1,
the tools toolbars are hidden and the Toolbox is shown. The Toolbox is
divided into groups, with the first group being "Common Widgets" which
contains the widgets you're likely to use most often. If you prefer to use
the original toolbar setup, you can access the toolbars by clicking
Windows|Toolbars and then selecting the toolbars you want to be
visible from the context menu.
The Toolbox contains categories describing the type of toolbuttons you
can find within each catgory. Click a category name to access the
toolbuttons in that category. To use a widget in a category, click the
widget to activate it. Click the 'x' in the right hand corner of the
Toolbox to close it. To make the Toolbox appear again, click
Window|Views|Toolbox.
The Toolbox
If you want to add the same kind of widget several times to a form, for
example, several push buttons, double click the widget's toolbar
button. After this, each time you click the form a new widget will be
added. Click the Pointer toolbar button to leave this mode.
Tools
Tools
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Pointer Click this toolbar button (or press F2) to
de-select any selected widget toolbar button. The pointer is also used
to stop inserting new widgets if you double clicked a widget toolbar
button. Press the Esc key to return to the pointer at any
time.
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Connect Signals and Slots Click this toolbar button (or
press F3) to connect signals and slots. Then click on a widget
and drag the connection line to the widget (or the form) that you want
to connect to. Release the mouse button and the View
and Edit Connections Dialog will appear.
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Tab Order Click this toolbar button (or press F4) to
set the tab order for all the widgets on the form that can accept
keyboard focus. Click this toolbar button and blue circles with numbers
on them appear next to the widgets. Click the widget that you want to be
first in the tab order, then click the widget that should be next in the
tab order, and continue until all the widgets have the tab order numbers
you want. If you make a mistake, double click the first widget and start
again. Press Esc to leave tab order mode. If you want to revert
your changes, leave tab order mode, then undo.
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Set Buddy Click this toolbar button (or press F5) to
set a buddy to a label. Then click on a label and drag the line to the
widget that you want to be the buddy. Release the mouse button and the
buddy is set.
Buttons
Buttons
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PushButton Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a Pushbutton on the form.
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ToolButton Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a Toolbutton on the form.
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RadioButton Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a Radiobutton on the form. It is recommended that you place
RadioButtons inside ButtonGroups so that Qt will automatically ensure
that only one RadioButton in the group is active at any one time.
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CheckBox Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a CheckBox on the form.
Containers
Containers
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GroupBox Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a GroupBox on the form.
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ButtonGroup Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a ButtonGroup on the form.
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Frame Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a Frame on the form.
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TabWidget Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a TabWidget on the form. To add or remove tabs, right click the
tab widget and choose 'Add Page' or 'Remove Page'.
Views
Views
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ListBox Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a ListBox on the form.
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ListView Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a ListView on the form.
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Icon View Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place an IconView on the form.
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Table Click this toolbar button, then click the form to
place a Table on the form.
Database
Database Toolbuttons
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DataTable Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a DataTable on the form.
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DataBrowser Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a DataBrowser on the form.
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DataView Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a DataView on the form.
Input
Input Toolbuttons
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LineEdit Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a LineEdit on the form.
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SpinBox Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a SpinBox on the form.
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DateEdit Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a DateEdit on the form.
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TimeEdit Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a TimeEdit on the form.
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DateTimeEdit Click this toolbar button, then click the
form, to place a DateTimeEdit on the form.
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TextEdit Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a TextEdit on the form.
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ComboBox Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a ComboBox on the form.
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Slider Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a Slider on the form.
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ScrollBar Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a Scrollbar on the form.
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Dial Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a Dial on the form.
Display
Display Toolbuttons
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TextLabel Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a TextLabel on the form.
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PixmapLabel Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a PixmapLabel on the form.
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LCDNumber Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a LCDNumber on the form.
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Line Click this toolbar button, then click the form, to
place a Line on the form.
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ProgressBar Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a ProgressBar on the form.
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TextBrowser Click this toolbar button, then click the form,
to place a TextBrowser on the form.
Custom
Custom Widget Toolbutton
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My Custom Widget Click this toolbar button, then click the
form, to place a Custom Widget on the form. Note: this toolbar button
only appears if you have created a custom widget using
Tools|Custom|Edit Custom Widgets.
The Layout Toolbar Buttons
Layout Toolbuttons
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Adjust Size Click this toolbar button (or press
Ctrl+J) to adjust the size of the widget to it's recommended
size.
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Lay Out Horizontally Click this toolbar button (or press
Ctrl+H) to lay out the selected widgets or layouts side by side.
Use Shift+Click to select each widget or layout, and then choose
this toolbar button to group them horizontally. Note that for complex
widgets it is sometimes easiest to select widgets and layouts by
clicking them in the Widgets tab of the Object
Explorer Window.
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Lay Out Vertically Click this toolbar button (or press
Ctrl+L) to lay out the selected widgets one above the other. Use
Shift+Click to select each widget or layout, and then choose this
toolbar button to group them vertically. Note that for complex widgets
it is sometimes easiest to select widgets and layouts by clicking them
in the Widgets tab of the Object
Explorer Window.
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Lay out in a Grid Click the widgets you want and then click
this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+G) to lay out widgets in a
grid.
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Lay Out Horizontally (in Splitter) Click this toolbar
button to lay out the selected groups of widgets or layouts side by side
with a splitter between each group. Use Shift+Click to select
each widget or layout, and then choose this toolbar button to group them
horizontally. Note that for complex widgets it is sometimes easiest to
select widgets and layouts by clicking them in the Widgets tab of the Object
Explorer Window.
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Lay Out Vertically (in Splitter) Click this toolbar button
to lay out the selected groups of widgets or layouts one above the other
with a splitter between each group. Use Shift+Click to select
each widget or layout, and then choose this toolbar button to group them
vertically. Note that for complex widgets it is sometimes easiest to
select widgets and layouts by clicking them in the Widgets tab of the Object
Explorer Window.
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Break Layout Click this toolbar button (or press
Ctrl+B) to break a layout. Click on the layout and select this
option; the layout is deleted.
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Add Spacer Click this toolbar button to add a spacer to
widgets that take up too much space on the form. The spacer consumes
extra space in the layout.
The Help Toolbar Button
Help Toolbutton
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