<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <!-- /tmp/qt-4.2.1-harald-1161357942206/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.2.1/doc/src/designer-manual.qdoc --> <head> <title>Qt 4.2: Customizing Qt Designer Forms</title> <link rel="prev" href="designer-resources.html" /> <link rel="contents" href="designer-manual.html" /> <link rel="next" href="designer-using-custom-widgets.html" /> <link href="classic.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="32"><a href="http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt"><img src="images/qt-logo.png" align="left" width="32" height="32" border="0" /></a></td> <td width="1"> </td><td class="postheader" valign="center"><a href="index.html"><font color="#004faf">Home</font></a> · <a href="classes.html"><font color="#004faf">All Classes</font></a> · <a href="mainclasses.html"><font color="#004faf">Main Classes</font></a> · <a href="groups.html"><font color="#004faf">Grouped Classes</font></a> · <a href="modules.html"><font color="#004faf">Modules</font></a> · <a href="functions.html"><font color="#004faf">Functions</font></a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="230"><a href="http://www.trolltech.com"><img src="images/trolltech-logo.png" align="right" width="203" height="32" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table><p> [Previous: <a href="designer-resources.html">Editing Resources with Qt Designer</a>] [<a href="designer-manual.html">Contents</a>] [Next: <a href="designer-using-custom-widgets.html">Using Custom Widgets with Qt Designer</a>] </p> <h1 align="center">Customizing Qt Designer Forms<br /><small></small></h1> <p align="center"><img src="images/designer-form-settings.png" /></p><p>When saving a form in <i>Qt Designer</i>, it is stored as an <tt>.ui</tt> file. Several form settings, for example the margin and spacing for the default layout, are stored along with the form's components. These settings are used when the <a href="uic.html#uic">uic</a> generates the form's C++ code. For more information on how to use forms in your application, see the <a href="designer-manual.html#using-forms-and-components">Using Forms and Components</a> section.</p> <a name="modifying-the-form-settings"></a> <h2>Modifying the Form Settings</h2> <p>To modify the form settings, open the <b>Form</b> menu and select <b>Form Settings...</b></p> <p>In the forms settings dialog you can specify the <b>Author</b> of the form.</p> <p>You can also alter the margin and spacing properties for the form's default layout (<b>Layout Default</b>). These default layout properties will be replaced by the corresponding <b>Layout Function</b>, if the function is specified, when <tt>uic</tt> generates code for the form. The form settings dialog lets you specify functions for both the margin and the spacing.</p> <a name="layoutfunction"></a><p><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="0"> <tr valign="top" class="odd"><td><img src="images/designer-form-layoutfunction.png" /></td><td><b>Layout Function</b><p>The default layout properties will be replaced by the corresponding <b>Layout Function</b>, when <tt>uic</tt> generates code for the form.</p> <p>This is useful when different environments requires different layouts for the same form.</p> <p>To specify layout functions for the form's margin and spacing, check the <b>Layout Function</b> groupbox to enable the line edits.</p> </td></tr> </table></p> <p>You can also specify the form's <b>Include Hints</b>; i.e. provide a list of the header files which then will be included in the form window's associated <tt>.ui</tt> file. Header files may be local, i.e. relative to the project's directory, <tt>"mywidget.h"</tt>, or global, i.e. part of Qt or the compilers standard libraries: <tt><QtGui/QWidget></tt>.</p> <p>Finally, you can specify the function used to load pixmaps into the form window (the <b>Pixmap Function</b>).</p> <p> [Previous: <a href="designer-resources.html">Editing Resources with Qt Designer</a>] [<a href="designer-manual.html">Contents</a>] [Next: <a href="designer-using-custom-widgets.html">Using Custom Widgets with Qt Designer</a>] </p> <p /><address><hr /><div align="center"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr class="address"> <td width="30%">Copyright © 2006 <a href="trolltech.html">Trolltech</a></td> <td width="40%" align="center"><a href="trademarks.html">Trademarks</a></td> <td width="30%" align="right"><div align="right">Qt 4.2.1</div></td> </tr></table></div></address></body> </html>