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Qt Designer provides menu options that have corresponding toolbar buttons. The toolbar buttons give you a way to take shortcuts when working with forms instead of having to go through a menu each time.
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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 The New File Dialog.
Open Click this toolbar button (or pressCtrl+O) to open existing projects, forms or files. The Open Dialog appears and the file name and type must be selected.
Save Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+S) to save the project, forms, and files. For a new project with no forms or files added to it, click 'Save' to save the project before exiting. For new forms, click 'Save' and the Save As Dialog appears. For forms that have been saved previously click 'Save'. For new files or for files that have been changed, click 'Save'.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Copy Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+C) to copy the selected item from the current form or file to the clipboard.
Paste Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+V) to paste the selected item from the clipboard into the current form or file.
Find Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+F) to invoke the Find Text Dialog.
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.
Pointer Click this toolbar button (or press F2) to deselect any selected widget toolbar button. The pointer is also used to stop inserting new widgets if you double clicked a widget toolbar button.
Connect Signals and Slots Click this toolbar button (or press F3) to connect signals and slots. Then, click on a widget and drag the pink rubber band to the widget (or form) that you want to connect to. Release the mouse button and the Edit Connections Dialog will appear.
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.
PushButton Click this toolbar button and click the form to place a Pushbutton on the form.
ToolButton Click this toolbar button and click the form to place a Toolbutton on the form.
RadioButton Click this toolbar button and click the form to place a Radiobutton on the form.
CheckBox Click this toolbar button and click the form to place a CheckBox on the form.
GroupBox Click this option and click the form to place a GroupBox on the form.
ButtonGroup Click this option and click the form to place a ButtonGroup on the form.
Frame Click this option and click the form to place a Frame on the form.
TabWidget Click this option and click the form to place a TabWidget on the form.
ListBox Click this option and click the form to place a ListBox on the form.
ListView Click this option and click the form to place a ListView on the form.
Icon View Click this option and click the form to place an Icon on the form.
Table Click this option and click the form to place a Table on the form.
DataTable Click this option and click the form to place a DataTable on the form.
DataBrowser Click this option and click the form to place a DataBrowser on the form.
DataView Click this option and click the form to place a DataView on the form.
LineEdit Click this option and click the form to place a LineEdit on the form.
SpinBox Click this option and click the form to place a SpinBox on the form.
DateEdit Click this option and click the form to place a DateEdit on the form.
TimeEdit Click this option and click the form to place a TimeEdit on the form.
DateTimeEdit Click this option and click the form to place a DateTimeEdit on the form.
TextEdit Click this option and click the form to place a TextEdit on the form.
ComboBox Click this option and click the form to place a ComboBox on the form.
Slider Click this option and click the form to place a Slider on the form.
ScrollBar Click this option and click the form to place a Scrollbar on the form.
Dial Click this option and click the form to place a Dial on the form.
TextLabel Click this option and click the form to place a TextLabel on the form.
PixmapLabel Click this option and click the form to place a PixmapLabel on the form.
LCDNumber Click this option and click the form to place a LCDNumber on the form.
Line Click this option and click the form to place a Line on the form.
ProgressBar Click this option and click the form to place a ProgressBar on the form.
TextBrowser Click this option and click the form to place a TextBrowser on the form.
My Custom Widget Click this option and click the form to place a Custom Widget on the form. Note:This toolbar button appears only if you have created a widget using Tools|Custom|Edit Custom Widgets.
Adjust Size Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+J) to adjust the size of the widget to it's recommended size.
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.
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.
Lay out in a Grid Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+G)
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.
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.
Break Layout Click this toolbar button (or press Ctrl+B) to break apart layouts that have been created. Click on the layout and select this option; the layouts are then seperated.
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.
What's This? Click this toolbar button to invoke a small question mark that is linked to the pointer. Click the pointer on a feature which you would like more information about. A message box appears with information about the feature.
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