An Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt 4

Chapter 11. Qt GUI Widgets

This chapter provides an overview of the GUI building blocks, called widgets, that are part of the Qt library and includes some simple examples of how to use them.

11.1	Widget Categories	239
11.2	QMainWindow and QSettings	240
11.3	Dialogs	244
11.4	Images and Resources	248
11.5	Layout of Widgets	251
11.6	QActions, QMenus, and QMenuBars	260
11.7	QActions, QToolbars, and QActionGroups	262
11.8	Regions and QDockWidgets	270
11.9	Views of a QStringList	272

Widgets, objects of classes derived from QWidget, are reusable building blocks with a visual representation on the screen. The common features of a QWidget are shown in Figure 11.1.

Figure 11.1. QWidget’s ...