Mastering Qt 5

Custom QWidget

We now have to create the Task class that will hold our data (task name and completed status). This class will have its form file separated from MainWindow. Qt Creator provides an automatic tool to generate a base class and the associated form.

Click on File | New File or Project | Qt | Qt Designer Form Class. There are several form templates; you will recognize Main Window, which Qt Creator created for us when we started the todo app project. Select Widget and name the class Task, then click on Next. Here is a summary of what Qt Creator will do:

1. Create a Task.h file and a Task.cpp file.
2. Create the associated Task.ui and do the plumbing to connect it to Task.h.
3. Add these three new files to todo.pro so they can be compiled.

Finish and, ...