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Qt 6 C++ GUI Programming Cookbook

You're reading from   Qt 6 C++ GUI Programming Cookbook Practical recipes for building cross-platform GUI applications, widgets, and animations with Qt 6

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805122630
Length 428 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Lee Zhi Eng Lee Zhi Eng
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Look-and-Feel Customization with Qt Designer FREE CHAPTER 2. Chapter 2: Event Handling – Signals and Slots 3. Chapter 3: States and Animations with Qt and QML 4. Chapter 4: QPainter and 2D Graphics 5. Chapter 5: OpenGL Implementation 6. Chapter 6: Transitioning from Qt 5 to Qt 6 7. Chapter 7: Using Network and Managing Large Documents 8. Chapter 8: Threading Basics –Asynchronous Programming 9. Chapter 9: Building a Touch Screen Application with Qt 6 10. Chapter 10: JSON Parsing Made Easy 11. Chapter 11: Conversion Library 12. Chapter 12: Accessing Databases with SQL Driver and Qt 13. Chapter 13: Developing Web Applications Using Qt WebEngine 14. Chapter 14: Performance Optimization 15. Index 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

UI events with signals and slots

In the previous recipe, we demonstrated the use of signals and slots on a push button. Now, let’s explore the signals and slots that are available in other common widget types.

How to do it…

To learn how to use signals and slots with UI events, follow these steps:

  1. Let’s create a new Qt Widgets Application project.
  2. Drag and drop a PushButton, Combo Box, Line Edit, Spin Box, and Slider widget from the Widget Box into your UI canvas:
Figure 2.6 – Placing several widgets on the UI canvas

Figure 2.6 – Placing several widgets on the UI canvas

  1. Then, right-click on the push button, select clicked(), and press the OK button to proceed. A slot function will be created for you by Qt Creator:
Figure 2.7 – Selecting the clicked() signal and pressing OK

Figure 2.7 – Selecting the clicked() signal and pressing OK

  1. Repeat the previous step, but this time, select the next selection until every function in QAbstractButton has been added to the source...
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