In the previous chapter, we learned how to use item views and dialogs in Qt. In this chapter, we will learn how to integrate web content into our Qt application.
Starting from the dotcom era in the late 90s and early 2000s, our world has become more and more connected by the internet. Naturally, the applications running on our computers are also evolving in that direction. Nowadays, most—if not all—of our software is in some way connected to the internet, usually to retrieve useful information and display it to their users. The easiest way to do this is to embed a web browser display (also known as a web view) into the application's user interface. That way, the users can not only view the information, but do so in an aesthetic way.
By using the web view, developers can take advantage of its rendering capability and decorate their contents...