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Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

You're reading from   Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5 Build stunning cross-platform applications and widgets with the most powerful GUI framework

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788397827
Length 404 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Lee Zhi Eng Lee Zhi Eng
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Qt FREE CHAPTER 2. Qt Widgets and Style Sheets 3. Database Connection 4. Graphs and Charts 5. Item Views and Dialogs 6. Integrating Web Content 7. Map Viewer 8. Graphics View 9. The Camera Module 10. Instant Messaging 11. Implementing a Graphics Editor 12. Cloud Storage 13. Multimedia Viewers 14. Qt Quick and QML 15. Cross-Platform Development 16. Testing and Debugging 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating an instant messaging client

In the following section, we will proceed to create our instant messaging client, which the users will be using to send and receive messages.

Designing the user interface

In this section, we will learn how to design the user interface for the instant messaging client and create functionality for it:

  1. First, create another Qt project by going to File | New File or Project. Then select Qt Widget Application under the Application category.
  2. After the project has been created, open up mainwindow.ui and drag a Line Edit and Text Browser to the window canvas. Then, select the central widget and click the Lay Out Vertically button, located on the widget bar above, to apply the vertical layout effect...
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