<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <!-- qtlabscontrols-gettingstarted.qdoc --> <title>Getting Started with Qt Labs Controls | Qt Labs Controls 5.6</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/offline-simple.css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> window.onload = function(){document.getElementsByTagName("link").item(0).setAttribute("href", "style/offline.css");}; </script> </head> <body> <div class="header" id="qtdocheader"> <div class="main"> <div class="main-rounded"> <div class="navigationbar"> <table><tr> <td >Qt 5.6</td><td ><a href="qtlabscontrols-index.html">Qt Labs Controls</a></td><td >Getting Started with Qt Labs Controls</td></tr></table><table class="buildversion"><tr> <td id="buildversion" width="100%" align="right">Qt 5.6.2 Reference Documentation</td> </tr></table> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="line"> <div class="content mainContent"> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="toc"> <h3><a name="toc">Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li class="level1"><a href="#setting-up-controls-from-c">Setting Up Controls from C++</a></li> <li class="level2"><a href="#using-c-data-from-qml">Using C++ Data From QML</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="sidebar-content" id="sidebar-content"></div></div> <h1 class="title">Getting Started with Qt Labs Controls</h1> <span class="subtitle"></span> <!-- $$$qtlabscontrols-gettingstarted.html-description --> <div class="descr"> <a name="details"></a> <p>A basic example of a QML file that makes use of controls is shown here:</p> <pre class="qml"> import QtQuick 2.6 import Qt.labs.controls 1.0 <span class="type"><a href="qml-qt-labs-controls-applicationwindow.html">ApplicationWindow</a></span> { <span class="name">title</span>: <span class="string">"My Application"</span> <span class="name">width</span>: <span class="number">640</span> <span class="name">height</span>: <span class="number">480</span> <span class="name">visible</span>: <span class="number">true</span> <span class="type"><a href="qml-qt-labs-controls-button.html">Button</a></span> { <span class="name">text</span>: <span class="string">"Push Me"</span> <span class="name">anchors</span>.centerIn: <span class="name">parent</span> } } </pre> <a name="setting-up-controls-from-c"></a> <h2 id="setting-up-controls-from-c">Setting Up Controls from C++</h2> <p>Although QQuickView has traditionally been used to display QML files in a C++ application, doing this means you can only set window properties from C++.</p> <p>With Qt Labs Controls, declare an <a href="qml-qt-labs-controls-applicationwindow.html">ApplicationWindow</a> as the root item of your application and launch it by using QQmlApplicationEngine instead. This ensures that you can control top level window properties from QML.</p> <p>A basic example of a source file that makes use of controls is shown here:</p> <pre class="cpp"> <span class="preprocessor">#include <QGuiApplication></span> <span class="preprocessor">#include <QQmlApplicationEngine></span> <span class="type">int</span> main(<span class="type">int</span> argc<span class="operator">,</span> <span class="type">char</span> <span class="operator">*</span>argv<span class="operator">[</span><span class="operator">]</span>) { <span class="type">QGuiApplication</span><span class="operator">::</span>setAttribute(<span class="type">Qt</span><span class="operator">::</span>AA_EnableHighDpiScaling); <span class="type">QGuiApplication</span> app(argc<span class="operator">,</span> argv); <span class="type">QQmlApplicationEngine</span> engine; engine<span class="operator">.</span>load(<span class="type">QUrl</span>(<span class="type">QStringLiteral</span>(<span class="string">"qrc:/main.qml"</span>))); <span class="keyword">return</span> app<span class="operator">.</span>exec(); } </pre> <a name="using-c-data-from-qml"></a> <h3 >Using C++ Data From QML</h3> <p>If you need to register a C++ class to use from QML, you can call qmlRegisterType() before declaring your QQmlApplicationEngine. See Defining QML Types from C++ for more information.</p> <p>If you need to expose data to QML components, you need to make them available to the context of the current QML engine. See QQmlContext for more information.</p> </div> <!-- @@@qtlabscontrols-gettingstarted.html --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> <p> <acronym title="Copyright">©</acronym> 2016 The Qt Company Ltd. Documentation contributions included herein are the copyrights of their respective owners.<br> The documentation provided herein is licensed under the terms of the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation.<br> Qt and respective logos are trademarks of The Qt Company Ltd. in Finland and/or other countries worldwide. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. </p> </div> </body> </html>