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Add information about enabling the experimental Qt Quick visual editor.

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Reviewed-by: Kai Koehne
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Leena Miettinen
2010-04-12 17:07:25 +02:00
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You use a visual editor to create items, screens, and applications, as well as define changes
in their state. \QMLD generates the necessary code for you.
\note The visual \QMLD editor is provided as an experimental plugin that you must
enable to be able to edit QML files in the \gui Design mode. Enabling the
visual editor can negatively affect the overall stability of Qt Creator.
You can edit the code in the code editor to add transitions from one state to another,
and interaction to specify user actions that change the states. You
can use Qt to implement the application logic.
can use Qt or JavaScript to implement the application logic.
\section1 Coding Applications
@@ -542,13 +547,21 @@
\section1 Using Qt Quick Designer
You can edit .qml files in either the visual \QMLD editor or in the
You can edit .qml files in the visual \QMLD editor or in the
code editor.
In \gui Projects, double-click a .qml file to open it in the code
editor. Then select the \gui {Design} mode to edit the file in the
visual editor.
\note The visual \QMLD editor is provided as an experimental plugin that you must
enable to be able to edit QML files in the \gui Design mode. Enabling the
visual editor can negatively affect the overall stability of Qt Creator.
To enable or disable the \QMLD visual editor, select
\gui {Help > About Plugins... > Qt Quick > QmlDesigner}. You must restart Qt Creator
to enable or disable the visual editor.
\image qmldesigner-visual-editor.png "Visual editor"
Use the visual editor panes to manage your project:
@@ -1820,19 +1833,24 @@
\section1 Designing the User Interface
\list
\list 1
\o In the \gui{Edit} mode, double-click the HelloWorld.qml file in
the \gui{Projects} pane to open it in the visual \QMLD editor.
the \gui{Projects} pane to open it in the code editor.
\o Click \gui{Edit} to edit the screen size in the code editor.
To set the screen size to that of some Symbian devices in portrait
\o To set the screen size to that of some Symbian devices in portrait
mode, for example, change the \c width to \bold 240 and \c height to \bold 320.
\image qmldesigner-helloworld-screen-size.png "Setting the screen size"
\o Click \gui{Design} to design the UI in the visual editor.
\note The visual \QMLD editor is provided as an experimental plugin that you must
enable to be able to edit QML files in the \gui Design mode. Enabling the
visual editor can negatively affect the overall stability of Qt Creator.
\o Restart Qt Creator to enable the visual editor.
\o Drag and drop a \gui {Rectangle} from the \gui {Library} pane to the
scene.
@@ -1840,7 +1858,7 @@
\o Edit the \gui {Properties} of the component to turn it into a red ball:
\list
\list a
\o In the \gui {Colors} section, click the color picker to select a red
color.
@@ -3762,6 +3780,17 @@
\l {http://qt.nokia.com/doc/4.7-snapshot/qdeclarativeexamples.html} {QML examples and demos}
to learn how to use various aspects of QML.
You can use the code editor (\gui Edit mode) or the visual editor
(\gui Design mode) to develop Qt Quick applications.
\note The visual \QMLD editor is provided as an experimental plugin that you must
enable to be able to edit QML files in the \gui Design mode. Enabling the
visual editor can negatively affect the overall stability of Qt Creator.
To enable or disable the \QMLD visual editor, select
\gui {Help > About Plugins... > Qt Quick > QmlDesigner}. You must restart Qt Creator
to enable or disable the visual editor.
\section1 Creating Qt Quick Projects
Select \gui {File > New File or Project > Qt Quick Project > Qt QML Application}.