diff --git a/doc/images/qmldesigner-breadcrumbs.png b/doc/images/qmldesigner-breadcrumbs.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b878b788a70 Binary files /dev/null and b/doc/images/qmldesigner-breadcrumbs.png differ diff --git a/doc/src/qtquick/qtquick-app-development.qdoc b/doc/src/qtquick/qtquick-app-development.qdoc index ca0d1f6e869..79553be3a66 100644 --- a/doc/src/qtquick/qtquick-app-development.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/qtquick/qtquick-app-development.qdoc @@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ \title Creating Components - A QML component provides a way of defining a new type that you can re-use in other QML + A \l{glossary-component}{component} provides a way of defining a new type + that you can re-use in other QML files. A component is like a black box; it interacts with the outside world through properties, signals, and slots, and is generally defined in its own QML file. You can import components to screens and applications. @@ -381,6 +382,16 @@ \endlist + \section1 Moving Within Components + + Components can consist of several other components. To view the component + hierarchy as a bread crumb path when you edit a component on the canvas, + select \gui {Go into Component} or press \key F2. Click the component + names in the path to navigate to them. You can easily navigate back to the + top level when you are done editing the component. + + \image qmldesigner-breadcrumbs.png "Go into Component command" + */