[Development] QtWindowsExtras

Laszlo Papp lpapp at kde.org
Thu Feb 14 19:55:11 CET 2013


Please read the rules (and follow in the future):
http://qt-project.org/wiki/Creating-a-new-module-or-tool-for-Qt

Seems, no maintainer gave a +1 yet. You need to get one first. :-)

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Jake Thomas Petroules <
jake.petroules at petroules.com> wrote:

> As many OS/WM utility methods were removed from Qt 5, we need to
> reimplement their functionality in the QtWindowsExtras, QtMacExtras, and
> QtX11Extras libraries.
>
> For example, in QtMacExtras we have a unified toolbar implementation that
> replaces setUnifiedTitleAndToolbar(), and converter functions to replace
> QPixmap::toMacCGImageRef(), QPixmap::fromMacCGImageRef() as well as other
> type conversions, etc. Morten also has some clipboard functionality pending
> as well as a utility function to set the dock menu to a QMenu, native
> widgets, and some other stuff. Similarly, QtX11Extras has QX11Info ported
> from Qt 4 and I imagine may have more functionality in the future..
>
> Windows is no different, and there is a lot that could fit into such a
> library, including but not limited to:
>
> * Replacements for native API converter functions
> (QPixmap::toWinHBITMAP(), QPixmap::fromWinHBITMAP(), QPixmap::toWinHICON(),
> QPixmap::fromWinHICON()... I think there was also a QMenu::wceMenu() that
> gave an HMENU and a similar function for Windows itself (not CE) would be
> great)
> * Taskbar functionality for Windows 7/8 (jump lists, overlay
> icons, progress indicators, thumbnail toolbars, thumbnail tab previews)
> * DWM interaction (enable/disable composition, extend frame into client
> area)
>
> This is important functionality usable by a large number of Windows apps,
> clearly evidenced by the former presence of some of this functionality in
> Qt 4. I have a decent amount of code implementing much of this
> functionality already, just awaiting contribution...
>
> I'm sure there is more I haven't thought of as well. Perhaps some Windows
> 8 APIs?
>
> Jake Petroules
> Petroules Corporation (www.petroules.com)
> Email: jake.petroules at petroules.com
> Telephone: +1 (970) 587-3821
>
> On Jan 18, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Laszlo Papp <lpapp at kde.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Jake Thomas Petroules <
> jake.petroules at petroules.com> wrote:
>
>> As we have a QtMacExtras and QtX11Extras, could someone please create a
>> QtWindowsExtras as well?
>>
>
> Could you please elaborate about the use case?
>
> Laszlo
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/attachments/20130214/32235b31/attachment.html>


More information about the Development mailing list