[Development] Do QtQuick.Layouts depend on QtQuick.Controls?

[Dmitry Volosnykh]

Thanks for your clarification, guys.

Saether, I have noticed that almost everywhere in documentation these
modules are referred together, That is what was leading me to a
premature conclusion about dependency. So, it happens to be some kind
of semantic dependency, not binary/linker one.

Any clues on what configs/files should be changed to make
qtquickcontrols repo be built along the main one? Do mkspecs files
rule some sort of definition whether some repos should be built for a
given platform or not?

Personally, it seems to me that having Layouts module available by
default would be nice even on platforms where Controls module is
unwanted. I understand that it contradicts the motivation for putting
them alongside. Could someone provide any references, if any, to the
related discussion leading to such decision? Just want to know the
details...

Dmitry.

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Saether Jan-Arve
<Jan-Arve.Saether at theqtcompany.com> wrote:
> Yes, for app development they are independent.
>
> They didn't even have to live in the same repository, but since they are usually used together we chose to have them in the same repo. That makes it easier to catch bugs earlier and to make sure that Controls and Layouts always cooperate properly. (For instance, many examples use both QtQuick Layouts and QtQuick Controls).  Their respective autotests however shouldn't rely on the other framework.
>
> Jan Arve
> ________________________________________
> Fra: development-bounces+jan-arve.saether=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org <development-bounces+jan-arve.saether=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org> på vegne av Alejandro Exojo <suy at badopi.org>
> Sendt: 9. desember 2014 22:25
> Til: development at qt-project.org
> Emne: Re: [Development] Do QtQuick.Layouts depend on QtQuick.Controls?
>
> El Tuesday 09 December 2014, Dmitry Volosnykh escribió:
>> Hi!
>>
>> "What's New in Qt 5" documentation article
>> (http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qt5-intro.html) under
>> "Designing UI Made Simpler" section introduces Qt Quick Controls and
>> Qt Quick Layouts modules at once. As far as I can see there is no
>> clear evidence that Layouts may be used separately from Controls. The
>> only pros I am aware of are "Qt Quick Layouts Overview" article
>> (http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qtquicklayouts-overview.html) and my
>> personal similar experience with desktop Qt 5.
>
> Those are independent.
>
>> The question arised from the situation when I faced the absence of
>> Layouts on embedded Linux box with custom build of Qt 5 by my collegue
>> who states that it was default build for that platform. We don't need
>> Controls there sicne all the UI is handcrafted by our team, but we
>> would really like to have Layouts available because it really
>> simplifies UI composition!
>
> The plugins are different, but the git repository where the source is present
> is the same. You have to build the qtquickcontrols repository, or you will
> miss the layouts.
>
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