[Interest] QtQuick Controls 2 and Designer: Should I use Styles or Customize?

[Shantanu Tushar]

Hi Thomas,

I've tried both your suggestions in a PoC project and it works! My
actual app will need some refactoring to get the ball rolling but I
think this will work fine.

Thanks a lot,


On 16 March 2018 at 19:32, Thomas Hartmann <Thomas.Hartmann at qt.io> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I would suggest solution number 1 (Creating a Custom Style).
>
>
> To get the designer to show your custom style you have to configure it in
> qtquickcontrols2.conf.
>
> You can do this in the editable combo box in the form editor if
> qtquickcontrols2.conf does exist.
>
> You can refer to the Qt  Quick Controls 2 Flat Style example
> (https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.10/qtquickcontrols2-flatstyle-example.html).
>
> You can use QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE_PATH to specify additional paths that
> are used to lookup Qt Quick Controls 2 styles.
>
> You can also write your own QML plugin (2. Customizing a Control), but you
> have to create a QML file for every control
>
> and you have to implement a full plugin/import. For these customized
> controls to show up in the item library you have to provide a .metainfo
> file. You can look at the origin Qt Quick Controls 2 implementation for
> reference.
>
>
> I hope this solves your issue.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Thomas Hartmann
>
>
>
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