[Interest] Qt 5.6 Qt labs controls porting to QtQuick2 controls

[Mitch Curtis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ramakanth Kesireddy <rama.kesi at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 April 2021 6:28 AM
> To: Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis at qt.io>
> Cc: Qt Interest <interest at qt-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6 Qt labs controls porting to QtQuick2 controls
> 
> Thanks for your mail. It helps.
> 
> As mentioned in https://doc.qt.io/archives/qt-5.6/qt-labs-controls-
> qmlmodule.html, Types in the Qt.labs module are not guaranteed to remain
> compatible in future versions.
> 
> Does it means the Qt Labs Controls may/maynot be compatible with latest Qt
> Quick2 controls?

That sentence says that they can change from version to version, so the API from 1.0 can change (in a small or not-so-small way) in 1.1. It doesn't account for the transition from Labs to a proper module, and it's been too long for me to remember what has changed there.

> Best Regards,
> Ramakanth
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 1:22 PM Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis at qt.io
> <mailto:mitch.curtis at qt.io> > wrote:
> 
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> 	> -----Original Message-----
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> 	> Subject: Re: [Interest] Qt 5.6 Qt labs controls porting to QtQuick2
> controls
> 	>
> 	> Thanks for your response.
> 	>
> 	> Though there is no Qt documentation, can it be ported from Qt labs
> controls
> 	> to QtQuick2 controls and vice-versa?
> 
> 	Yes, it should be. Qt Quick Controls 2 is the continuation (aka
> renaming) of Qt Labs Controls.
> 
> 	> Best Regards,
> 	> Ramakanth
> 	>
> 	>
> 	> On Tue, 6 Apr, 2021, 12:38 Mitch Curtis, <mitch.curtis at qt.io
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> 	>       > Subject: [Interest] Qt 5.6 Qt labs controls porting to QtQuick2
> 	> controls
> 	>       >
> 	>       > Hi,
> 	>       >
> 	>       > As we used Qt 5.6 Qt labs controls 1.0 in our Qml application
> and
> 	> would like to
> 	>       > port to QtQuick2 controls in Qt 5.15, could you please let me
> know
> 	> if there is
> 	>       > a Qt documentation to port the labs controls to QtQuick2
> controls
> 	> and
> 	>       > compatibility or known issues if any?
> 	>       >
> 	>       > Please suggest in this regard.
> 	>       >
> 	>       > Best Regards,
> 	>       > Ramakanth
> 	>       >
> 	>
> 	>       We have porting documentation for Qt Quick Controls 1 to 2, but
> not
> 	> from Labs Controls to Qt Quick Controls 2.
> 	>
> 	>       The closest thing would be to check the change log for each
> minor
> 	> version up to the version you want to use:
> 	>
> 	>       https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtquickcontrols2.git/tree/dist
> 	>
> 	>       The "Important Behavior Changes" section is the most relevant
> here.
> 	>
> 
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