[Qt-creator] Using flickable in QTCreator Designer

[Kai Koehne]

ext Tobias Wahlstrom wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How do I get a stack trace from Quick Designer? I have been using the
> precompiled version of Quick Designer in my tests. Can I get a stack trace
> out of this version or do I have to build my own?
> 
> I have some more feedback on Quick Designer. I understand that you havn't
> had the time to add all fancy features one could ever wish for yet - but I
> still would like to mention the things that I think is most important. We
> are hoping to be able to use this tool for both our design team and our
> UI-developer team letting the both teams take care of different aspects.
> To me it seems like that UI-developer team will be pleased with the nice
> text-editor with auto-completion and context help and everything.

That's the idea :)

> The part that needs most improvements if you ask me is the visual editor.
> At least our UI-designers do not like to edit "magic code" so much and I
> think that this applies to most UI-designers. The things below are
> comments as seen out of a UI-designer perspective...
>
> One thing I really like is that qml-files I create in the project folder
> that appear among the Items in the Library using the visual qml-editor. I
> would like to be able to arrange my qml-documents in folders. This folder
> structure should be used in the Library view to make it easier to handle
> many qml-documents. You may use the filter but I still think that
> organising the documents by some topic add a value and usability.

Not sure how this should look like. The Library is just a list with 
sections ... We could create different sections for different 
directories maybe? Or would it help you if subcomponents would be listed 
in the file system tree under resources too?

> I created a qml-document "NumberBox.qml" with a few custom string
> properties. Then I choose to use these properties as a text value and a
> color value for my NumberBox. I found out how this is done in the visual
> editor - very nice! Even though the properties was defined in the document
> the text "disappeared" in the editor area. If I run the project it appear
> as the should do but not in the editor and not in the state preview.

I can reproduce it, thanks for pointing it out!

> Then I added a few NumberBox:es using drag-n-drop to my main document and
> wanted to change the header text and the color for each box. But I could
> not find a way to set the property values for my NumberBoxes using the
> visual editor. It would be pretty neat if my custom properties appeared in
> the Advanced tab so that I can change the header and color for my
> NumberBoxes within the visual editor.

Yeah, that's a long standing wish, which we just have to come around to 
implement :(

> And finally it is a bit cumbersome that the library in the visual editor
> never update its list of Qml Components if I add a new one. If I edit a
> qml component (in my case the NumberBox) and go back to my main view I
> would like that all instances of the NumberBox should update - but they
> don't. I have to close the document in the text-editor and then open it
> again to force the library to reload.

I'll look into it :)

Thanks for the report!

Kai Koehne


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Kai Koehne
Software Engineer
Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks

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