[Qt-interest] SDK Designer requires 20s to load

[Andre Somers]

On 25-4-2010 13:15, Matthias Pospiech wrote:
> I use QtCreator, but can not work with the integrated designer because
> it provides a very tiny space to work with the layout that I do not want
> to use it.
> Therefore I want to use the external designer.exe. However if I load any
> ui file or the designer alone the CPU usage rises to 40% and stays there
> for 20-30 seconds before the gui of the designer appears.
>
> The SDK is 2010.01. Anone else having this problem?
>
> Matthias
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>    

Perhaps you should familiarize yourself with some shortcut keys to adapt 
the QtCreator workspace.
Use ALT+0 to toggle viewing the bar on the left (with the open files and 
the project views and such), and ALT+n with n ranging from 1 to 4 to 
toggle the views in the bottom of the screen (build issues through 
compile output). Hiding both will give you plenty of space for your 
designer window.

QtCreator has many other shortcut keys that can make your life easier. I 
got my hands on a Qt Creator Reference Card distributed at the last Dev 
Days by KDAB, which lists a lot of them. Perhaps there is a downloadable 
version available somewhere?

Some other handy shortcuts are:
F2: Follow symbol under cursor
Shift+F2: toggle between method declaration/implementation
F4: toggle between header and source
CTRL+2: Activate Edit mode
ESC: go back to code editor, 2x ESC will close all secondairy windows in 
editor mode
CTRL+M: toggle bookmark
CTRL+.: next bookmark
CTRL+,: previous bookmark

Happy Hacking!

André