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Qt5 C++ GUI Programming Cookbook. - Second Edition

By : Lee Zhi Eng
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Qt5 C++ GUI Programming Cookbook. - Second Edition

By: Lee Zhi Eng

Overview of this book

With the growing need to develop GUIs for multiple targets and multiple screens, improving the visual quality of your application becomes important so that it stands out from your competitors. With its cross-platform ability and the latest UI paradigms, Qt makes it possible to build intuitive, interactive, and user-friendly user interfaces for your applications. Qt5 C++ GUI Programming Cookbook, Second Edition teaches you how to develop functional and appealing user interfaces using the latest version of QT5 and C++. This book will help you learn a variety of topics such as GUI customization and animation, graphics rendering, implementing Google Maps, and more. You will also be taken through advanced concepts like asynchronous programming, event handling using signals and slots, network programming, various aspects of optimizing your application. By the end of the book, you will be confident to design and customize GUI applications that meet your clients' expectations and have an understanding of best practice solutions for common problems.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Displaying information using model/view

Qt includes a model/view framework that maintains separation between the way data is organized and managed and the way that it is presented to the user. In this section, we will learn how to make use of the model/view, in particular by using the list view to display information and, at the same time, apply our own customization to make it look slick.

How to do it...

Let's get started by following these steps:

  1. Create a new Qt Quick application – Empty project and open up qml.qrc with Qt Creator. Add six images, home.png, map.png, profile.png, search.png, settings.png, and arrow.png to the project as follows:
  1. After that, create and open MainForm.ui.qml as we did in all...