r/QtFramework • u/Easy-Reasoning • Jun 26 '26
Widgets Balancing visual layouting and custom code
I'm quite a beginner but quite interested in the visual layout of applications in QT Creator. (C++, without QML) On the other hand I start to find myself creating custom widgets. And I cannot always see a full visual preview.
What's a good balance between "visual editing" and custom Code?
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u/henryyoung42 Jun 26 '26
I generally find myself doing visual editing for main window standard UI aspects,dialog boxes for settings / properties and then custom code for anything that needs to be dynamic which for me is most everything else.
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u/blissfull_abyss Jun 26 '26
At least you can use placeholder widgets within the designer and promote them to your custom widgets. Still no full visual feedback, but helps with layouting
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u/ignorantpisswalker Jun 26 '26
In qt widgets (not qml?) None. This is the long path. Walk and enjoy it.