userinterfaces.qdoc

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\page topics-ui.html
\title User Interfaces
\brief Qt's features for creating user interfaces

Qt features multiple technologies for creating user interfaces. While it is
possible to mix and match these different technologies as needed, one approach
is often better suitable for a certain type of user interface than the others.
\l {Qt Creator} is a good example of an application that mixes different user
interface technologies. In fact, it uses all of the three different approaches
described below. \l {Qt Creator} uses the traditional \l {Qt Widgets} such as
menus and dialogs as a basis of the user interface, \l {Qt Quick} amongst others
for the welcome screen, and \l {Qt WebKit} for presenting the Qt reference
documentation. The following sections provide brief introductions to the
available technologies for creating user interfaces, and a comparison table
to help choosing the best suitable technology.

\section1 Qt Quick

\l {Qt Quick} provides everything needed to create applications with fluid and dynamic
user interfaces. It enables user interfaces to be built around the behavior of user
interface components and how they connect with one another, and it provides a visual
canvas with its own coordinate system and rendering engine. Animation and transition
effects are a first class concept in \l {Qt Quick}, and visual effects can be
supplemented through specialised components for particle and shader effects. The
\l {Qt Quick} elements are primitive user interface building blocks, whereas the
\l {Qt Widgets} are more feature rich standard industry widgets.

\section2 Important Concepts in Qt Quick

\list
\li \l{qtquick-visualcanvas-topic.html}{The Visual Canvas}
\li \l{qtquick-input-topic.html}{User Input}
\li \l{qtquick-positioning-topic.html}{Positioning}
\li \l{qtquick-statesanimations-topic.html}{States, Transitions and Animations}
\li \l{qtquick-modelviewsdata-topic.html}{Data - Models, Views and Data Storage}
\li \l{qtquick-effects-topic.html}{Particles and Graphical Effects}
\li \l{qtquick-convenience-topic.html}{Convenience Types}
\li \l{qtquick-internationalization.html}{Internationalization and Localization}
\endlist

\note The \l{Qt Quick Controls} module is new in Qt 5.1 and provides a
set of UI elements to create classic desktop-style user interfaces using \l{Qt Quick} 2.