Multiple UI windows??

texasRanger

Hello,

I have a project that has two UI forms (something.ui.qml) that display a certain amount of data. Both of the UI's get their data from a C++ backend. When the project is ran I want each of the UI forms to display their data in seperate windows, so two different windows. I'm wondering the best way to go about this?

texasRanger

Found another way of accomplishing this.

Solved here:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/99477/multiwindow-in-qml-proof-of-concept/7

J.Hilk

hi @texasRanger

I'm not an expert with .ui forms in qml, but have you tried to simply change the root element to Window which should make it a modal(separate) window by default

texasRanger

@J-Hilk Yeah... However, the Window type isn't supported as a root element.

GrecKo

Have 2 Window objects and put your UI forms in them

texasRanger

@GrecKo I tried that as well, but no windows appear when doing that. Is this what you meant?

Item {
    Window {
        objectName: "wnd1"
        visible: true
        width: 400
        height: 400
        FirstForm {
        }
    }

    Window {
        objectName: "wnd2"
        visible: true
        width: 400
        height: 400
        SecondForm {
        }
    }
}

GrecKo

For some reason it does not work when in an Item, it works with a QtObject though:

QtObject {
    property Window win1: Window {
        objectName: "wnd1"
        visible: true
        width: 400
        height: 400
    }

    property Window win2: Window {
        objectName: "wnd2"
        visible: true
        width: 400
        height: 400
    }
}

texasRanger

@GrecKo When I format it like that the windows pop up, but they are blank. They do not display the actual UI formatting...

//main.qml
QtObject {
    property Window window1: Window
     {
        objectName: "wnd1"
        visible: true
        width: 700
        height: 700
        title: qsTr("window1")
    }


    property Window window2: Window
     {
        objectName: "wnd2"
        visible: true
        width: 450
        height: 600
        title: qsTr("window2")

    }
}

//FirstForm

window1 {
//UI formating
}

//SecondForm

window2 {
//UI formating
}

texasRanger

Found another way of accomplishing this.

Solved here:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/99477/multiwindow-in-qml-proof-of-concept/7

GrecKo

@texasRanger said in Multiple UI windows??:

Solved here:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/99477/multiwindow-in-qml-proof-of-concept/7

The solution in this post is unnecessarily complicated.

In your question about them being blank I don't understand what you are doing

//main.qml
QtObject {
    property Window window1: Window  {
        visible: true
        // ...
    }
}

//FirstForm
window1 {
    //UI formating
}

How are those two related?

Why not do this?

//main.qml
QtObject {
    property Window window1: Window  {
        visible: true
        // ...
        FirstForm {
            anchors.fill: parent
        }
    }
}