How to add a simple directory

RobM

In the basic virtualKeyboard example there is a directory called content. How would I add a directory like that to my own basic Qt project?

SGaist

Hi,

What would be in that directory ?
How would you be using it ?

RobM

@SGaist In a similar manner to how its used in the keyboard example. I will be importing it into a qml script s/t I can access the qml scripts and their methods. Essentially, I have figured out how I want my keyboard to work:

Window
{
    id: window
    visible: true
    width: 640
    height: 480
    title: qsTr("Hello World")

    TextInput
    {
        id:inputItem
        anchors.centerIn: parent
        height: 55
        width: 120
        text: "Enter text here"

        onActiveFocusChanged: if(activeFocus) inputPanelContainer.textDisplay = inputItem.text

        onDisplayTextChanged: {
            inputPanelContainer.textDisplay = text
        }
    }

    Item
    {
        id:inputPanelContainer
        z: 99
        x: 0
        y: window.height
        width: window.width
        height: childrenRect.height
        property string textDisplay:""

        Rectangle
        {
            anchors.top: parent.top
            width: parent.width
            height: startText.height
            color: "lightgrey"
        }

        Text
        {
            id:startText
            text:inputPanelContainer.textDisplay
            anchors{
                top:parent.top
                horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
            }
        }

        InputPanel
        {
            id: inputPanel
            z: 99
            x: 0
            anchors.top: startText.bottom
            width: inputPanelContainer.width
        }

        states: State
        {
            name: "visible"
            when: inputPanel.active

            PropertyChanges
            {
                target: inputPanelContainer
                y: window.height - (inputPanelContainer.height + startText.height)
            }
        }
        transitions: Transition
        {
            from: ""
            to: "visible"
            reversible: true

            ParallelAnimation
            {

                NumberAnimation
                {
                    properties: "y"
                    duration: 250
                    easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

now I am trying to figure out a way to break this code up s/t I can call the keyboard anywhere within my program with a simple call to TextInput.

SGaist

It's just a folder to store files. Take a look at the .qrc file. You'll see them listed there.

You can use a folder with a more suitable name for your project.

RobM

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RobM

@SGaist Here is my .qrc:

<RCC>
    <qresource prefix="/">
	<file>content/TextField.qml</file>
        <file>main.qml</file>
    </qresource>
</RCC>

I created a folder inside of my project called Testing and named it content. I added the file TextField.qml inside that directory then I added this line to the .qrc:

<file>content/TextField.qml</file>

however; when I try to open the TextField.qml file inside of the IDE throws up a popup window that says:

Could not open "/home/rob/Testing/content/TextField.qml" for reading. Either the file does not exist or you do not have the permissions to open it.

what am I doing wrong here. I don't want a simple file I want a folder. I tried adding:

OTHER_FILES += \
    content/TextArea.qml \

to my .pro and then compiling and it throws an issue:

:-1: error: No rule to make target '../Testing/content/TextField.qml', needed by 'qrc_qml.cpp'.  Stop.

SGaist

Do you mean you have something like:

yourproject.pro
somename.qrc
Testing/content/TextArea.qml

?

RobM

@SGaist It was a permissions problem, sorry to bother you.

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