A "Ubuntu HUD"-like HeadUpDisplay using Qt and Qt Quick

[markus.liebe]

See video: "HUD enabled arora":http://youtu.be/D708d1mi7uw
Find the source at: "gitorious - poorhud":https://gitorious.org/poorhud

poorHud is a simple take on the "Ubuntu HUD" =)
I implemented a HUD for QMainWindow based applications.
Just link against the lib poorHud and add one line of code to your app and you are ready to go..

poorHud is a library which enables every QMainWindow based app to have its own HUD (HeadOverDisplay).
This is a GUI heavily inspired by the Ubuntu HUD.
This is how it works:
poorHud creates an overlay window over your application.
Toggle the overlay via "CTRL+SHIFT+O" (O not zero).
The overlay displays the menu structure of your application in a list, that can be filtered as you type.
Use the arrow keys to navigate the results. Press enter to select a menu entry.
The action that is triggered by the menu is activated.

The following two steps are all that is needed to enable the HUD:

Link against the lib: add -lpoorHud to your .pro file

Add the following line in a suitable place of your sources: PoorHud* hud = new PoorHud(&w);

enjoy =)

For the screencast I enabled a HUD for the qt browser “arora”.

A minimalistic example on how to add the hud to your app:

@
#include "poorhud.h"

int main(int argc, char argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
MainWindow w;
PoorHud hud = new PoorHud(&w);
w.show(); return a.exec();
}
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