QToolBar Icons Not Showing

[Zeke]

Hi,
I wrote a small C++ app using Qt Creator with my MacBook Pro. I created a QToolBar and put a couple Actions with Icons on the toolbar. The icons show in QT Creator, but when I run my program, the icons don't appear. The icons are in my resources.qrc file. I checked this file and even edited it to put the full path for one of the icons in it. That didn't make it appear either at runtime.

So bottomline:

The QToolBar icons do not appear at runtime.

Any help or suggest would be greatly appreciated. I am stuck!

Thanks,
Zeke

[Zeke]

I solved this by loading the icons into the actions using an absolute path. I know it isn't pretty, portable, or standard, but it works for me on my computer. The only place this app will ever be used.

QString openIcon = "absolute path to my icon image";
ui->actionOpen->setIcon(QIcon(openIcon));

[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Do you mean they do not appear when running your application with Qt Creator or when outside ?
Can you share the relevant code ?
Version of Qt ?
Version of macOS ?

[Zeke]

Hi SGaist,
I ran the app within Qt Creator and also standalone. Same results. I am using Qt Creator 15.0.1 and Qt 6.10.0. MACOS Sequoia 15.3.2. I uploaded a section of mainwindow.ui, resources.qrc, and a screenshot of my project directory. Thanks for your help!

Here is my mainwindow.ui code:

  <widget class="QToolBar" name="toolBar">
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>toolBar</string>
   </property>
   <attribute name="toolBarArea">
    <enum>TopToolBarArea</enum>
   </attribute>
   <attribute name="toolBarBreak">
    <bool>false</bool>
   </attribute>
   <addaction name="actionAbout_RSR"/>
   <addaction name="actionOpen"/>
  </widget>
  <action name="actionAbout_RSR">
   <property name="icon">
    <iconset resource="resources.qrc">
     <normaloff>:/images/ToolbarInfo.icns</normaloff>:/images/ToolbarInfo.icns</iconset>
   </property>
   <property name="text">
    <string>About RSR</string>
   </property>
   <property name="iconVisibleInMenu">
    <bool>true</bool>
   </property>
   <property name="shortcutVisibleInContextMenu">
    <bool>true</bool>
   </property>
  </action>
  <action name="actionAbout_Qt">
   <property name="text">
    <string>About Qt</string>
   </property>
  </action>
  <action name="actionOpen">
   <property name="icon">
    <iconset resource="resources.qrc">
     <normaloff>:/images/PicturesFolderIcon.icns</normaloff>:/images/PicturesFolderIcon.icns</iconset>
   </property>
   <property name="text">
    <string>Open...</string>
   </property>
  </action>

And here is my resources.qrc code:
<widget class="QToolBar" name="toolBar">
<property name="windowTitle">
<string>toolBar</string>
</property>
<attribute name="toolBarArea">
<enum>TopToolBarArea</enum>
</attribute>
<attribute name="toolBarBreak">
<bool>false</bool>
</attribute>
<addaction name="actionAbout_RSR"/>
<addaction name="actionOpen"/>
</widget>
<action name="actionAbout_RSR">
<property name="icon">
<iconset resource="resources.qrc">
<normaloff>:/images/ToolbarInfo.icns</normaloff>:/images/ToolbarInfo.icns</iconset>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>About RSR</string>
</property>
<property name="iconVisibleInMenu">
<bool>true</bool>
</property>
<property name="shortcutVisibleInContextMenu">
<bool>true</bool>
</property>
</action>
<action name="actionAbout_Qt">
<property name="text">
<string>About Qt</string>
</property>
</action>
<action name="actionOpen">
<property name="icon">
<iconset resource="resources.qrc">
<normaloff>:/images/PicturesFolderIcon.icns</normaloff>:/images/PicturesFolderIcon.icns</iconset>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Open...</string>
</property>
</action>
<RCC>
<qresource prefix="/images">
<file>Disney.png</file>
<file>ChrisAndJil.jpg</file>
<file>wildflowers2.jpg</file>
<file>camera.jpg</file>
<file>family-icon.jpg</file>
<file>snoopy.png</file>
<file>greenUp.png</file>
<file>ToolbarInfo.icns</file>
<file>PicturesFolderIcon.icns</file>
</qresource>
</RCC>

[Christian Ehrlicher]

When you deploy your application (with windeployqt, hopefully) make sure that the icons plugin is properly deployed (qico.dll)

[jsulm]

@Christian-Ehrlicher said in QToolBar Icons Not Showing:

windeployqt

macdeployqt in this case

[Zeke]

I solved this by loading the icons into the actions using an absolute path. I know it isn't pretty, portable, or standard, but it works for me on my computer. The only place this app will ever be used.

QString openIcon = "absolute path to my icon image";
ui->actionOpen->setIcon(QIcon(openIcon));