How can I read property values set in QtDesigner for a custom widget?

stewart

I am trying to create a new custom widget that can be used from QtDesigner. My new widget has its own properties declared in the class header...

Q_PROPERTY(QString nodeId READ nodeId WRITE setNodeId)

I added the property to the domXml() string...

           ...
           "  <property name=\"nodeId\">\n"
           "   <string>ns=4;s=device.sensor.value</string>\n"
           "  </property>\n"
           ...

I then created an application that uses the widget. I drag the widget onto the main window. I set the property values using the property editor in QtDesigner.

I can see that when the widget is instantiated that the property values are not set to those I configured in QtDesigner. Therefore I suppose I have to read the values from the application UI XML document and set them by myself in the constructor. Is this correct? Can anyone explain how I can read these values in the constructor?

stewart

I see in the Ui_MainWindow.h that my widget is instantiated and then the properties are set in the setupUi() method. I can now see my properties are being set with values configured in QtDesigner. This is good. No further help required. Thanks.

SGaist

Hi,

Glad you found out and thanks for sharing.

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