Where is ui_mainwindow.h in Qt designer

[ranshalit]

Hello,

It seems that not all generated file are part of project files which are viewed with designer.
, for example: ui_mainwindow.h .
Is there any way to add these files , or is it on purpose ?

Thank you,
Ran

[kshegunov]

It's a generated file, and as such it's not shown in Creator. As for the Designer it has no ability to open C++ source files, only it's own .ui XML format.

[mrjj]

Hi
The ui_xxx files are generated by the uic.exe tool
by reading UI files. they are not included into the project file but
referenced from the cpp file. Like
#include "ui_MainWindow.h"

This is as intended. You should have no need to add or alter them.

[adamchalkley2018]

ohh ok so behind the scenes QT is creating this header and UI object for us?

[aha_1980]

@adamchalkley2018 said in Where is ui_mainwindow.h in Qt designer:

ohh ok so behind the scenes QT is creating this header and UI object for us?

The .ui file is generated by a wizard (it's a template) and can be edited later with QtDesigner (also integrated in QtCreator).

From the .ui file a ui_object.h file is generated by uic and later compiled by the C++ compiler and linked to your executable.

Hope that explains it a bit :)