QML WebView counter-part for C++/Qt Widgets? (i.e. use native browser)
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Hello,
As I know, QML WebView component uses a native browser/API for each platform so no need to bundle webkit or chromium to your app... Is there a similar component in C++/Qt Widgets world?
Thanks!
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Hi,
You can use the QQuickWidget to embed your QNL code.
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Just in case, QtWebView has support for native browser API where it's available, otherwise it uses QtWebEngine where possible.
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@SGaist said in QML WebView counter-part for C++/Qt Widgets? (i.e. use native browser):
QWebView has support for native browser API where it's available
QWebView seems completely removed in Qt 5.10.
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No, the QtWebView module is very much alive.
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Does it use native browsers for desktop platforms? i.e. webkit on Mac and MSHTML (IE) on Windows?
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For macOS it depends.
For Windows, unless it's WinRT, no, it uses QtWebEngine. AFAIK, Windows as no system web view.
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Btw, I meant QWebView (C++ Qt Widgets component) not QtWebView (QML component) - is this still available (and supported)? And is this the thin wrapper on top of platform browsers on desktop?
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QWebView is a class from either QtWebKit or the QtWebView module. Which one do you mean exactly ?
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Hi
Do you mean the one from WebKIT ?
http://doc.qt.io/archives/qt-4.8/qwebview.html#details
WebKit has been removed but still alive from external party.
https://forum.qt.io/topic/76739/webkit-status-2017
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To get to the original question - I'm interested if there is a web view component in Qt (preferable on C++/Widgets side) that uses native browsers for each desktop platform (Mac and Win at the moment, not winrt) - so there is no need to bundle webkit or chromium.
wxWidgets has wxWebView: http://docs.wxwidgets.org/3.0/classwx_web_view.html
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Hi
Not as far as i know.
You can use the MS ActiveX if you want (MSHTML)
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/activeqt-activeqt-webbrowser-example.html
and other techs on the other platforms.
