QT Notepad tutorial

SeanR

Ok, I see what is going on. I believe whomever wrote the guide was a little familiar with GT UI. So unfortunately, as I was not I got lost and completed the task wrong. What the guide should say is double click, "Type here" and change to "File". Then proceed to create the following items under "File".

New
Open
Save
Save as
Exit

At this point the inaction items will be created for you. Unfortunately, my screen grabbing utility on Mac causes the file menu to collapse. So you can see it in the image. See example below.

SeanR

Thank you to everyone who pitched in and helped. Viewing the screen grabs and comments I was able to piece together what I was doing wrong.

mrjj

@SeanR
Ah, now it all makes sense. :)
Good work.
Please feel free to ask about designer if you get stuck again.

SeanR

@mrjj I most definitely will. I have a couple of projects that I want to create for both iOS, MacOSX and Windows. I am even considering a port to Linux. I think this might be the easiest way for me to do this. So far I am really enjoying this quest.

mrjj

@SeanR
Yes, Qt will help a loooong way making the app cross platform.
Depending on what features you use, it might be a simple recompile and its running.
Note that using virtual machines for each platform is often far less work then
setting up cross compiling from one platform to the others.

One note. When you use Designer, c++ code is generated for you.
If you press F2 on ui->setupUi(this); in mainwindow constructor you can see
how the UI is being created. This i found useful for understanding how stuff worked.
Also if you add widgets dynamically to a Designer created class/form, always
put it UNDER that line :)

SeanR

@mrjj
Right now I am trying to track down where to put the declarations of the inaction stuff. In my first project it was Class / private ....

How do I clear out an old project?

SeanR

@SeanR said in QT Notepad tutorial:

@mrjj
Right now I am trying to track down where to put the declarations of the inaction stuff. In my first project it was Class / private ....

How do I clear out an old project?

Actually, I reset the project and started over. My old project was busted. The answer to my question was "private slot:"

SeanR

Ok, so here is my next question. I have finally got the application semi working. I have an issue though. Please ignore the missing icons. I was just doing it for a test type thing.

Why does my application not have a "File" & "Edit" menu??
Yes, I can drag the icons out. But I really liked the fact the tutorial can have a file menu.

jsulm

@SeanR Isn't the application menu on the top bar in MacOS and not in the application window itself?

SeanR

@jsulm said in QT Notepad tutorial:

@SeanR Isn't the application menu on the top bar in MacOS and not in the application window itself?

Good call. I being mostly a MacDev noob and tired failed to look up there. Ty, I was expecting to see on the application. Minus 50 dragon kill points for me...