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How to use my treeview subclass in qt designer?

I have a class myTreeView which is a subclass of QTreeView, which I am using in other widget and doing layout manually. now I want to include myTreeView in the new widget using designer so that I can avoid layout code. any suggestions/reference, how to do this ?

Solution

  • Place a QTreeView into your layout in Qt Designer. Right click the QTreeView, click Promote to... add a New Promoted Class definition using the form at the bottom of the dialog.

    i.e. specify the base class of your derived class as QTreeView, give the widget a name, and specify where Qt Design can find the header file for your derived class.

    That should allow you, at a minimum, to place your widget on the form as you lay it out. It will most likely show up as a grey empty box (much like a QWidget) on the layout however when you compile and build a project using your .ui file your widget will appear.