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Qt Quick Controls 2 Preferences window on macOs

Is there any way to add standard About and Preferences... menu items using Qt Quick Controls 2?

Mac OS menu bar

Qt version 5.7, macOS Sierra 10.12.2

Solution

  • Check out Menu and MenuItem from Controls 2.

    Button {
    id: fileButton
    text: "File"
    onClicked: menu.open()

    Menu {
        id: menu
        y: fileButton.height

        MenuItem {
            text: "New..."
        }
        MenuItem {
            text: "Open..."
        }
        MenuItem {
            text: "Save"
        }
    }
}

    Controls 2 doesn't appear to have a MenuBar element thou. But it is essentially just a row of buttons which open menus plus a filler for the bar, anchored to the top of the window. So you can easily do it yourself.

    The downside of using controls 2 is that it doesn't seem to support native menu styles.

    Good news - the upcoming 5.8 release will come with the Qt.labs.platform module, which provides platform native controls, there is a menu bar, menu, menu item, menu groups and separators.