I've found, also on a Mac, that I can't even resize a widget. The resize-arrow thing may appear, but clicking and dragging just moves the widget around
One other thing I found intermittently, is that sometimes a change I make in the Designer doesn't show up when I go to edit the .qml file, but not vice versa. Nice to see I'm not alone... On Feb 21, 2014, at 6:48 PM, vstevenpa...@yahoo.com wrote: > The 2 main problems I've seen with Designer on Mac: > > 1. If width and height of a component aren't explicitly listed, Designer > can't show an accurate representation of the area of the component (even if > default width and height are specified inside the component). > > 2. Dragging widgets is slow and unreliable, even on a multi-core MacBook > Pro; why use the tool if dragging widgets isn't easy and reliable? > > Without these basic things, it's hard to consider using Designer on Mac. > > - VStevenP > > On Feb 20, 2014, at 4:12 AM, Miettinen Riitta-Leena > <riitta-leena.mietti...@digia.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Did you take a look at the docs to find out which features the Qt Quick >> Designer offers: >> >> http://qt-project.org/doc/qtcreator-3.0/creator-visual-editor.html >> >> The docs are also accessible from the Help mode in Qt Creator. >> >> Positioning items on screens (including anchoring) is explained here, for >> example: >> >> http://qt-project.org/doc/qtcreator-3.0/quick-screens.html >> >> Best regards, >> >> Leena >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Leena Miettinen >> Documentation Engineer >> Digia, Qt >> >> Digia Germany GmbH >> Rudower Chaussee 13, 12489 D-Berlin >> Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, >> HRB 144331 B, >> Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Tuula Haataja >> Email: riitta-leena.mietti...@digia.com >> Mobile: +49 160 9720 2682 >> Phone: +49 30 63923255 >> http://qt.digia.com >> Qt Blog: http://blog.qt.digia.com/ >> Qt Facebook: www.facebook.com/Qt >> Qt Twitter: www.twitter.com/QtbyDigia >> >> Digia Germany is a group company of Digia Plc, >> Valimotie 21, FI-00380 Helsinki Finland >> Visit us at: www.digia.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >> This message and any attachments are intended only for use by the named >> addressee and may contain privileged and/or confidential information. 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Couldn't we steal code from that and do >>> Quick layouts that way? >>> >>> From: Ariel Molina R. <ar...@edis.mx> >>> To: qt-crea...@qt-project.org >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 4:41 PM >>> Subject: [Qt-creator] Raise awareness: Qt Quick Designer's need for love >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> This is an email to raise awareness about the lack of love the Qt Quick >>> Designer is getting since Qt Quick 2.0. >>> >>> Qt Quick is announced as a great alternative to creating fluid UI's, and it >>> really is (assuming the qml2puppet and QtC Designer are stabilized). I just >>> list a few of the more severe bugs affecting the stability and breaking the >>> QtC Quick Designer in ways that almost make it unusable. >>> >>> https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTCREATORBUG-11134 >>> https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTCREATORBUG-11511 >>> https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTCREATORBUG-9645 >>> https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTCREATORBUG-10515 >>> https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTCREATORBUG-9396 >>> >>> And other not so severe but easily fixed: >>> https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTCREATORBUG-10741 >>> >>> Also Qt: >>> https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-36932 >>> >>> Can you please take a look, im tracking QtC master daily (GMT-6) and can >>> help test any patches. >>> >>> Ariel >>> >>> ---- >>> Ariel Molina >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qt-creator mailing list >>> qt-crea...@qt-project.org >>> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qt-creator mailing list >>> qt-crea...@qt-project.org >>> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qt-creator mailing list >> qt-crea...@qt-project.org >> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
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