We often just edit the .ui file. It's XML and not too hard to comprehend. You probably have to change it in a couple places.
-John Weeks On Apr 11, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Murphy, Sean <smur...@walbro.com> wrote: > Is there a way to easily change the base class of a Qt Designer Form Class? > > I created a new custom widget using Qt Creator’s “Add New…->Qt->Qt Designer > Form Class” wizard. At the time, I chose “Widget” as my form template. So > at the end of that sequence I ended up with myWidget.h, myWidget.cpp, and > myWidget.ui. I then added some code. Then I realized that I should have had > the custom widget inherit from QFrame, not QWidget. Is there an easy way to > make that switch now that code is already written? > > In the .h and .cpp file, it’d be trivial to do a find & replace of QWidget -> > QFrame, but I’m not seeing an easy way to change the base widget type in the > designer UI using the UI controls. I’m assuming I could hack the raw XML in > the .ui file and change the line: > <widget class="QWidget" name="myWidget"> > To: > <widget class="QFrame" name="myWidget"> > > But that seems like a bit of a hack, and maybe that’s not even sufficient? > Sean > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
