Jason H wrote:
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2017 at 11:19 AM From: "Bob
Hood"<bho...@comcast.net> To: interest@qt-project.org Subject: Re:
[Interest] Which "Widget" technology to use when starting a new
desktop app
On 1/5/2017 8:51 AM, william.croc...@analog.com wrote:
On 01/05/2017 10:29 AM, Bob Hood wrote:
On 1/5/2017 8:03 AM, Jason H wrote:
The mantra is to use QML.
I just wrote a wonderful utility using Qt 5.6.2 and Widgets for
the desktop, and there's no hint of QML in it. It functions
beautifully, is easily maintainable, and even has full
animations.
I don't think the mantra is QML. The mantra is: Look at your
need, your goal, and choose the Qt technology that best fits
it. If that's QML, fine. If that's Widgets, fine. Unless Qt
reps step up here and support your statement (which will have
ramifications for me and, I'm sure, many others), summarily
stating to somebody that they should use QML as the primary
tech for a new desktop app is, I think, dogmatic, at best, and
continues to fuel the anxiety that Qt is pouring all the love
into a QML/mobile focus.
... you mean, it isn't ?
Certainly, it would seem to be the case, but if that's also an
official position, then I'd appreciate a representative of Qt
stepping up and saying so publicly. I would have decisions to make
concerning my project's commercial license, and my product's future
direction, based upon it.
Well with the QtQuick Controls 2 of 5.7, I think the future is
slanted to QML. Having extensively coded in both, I do prefer QML,
though I still wax nostalgic over Widgets. Those layouts were amazing
and I wasn't plagued with binding loops for width or height. (The
implicitHeight/implicitWidth vs actual height/width vs preferred
(from Widgets) is still a rough edge that needs to worked out.
There's not consistency on implicits vs actual vs others (painted).
QML is almost "there" in terms of it's original dream of having
Designers worry about appearance while letting the Engineers be
decoupled to focus on the logic. I think I'm one intermediate
QtObject away from being able to do that.
I've also used PyQt to do a precurosr to QML w.r.t the ease of a
scripting language but being able to use Qt's widgets. QML satisfies
that niche, and is sufficiently supported.
Does the upcoming Qt 5.8 solve any of these issues? Do you find the
"Built in" styles acceptable for applications or do you end up bringing
in a UX engineer to style the components?
Thanks
Mike Jackson
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