> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of ext Kyle Evans >> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:53 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Qt-creator] Keeping UI strings consistent >> >> So I've been working on a project that helps track prescriptions and >> inventory. Some data (IE: the name of a medication) is displayed in several >> locations throughout the app. The problem arises when I need to make a >> tooltip or a QLabel that describes what information is being displayed. If I >> change a tooltip or QLabel in one .ui file, then I have to manually go and >> change every QLabel and tooltip so that the app has consistent strings. > > Hi Kyle, > > First of all, this is a question about using Qt, not Qt Creator - you should > have rather posted it on [email protected], it will also reach a wider > audience there. > >> For example I have some widgets that appear like so: >> "Medication name: <medication_name_is_inserted_here>" >> >> In another place in the application I have some QTableWidgets that display >> results from a SQL query. The column headings would appear like so: >> "...... | Medication name | ......" >> >> My interest is keeping the strings "Medication name" identical if for example >> I changed one to simply "Medication". I currently have the following >> solutions in mind for achieving this: >> >> 1) When using the UI designer, simply put placeholder strings which are then >> replaced by global strings in C++. >> - Allows changing a string in one location and have it take effect >> everywhere >> in the app. >> - Adds a ton of C++ code. A single widget with 10 strings can easily add >> up to >> 40 lines of code. >> - Partially removes the advantages of using the UI designer. > > You could leverage on this and use the translation infrastructure to > translate the 'placeholder strings'. Now you can change your strings in one > place (in the translation files), and you don't have to add 'ton of C++ code'. > > A neat trick to make really sure you translate everything is making the > original strings still readable, but looking weird: E.g. > http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qq/qq03-swedish-chef.html#mock.swedish . This way you > can easily see places that you 'forgot'. > > Just my 2 cents, > > Kai
Thanks, after some initial trouble figuring out the Qt translation workflow I was able to get it working. -- -- Kyle Evans _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
