Chapter 8. Menus And Toolbars

Table of Contents
The File Menu
The Edit Menu
The Tools Menu
The Layout Menu
The Preview Menu
The Window Menu
The Help Menu

This chapter identifies the various icons and explains the use of features on the menus. We take each in the order they appear in the menu; you can, of course, reorder your own toolbars to suit your convenience.

The File Menu

New

Creates a new form. A dialog is opened that lets you select a number of base settings for the form, like a configuration dialog or a plain old widget.

Open

Opens a .ui file with a form. You can use this to load an already existing form that you created in a previous Qt Designer session. Depending on whether any Qt Designer extensions are installed, you can also open other file types, like resource files.

Save

Saves the currently active form. If you have not yet specified a filename for this form, you will be prompted for one.

Save As

Saves the currently active form under a new name. You will be prompted to select the new name.

Save All

Saves all currently open forms. You will be prompted a filename if you have not yet assigned one to any given form.

Exit

Terminates this session with Qt Designer. If you have unsaved forms, you will be asked whether you want to save them.