Getting Started How to familiarize yourself with Qt Designer Launching Designer Running the Qt Designer application The User Interface How to interact with Qt Designer Designing a Component Creating a GUI for your application Creating a Dialog How to create a dialog Composing the Dialog Putting widgets into the dialog example Creating a Layout Arranging widgets on a form Signal and Slot Connections Making widget communicate with each other Using a Component in Your Application Generating code from forms The Direct Approach Using a form without any adjustments The Single Inheritance Approach Subclassing a form's base class The Multiple Inheritance Approach Subclassing the form itself Automatic Connections Connecting widgets using a naming scheme A Dialog Without Auto-Connect How to connect widgets without a naming scheme A Dialog With Auto-Connect Using automatic connections Form Editing Mode How to edit a form in Qt Designer Managing Forms Loading and saving forms Editing a Form Basic editing techniques The Property Editor Changing widget properties The Object Inspector Examining the hierarchy of objects on a form Layouts Objects that arrange widgets on a form Applying and Breaking Layouts Managing widgets in layouts Horizontal and Vertical Layouts Standard row and column layouts The Grid Layout Arranging widgets in a matrix Previewing Forms Checking that the design works Using Containers How to group widgets together General Features Common container features Frames QFrame Group Boxes QGroupBox Stacked Widgets QStackedWidget Tab Widgets QTabWidget Toolbox Widgets QToolBox Connection Editing Mode Connecting widgets together with signals and slots Connecting Objects Making connections in Qt Designer Editing Connections Changing existing connections