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diff --git a/examples/designer/doc/src/worldtimeclockplugin.qdoc b/examples/designer/doc/src/worldtimeclockplugin.qdoc index bc45a751a..917ab8bda 100644 --- a/examples/designer/doc/src/worldtimeclockplugin.qdoc +++ b/examples/designer/doc/src/worldtimeclockplugin.qdoc @@ -145,26 +145,18 @@ \snippet worldtimeclockplugin/worldtimeclockplugin.pro 0 \snippet worldtimeclockplugin/worldtimeclockplugin.pro 1 - The \c TEMPLATE variable's value make \c qmake create the custom - widget as a library. The \c CONFIG variable contains two values, - \c designer and \c plugin: - - \list - \li \c designer: Since custom widgets plugins rely on components - supplied with \QD, this value ensures that our plugin links against - \QD's library (\c libQtDesigner.so). - - \li \c plugin: We also need to ensure that \c qmake considers the - custom widget a \e plugin library. - \endlist - - When Qt is configured to build in both debug and release modes, - \QD will be built in release mode. When this occurs, it is - necessary to ensure that plugins are also built in release - mode. For that reason you might have to add a \c release value to - your \c CONFIG variable. Otherwise, if a plugin is built in a mode - that is incompatible with \QD, it won't be loaded and - installed. + The \c TEMPLATE variable's value in conjunction with the keyword + \c plugin in the \c CONFIG variable make \c qmake create the custom + widget as a plugin library. + + The \c QT variable contains the keyword \c uiplugin. This plugin type + provides a factory function for custom widget creation by implementing + the abstract interfaces QDesignerCustomWidgetInterface or + QDesignerCustomWidgetCollectionInterface, suitable for use with + QUiLoader. It does not have a dependency on the \QD libraries. + Plugins accessing other interfaces of \QD to implement container extensions + or other \QD specific functionality follow different rules and are covered + by other examples. The header and source files for the widget are declared in the usual way, and in addition we provide an implementation of the |