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- | If you have more than a handful of such icons, you will probably want to write a [[MainWindow-buildIcon|helper function]] to reduce the repeated data entry. | + | If you have more than a handful of such icons, you will probably want to write a [[MainWindow-buildIcon|support method]] to reduce the repeated data entry. |
==== Pros ==== | ==== Pros ==== | ||
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===== QStyle' | ===== QStyle' | ||
- | An alternative to using icon resources is provided by the '' | + | An alternative to using icon resources is provided by the '' |
- | The enumerated icons should be available on all platforms, so testing for their existence isn't required. | + | The main issue with using '' |
Implementation requires only a bit of straight-forward hand-coding. | Implementation requires only a bit of straight-forward hand-coding. | ||
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On X11 systems, Qt lets you access all the icons that are part of the system icon theme using the static function '' | On X11 systems, Qt lets you access all the icons that are part of the system icon theme using the static function '' | ||
- | As was the case with QStyle' | + | As was the case with QStyle' |
==== Code implementation ==== | ==== Code implementation ==== | ||
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==== Caveat ==== | ==== Caveat ==== | ||
- | QIcon' | + | QIcon' |
<code cpp-qt> | <code cpp-qt> | ||
QString iconTheme = My:: | QString iconTheme = My:: | ||
QIcon:: | QIcon:: | ||
+ | Until such '' | ||
===== Custom theme using QIcon:: | ===== Custom theme using QIcon:: | ||
- | The static function '' | + | The static function '' |
To describe the process, I will use an example of a custom theme that provides icons in a variety of sizes for our example application. The icons themselves are taken from the raucously popular, public domain Tango Project((http:// | To describe the process, I will use an example of a custom theme that provides icons in a variety of sizes for our example application. The icons themselves are taken from the raucously popular, public domain Tango Project((http:// | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | Once you have created the '' | + | Once you have created the '' |
Note that in the set of icons I drew from, there were no 48x48 icons. To maintain best compatibility with Windows OSes, you ideally should include 48x48 icons as well((See http:// | Note that in the set of icons I drew from, there were no 48x48 icons. To maintain best compatibility with Windows OSes, you ideally should include 48x48 icons as well((See http:// | ||
- | The pros and cons associated with this approach are essentially identical to [[# | + | The pros and cons associated with this approach are essentially identical to [[# |
==== Code implementation ==== | ==== Code implementation ==== |
qt/icons.txt · Last modified: 2011/05/13 17:01 by mithat