how to use ui file for making a simple widget?

Question

i have a simple window with a quit button in qt.The working code is shown below

 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDialog>
 #include <QPushButton>

class MyWidget : public QWidget
{
public:
    MyWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
};

MyWidget::MyWidget(QWidget *parent)
    : QWidget(parent)
{
    setFixedSize(200, 120);

    QPushButton *btquit = new QPushButton(tr("Quit"), this);
    btquit->setGeometry(62, 40, 75, 30);
    btquit->setFont(QFont("Times", 18, QFont::Bold));

    connect(btquit, SIGNAL(clicked()), qApp, SLOT(quit()));
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc, argv);
    MyWidget widget;
    widget.show();
    return app.exec();
}

Now i want to code this program using qt designer.I created a widget named "mywindow" and a button inside that main widget named "btquit" in the ui file using qt designer. How to rewrite the above code with the ui file.The name of ui file is mywindow.ui

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 14 '12 at 05:29

#include <QApplication>
#include <QDialog>
#include <QPushButton>
#include "ui_mywindow1.h"

class MyWidget : public QWidget,private Ui::mywindow
{
public:
    MyWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
};

MyWidget::MyWidget(QWidget *parent)
    : QWidget(parent)
{
    setupUi(this);


    connect(btquit, SIGNAL(clicked()), qApp, SLOT(quit()));
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc, argv);
    MyWidget widget;
    widget.show();
    return app.exec();
}

pnezis · Answer 2 · 2012-03-14T21:04:04.233

I prefer to have the ui as private member in the widget's class. I assume that in the designer you have named the widget as mywindow (the objectName from the properties).

// MyWindow.h

#include <QWidget>

// Forward declaration of your ui widget
namespace Ui {
    class mywindow;
}

class MyWidget : public QWidget
{
public:
    MyWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~MyWidget(); 

private:
    // private pointer to your ui
    Ui::mywidget *ui;
};

And then in your .cpp you have to do the following:

#include "mywindow.h"
//1. Include the auto generated h file from uic
#include "ui_mywindow.h"
#include <QPushButton>

MyWidget::MyWidget(QWidget *parent)
    : QWidget(parent), 
      //2. initialize the ui
      ui(new Ui::mywindow)
{
    //3. Setup the ui
    ui->setupUi(this); 

    // your code follows
    setFixedSize(200, 120);

    QPushButton *btquit = new QPushButton(tr("Quit"), this);
    btquit->setGeometry(62, 40, 75, 30);
    btquit->setFont(QFont("Times", 18, QFont::Bold));

    connect(btquit, SIGNAL(clicked()), qApp, SLOT(quit()));
}

MyWidget::~Mywidget()
{
    delete ui;
}

I personally prefer this way also, although I recommend using a scoped pointer or unique pointer for the UI, so that it is deallocated when the class instance goes away. — Caleb Huitt - cjhuitt, Mar 14 '12 at 21:00
Should be `mywindow` not `mywidget` as the private member. +1 for unique ptr. — agirault, Jun 27 '19 at 13:47

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