How to tile widgets in a multiple document interface application

In Qt you can create multiple document interface (MDI) applications using a QMdiArea as the central widget. The QMdiArea widget serves as a window manager for the MDI windows. There are already functions available for tiling all the child windows into a tile pattern and for cascading them into a cascade pattern.

Enginio: Qt Backend as a Service Launches Tech Preview

You may have already heard of Enginio at Qt Developer Days 2012 or you may have stumbled across our site, http://engin.io. We are now ready to officially open up the doors to our Enginio Tech Preview and welcome you to test it out.

Retina display support for Mac OS, iOS and X11

Qt 5.0 added basic support for retina reasonable resolution displays. The upcoming Qt 5.1 will improve the support with new API and bug fixes. Qt 4.8 has good support, and backports of some of the Qt 5 patches are available.

Qt-project.org under Open Governance

Right before Qt Developer Days in Berlin, November 2012, we began discussing with the qt-project.org moderators how to bring rest of the Qt Project into Open Governance. This includes the conte

qbs reached mile stone 0.3

Qbs, our alternative build tool, has reached a new mile stone. Since the last one in December, qbs has had the following impro

Evolution of the QML engine, part 1

QML as a technology has become increasingly important for the success of Qt. It allows for the creation of smooth, animated user interfaces, in line with expectations on the market today. There

Visual Studio Add-In 1.2.1 for Qt 5 Released

It has been a busy week ? today we are releasing Visual Studio Add-in 1.2.1 for Qt 5. This is mainly a bug fix release targeting problems found in previous releases. In addition to

Qt Developer Day China 2013

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Qt 5.0.2 Released

Today we are releasing Qt 5.0.2 - the second patch release of Qt 5.0 series. I am extremely happy about the interest towards Qt 5 as well as the amount of improvements we have been able to add into the Qt 5.0.2 release.

Qt 5.1 Alpha Available

Two weeks ago we initiated the Qt 5.1 cycle by merging our development code base into the stable branch. Since then, the release team has been working on stabilizing the branch and we now have the first set of Qt 5.1 packages available.

First Ten Mirrors Active for Qt Project Downloads

I am very pleased that we have already ten mirrors from three continents active for the new download service of the Qt Project, and more are on their way. With the new MirrorBrain based setup is it very easy to become a mirror for Qt - and even more importantly it is seamless for the user to benefit from the nearby mirrors.

Save the Dates | Qt Developer Days 2013

We are happy to announce that the 10th annual Qt Developer Days, the premier Qt event of the year, is booked and confirmed this autumn in Berlin and Silicon Valley. Save the dates! Berlin: October 7-9 Silicon Valley: November 6-8 Just like in 2012, Digia will be a co-host together with KDAB and ICS for the Berlin and Silicon Valley events respectively.

Qt Project Needs Mirrors for the New Download Service

The Qt Project is currently using a content delivery network based solution for distribution of releases. We have been working to improve distribution of Qt open-source packages and

Qt Installer Framework 1.3 released

Thus far, the Qt Installer Framework has been used to create Qt SDK Installers. You can now use it also to create installers for your own applications. This is why we decided to make a formal r

Charts 1.2.1 released | Qt Blog

Charts 1.2.1 released

Qt Creator 2.7.0 released | Qt Blog

We are happy to announce the Qt Creator 2.7.0 release today, which comes with loads of new features, improvements and bug fixes. C++ support in Qt Creator got even more improvements for C++11, like handling of alignof, alignas and noexcept, brace initializers, and more lambda fixes.

Preview of Qt 5 for Android | Qt Blog

The first commit in the effort to port Qt 4 to Android was on Christmas Day, 2009: "Android mkspecs and semaphore" by BogDan Vatra. On January 22nd, 2010, he committed "A small step for Qt, a giant leap for android" with a working graphics system plugin and could actually run Qt applications on an Android device.

Call for Sponsors | 2013 Qt Contributors Summit | Qt Blog

This is the 3rd annual Qt Contributors Summit and it will be the biggest summit to date due to our joined forces with the KDE Akademy conference. More than 500 contributors are expected and it's solely dependent on sponsorship to succeed.

Qt for iOS Preview | Qt Blog

Qt for iOS Preview

Qt Showing off its Portability Power at Embedded World 2013 | Qt Blog

It's the second day of Embedded World 2013 and as the world of embedded system developers crowd the Nuremberg messe, the Qt team has dry mouth from talking to the hundred of visitors to our booth thus far and showing off the 10+ demos at the Qt stand, #4/520.