QAquaStyle Class Reference

Detailed Description

The class tries to emulate the Mac OS X Aqua GUI style using the QStyle system. There are additional issues that should be taken into consideration to make an application compatible with the Aqua Style Guidelines. Some of these issues are outlined below.

• Layout - The restrictions on window layout are such that some aspects of layout that are style-dependent cannot be achieved using QLayout. Changes are being considered (and feedback would be appreciated) to make layouts QStyle-able. Some of the restrictions involve horizontal and vertical widget alignment and widget size (covered below).

• Widget size - Aqua allows widgets to have specific fixed sizes. Qt does not implement this behaviour so as to maintain multiplatform compatibility. As a result you may scale a widget to any size and QAquaStyle will respect your size, even if it is not appropriate in terms of the Aqua Style Guidelines.

• Effects - QAquaStyle is an emulating style. Not all of the animations and effects have been completed. If you notice any shortcomings please report them as bugs. We aim to ensure that QAquaStyle is as close to the native look and feel as possible.

There are other issues that need to be considered in the feel of your application (including the general color scheme to match the Aqua colors). The Guidelines mentioned above will remain current with new advances and design suggestions for Mac OS X.

QAquaStyle is currently a pretty good representation, even though it has different design goals from native Aqua.

Warning: The QAquaStyle code may not be distributed on any platform other than Mac OS X, or included in any other licensed package, unless explicit permission is granted by Trolltech.

Note that the functions provided by QAquaStyle are reimplementations of QStyle functions; see QStyle for their documentation.

See also Widget Appearance and Style.

Member Function Documentation

QAquaStyle::QAquaStyle ()

QAquaStyle::~QAquaStyle () [virtual]

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