The Rectangle Type▲
For the most basic of visuals, Qt Quick provides a Rectangle type to draw rectangles. These rectangles can be colored with a color or a vertical gradient. The Rectangle type can also draw borders on the rectangle.
For drawing custom shapes beyond rectangles, see the Canvas type or display a pre-rendered image using the Image type.
import QtQuick
Item {
width: 320
height: 480
Rectangle {
color: "#272822"
width: 320
height: 480
}
// This element displays a rectangle with a gradient and a border
Rectangle {
x: 160
y: 20
width: 100
height: 100
radius: 8 // This gives rounded corners to the Rectangle
gradient: Gradient { // This sets a vertical gradient fill
GradientStop { position: 0.0; color: "aqua" }
GradientStop { position: 1.0; color: "teal" }
}
border { width: 3; color: "white" } // This sets a 3px wide black border to be drawn
}
// This rectangle is a plain color with no border
Rectangle {
x: 40
y: 20
width: 100
height: 100
color: "red"
}
}
The Image Type▲
Qt Quick provides an Image type which may be used to display images. The Image type has a source property whose value can be a remote or local URL, or the URL of an image file embedded in a compiled resource file.
// This element displays an image. Because the source is online, it may take some time to fetch
Image {
x: 40
y: 20
width: 61
height: 73
source: "http://codereview.qt-project.org/static/logo_qt.png"
}For more complex images there are other types similar to Image. BorderImage draws an image with grid scaling, suitable for images used as borders. AnimatedImage plays animated .gif and .mng images. AnimatedSprite and SpriteSequence play animations comprised of multiple frames stored adjacently in a non animated image format.
Shared Visual Properties▲
Opacity and Visibility▲
The QML object types provided by Qt Quick have built-in support for opacity. Opacity can be animated to allow smooth transitions to or from a transparent state. Visibility can also be managed with the visible property more efficiently, but at the cost of not being able to animate it.
import QtQuick
Item {
width: 320
height: 480
Rectangle {
color: "#272822"
width: 320
height: 480
}
Item {
x: 20
y: 270
width: 200
height: 200
MouseArea {
anchors.fill: parent
onClicked: topRect.visible = !topRect.visible
}
Rectangle {
x: 20
y: 20
width: 100
height: 100
color: "red"
}
Rectangle {
id: topRect
opacity: 0.5
x: 100
y: 100
width: 100
height: 100
color: "blue"
}
}
}
Transforms▲
Qt Quick types have built-in support for transformations. If you wish to have your visual content rotated or scaled, you can set the Item::rotation or Item::scale property. These can also be animated.
import QtQuick
Item {
width: 320
height: 480
Rectangle {
color: "#272822"
width: 320
height: 480
}
Rectangle {
rotation: 45 // This rotates the Rectangle by 45 degrees
x: 20
y: 160
width: 100
height: 100
color: "blue"
}
Rectangle {
scale: 0.8 // This scales the Rectangle down to 80% size
x: 160
y: 160
width: 100
height: 100
color: "green"
}
}
For more complex transformations, see the Item::transform property.