Best Practice Guides

These documents provide guidelines and best practices for using Qt to solve specific technical problems. They are listed alphabetically by the first word in the title, so scan the entire list to find what you want.

• Accessibility: How to make your applications accessible to those with disabilities.

• Best Practices for QML and Qt Quick: Lists best practices for working with QML and Qt Quick.

• Calling Qt Functions From Unix Signal Handlers: You can't. But don't despair, there is a way...

• Coordinate System: Information about the coordinate system used by the paint system.

• Creating Custom Qt Types: How to create and register new types with Qt.

• Creating Shared Libraries: How to create shared libraries.

• Desktop Integration: Integrating with the user's desktop environment.

• Exception Safety: A guide to exception safety in Qt.

• How to Create Qt Plugins: A guide to creating plugins to extend Qt's applications and functionalities.

• Qt Test Tutorial: A short introduction to testing with Qt Test.

• Restoring a Window's Geometry: How to save & restore window geometry.

• Rich Text Processing: An overview of Qt's rich text processing, editing and display features.

• Scalability: How to develop applications that scale well on devices with different screen configurations and UI conventions.

• Session Management: How to do session management with Qt.

• Setting the Application Icon: How to set your application's icon.

• Standard Accelerator Keys: Recommended accelerator keys.

• Timers: How to use Qt timers in your application.

• Using Qt D-Bus Adaptors: How to create and use DBus adaptors in Qt.