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.

Creating Custom Qt Types	How to create and register new types with Qt
Timers	How to use Qt timers in your application
Using Qt D-Bus Adaptors	How to create and use DBus adaptors in Qt
Coordinate System	Information about the coordinate system used by the paint system
Rich Text Processing	An overview of Qt's rich text processing, editing and display features
Qt Test Tutorial	A short introduction to testing with Qt Test
Books about GUI Design	Some recommended books about GUI design
Accessibility for Qt Quick Applications	How to make your applications accessible to those with disabilities.
Accessibility	How to make your applications accessible to those with disabilities.
Desktop Integration	Integrating with the user's desktop environment.
Standard Accelerator Keys	Recommended accelerator keys.
Setting the Application Icon	How to set your application's icon.
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.
Restoring a Window's Geometry	How to save & restore window geometry.
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.
Creating Shared Libraries	How to create shared libraries.
Calling Qt Functions From Unix Signal Handlers	You can't. But don't despair, there is a way...
Implementing Atomic Operations	A guide to implementing atomic operations on new architectures.
Creating and Using Components for Qt Designer	How to create and use custom widget plugins