Simple XML-based UI builder for Qt4

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Overview

XmlUi is a set of classes which simplify building the menu bar, toolbars and context menus in Qt4. It allows to merge actions from multiple components and define the layout of menus and toolbars using simple XML files.

The XmlUi classes are most useful in applications which embed various kinds of UI components, for example views for editing various kinds of documents or custom plug-ins. The main window's menus and toolbars can be automatically created by merging the layout of all components.

The XML files decribing the layout are usually compiled into the executable as resources. External files can also be used, so that users can modify them in order to customize the menus and toolbars. However XmlUi provides no UI for customizing the layout.

XmlUi was inspired by the KXMLGUI classes from the KDE libraries, but it's much simpler and doesn't require anything else than Qt4.

• Using the UI builder
• Format of the XML files

License

Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Michał Męciński

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