Qt Quick Examples and Tutorials

Building UIs with QML Qt includes several examples to demonstrate a particular usage. The examples run as applications or as non-GUI examples in Qt Creator. Qt tutorials show the step-by-step information and give insight to particular code snippets.

This page lists the Qt QML and Qt Quick examples, however, many other Qt modules contain examples related to their QML API.

Running the Examples and Demos

The examples are packaged with the Qt installers and are accessed through Qt Creator. For more information about running examples in Qt Creator, visit the Building and Running an Example page.

Open and run examples within Qt Creator’s Welcome mode. Most of the examples run on various platforms and to search for platform-specific examples, type the platform name (or any keywords) in the search field. For example, typing mobile in the search field lists the examples that are fully compatible with the mobile platforms.

To view other examples and tutorials, visit the Qt Examples And Tutorials page.

Qt Quick Demos

Here is a list of fully-functional demo applications. They are full applications that show how a deployable Qt application is built and structured. Many of the demos are deployable to mobile and desktop platforms.

Developing Qt Quick Applications

The following pages show how to develop Qt applications using Qt Creator and Qt Quick. The pages demonstrate various steps such as use cases and introductory material. For more information about Qt Quick Applications and related modules, visit the QML Applications page.

Development Environment

• Creating Qt Quick Projects

• Creating Components

• Exporting Components

• Using QML Modules with Plugins

Beginning with QML and Qt Quick

• First Steps with QML

• Qt Quick Text Editor

• SameGame

Use Cases

• Visual types in QML

• Responding to User Input in QML

• Animations in QML

• Displaying Text in QML

• Layouts in QML

• Style and Theme Support

• Integrating JavaScript in QML

Extending QML

The following tutorials show how a QML-based application can be combined with C++ code using the Qt QML module. For information about extending QML, visit the Integrating QML and C++ page.

Extending QML - Adding Types Example	Exporting C++ Classes.
Extending QML - Extension Objects Example	Extension Objects.
Extending QML - Object and List Property Types Example	Exporting C++ Properties.
Extending QML - Inheritance and Coercion Example	C++ Inheritance and Coercion.
Extending QML - Default Property Example	Default Property.
Extending QML - Grouped Properties Example	Grouped Properties.
Extending QML - Attached Properties Example	Attached Properties.
Extending QML - Signal Support Example	Signal Support.
Extending QML - Methods Example	Methods Support.
Extending QML - Property Value Source Example	Property Value Source.
Extending QML - Binding Example	Binding.

Examples

Examples are small applications which show how to implement various Qt Quick features. The examples run on various platforms and are opened from within Qt Creator.

QML Types and Controls

• Controls Gallery

• Calendar Example

• TableView

• Text and Fonts

• Custom Toggle Switch

Layouts and Views

• Qt Quick Layouts - Basic Example

• Positioners

• Views

• Windows and Screen

• Right-to-Left and Text Layout

Image and Graphics

• Image Elements

• Animation

• Canvas API

• Shader Effects

Keyboard, Focus, and Touch

• Key Interaction

• MouseArea

System and Events

• Threading

• Accessibility

• External Drag and Drop

• Drag and Drop

Scene Graph

• Custom Material

• Texture Providers and Materials

• Custom Geometry

• Graph

• OpenGL Under QML

• Direct3D 11 Under QML

• Vulkan Under QML

• Vulkan Texture Import

• Metal Under QML

• Metal Texture Import

• Rendering to OpenGL FBOs