designer_plugin

Qt Designer Integration Guide

QtIndustrialWidgets provides a plugin module (QtIndustrialWidgetsPlugin) that registers the 12 widgets inside Qt Designer and Qt Creator.

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🛠️ Building the Plugin

When CMake detects Qt Designer (Qt6Designer or Qt5Designer), the target QtIndustrialWidgetsPlugin is automatically configured:

cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --target QtIndustrialWidgetsPlugin

This generates libQtIndustrialWidgetsPlugin.so (Linux), .dylib (macOS), or .dll (Windows).

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📂 Installation Directories

Copy the built plugin binary into your Qt Designer or Qt Creator plugin directory:

Linux

# Qt Creator plugins directory
cp build/plugin/libQtIndustrialWidgetsPlugin.so ~/.local/share/QtProject/QtCreator/plugins/
 
# Or system Qt Designer directory
cp build/plugin/libQtIndustrialWidgetsPlugin.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt6/plugins/designer/

Windows

C:\Qt\6.x.x\msvc2022_64\plugins\designer\QtIndustrialWidgetsPlugin.dll

macOS

~/Library/Application Support/QtProject/Qt Creator/plugins/libQtIndustrialWidgetsPlugin.dylib

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🎨 Available Widgets in Designer

Once installed, a new category **"Industrial Widgets"** will appear in the Widget Box:

1. QtIndustrialWidgets::RadialGauge
2. QtIndustrialWidgets::LinearGauge
3. QtIndustrialWidgets::SevenSegmentDisplay
4. QtIndustrialWidgets::LedIndicator
5. QtIndustrialWidgets::IndustrialKnob
6. QtIndustrialWidgets::StripChart
7. QtIndustrialWidgets::IndustrialSwitch
8. QtIndustrialWidgets::LevelMeter
9. QtIndustrialWidgets::AnnunciatorPanel
10. QtIndustrialWidgets::Compass
11. QtIndustrialWidgets::CircularBargraph
12. QtIndustrialWidgets::AnalysisChart

All properties (ranges, thresholds, colors, orientations) can be customized directly within the Property Editor!