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class="title">Saving, Previewing and Printing Forms in Qt Designer</h1> <span class="subtitle"></span> <!-- $$$designer-preview.html-description --> <div class="descr"> <a name="details"></a> <p>Although <i>Qt Designer</i>'s forms are accurate representations of the components being edited, it is useful to preview the final appearance while editing. This feature can be activated by opening the <b>Form</b> menu and selecting <b>Preview</b>, or by pressing <b>Ctrl+R</b> when in the form.</p> <p class="centerAlign"><img src="images/designer-dialog-preview.png" alt="" /></p><p>The preview shows exactly what the final component will look like when used in an application.</p> <p>Since Qt 4.4, it is possible to preview forms with various skins - default skins, skins created with Qt Style Sheets or device skins. This feature simulates the effect of calling <tt>QApplication::setStyleSheet()</tt> in the application.</p> <p>To preview your form with skins, open the <b>Edit</b> menu and select <b>Preferences...</b></p> <p>You will see the dialog shown below:</p> <p class="centerAlign"><img src="images/designer-preview-style.png" alt="" /></p><p>The <b>Print/Preview Configuration</b> checkbox must be checked to activate previews of skins. You can select the styles provided from the <b>Style</b> drop-down box.</p> <p class="centerAlign"><img src="images/designer-preview-style-selection.png" alt="" /></p><p>Alternatively, you can preview custom style sheet created with Qt Style Sheets. The figure below shows an example of Qt Style Sheet syntax and the corresponding output.</p> <p class="centerAlign"><img src="images/designer-preview-stylesheet.png" alt="" /></p><p>Another option would be to preview your form with device skins. A list of generic device skins are available in <i>Qt Designer</i>, however, you may also use other QVFB skins with the <b>Browse...</b> option.</p> <p class="centerAlign"><img src="images/designer-preview-deviceskin-selection.png" alt="" /></p><a name="viewing-the-form-s-code"></a> <h2>Viewing the Form's Code</h2> <p>Since Qt 4.4, it is possible to view code generated by the User Interface Compiler (uic) for the <i>Qt Designer</i> form.</p> <p class="centerAlign"><img src="images/designer-form-viewcode.png" alt="" /></p><p>Select <b>View Code...</b> from the <b>Form</b> menu and a dialog with the generated code will be displayed. The screenshot below is an example of code generated by the <tt>uic</tt>.</p> <p class="centerAlign"><img src="images/designer-code-viewer.png" alt="" /></p><a name="saving-and-printing-the-form"></a> <h2>Saving and Printing the Form</h2> <p>Forms created in <i>Qt Designer</i> can be saved to an image or printed.</p> <table class="generic"> <tr valign="top" class="odd"><td ><img src="images/designer-file-menu.png" alt="" /></td><td ><b>Saving Forms</b><p>To save a form as an image, choose the <b>Save Image...</b> option. 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