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32<td align="right" valign="center"><img src="logo32.png" align="right" width="64" height="32" border="0"></td></tr></table><h1 align=center>QWidgetPlugin Class Reference</h1>
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34<p>The QWidgetPlugin class provides an abstract base for custom QWidget plugins.
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36<p><tt>#include &lt;<a href="qwidgetplugin-h.html">qwidgetplugin.h</a>&gt;</tt>
37<p><a href="qwidgetplugin-members.html">List of all member functions.</a>
38<h2>Public Members</h2>
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40<li class=fn><a href="#QWidgetPlugin"><b>QWidgetPlugin</b></a> ()</li>
41<li class=fn><a href="#~QWidgetPlugin"><b>~QWidgetPlugin</b></a> ()</li>
42<li class=fn>virtual QStringList <a href="#keys"><b>keys</b></a> () const = 0</li>
43<li class=fn>virtual QWidget * <a href="#create"><b>create</b></a> ( const&nbsp;QString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;key, QWidget&nbsp;*&nbsp;parent = 0, const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;name = 0 ) = 0</li>
44<li class=fn>virtual QString <a href="#group"><b>group</b></a> ( const&nbsp;QString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;key ) const</li>
45<li class=fn>virtual QIconSet <a href="#iconSet"><b>iconSet</b></a> ( const&nbsp;QString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;key ) const</li>
46<li class=fn>virtual QString <a href="#includeFile"><b>includeFile</b></a> ( const&nbsp;QString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;key ) const</li>
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48<li class=fn>virtual QString <a href="#whatsThis"><b>whatsThis</b></a> ( const&nbsp;QString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;key ) const</li>
49<li class=fn>virtual bool <a href="#isContainer"><b>isContainer</b></a> ( const&nbsp;QString&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;key ) const</li>
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54The QWidgetPlugin class provides an abstract base for custom <a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a> plugins.
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56<p> The widget plugin is a simple plugin interface that makes it easy
57to create custom widgets that can be included in forms using <a href="designer-manual.html">Qt Designer</a> and used by applications.
58<p> Writing a widget plugin is achieved by subclassing this base
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60<a href="#group">group</a>(), <a href="#iconSet">iconSet</a>(), <a href="#includeFile">includeFile</a>(), <a href="#toolTip">toolTip</a>(), <a href="#whatsThis">whatsThis</a>() and
61<a href="#isContainer">isContainer</a>(), and exporting the class with the <tt>Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN</tt>
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63<p> See the <a href="designer-manual.html">Qt Designer manual's</a>,
64'Creating Custom Widgets' section in the 'Creating Custom Widgets'
65chapter, for a complete example of a QWidgetPlugin.
66<p> See also the <a href="plugins-howto.html">Plugins
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68supplied with <a href="designer-manual.html">Qt Designer</a>.
69<p>See also <a href="plugins.html">Plugins</a>.
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71<hr><h2>Member Function Documentation</h2>
72<h3 class=fn><a name="QWidgetPlugin"></a>QWidgetPlugin::QWidgetPlugin ()
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74Constructs a widget plugin. This is invoked automatically by the
75<tt>Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN</tt> macro.
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77<h3 class=fn><a name="~QWidgetPlugin"></a>QWidgetPlugin::~QWidgetPlugin ()
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79Destroys the widget plugin.
80<p> You never have to call this explicitly. Qt destroys a plugin
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86<p> Creates and returns a <a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a> object for the widget key <em>key</em>.
87The widget key is the class name of the required widget. The <em>name</em> and <em>parent</em> arguments are passed to the custom widget's
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89<p> <p>See also <a href="#keys">keys</a>().
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91<h3 class=fn><a href="qstring.html">QString</a> <a name="group"></a>QWidgetPlugin::group ( const&nbsp;<a href="qstring.html">QString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;key ) const<tt> [virtual]</tt>
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93Returns the group (toolbar name) that the custom widget of class
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99Returns the iconset that <em>Qt Designer</em> should use to represent
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103<h3 class=fn><a href="qstring.html">QString</a> <a name="includeFile"></a>QWidgetPlugin::includeFile ( const&nbsp;<a href="qstring.html">QString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;key ) const<tt> [virtual]</tt>
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105Returns the name of the include file that <em>Qt Designer</em> and <tt>uic</tt> should use to include the custom widget of class <em>key</em> in
106generated code.
107<p> The default implementation returns <a href="qstring.html#QString-null">QString::null</a>.
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109<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="isContainer"></a>QWidgetPlugin::isContainer ( const&nbsp;<a href="qstring.html">QString</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;key ) const<tt> [virtual]</tt>
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111Returns TRUE if the custom widget of class <em>key</em> can contain
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113<p> The default implementation returns FALSE.
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115<h3 class=fn><a href="qstringlist.html">QStringList</a> <a name="keys"></a>QWidgetPlugin::keys () const<tt> [pure virtual]</tt>
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118<p> Returns the list of widget keys this plugin supports.
119<p> These keys must be the class names of the custom widgets that are
120implemented in the plugin.
121<p> <p>See also <a href="#create">create</a>().
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125Returns the text of the tooltip that <em>Qt Designer</em> should use
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131Returns the text of the whatsThis text that <em>Qt Designer</em> should
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