05.05.2023 
We are happy to announce the release of KDDockWidgets version 1.7.0! What is KDDockWidgets? KDDockWidgets is a development framework for custom-tailored docking systems in Qt, to use when you need advanced docking that is not supported by QDockWidgets. It was created by Sérgio Martins as a time-saving alternative to QDockWidgets. The ease-of-use of KDDockWidgets can save […]
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Pimpl for Small Classes
The familiar solution for thick value classes that want to preserve binary compatibility is to use the pimpl pattern (private implementation), also known as d-pointer (pointer to data). In future versions of our class, we can freely change the contents of the pimpl (i.e. adding, removing, and/or modifying data members) but the binary compatibility of […]
Qt 6 Debugging in Visual Studio and VS Code Show More Qt Value Types in the Debugger
Not all Qt developers are using Qt Creator as their main IDE for development. Some of us are using other IDEs, like Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code or CLion, per choice or because a project requires it. On Windows, with the MSVC compiler, the debugging experience with Qt 6 can be quite frustrating for some […]
FMA Woes
Floating-point math is hard, and compilers will exploit every language loophole to make our FP calculations go faster, sometimes with surprising results.
QObjects, Ownership, propagate_const and C++ Evolution Const Correctness in Qt Applications
A very common implementation pattern for QObject subclasses is to declare its child QObjects as data members of type “pointer to child.” Raise your hand No, keep your hand on your computer input device 🙂 Nod if you have ever seen code like this (and maybe even written code like this yourself): A fairly common […]
Introducing kdalgorithms An Algorithms Library for C++14 and Above
Introducing the kdalgorithms library, purposed to make it easier to work with algorithms in C++14 and up.
CXX-Qt 0.4 Released
We just released CXX-Qt version 0.4! CXX-Qt is a set of Rust crates for creating bidirectional Rust ⇄ C++ bindings with Qt. It can be used to integrate Rust into C++ applications using CMake or build Rust applications with Cargo. CXX-Qt provides tools for implementing QObject subclasses in Rust that can be used from C++, […]
Handling a Lot of Text in QML
For cases where just viewing the text is enough, we walk you through what we tried in order to resolve an issue with masses of text in QML. We are not talking about a general solution, but a specific case that we encountered during a customer project.
Choosing a CPU Is the i.MX 8 Right for Your Project?
We’ll share with you some of our CPU choice considerations, helping eliminate some of the unknowns and hopefully clearing away some misconceptions in the process.
KDChart 3.0.0 Released Now with Qt 6 Support!
We just released KDChart version 3.0.0! KDChart is a comprehensive business charting package with many different chart types and a large number of customization options. We are constantly improving the package, and have been doing so for years. This is the first release of KDChart that supports Qt 6, and both Qt 5 and Qt […]