Searching the Qt Source Code - Video

As we have seen in the previous videos, sometimes we may have the need to explore Qt's own source code. There could be a number of reasons for doing so: better understanding some behavior, tracking down a possible bug, or just curiosity and desire to understand how certain things in Qt are implemented.

Qt is open source; you can either download the source code and compile it yourself, or if you use the binary Qt installers you can ask to install the source code as well as the rest of the libraries. The source code of Qt is of very high quality, and for the most parts it is actually easy to understand.

In this video we are going to demonstrate how you can also set up Qt Creator to quickly navigate Qt's source code. This will involve a shortcut installed in the Locator.

The example code showcased in this video is available here: https://github.com/KDAB/kdabtv