What's cooking in Qt 6.11?

Qt 6.11 has just been released, and to celebrate that Jesper once again met with Maycon Stamboroski from the Qt Group to discuss what's new.

Here are some highlights from the many topics discussed:

• Custom drawing in Qt Quick is way better with QCanvasPainter
• Using QRangeModelAdapter makes it much easier to access the underlying data when using QRangeModel
• What the new TaskTree is about, how to use it, and how you get started with it and
• What to expect in Qt 6.12.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome

03:12 QCanvasPainter

06:17 QCanvasPainter APIs

08:16 QCanvasPainter examples

11:35 All the different ways to draw in Qt

13:14 QGraphicsView

14:51 Migration path to QCanvasPainter

16:28 QRangeModel and QRangeModelAdapter

20:35 QRangeModelAdapter example

28:14 Using the manual tests as demos

30:19 QGraphs

35:36 QCanvasPainter measurements

36:54 TaskTree

44:07 TaskTree - Demo

45:12 TaskTree - Traffic light demo

51:21 TaskTree - Image Scaling

1:00:39 The Rest

1:06:19 What to expect in Qt 6.12

Links

• QRangeModelAdapter blog: https://www.qt.io/blog/new-in-qt-6.11-qrangemodel-updates-and-qrangemodeladapter
• Qt Task Tree blogpost: https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-task-tree-coming-soon-in-qt-6.11
• Task Tree examples https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/tasktree-examples.html
• Fetch the examples: git clone git://code.qt.io/qt/qttasktree
• My template library: KDAlgorithms: https://github.com/KDAB/KDAlgorithms
• QCanvasPainter blogposts: https://www.qt.io/blog/tag/canvas-painter
• GammaRay: https://github.com/KDAB/GammaRay
• Qt CRA Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNu_e3Nyquc

About Maycon Stamborowski

Maycon Stamboroski is a Senior Product Lead at Qt Group, specializing in graphics and user interface design. He focuses on both 2D and 3D rendering, ensuring that every pixel is thoughtfully crafted. Passionate about creating intuitive and visually compelling interfaces, Maycon is the go-to expert for any technical questions related to UI and graphics. Having a dual background in UX design and software engineering, allows him to understand the needs and preferences of users, as well as the technical challenges and opportunities of product development.