Best Practice Guides

These documents provide guidelines and best practices for using Qt to solve specific technical problems. They are listed alphabetically by the first word in the title, so scan the entire list to find what you want.

Accessibility	How to make your applications accessible to those with disabilities.
Books about GUI Design	Some recommended books about GUI design.
Calling Qt Functions From Unix Signal Handlers	You can't. But don't despair, there is a way...
Coordinate System	Information about the coordinate system used by the paint system.
Creating Custom Qt Types	How to create and register new types with Qt.
Creating Shared Libraries	How to create shared libraries.
Creating and Using Components for Qt Designer	How to create and use custom widget plugins.
Desktop Integration	Integrating with the user's desktop environment.
Exception Safety	A guide to exception safety in Qt.
Hardware Acceleration and Embedded Platforms.	How to use hardware acceleration for fast rendering.
How to Use X11 Overlays with Qt
Implementing Atomic Operations	A guide to implementing atomic operations on new architectures.
OpenVG Rendering in Qt	Efficient rendering on embedded devices with OpenVG
Phonon multimedia framework	Using the Phonon multimedia framework in Qt.
Porting Guides	Guides related to porting Qt applications and libraries.
QTestLib Tutorial	A short introduction to testing with QTestLib.
QtSvg Module	The QtSvg module provides classes for displaying and creating SVG files.
Restoring a Window's Geometry	How to save & restore window geometry.
Rich Text Processing	An overview of Qt's rich text processing, editing and display features.
SQL in Qt	Qt API's for using SQL.
Session Management	How to do session management with Qt.
Setting the Application Icon	How to set your application's icon.
Standard Accelerator Keys	Recommended accelerator keys.
Timers	How to use Qt timers in your application.
Using QtDBus Adaptors	How to create and use DBus adaptors in Qt.