Find information in Qt documentation

Qt Design Studio installer, Qt Online Installer, and other Qt deliverables install documentation as .qch files. View the documentation in the Help mode. To view the currently open document online, select (Open Online Documentation).

By default, Qt Design Studio registers only the latest available version of the documentation for each installed Qt module. To register all installed documentation, go to Preferences > Kits > Qt Versions and select an option in Register documentation.

{Register documentation in Qt Versions preferences}

Help mode sidebar views

{Sidebar views in the Help mode}

To find information in the documentation in the Help mode, select:

  • Bookmarks to view a list of pages on which you have added bookmarks.
  • Contents to see all the documentation installed on the development PC and to browse the documentation contents.
  • Index to find information based on a list of keywords in all the installed documents.
  • Open Pages to view a list of currently open documentation pages.
  • Search to search from all the installed documents.

Available under certain Qt licenses.
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