User interface

When you start Qt Design Studio, it opens to the Welcome mode, where you can, for example:

  • Create and open projects
  • Open tutorials and example projects
  • Read news from the online community and Qt blogs
  • Create or manage a Qt Account
  • View the Qt Design Studio UI Tour

{Welcome mode.}

Customizing the menu bar

By default, top-level menu items Build, Debug, and Analyze are not visible. These menu items have options for advanced functionality.

To toggle the visibility of these menu items:

  1. Go to Preferences.
  2. On the Environment tab, select Qt Design Studio Configuration.
  3. Clear the checkbox for the items that you want to be visible.

{Setting the visibility of advanced menu items the Qt Design Studio Configuration tab.}

You need to restart Qt Design Studio to apply changes made to these settings.

Note: To show or hide the Menu Bar, select View > Show Menu Bar, or use Ctrl+Alt+M.

Customizing the UI

The following topics describe how to customize the UI:

Viewing images

The following topics describe how to use the image viewer:

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