User Interface Compiler (uic)#

This page documents the User Interface Compiler for the Qt Widgets module. The uic reads an XML format user interface definition (.ui) file as generated by Qt Designer and creates a corresponding C++ header file.

Usage:

uic [options] <uifile>

Options#

The following table lists the command-line options recognized by uic.

Option

Description

-h, --help

Displays help on commandline options.

-v, --version

Displays version information.

-d, --dependencies

Display the dependencies.

-o, --output <file>

Place the output into <file>

-a, --no-autoconnection

Do not generate a call to QObject::connectSlotsByName().

-p, --no-protection

Disable header protection.

-n, --no-implicit-includes

Disable generation of #include-directives.

--postfix <postfix>

Postfix to add to all generated classnames.

--tr, --translate <function>

Use <function> for i18n.

--include <include-file>

Add #include <include-file> to <file>.

-g, --generator <python|cpp>

Select generator.

--idbased

Use id based function for i18n

--from-imports

Python: generate imports relative to '.'

Examples#

If you use qmake, uic will be invoked automatically for header files.

Here are useful makefile rules if you only use GNU make:

ui_%.h: %.ui
        uic $< -o $@

If you want to write portably, you can use individual rules of the following form:

ui_foo.h: foo.ui
        uic $< -o $@

You must also remember to add ui_foo.h to your HEADERS (substitute your favorite name).