Qt(3qt)

💖 Qt(3qt) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Qt manual page — this is the Qt namespace, aka the group chat where all the random global-ish identifiers hang out because they literally cannot live anywhere else. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Qt — the namespace for all those miscellaneous identifiers that just need to be global-like. it's giving "we don't fit anywhere else so we live here now" energy and honestly? respect. 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so you wanna use it? pull in the header like this:

#include <qnamespace.h>

and that's it, that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🎀

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🦋 Inherited by 🦋

bestie. sit down. this namespace is the main character and basically everyone inherits from it. the full roster, no skipping, we list all of them because every single one matters:

• QObject
• QPixmap
• QBrush
• QCanvasItem
• QCursor
• QPainter
• QEvent
• QIconViewItem
• QKeySequence
• QListViewItem
• QCustomMenuItem
• QPen
• QStyleSheetItem
• QSyntaxHighlighter
• QTab
• QTableItem
• QThread
• QToolTip
• QWhatsThis

like… that's a whole friend group and they ALL trace back here. iconic behavior, fr fr. 💅

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okay that's part 1, stay tuned because there is so much more coming and we are not done yet 🫶

✨ Public Members ✨

okay bestie, part 2 is literally the public members of the Qt namespace, and it's giving enum energy. every single hex code, every alias, every obsolete flag — it's all here. no cap. let's go 💅✨

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• enum ButtonState — the way that this is literally the mouse button and modifier flags, no cap:

       enum ButtonState { NoButton = 0x0000, LeftButton = 0x0001, RightButton =
           0x0002, MidButton = 0x0004, MouseButtonMask = 0x0007, ShiftButton =
           0x0100, ControlButton = 0x0200, AltButton = 0x0400, MetaButton =
           0x0800, KeyButtonMask = 0x0f00, Keypad = 0x4000 }

• enum Orientation — horizontal or vertical, that's the whole vibe:

       enum Orientation { Horizontal = 0, Vertical }

• enum SortOrder — ascending or descending, periodt:

       enum SortOrder { Ascending, Descending }

• enum AlignmentFlags — all the alignment bits, bestie, with masks and everything:

       enum AlignmentFlags { AlignAuto = 0x0000, AlignLeft = 0x0001, AlignRight
           = 0x0002, AlignHCenter = 0x0004, AlignJustify = 0x0008,
           AlignHorizontal_Mask = AlignLeft | AlignRight | AlignHCenter |
           AlignJustify, AlignTop = 0x0010, AlignBottom = 0x0020, AlignVCenter
           = 0x0040, AlignVertical_Mask = AlignTop | AlignBottom |
           AlignVCenter, AlignCenter = AlignVCenter | AlignHCenter }

• enum TextFlags — text rendering flags, slay:

       enum TextFlags { SingleLine = 0x0080, DontClip = 0x0100, ExpandTabs =
           0x0200, ShowPrefix = 0x0400, WordBreak = 0x0800, BreakAnywhere =
           0x1000, NoAccel = 0x4000 }

• enum WidgetState — the way that this is literally every widget state flag, iykyk:

       enum WidgetState { WState_Created = 0x00000001, WState_Disabled =
           0x00000002, WState_Visible = 0x00000004, WState_ForceHide =
           0x00000008, WState_OwnCursor = 0x00000010, WState_MouseTracking =
           0x00000020, WState_CompressKeys = 0x00000040, WState_BlockUpdates =
           0x00000080, WState_InPaintEvent = 0x00000100, WState_Reparented =
           0x00000200, WState_ConfigPending = 0x00000400, WState_Resized =
           0x00000800, WState_AutoMask = 0x00001000, WState_Polished =
           0x00002000, WState_DND = 0x00004000, WState_Reserved0 = 0x00008000,
           WState_FullScreen = 0x00010000, WState_OwnSizePolicy = 0x00020000,
           WState_CreatedHidden = 0x00040000, WState_Maximized = 0x00080000,
           WState_Minimized = 0x00100000, WState_ForceDisabled = 0x00200000,
           WState_Exposed = 0x00400000, WState_HasMouse = 0x00800000 }

• enum WidgetFlags — okay this one is huge and has some duplicate entries, but we're keeping every single character exactly as it is, no cap:

       enum WidgetFlags { WType_TopLevel = 0x00000001, WType_Dialog =
           0x00000002, WType_Popup = 0x00000004, WType_Desktop = 0x00000008,
           WType_Mask = 0x0000000f, WStyle_Customize = 0x00000010,
           WStyle_NormalBorder = 0x00000020, WStyle_DialogBorder = 0x00000040,
           WStyle_NoBorder = 0x00002000, WStyle_Title = 0x00000080,
           WStyle_SysMenu = 0x00000100, WStyle_Minimize = 0x00000200,
           WStyle_Maximize = 0x00000400, WStyle_MinMax = WStyle_Minimize |
           WStyle_Maximize, WStyle_Tool = 0x00000800, WStyle_StaysOnTop =
           0x00001000, WStyle_ContextHelp = 0x00004000, WStyle_Reserved =
           0x00008000, WStyle_Mask = 0x0000fff0, WDestructiveClose =
           0x00010000, WPaintDesktop = 0x00020000, WPaintUnclipped =
           0x00040000, WPaintClever = 0x00080000, WResizeNoErase = 0x00100000,
           WMouseNoMask = 0x00200000, WStaticContents = 0x00400000,
           WRepaintNoErase = 0x00800000, WX11BypassWM = 0x01000000, WWinOwnDC =
           0x00000000, WMacNoSheet = 0x00000000, WMacDrawer = 0x00000000,
           WX11BypassWM = 0x00000000, WWinOwnDC = 0x01000000, WMacNoSheet =
           0x00000000, WMacDrawer = 0x00000000, WGroupLeader = 0x02000000,
           WShowModal = 0x04000000, WNoMousePropagation = 0x08000000,
           WSubWindow = 0x10000000, WStyle_Splash = 0x20000000, WNoAutoErase =
           WRepaintNoErase | WResizeNoErase, WNorthWestGravity =
           WStaticContents, WType_Modal = WType_Dialog | WShowModal,
           WStyle_Dialog = WType_Dialog, WStyle_NoBorderEx = WStyle_NoBorder }

• enum WindowState — window states, iconic:

       enum WindowState { WindowNoState = 0x00000000, WindowMinimized =
           0x00000001, WindowMaximized = 0x00000002, WindowFullScreen =
           0x00000004, WindowActive = 0x00000008 }

• enum ImageConversionFlags — all the image conversion flags, bestie:

       enum ImageConversionFlags { ColorMode_Mask = 0x00000003, AutoColor =
           0x00000000, ColorOnly = 0x00000003, MonoOnly = 0x00000002,
           AlphaDither_Mask = 0x0000000c, ThresholdAlphaDither = 0x00000000,
           OrderedAlphaDither = 0x00000004, DiffuseAlphaDither = 0x00000008,
           NoAlpha = 0x0000000c, Dither_Mask = 0x00000030, DiffuseDither =
           0x00000000, OrderedDither = 0x00000010, ThresholdDither =
           0x00000020, DitherMode_Mask = 0x000000c0, AutoDither = 0x00000000,
           PreferDither = 0x00000040, AvoidDither = 0x00000080 }

• enum BGMode — background mode, transparent or opaque:

       enum BGMode { TransparentMode, OpaqueMode }

• enum PaintUnit — paint units, all the metric and English vibes:

       enum PaintUnit { PixelUnit, LoMetricUnit, HiMetricUnit, LoEnglishUnit,
           HiEnglishUnit, TwipsUnit }

• enum GUIStyle — this one is obsolete, bestie, but it's still here:

       enum GUIStyle { MacStyle, WindowsStyle, Win3Style, PMStyle, MotifStyle }
           (obsolete)

• enum SequenceMatch — no match, partial match, or identical:

       enum SequenceMatch { NoMatch, PartialMatch, Identical }

• enum Modifier — modifier keys, slay:

       enum Modifier { META = 0x00100000, SHIFT = 0x00200000, CTRL =
           0x00400000, ALT = 0x00800000, MODIFIER_MASK = 0x00f00000,
           UNICODE_ACCEL = 0x10000000, ASCII_ACCEL = UNICODE_ACCEL }

• enum Key — okay this is the big one, every single key code from Key_Escape to Key_unknown, and we're keeping all of them exactly. no skips. periodt:

       enum Key { Key_Escape = 0x1000, Key_Tab = 0x1001, Key_Backtab = 0x1002,
           Key_BackTab = Key_Backtab, Key_Backspace = 0x1003, Key_BackSpace =
           Key_Backspace, Key_Return = 0x1004, Key_Enter = 0x1005, Key_Insert =
           0x1006, Key_Delete = 0x1007, Key_Pause = 0x1008, Key_Print = 0x1009,
           Key_SysReq = 0x100a, Key_Clear = 0x100b, Key_Home = 0x1010, Key_End
           = 0x1011, Key_Left = 0x1012, Key_Up = 0x1013, Key_Right = 0x1014,
           Key_Down = 0x1015, Key_Prior = 0x1016, Key_PageUp = Key_Prior,
           Key_Next = 0x1017, Key_PageDown = Key_Next, Key_Shift = 0x1020,
           Key_Control = 0x1021, Key_Meta = 0x1022, Key_Alt = 0x1023,
           Key_CapsLock = 0x1024, Key_NumLock = 0x1025, Key_ScrollLock =
           0x1026, Key_F1 = 0x1030, Key_F2 = 0x1031, Key_F3 = 0x1032, Key_F4 =
           0x1033, Key_F5 = 0x1034, Key_F6 = 0x1035, Key_F7 = 0x1036, Key_F8 =
           0x1037, Key_F9 = 0x1038, Key_F10 = 0x1039, Key_F11 = 0x103a, Key_F12
           = 0x103b, Key_F13 = 0x103c, Key_F14 = 0x103d, Key_F15 = 0x103e,
           Key_F16 = 0x103f, Key_F17 = 0x1040, Key_F18 = 0x1041, Key_F19 =
           0x1042, Key_F20 = 0x1043, Key_F21 = 0x1044, Key_F22 = 0x1045,
           Key_F23 = 0x1046, Key_F24 = 0x1047, Key_F25 = 0x1048, Key_F26 =
           0x1049, Key_F27 = 0x104a, Key_F28 = 0x104b, Key_F29 = 0x104c,
           Key_F30 = 0x104d, Key_F31 = 0x104e, Key_F32 = 0x104f, Key_F33 =
           0x1050, Key_F34 = 0x1051, Key_F35 = 0x1052, Key_Super_L = 0x1053,
           Key_Super_R = 0x1054, Key_Menu = 0x1055, Key_Hyper_L = 0x1056,
           Key_Hyper_R = 0x1057, Key_Help = 0x1058, Key_Direction_L = 0x1059,
           Key_Direction_R = 0x1060, Key_Space = 0x20, Key_Any = Key_Space,
           Key_Exclam = 0x21, Key_QuoteDbl = 0x22, Key_NumberSign = 0x23,
           Key_Dollar = 0x24, Key_Percent = 0x25, Key_Ampersand = 0x26,
           Key_Apostrophe = 0x27, Key_ParenLeft = 0x28, Key_ParenRight = 0x29,
           Key_Asterisk = 0x2a, Key_Plus = 0x2b, Key_Comma = 0x2c, Key_Minus =
           0x2d, Key_Period = 0x2e, Key_Slash = 0x2f, Key_0 = 0x30, Key_1 =
           0x31, Key_2 = 0x32, Key_3 = 0x33, Key_4 = 0x34, Key_5 = 0x35, Key_6
           = 0x36, Key_7 = 0x37, Key_8 = 0x38, Key_9 = 0x39, Key_Colon = 0x3a,
           Key_Semicolon = 0x3b, Key_Less = 0x3c, Key_Equal = 0x3d, Key_Greater
           = 0x3e, Key_Question = 0x3f, Key_At = 0x40, Key_A = 0x41, Key_B =
           0x42, Key_C = 0x43, Key_D = 0x44, Key_E = 0x45, Key_F = 0x46, Key_G
           = 0x47, Key_H = 0x48, Key_I = 0x49, Key_J = 0x4a, Key_K = 0x4b,
           Key_L = 0x4c, Key_M = 0x4d, Key_N = 0x4e, Key_O = 0x4f, Key_P =
           0x50, Key_Q = 0x51, Key_R = 0x52, Key_S = 0x53, Key_T = 0x54, Key_U
           = 0x55, Key_V = 0x56, Key_W = 0x57, Key_X = 0x58, Key_Y = 0x59,
           Key_Z = 0x5a, Key_BracketLeft = 0x5b, Key_Backslash = 0x5c,
           Key_BracketRight = 0x5d, Key_AsciiCircum = 0x5e, Key_Underscore =
           0x5f, Key_QuoteLeft = 0x60, Key_BraceLeft = 0x7b, Key_Bar = 0x7c,
           Key_BraceRight = 0x7d, Key_AsciiTilde = 0x7e, Key_nobreakspace =
           0x0a0, Key_exclamdown = 0x0a1, Key_cent = 0x0a2, Key_sterling =
           0x0a3, Key_currency = 0x0a4, Key_yen = 0x0a5, Key_brokenbar = 0x0a6,
           Key_section = 0x0a7, Key_diaeresis = 0x0a8, Key_copyright = 0x0a9,
           Key_ordfeminine = 0x0aa, Key_guillemotleft = 0x0ab, Key_notsign =
           0x0ac, Key_hyphen = 0x0ad, Key_registered = 0x0ae, Key_macron =
           0x0af, Key_degree = 0x0b0, Key_plusminus = 0x0b1, Key_twosuperior =
           0x0b2, Key_threesuperior = 0x0b3, Key_acute = 0x0b4, Key_mu = 0x0b5,
           Key_paragraph = 0x0b6, Key_periodcentered = 0x0b7, Key_cedilla =
           0x0b8, Key_onesuperior = 0x0b9, Key_masculine = 0x0ba,
           Key_guillemotright = 0x0bb, Key_onequarter = 0x0bc, Key_onehalf =
           0x0bd, Key_threequarters = 0x0be, Key_questiondown = 0x0bf,
           Key_Agrave = 0x0c0, Key_Aacute = 0x0c1, Key_Acircumflex = 0x0c2,
           Key_Atilde = 0x0c3, Key_Adiaeresis = 0x0c4, Key_Aring = 0x0c5,
           Key_AE = 0x0c6, Key_Ccedilla = 0x0c7, Key_Egrave = 0x0c8, Key_Eacute
           = 0x0c9, Key_Ecircumflex = 0x0ca, Key_Ediaeresis = 0x0cb, Key_Igrave
           = 0x0cc, Key_Iacute = 0x0cd, Key_Icircumflex = 0x0ce, Key_Idiaeresis
           = 0x0cf, Key_ETH = 0x0d0, Key_Ntilde = 0x0d1, Key_Ograve = 0x0d2,
           Key_Oacute = 0x0d3, Key_Ocircumflex = 0x0d4, Key_Otilde = 0x0d5,
           Key_Odiaeresis = 0x0d6, Key_multiply = 0x0d7, Key_Ooblique = 0x0d8,
           Key_Ugrave = 0x0d9, Key_Uacute = 0x0da, Key_Ucircumflex = 0x0db,
           Key_Udiaeresis = 0x0dc, Key_Yacute = 0x0dd, Key_THORN = 0x0de,
           Key_ssharp = 0x0df, Key_agrave = 0x0e0, Key_aacute = 0x0e1,
           Key_acircumflex = 0x0e2, Key_atilde = 0x0e3, Key_adiaeresis = 0x0e4,
           Key_aring = 0x0e5, Key_ae = 0x0e6, Key_ccedilla = 0x0e7, Key_egrave
           = 0x0e8, Key_eacute = 0x0e9, Key_ecircumflex = 0x0ea, Key_ediaeresis
           = 0x0eb, Key_igrave = 0x0ec, Key_iacute = 0x0ed, Key_icircumflex =
           0x0ee, Key_idiaeresis = 0x0ef, Key_eth = 0x0f0, Key_ntilde = 0x0f1,
           Key_ograve = 0x0f2, Key_oacute = 0x0f3, Key_ocircumflex = 0x0f4,
           Key_otilde = 0x0f5, Key_odiaeresis = 0x0f6, Key_division = 0x0f7,
           Key_oslash = 0x0f8, Key_ugrave = 0x0f9, Key_uacute = 0x0fa,
           Key_ucircumflex = 0x0fb, Key_udiaeresis = 0x0fc, Key_yacute = 0x0fd,
           Key_thorn = 0x0fe, Key_ydiaeresis = 0x0ff, Key_Back = 0x1061,
           Key_Forward = 0x1062, Key_Stop = 0x1063, Key_Refresh = 0x1064,
           Key_VolumeDown = 0x1070, Key_VolumeMute = 0x1071, Key_VolumeUp =
           0x1072, Key_BassBoost = 0x1073, Key_BassUp = 0x1074, Key_BassDown =
           0x1075, Key_TrebleUp = 0x1076, Key_TrebleDown = 0x1077,
           Key_MediaPlay = 0x1080, Key_MediaStop = 0x1081, Key_MediaPrev =
           0x1082, Key_MediaNext = 0x1083, Key_MediaRecord = 0x1084,
           Key_HomePage = 0x1090, Key_Favorites = 0x1091, Key_Search = 0x1092,
           Key_Standby = 0x1093, Key_OpenUrl = 0x1094, Key_LaunchMail = 0x10a0,
           Key_LaunchMedia = 0x10a1, Key_Launch0 = 0x10a2, Key_Launch1 =
           0x10a3, Key_Launch2 = 0x10a4, Key_Launch3 = 0x10a5, Key_Launch4 =
           0x10a6, Key_Launch5 = 0x10a7, Key_Launch6 = 0x10a8, Key_Launch7 =
           0x10a9, Key_Launch8 = 0x10aa, Key_Launch9 = 0x10ab, Key_LaunchA =
           0x10ac, Key_LaunchB = 0x10ad, Key_LaunchC = 0x10ae, Key_LaunchD =
           0x10af, Key_LaunchE = 0x10b0, Key_LaunchF = 0x10b1, Key_MediaLast =
           0x1fff, Key_unknown = 0xffff }

• enum ArrowType — up, down, left, right arrows:

       enum ArrowType { UpArrow, DownArrow, LeftArrow, RightArrow }

• enum RasterOp — raster operations, all the ROPs you could ever want:

       enum RasterOp { CopyROP, OrROP, XorROP, NotAndROP, EraseROP = NotAndROP,
           NotCopyROP, NotOrROP, NotXorROP, AndROP, NotEraseROP = AndROP,
           NotROP, ClearROP, SetROP, NopROP, AndNotROP, OrNotROP, NandROP,
           NorROP, LastROP = NorROP }

• enum PenStyle — pen styles, and this one cuts off here because part 3 is coming, bestie:

       enum PenStyle { NoPen, SolidLine, DashLine, DotLine, DashDotLine,

           DashDotDotLine, MPenStyle = 0x0f }
       enum PenCapStyle { FlatCap = 0x00, SquareCap = 0x10, RoundCap = 0x20,
           MPenCapStyle = 0x30 }
       enum PenJoinStyle { MiterJoin = 0x00, BevelJoin = 0x40, RoundJoin =
           0x80, MPenJoinStyle = 0xc0 }
       enum BrushStyle { NoBrush, SolidPattern, Dense1Pattern, Dense2Pattern,
           Dense3Pattern, Dense4Pattern, Dense5Pattern, Dense6Pattern,
           Dense7Pattern, HorPattern, VerPattern, CrossPattern, BDiagPattern,
           FDiagPattern, DiagCrossPattern, CustomPattern = 24 }
       enum MacintoshVersion { MV_Unknown = 0x0000, MV_9 = 0x0001, MV_10_DOT_0
           = 0x0002, MV_10_DOT_1 = 0x0003, MV_10_DOT_2 = 0x0004, MV_10_DOT_3 =
           0x0005, MV_10_DOT_4 = 0x0006, MV_CHEETAH = MV_10_DOT_0, MV_PUMA =
           MV_10_DOT_1, MV_JAGUAR = MV_10_DOT_2, MV_PANTHER = MV_10_DOT_3,
           MV_TIGER = MV_10_DOT_4 }
       enum WindowsVersion { WV_32s = 0x0001, WV_95 = 0x0002, WV_98 = 0x0003,
           WV_Me = 0x0004, WV_DOS_based = 0x000f, WV_NT = 0x0010, WV_2000 =
           0x0020, WV_XP = 0x0030, WV_2003 = 0x0040, WV_VISTA = 0x0080,
           WV_NT_based = 0x00f0, WV_CE = 0x0100, WV_CENET = 0x0200, WV_CE_based
           = 0x0f00 }
       enum UIEffect { UI_General, UI_AnimateMenu, UI_FadeMenu,
           UI_AnimateCombo, UI_AnimateTooltip, UI_FadeTooltip,
           UI_AnimateToolBox }
       enum CursorShape { ArrowCursor, UpArrowCursor, CrossCursor, WaitCursor,
           IbeamCursor, SizeVerCursor, SizeHorCursor, SizeBDiagCursor,
           SizeFDiagCursor, SizeAllCursor, BlankCursor, SplitVCursor,
           SplitHCursor, PointingHandCursor, ForbiddenCursor, WhatsThisCursor,
           BusyCursor, LastCursor = BusyCursor, BitmapCursor = 24 }
       enum TextFormat { PlainText, RichText, AutoText, LogText }
       enum AnchorAttribute { AnchorName, AnchorHref }
       enum Dock { DockUnmanaged, DockTornOff, DockTop, DockBottom, DockRight,
           DockLeft, DockMinimized, Unmanaged = DockUnmanaged, TornOff =
           DockTornOff, Top = DockTop, Bottom = DockBottom, Right = DockRight,
           Left = DockLeft, Minimized = DockMinimized }
       enum DateFormat { TextDate, ISODate, LocalDate }
       enum TimeSpec { LocalTime, UTC }
       enum BackgroundMode { FixedColor, FixedPixmap, NoBackground,
           PaletteForeground, PaletteButton, PaletteLight, PaletteMidlight,
           PaletteDark, PaletteMid, PaletteText, PaletteBrightText,
           PaletteBase, PaletteBackground, PaletteShadow, PaletteHighlight,
           PaletteHighlightedText, PaletteButtonText, PaletteLink,
           PaletteLinkVisited, X11ParentRelative }
       enum StringComparisonMode { CaseSensitive = 0x00001, BeginsWith =
           0x00002, EndsWith = 0x00004, Contains = 0x00008, ExactMatch =
           0x00010 }
       enum Corner { TopLeft = 0x00000, TopRight = 0x00001, BottomLeft =
           0x00002, BottomRight = 0x00003 }
       typedef void * HANDLE

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay bestie so Qt is a class that's basically a little namespace for all the random identifiers that need to be global-ish. it's the group chat everyone's in but nobody talks about 💅

Normally you can just ignore it entirely. like fr. QObject and a few other classes inherit from it, so all the identifiers living in the Qt namespace are usually just... usable, no qualification needed. no Qt:: prefix, no nothing. they just work. iconic.

BUT — and this is the plot twist 🎀 — every once in a while you gotta spell it out. so instead of just saying black, you say Qt::black. this hits you most often in static utility functions (think a bunch of class factories). so if your code is screaming at you about an ambiguous identifier, that's why. iykyk.

See also Miscellaneous Classes. 🦋

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🧚 Member Type Documentation 🧚

💖 Qt::AlignmentFlags

this enum type describes alignment ✨ and it comes in two flavours: horizontal flags and vertical flags. buckle up.

the horizontal flags are:

• Qt::AlignAuto — aligns according to the language. left for most languages, right for Arabic and Hebrew. it's giving ✨culturally aware✨
• Qt::AlignLeft — aligns with the left edge.
• Qt::AlignRight — aligns with the right edge.
• Qt::AlignHCenter — centers horizontally in the available space.
• Qt::AlignJustify — justifies the text in the available space. heads up though: this one does not work for everything and may be interpreted as AlignAuto in some cases. so, lowkey unreliable bestie, don't build your whole life on it.

the vertical flags are:

• Qt::AlignTop — aligns with the top.
• Qt::AlignBottom — aligns with the bottom.
• Qt::AlignVCenter — centers vertically in the available space.

ok so the rules, and you gotta listen:

• you can use only one of the horizontal flags at a time. pick one, we're not doing polyamory here.
• there's exactly one two-dimensional flag: Qt::AlignCenter — centers in both dimensions.
• you can use at most one horizontal and one vertical flag at a time. AlignCenter counts as both horizontal and vertical, so don't go adding more on top of it.

the masks:

• Qt::AlignHorizontal_Mask
• Qt::AlignVertical_Mask

💀 and listen — conflicting combinations of flags have undefined meanings. undefined. meaning the computer just makes up its own little reality. don't do it. fr fr.

🌸 Qt::AnchorAttribute

an anchor has one or more of the following attributes:

• Qt::AnchorName — the name attribute of the anchor. this one is used when scrolling to an anchor in the document. it's the "take me there" attribute 🫶
• Qt::AnchorHref — the href attribute of the anchor. this one is used when a link is clicked, to determine what content to load. the "take me somewhere else" attribute ✨

🎀 Qt::ArrowType

• Qt::UpArrow
• Qt::DownArrow
• Qt::LeftArrow
• Qt::RightArrow

(just four little arrows, no notes 💅)

💜 Qt::BGMode

Background mode:

• Qt::TransparentMode
• Qt::OpaqueMode

🌈 Qt::BackgroundMode

this enum describes how the background of a widget changes, as the widget's palette changes. dramatic much?

so like, the background is what the widget contains when paintEvent() is called. and to minimize flicker, this should be the most common color or pixmap in the widget. makes sense — if you're gonna flash something on screen, at least make it the thing that's already mostly there.

For PaletteBackground, use colorGroup().brush( QColorGroup::Background ), and so on. 💖

the values:

• Qt::PaletteForeground
• Qt::PaletteBackground
• Qt::PaletteButton
• Qt::PaletteLight
• Qt::PaletteMidlight
• Qt::PaletteDark
• Qt::PaletteMid
• Qt::PaletteText
• Qt::PaletteBrightText
• Qt::PaletteButtonText
• Qt::PaletteBase
• Qt::PaletteShadow
• Qt::PaletteHighlight
• Qt::PaletteHighlightedText
• Qt::PaletteLink
• Qt::PaletteLinkVisited
• Qt::X11ParentRelative — (internal use only) 🙈 stay out of there bestie, it's not for you

and the final three values have special meaning, so pay attention:

• Qt::NoBackground — the widget is not cleared before paintEvent(). but here's the tea: if the widget's paint event always draws on all the pixels, using this mode can be both fast and flicker-free. main character energy honestly.
• Qt::FixedColor — the widget is cleared to a fixed color, normally different from all the ones in the palette(). set using setPaletteBackgroundColor().
• Qt::FixedPixmap — the widget is cleared to a fixed pixmap</pixmap>, normally different from all the ones in the palette(). set using setPaletteBackgroundPixmap().

⚠️ okay so FixedColor and FixedPixmap are sometimes just right, but if you use them, make sure that you test your application when the desktop color scheme has been changed. like actually test it. (On X11, a quick way to test this is e.g. ./myapp -bg paleblue. On Windows, you must use the control panel.) don't skip this. this is the vibe check. 💅

See also QWidget::backgroundMode, QWidget::backgroundMode, QWidget::setBackgroundPixmap(), and QWidget::paletteBackgroundColor. 🦋

🍓 Qt::BrushStyle

• Qt::NoBrush
• Qt::SolidPattern
• Qt::Dense1Pattern
• Qt::Dense2Pattern
• Qt::Dense3Pattern
• Qt::Dense4Pattern
• Qt::Dense5Pattern
• Qt::Dense6Pattern
• Qt::Dense7Pattern
• Qt::HorPattern
• Qt::VerPattern
• Qt::CrossPattern
• Qt::BDiagPattern
• Qt::FDiagPattern
• Qt::DiagCrossPattern
• Qt::CustomPattern

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(yes bestie there's literally supposed to be a picture of all the patterns here and it got omitted 😭 we suffer together)

⭐ Qt::ButtonState

this enum type describes the state of the mouse and the modifier buttons. so it's basically a little status report on what your hands are doing ✨

• Qt::NoButton — used when the button state does not refer to any button (see QMouseEvent::button()).
• Qt::LeftButton — set if the left button is pressed, or if this event refers to the left button. (The left button may be the right button on left-handed mice.) 🫶 inclusivity, we love to see it
• Qt::RightButton — the right button.
• Qt::MidButton — the middle button. (yes, the scroll wheel one. it counts. it has feelings.)
• Qt::ShiftButton — a Shift key on the keyboard is also pressed.
• Qt::ControlButton — a Ctrl key on the keyboard is also pressed.
• Qt::AltButton — an Alt key on the keyboard is also pressed.
• Qt::MetaButton — a Meta key on the keyboard is also pressed.
• Qt::Keypad — a keypad button is pressed.
• Qt::KeyButtonMask — a mask for ShiftButton, ControlButton, AltButton and MetaButton.
• Qt::MouseButtonMask — a mask for LeftButton, RightButton and MidButton.

🦋 Qt::Corner

this enum type specifies a corner in a rectangle:

• Qt::TopLeft — top left corner
• Qt::TopRight — top right corner
• Qt::BottomLeft — bottom left corner
• Qt::BottomRight — bottom right corner

(four corners, all accounted for, all slaying in their own quadrant 💅)

👑 Qt::CursorShape

this enum type defines the various cursors that can be used. the mouse pointer's whole wardrobe 🌈

• Qt::ArrowCursor — standard arrow cursor
• Qt::UpArrowCursor — upwards arrow
• Qt::CrossCursor — crosshair
• Qt::WaitCursor — hourglass/watch
• Qt::BusyCursor — standard arrow with hourglass/watch
• Qt::IbeamCursor — ibeam/text entry
• Qt::SizeVerCursor — vertical resize
• Qt::SizeHorCursor — horizontal resize
• Qt::SizeFDiagCursor — diagonal resize (\)
• Qt::SizeBDiagCursor — diagonal resize (/)
• Qt::SizeAllCursor — all directions resize
• Qt::BlankCursor — blank/invisible cursor (now you see me, now you literally don't 🙈)
• Qt::SplitVCursor — vertical splitting
• Qt::SplitHCursor — horizontal splitting
• Qt::PointingHandCursor — a pointing hand
• Qt::ForbiddenCursor — a slashed circle
• Qt::WhatsThisCursor — an arrow with a question mark
• Qt::BitmapCursor

and the default for widgets in a normal state is ArrowCursor. no cap.

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(again 😭 the cursor picture got omitted. we mourn.)

💅 Qt::DateFormat

• Qt::TextDate — (default) Qt format
• Qt::ISODate — ISO 8601 extended format (YYYY-MM-DD, or with time, YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS)
• Qt::LocalDate — locale dependent format

🧚 Qt::Dock

each dock window can be in one of the following positions:

• Qt::DockTop — above the central widget, below the menu bar.
• Qt::DockBottom — below the central widget, above the status bar.
• Qt::DockLeft — to the left of the central widget.
• Qt::DockRight — to the right of the central widget.
• Qt::DockMinimized — the dock window is not shown (this is effectively a 'hidden' dock area); the handles of all minimized dock windows are drawn in one row below the menu bar.
• Qt::DockTornOff — the dock window floats as its own top level window which always stays on top of the main window. main character energy fr fr ✨
• Qt::DockUnmanaged — not managed by a QMainWindow.

💜 Qt::GUIStyle

⚠️ This type is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code. like, genuinely, don't. it's giving 2004. 🙈

• Qt::WindowsStyle
• Qt::MotifStyle
• Qt::MacStyle
• Qt::Win3Style
• Qt::PMStyle

💅 Qt::ImageConversionFlags 💅

okay so this one is literally just a bitwise-OR situation, bestie. You OR together the flags you want. The ones marked "(default)" get set if you don't include any other values from the list (because the defaults are zero, cute right):

Color/Mono preference (ignored for QBitmap)

• Qt::AutoColor — (default) — if the image has depth 1 and contains only black and white pixels, the pixmap becomes monochrome.
• Qt::ColorOnly — the pixmap gets dithered/converted to the native display depth.
• Qt::MonoOnly — the pixmap becomes monochrome. And if it has to, it gets dithered using whichever dithering algorithm you chose.

Dithering mode preference for RGB channels

• Qt::DiffuseDither — (default) — a high-quality dither. fancy.
• Qt::OrderedDither — a faster, more ordered dither.
• Qt::ThresholdDither — no dithering at all; closest color is used.

Dithering mode preference for alpha channel

• Qt::ThresholdAlphaDither — (default) — no dithering.
• Qt::OrderedAlphaDither — a faster, more ordered dither.
• Qt::DiffuseAlphaDither — a high-quality dither.
• Qt::NoAlpha — not supported. 🚫

Color matching versus dithering preference

• Qt::PreferDither — (default when converting to a pixmap) — always dither 32-bit images when the image is converted to 8 bits.
• Qt::AvoidDither — (default when converting for the purpose of saving to file) — dither 32-bit images only if the image has more than 256 colors and it is being converted to 8 bits.
• Qt::AutoDither — not supported. 🚫

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and now the plot twist: these next ones aren't values you use directly, they're masks for the classes above:

• Qt::ColorMode_Mask — mask for the color mode.
• Qt::Dither_Mask — mask for the dithering mode for RGB channels.
• Qt::AlphaDither_Mask — mask for the dithering mode for the alpha channel.
• Qt::DitherMode_Mask — mask for the mode that determines the preference of color matching versus dithering.

🌸 pro tip: using 0 as the conversion flag sets all the default options. zero effort, zero problems, main character energy.

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⌨️ Qt::Key ⌨️

these are the key names Qt uses, and yeah, it's a long list. sit down, get a snack, we're doing this. 🍓

• Qt::Key_Escape
• Qt::Key_Tab
• Qt::Key_Backtab
• Qt::Key_Backspace
• Qt::Key_Return
• Qt::Key_Enter
• Qt::Key_Insert
• Qt::Key_Delete
• Qt::Key_Pause
• Qt::Key_Print
• Qt::Key_SysReq
• Qt::Key_Home
• Qt::Key_End
• Qt::Key_Left
• Qt::Key_Up
• Qt::Key_Right
• Qt::Key_Down
• Qt::Key_Prior
• Qt::Key_Next
• Qt::Key_Shift
• Qt::Key_Control
• Qt::Key_Meta
• Qt::Key_Alt
• Qt::Key_CapsLock
• Qt::Key_NumLock
• Qt::Key_ScrollLock
• Qt::Key_Clear
• Qt::Key_F1
• Qt::Key_F2
• Qt::Key_F3
• Qt::Key_F4
• Qt::Key_F5
• Qt::Key_F6
• Qt::Key_F7
• Qt::Key_F8
• Qt::Key_F9
• Qt::Key_F10
• Qt::Key_F11
• Qt::Key_F12
• Qt::Key_F13
• Qt::Key_F14
• Qt::Key_F15
• Qt::Key_F16
• Qt::Key_F17
• Qt::Key_F18
• Qt::Key_F19
• Qt::Key_F20
• Qt::Key_F21
• Qt::Key_F22
• Qt::Key_F23
• Qt::Key_F24
• Qt::Key_F25
• Qt::Key_F26
• Qt::Key_F27
• Qt::Key_F28
• Qt::Key_F29
• Qt::Key_F30
• Qt::Key_F31
• Qt::Key_F32
• Qt::Key_F33
• Qt::Key_F34
• Qt::Key_F35 (yes bestie, all the way to 35 💀)
• Qt::Key_Super_L
• Qt::Key_Super_R
• Qt::Key_Menu
• Qt::Key_Hyper_L
• Qt::Key_Hyper_R
• Qt::Key_Help
• Qt::Key_Space
• Qt::Key_Any
• Qt::Key_Exclam
• Qt::Key_QuoteDbl
• Qt::Key_NumberSign
• Qt::Key_Dollar
• Qt::Key_Percent
• Qt::Key_Ampersand
• Qt::Key_Apostrophe
• Qt::Key_ParenLeft
• Qt::Key_ParenRight
• Qt::Key_Asterisk
• Qt::Key_Plus
• Qt::Key_Comma
• Qt::Key_Minus
• Qt::Key_Period
• Qt::Key_Slash
• Qt::Key_0
• Qt::Key_1
• Qt::Key_2
• Qt::Key_3
• Qt::Key_4
• Qt::Key_5
• Qt::Key_6
• Qt::Key_7
• Qt::Key_8
• Qt::Key_9
• Qt::Key_Colon
• Qt::Key_Semicolon
• Qt::Key_Less
• Qt::Key_Equal
• Qt::Key_Greater
• Qt::Key_Question
• Qt::Key_At
• Qt::Key_A
• Qt::Key_B
• Qt::Key_C
• Qt::Key_D
• Qt::Key_E
• Qt::Key_F
• Qt::Key_G
• Qt::Key_H
• Qt::Key_I
• Qt::Key_J
• Qt::Key_K
• Qt::Key_L
• Qt::Key_M
• Qt::Key_N
• Qt::Key_O
• Qt::Key_P
• Qt::Key_Q
• Qt::Key_R
• Qt::Key_S
• Qt::Key_T
• Qt::Key_U
• Qt::Key_V
• Qt::Key_W
• Qt::Key_X
• Qt::Key_Y
• Qt::Key_Z
• Qt::Key_BracketLeft
• Qt::Key_Backslash
• Qt::Key_BracketRight
• Qt::Key_AsciiCircum
• Qt::Key_Underscore
• Qt::Key_QuoteLeft
• Qt::Key_BraceLeft
• Qt::Key_Bar
• Qt::Key_BraceRight
• Qt::Key_AsciiTilde

okay now we're into the lowercase latin-1 zone, don't be scared 🦋

• Qt::Key_nobreakspace
• Qt::Key_exclamdown
• Qt::Key_cent
• Qt::Key_sterling
• Qt::Key_currency
• Qt::Key_yen
• Qt::Key_brokenbar
• Qt::Key_section
• Qt::Key_diaeresis
• Qt::Key_copyright
• Qt::Key_ordfeminine
• Qt::Key_guillemotleft
• Qt::Key_notsign
• Qt::Key_hyphen
• Qt::Key_registered
• Qt::Key_macron
• Qt::Key_degree
• Qt::Key_plusminus
• Qt::Key_twosuperior
• Qt::Key_threesuperior
• Qt::Key_acute
• Qt::Key_mu
• Qt::Key_paragraph
• Qt::Key_periodcentered
• Qt::Key_cedilla
• Qt::Key_onesuperior
• Qt::Key_masculine
• Qt::Key_guillemotright
• Qt::Key_onequarter
• Qt::Key_onehalf
• Qt::Key_threequarters
• Qt::Key_questiondown
• Qt::Key_Agrave
• Qt::Key_Aacute
• Qt::Key_Acircumflex
• Qt::Key_Atilde
• Qt::Key_Adiaeresis
• Qt::Key_Aring
• Qt::Key_AE
• Qt::Key_Ccedilla
• Qt::Key_Egrave
• Qt::Key_Eacute
• Qt::Key_Ecircumflex
• Qt::Key_Ediaeresis
• Qt::Key_Igrave
• Qt::Key_Iacute
• Qt::Key_Icircumflex
• Qt::Key_Idiaeresis
• Qt::Key_ETH
• Qt::Key_Ntilde
• Qt::Key_Ograve
• Qt::Key_Oacute
• Qt::Key_Ocircumflex
• Qt::Key_Otilde
• Qt::Key_Odiaeresis
• Qt::Key_multiply
• Qt::Key_Ooblique
• Qt::Key_Ugrave
• Qt::Key_Uacute
• Qt::Key_Ucircumflex
• Qt::Key_Udiaeresis
• Qt::Key_Yacute
• Qt::Key_THORN
• Qt::Key_ssharp
• Qt::Key_agrave
• Qt::Key_aacute
• Qt::Key_acircumflex
• Qt::Key_atilde
• Qt::Key_adiaeresis
• Qt::Key_aring
• Qt::Key_ae
• Qt::Key_ccedilla
• Qt::Key_egrave
• Qt::Key_eacute
• Qt::Key_ecircumflex
• Qt::Key_ediaeresis
• Qt::Key_igrave
• Qt::Key_iacute
• Qt::Key_icircumflex
• Qt::Key_idiaeresis
• Qt::Key_eth
• Qt::Key_ntilde
• Qt::Key_ograve
• Qt::Key_oacute
• Qt::Key_ocircumflex
• Qt::Key_otilde
• Qt::Key_odiaeresis
• Qt::Key_division
• Qt::Key_oslash
• Qt::Key_ugrave
• Qt::Key_uacute
• Qt::Key_ucircumflex
• Qt::Key_udiaeresis
• Qt::Key_yacute
• Qt::Key_thorn
• Qt::Key_ydiaeresis

Multimedia keys 🎵✨

• Qt::Key_Back
• Qt::Key_Forward
• Qt::Key_Stop
• Qt::Key_Refresh
• Qt::Key_VolumeDown
• Qt::Key_VolumeMute
• Qt::Key_VolumeUp
• Qt::Key_BassBoost
• Qt::Key_BassUp
• Qt::Key_BassDown
• Qt::Key_TrebleUp
• Qt::Key_TrebleDown
• Qt::Key_MediaPlay
• Qt::Key_MediaStop
• Qt::Key_MediaPrev
• Qt::Key_MediaNext
• Qt::Key_MediaRecord
• Qt::Key_HomePage
• Qt::Key_Favorites
• Qt::Key_Search
• Qt::Key_Standby
• Qt::Key_OpenUrl
• Qt::Key_LaunchMail
• Qt::Key_LaunchMedia
• Qt::Key_Launch0
• Qt::Key_Launch1
• Qt::Key_Launch2
• Qt::Key_Launch3
• Qt::Key_Launch4
• Qt::Key_Launch5
• Qt::Key_Launch6
• Qt::Key_Launch7
• Qt::Key_Launch8
• Qt::Key_Launch9
• Qt::Key_LaunchA
• Qt::Key_LaunchB
• Qt::Key_LaunchC
• Qt::Key_LaunchD
• Qt::Key_LaunchE
• Qt::Key_LaunchF
• Qt::Key_MediaLast
• Qt::Key_unknown
• Qt::Key_Direction_L — internal use only 🙈
• Qt::Key_Direction_R — internal use only 🙈

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🍎 Qt::MacintoshVersion 🍎

• Qt::MV_Unknown — version cannot be detected. mystery era. 🕵️
• Qt::MV_9 — Mac OS 9
• Qt::MV_10_DOT_3 — Mac OS X 10.3
• Qt::MV_10_DOT_2 — Mac OS X 10.2
• Qt::MV_10_DOT_1 — Mac OS X 10.1
• Qt::MV_10_DOT_0 — Mac OS X 10.0
• Qt::MV_10_DOT_4 — Mac OS X 10.4
• Qt::MV_CHEETAH — 10.0 Codename 🐆
• Qt::MV_PUMA — 10.1 Codename 🐈‍⬛
• Qt::MV_JAGUAR — 10.2 Codename
• Qt::MV_PANTHER — 10.3 Codename
• Qt::MV_TIGER — 10.4 Codename 🐯

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🎛️ Qt::Modifier 🎛️

this enum type is describing the keyboard modifier keys Qt supports, periodt.

• Qt::SHIFT — the Shift keys, the ones on all standard keyboards.
• Qt::META — the Meta keys.
• Qt::CTRL — the Ctrl keys.
• Qt::ALT — the normal Alt keys, but not e.g. AltGr.
• Qt::MODIFIER_MASK — a mask of Shift, Ctrl, Alt and Meta.
• Qt::UNICODE_ACCEL — the accelerator is specified as a Unicode code point, not as a Qt Key.

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🧭 Qt::Orientation 🧭

this type signifies an object's orientation. it's giving directions.

• Qt::Horizontal
• Qt::Vertical

orientation is used with QScrollBar, for example.

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📏 Qt::PaintUnit 📏

• Qt::PixelUnit
• Qt::LoMetricUnit — obsolete
• Qt::HiMetricUnit — obsolete
• Qt::LoEnglishUnit — obsolete
• Qt::HiEnglishUnit — obsolete
• Qt::TwipsUnit — obsolete

💀 so many obsoletes. they're still in the list though, so here they are, we don't gatekeep.

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🖊️ Qt::PenCapStyle 🖊️

this enum type defines the pen cap styles Qt supports, i.e. the line end caps that can be drawn using QPainter.

• Qt::FlatCap — a square line end that does not cover the end point of the line.
• Qt::SquareCap — a square line end that covers the end point and extends beyond it with half the line width.
• Qt::RoundCap — a rounded line end.
• Qt::MPenCapStyle — mask of the pen cap styles.

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🔗 Qt::PenJoinStyle 🔗

this enum type defines the pen join styles Qt supports, i.e. which joins between two connected lines can be drawn using QPainter.

• Qt::MiterJoin — the outer edges of the lines are extended to meet at an angle, and this area is filled.
• Qt::BevelJoin — the triangular notch between the two lines is filled.
• Qt::RoundJoin — a circular arc between the two lines is filled.
• Qt::MPenJoinStyle — mask of the pen join styles.

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✏️ Qt::PenStyle ✏️

this enum type defines the pen styles that can be drawn using QPainter. the styles are:

• Qt::NoPen — no line at all. for example, QPainter::drawRect() fills but does not draw any boundary line.
• Qt::SolidLine — a simple line.
• Qt::DashLine — dashes separated by a few pixels.
• Qt::DotLine — dots separated by a few pixels.
• Qt::DashDotLine — alternate dots and dashes.
• Qt::DashDotDotLine — one dash, two dots, one dash, two dots.
• Qt::MPenStyle — mask of the pen styles.

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🎨 Qt::RasterOp 🎨

okay so bestie, this enum type is literally the blueprint for how things get written to the paint device. Every bit of the src (that's what you write) interacts with the corresponding bit of the dst pixel. it's giving bitwise romance, fr fr. 💖

• Qt::CopyROP — dst = src
• Qt::OrROP — dst = src OR dst
• Qt::XorROP — dst = src XOR dst
• Qt::NotAndROP — dst = (NOT src) AND dst
• Qt::EraseROP — an alias for NotAndROP
• Qt::NotCopyROP — dst = NOT src
• Qt::NotOrROP — dst = (NOT src) OR dst
• Qt::NotXorROP — dst = (NOT src) XOR dst
• Qt::AndROP — dst = src AND dst
• Qt::NotEraseROP — an alias for AndROP
• Qt::NotROP — dst = NOT dst
• Qt::ClearROP — dst = 0
• Qt::SetROP — dst = 1
• Qt::NopROP — dst = dst
• Qt::AndNotROP — dst = src AND (NOT dst)
• Qt::OrNotROP — dst = src OR (NOT dst)
• Qt::NandROP — dst = NOT (src AND dst)
• Qt::NorROP — dst = NOT (src OR dst)

By far the most useful ones are CopyROP and XorROP. no cap.

On Qt/Embedded, only CopyROP, XorROP, and NotROP are supported. 💀

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🦋 Qt::SequenceMatch 🦋

vibe check on sequences: do they match or not? 💅

• Qt::NoMatch — Sequences have nothing in common
• Qt::PartialMatch — Sequences match partially, but are not complete
• Qt::Identical — Sequences do not differ

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🔢 Qt::SortOrder 🔢

This enum describes how the items in a widget are sorted. lowkey straightforward, highkey useful. ✨

• Qt::Ascending — The items are sorted ascending e.g. starts with 'AAA' ends with 'ZZZ' in Latin-1 locales
• Qt::Descending — The items are sorted descending e.g. starts with 'ZZZ' ends with 'AAA' in Latin-1 locales

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🔍 Qt::StringComparisonMode 🔍

This enum type is used to set the string comparison mode when searching for an item. It is used by QListBox, QListView and QIconView, for example. We'll refer to the string being searched as the 'target' string. iykyk. 🫶

• Qt::CaseSensitive — The strings must match case sensitively.
• Qt::ExactMatch — The target and search strings must match exactly.
• Qt::BeginsWith — The target string begins with the search string.
• Qt::EndsWith — The target string ends with the search string.
• Qt::Contains — The target string contains the search string.

If you OR these flags together (excluding CaseSensitive), the search criteria get applied in the following order: ExactMatch, BeginsWith, EndsWith, Contains.

Matching is case-insensitive unless CaseSensitive is set. CaseSensitive can be OR-ed with any combination of the other flags.

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📝 Qt::TextFlags 📝

This enum type is used to define some modifier flags. Some of these flags only make sense in the context of printing: 👑

• Qt::SingleLine — Treats all whitespace as spaces and prints just one line.
• Qt::DontClip — If it's impossible to stay within the given bounds, it prints outside.
• Qt::ExpandTabs — Makes the U+0009 (ASCII tab) character move to the next tab stop.
• Qt::ShowPrefix — Displays the string "&P" as <u>P</u> (see QButton for an example). For an ampersand, use "&&".
• Qt::WordBreak — Breaks lines at appropriate points, e.g. at word boundaries.
• Qt::BreakAnywhere — Breaks lines anywhere, even within words.
• Qt::NoAccel — Same as ShowPrefix but doesn't draw the underlines.

You can use as many modifier flags as you want, except that SingleLine and WordBreak cannot be combined.

Flags that are inappropriate for a given use (e.g. ShowPrefix to QGridLayout::addWidget()) are generally ignored.

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💬 Qt::TextFormat 💬

This enum is used in widgets that can display both plain text and rich text, e.g. QLabel. It is used for deciding whether a text string should be interpreted as one or the other. This is normally done by passing one of the enum values to a setTextFormat() function. the duality is real. 💬

• Qt::PlainText — The text string is interpreted as a plain text string.
• Qt::RichText — The text string is interpreted as a rich text string using the current QStyleSheet::defaultSheet().
• Qt::AutoText — The text string is interpreted as for RichText if QStyleSheet::mightBeRichText() returns TRUE, otherwise as PlainText.
• Qt::LogText — A special, limited text format which is only used by QTextEdit in an optimized mode.

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⏰ Qt::TimeSpec ⏰

timezone bestie moment ⏰

• Qt::LocalTime — Locale dependent time (Timezones and Daylight Savings Time)
• Qt::UTC — Coordinated Universal Time, replaces Greenwich Time

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✨ Qt::UIEffect ✨

these are the UI effects, and honestly the last one is just Reserved, periodt. ✨

• Qt::UI_General
• Qt::UI_AnimateMenu
• Qt::UI_FadeMenu
• Qt::UI_AnimateCombo
• Qt::UI_AnimateTooltip
• Qt::UI_FadeTooltip
• Qt::UI_AnimateToolBox — Reserved

✨ Qt::WidgetFlags ✨

okay bestie this one's a whole thing — this enum type is used to specify various window-system properties for the widget 🪟. They're fairly unusual but necessary in a few cases. Some of these flags depend on whether the underlying window manager supports them. (See the toplevel example for an explanation and example of their use.) 👑

The main types are:

• Qt::WType_TopLevel — indicates that this widget is a top-level widget, usually with a window-system frame and so on.
• Qt::WType_Dialog — indicates that this widget is a top-level window that should be decorated as a dialog (i.e. typically no maximize or minimize buttons in the title bar). If you want to use it as a modal dialog it should be launched from another window, or have a parent and this flag should be combined with WShowModal. If you make it modal, the dialog will prevent other top-level windows in the application from getting any input. WType_Dialog implies WType_TopLevel. We refer to a top-level window that has a parent as a secondary window. (See also WGroupLeader.)
• Qt::WType_Popup — indicates that this widget is a popup top-level window, i.e. that it is modal, but has a window system frame appropriate for popup menus. WType_Popup implies WType_TopLevel.
• Qt::WType_Desktop — indicates that this widget is the desktop. See also WPaintDesktop below. WType_Desktop implies WType_TopLevel.

There are also a number of flags which you can use to customize the appearance of top-level windows. These have no effect on other windows:

• Qt::WStyle_Customize — indicates that the WStyle_* flags should be used to build the window instead of the default flags.
• Qt::WStyle_NormalBorder — gives the window a normal border. This cannot be combined with WStyle_DialogBorder or WStyle_NoBorder.
• Qt::WStyle_DialogBorder — gives the window a thin dialog border. This cannot be combined with WStyle_NormalBorder or WStyle_NoBorder.
• Qt::WStyle_NoBorder — produces a borderless window. Note that the user cannot move or resize a borderless window via the window system. This cannot be combined with WStyle_NormalBorder or WStyle_DialogBorder. On Windows, the flag works fine. On X11, the result of the flag is dependent on the window manager and its ability to understand MOTIF and/or NETWM hints: most existing modern window managers can handle this. With WX11BypassWM, you can bypass the window manager completely. This results in a borderless window that is not managed at all (i.e. no keyboard input unless you call setActiveWindow() manually).

fr fr that last one is a whole situation — unmanaged window means nobody is giving it keyboard focus unless you do it yourself 💀

• Qt::WStyle_NoBorderEx — this value is obsolete. It has the same effect as using WStyle_NoBorder.
• Qt::WStyle_Title — gives the window a title bar.
• Qt::WStyle_SysMenu — adds a window system menu.
• Qt::WStyle_Minimize — adds a minimize button. Note that on Windows this has to be combined with WStyle_SysMenu for it to work.
• Qt::WStyle_Maximize — adds a maximize button. Note that on Windows this has to be combined with WStyle_SysMenu for it to work.
• Qt::WStyle_MinMax — is equal to WStyle_Minimize|WStyle_Maximize. Note that on Windows this has to be combined with WStyle_SysMenu to work.
• Qt::WStyle_ContextHelp — adds a context help button to dialogs.
• Qt::WStyle_Tool — makes the window a tool window. A tool window is often a small window with a smaller than usual title bar and decoration, typically used for collections of tool buttons. It there is a parent, the tool window will always be kept on top of it. If there isn't a parent, you may consider passing WStyle_StaysOnTop as well. If the window system supports it, a tool window can be decorated with a somewhat lighter frame. It can also be combined with WStyle_NoBorder.
• Qt::WStyle_StaysOnTop — informs the window system that the window should stay on top of all other windows. Note that on some window managers on X11 you also have to pass WX11BypassWM for this flag to work correctly.
• Qt::WStyle_Dialog — indicates that the window is a logical subwindow of its parent (i.e. a dialog). The window will not get its own taskbar entry and will be kept on top of its parent by the window system. Usually it will also be minimized when the parent is minimized. If not customized, the window is decorated with a slightly simpler title bar. This is the flag QDialog uses.
• Qt::WStyle_Splash — indicates that the window is a splash screen. On X11, we try to follow NETWM standard for a splash screen window if the window manager supports is otherwise it is equivalent to WX11BypassWM. On other platforms, it is equivalent to WStyle_NoBorder | WMacNoSheet | WStyle_Tool | WWinOwnDC.

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🎀 Modifier flags 🎀

• Qt::WDestructiveClose — makes Qt delete this widget when the widget has accepted closeEvent(), or when the widget tried to ignore closeEvent() but could not.
• Qt::WPaintDesktop — gives this widget paint events for the desktop.
• Qt::WPaintUnclipped — makes all painters operating on this widget unclipped. Children of this widget or other widgets in front of it do not clip the area the painter can paint on.
• Qt::WPaintClever — indicates that Qt should not try to optimize repainting for the widget, but instead pass on window system repaint events directly. (This tends to produce more events and smaller repaint regions.)
• Qt::WMouseNoMask — indicates that even if the widget has a mask, it wants mouse events for its entire rectangle.
• Qt::WStaticContents — indicates that the widget contents are north-west aligned and static. On resize, such a widget will receive paint events only for the newly visible part of itself.
• Qt::WNoAutoErase — indicates that the widget paints all its pixels. Updating, resizing, scrolling and focus changes should therefore not erase the widget. This allows smart-repainting to avoid flicker.
• Qt::WResizeNoErase — this value is obsolete; use WNoAutoErase instead.
• Qt::WRepaintNoErase — this value is obsolete; use WNoAutoErase instead.
• Qt::WGroupLeader — makes this window a group leader. A group leader should not have a parent (i.e. it should be a top-level window). Any decendant windows (direct or indirect) of a group leader are in its group; other windows are not. If you show a secondary window from the group (i.e. show a window whose top-most parent is a group leader), that window will be modal with respect to the other windows in the group, but modeless with respect to windows in other groups.

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🌈 Miscellaneous flags 🌈

• Qt::WShowModal — see WType_Dialog

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🧚 Internal flags 🧚

• Qt::WNoMousePropagation
• Qt::WStaticContents
• Qt::WStyle_Reserved
• Qt::WSubWindow
• Qt::WType_Modal
• Qt::WWinOwnDC
• Qt::WX11BypassWM
• Qt::WMacNoSheet
• Qt::WMacDrawer
• Qt::WStyle_Mask
• Qt::WType_Mask

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💜 Qt::WidgetState 💜

Internal flags. no thoughts, just vibes 🫶

• Qt::WState_Created
• Qt::WState_Disabled
• Qt::WState_Visible
• Qt::WState_ForceHide
• Qt::WState_OwnCursor
• Qt::WState_MouseTracking
• Qt::WState_CompressKeys
• Qt::WState_BlockUpdates
• Qt::WState_InPaintEvent
• Qt::WState_Reparented
• Qt::WState_ConfigPending
• Qt::WState_Resized
• Qt::WState_AutoMask
• Qt::WState_Polished
• Qt::WState_DND
• Qt::WState_Reserved0 — internal
• Qt::WState_CreatedHidden
• Qt::WState_Maximized
• Qt::WState_Minimized
• Qt::WState_ForceDisabled
• Qt::WState_Exposed
• Qt::WState_HasMouse
• Qt::WState_CreatedHidden
• Qt::WState_OwnSizePolicy
• Qt::WState_FullScreen

bestie yes WState_CreatedHidden really does show up twice in that list, I'm not gaslighting you 💅

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🦋 Qt::WindowState 🦋

This enum type is used to specify the current state of a top-level window.

The states are:

• Qt::WindowNoState — The window has no state set (in normal state).
• Qt::WindowMinimized — The window is minimized (i.e. iconified).
• Qt::WindowMaximized — The window is maximized with a frame around it.
• Qt::WindowFullScreen — The window fills the entire screen without any frame around it.
• Qt::WindowActive — The window is the active window, i.e. it has keyboard focus.

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🌸 Qt::WindowsVersion 🌸

• Qt::WV_32s — Windows 3.1 with Win 32s
• Qt::WV_95 — Windows 95
• Qt::WV_98 — Windows 98
• Qt::WV_Me — Windows Me
• Qt::WV_DOS_based
• Qt::WV_NT — Windows NT
• Qt::WV_2000 — Windows 2000
• Qt::WV_XP — Windows XP
• Qt::WV_2003 — Windows Server 2003
• Qt::WV_NT_based
• Qt::WV_VISTA — Windows Vista
• Qt::WV_CE — Windows CE
• Qt::WV_CENET — Windows CE .NET
• Qt::WV_CE_based

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

http://doc.trolltech.com/qt.html http://www.trolltech.com/faq/tech.html

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright 1992-2007 Trolltech ASA, http://www.trolltech.com. See the license file included in the distribution for a complete license statement.

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

Generated automatically from the source code.

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💀 BUGS 💀

If you find a bug in Qt, please report it as described in http://doc.trolltech.com/bughowto.html. Good bug reports help us to help you. Thank you.

The definitive Qt documentation is provided in HTML format; it is located at $QTDIR/doc/html and can be read using Qt Assistant or with a web browser. This man page is provided as a convenience for those users who prefer man pages, although this format is not officially supported by Trolltech.

If you find errors in this manual page, please report them to qt-bugs@trolltech.com. Please include the name of the manual page (qt.3qt) and the Qt version (3.3.8).

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and that's a wrap on the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this little artifact was cooked up by Trolltech AS, dated 2 February 2007, and it lives under the name Qt(3qt) — go forth and flag responsibly 💖✨