Qt Quick Controls QML Types

Qt Quick Controls provides QML types for creating user interfaces. These QML types work in conjunction with Qt Quick and Qt Quick Layouts.

Qt Quick Controls QML types can be imported into your application using the following import statement in your .qml file:

import QtQuick.Controls

QML Types

AbstractButton	Abstract base type providing functionality common to buttons
Action	Abstract user interface action
ActionGroup	Groups actions together
ApplicationWindow	Styled top-level window with support for a header and footer
BusyIndicator	Indicates background activity, for example, while content is being loaded
Button	Push-button that can be clicked to perform a command or answer a question
ButtonGroup	Mutually-exclusive group of checkable buttons
Calendar	A calendar namespace
CalendarModel	A calendar model
CheckBox	Check button that can be toggled on or off
CheckDelegate	Item delegate with a check indicator that can be toggled on or off
ComboBox	Combined button and popup list for selecting options
Container	Abstract base type providing functionality common to containers
Control	Abstract base type providing functionality common to all controls
DayOfWeekRow	A row of names for the days in a week
DelayButton	Check button that triggers when held down long enough
Dial	Circular dial that is rotated to set a value
Dialog	Popup dialog with standard buttons and a title, used for short-term interaction with the user
DialogButtonBox	A button box used in dialogs
Drawer	Side panel that can be opened and closed using a swipe gesture
Frame	Visual frame for a logical group of controls
GroupBox	Visual frame and title for a logical group of controls
HorizontalHeaderView	Provides a horizontal header view to accompany a TableView
ItemDelegate	Basic item delegate that can be used in various views and controls
Label	Styled text label with inherited font
Menu	Popup that can be used as a context menu or popup menu
MenuBar	Provides a window menu bar
MenuBarItem	Presents a drop-down menu within a MenuBar
MenuItem	Presents an item within a Menu
MenuSeparator	Separates a group of items in a menu from adjacent items
MonthGrid	A grid of days for a calendar month
Overlay	A window overlay for popups
Page	Styled page control with support for a header and footer
PageIndicator	Indicates the currently active page
Pane	Provides a background matching with the application style and theme
Popup	Base type of popup-like user interface controls
ProgressBar	Indicates the progress of an operation
RadioButton	Exclusive radio button that can be toggled on or off
RadioDelegate	Exclusive item delegate with a radio indicator that can be toggled on or off
RangeSlider	Used to select a range of values by sliding two handles along a track
RoundButton	A push-button control with rounded corners that can be clicked by the user
ScrollBar	Vertical or horizontal interactive scroll bar
ScrollIndicator	Vertical or horizontal non-interactive scroll indicator
ScrollView	Scrollable view
SelectionRectangle	Used to select table cells inside a TableView
Slider	Used to select a value by sliding a handle along a track
SpinBox	Allows the user to select from a set of preset values
SplitHandle	Provides attached properties for SplitView handles
SplitView	Lays out items with a draggable splitter between each item
StackView	Provides a stack-based navigation model
SwipeDelegate	Swipable item delegate
SwipeView	Enables the user to navigate pages by swiping sideways
Switch	Button that can be toggled on or off
SwitchDelegate	Item delegate with a switch indicator that can be toggled on or off
TabBar	Allows the user to switch between different views or subtasks
TabButton	Button with a look suitable for a TabBar
TextArea	Multi-line text input area
TextField	Single-line text input field
ToolBar	Container for context-sensitive controls
ToolButton	Button with a look suitable for a ToolBar
ToolSeparator	Separates a group of items in a toolbar from adjacent items
ToolTip	Provides tool tips for any control
TreeViewDelegate	A delegate that can be assigned to a TreeView
Tumbler	Spinnable wheel of items that can be selected
VerticalHeaderView	Offers a vertical header view to accompany a TableView
WeekNumberColumn	A column of week numbers

Using Qt Quick Controls types in property declarations

As mentioned in Qt Quick Templates 2 QML Types, each type in Qt Quick Controls is backed by a C++ "template" type. These types are non-visual implementations of controls' logic and behavior.

For example, the Menu type's API and behavior is defined by the C++ type in Qt Quick Templates. Each style that wants to provide a Menu must have a Menu.qml available, and the root item in that file must be the Menu from Qt Quick Templates. When you import QtQuick.Controls and create a Menu in QML, the type you get is actually the QML Menu defined by the style's Menu.qml.

In order to use a control as the type in a property declaration, you should use the corresponding type from Qt Quick Templates. For example, suppose you had a PopupOpener component, which was a Button that opened a Popup:

// PopupButton.qml
import QtQuick.Controls

Button {
    required property Popup popup

    onClicked: popup.open()
}

// main.qml
PopupButton {
    popup: saveChangesDialog
}

Dialog {
    id: saveChangesDialog

    // ...
}

Running this code will result in an error:

Unable to assign Dialog_QMLTYPE to Popup_QMLTYPE

This is because of the inheritance hierarchy:

Popup (C++ type in QtQuick.Templates)
│   └── Popup (QML type in QtQuick.Controls)
└── Dialog (C++ type in QtQuick.Templates)
    └── Dialog (QML type in QtQuick.Controls)

Dialog from QtQuick.Controls does not derive from the Popup from QtQuick.Controls, but from QtQuick.Templates.

Instead, use the Popup from Qt Quick Templates as the property type:

// PopupButton.qml
import QtQuick.Controls
import QtQuick.Templates as T

Button {
    required property T.Popup popup

    onClicked: popup.open()
}

For more information on the Qt Quick Controls module, see the Qt Quick Controls module documentation.

Qt Quick Controls Guidelines

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