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WestleyArgentum
WestleyArgentum

Reputation: 2187

Hand editing .ui files inside Qt editor

I've been tweaking my .ui files by hand a lot recently and I'm curious, does anyone know how to turn off read only mode for .ui files in Qt Creator?

In case that's not immediately clear, what I mean is that .ui files (by default) are view-able inside Qt Creator but not write-able... and it's a minor nuisance to go boot up some other xml editor :/

Thanks!

Upvotes: 11

Views: 12105

Answers (1)

leemes
leemes

Reputation: 45745

In the context menu of any .ui file in the project explorer, click Open With and then Plain Text Editor. This gives you the same editor but with write mode.

Note that the disabled write mode for ui files when double clicking and changing to "Edit" mode rather than "Design" mode isn't a bug but a feature. Editing ui files by hand can destroy your file. At least, this is what the Qt guys think...

Upvotes: 19

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