Guides/Qt IDE

The Qt IDE is available for Windows 32/64, Linux 32/64, Mac 64, Android and Raspberry Pi.

Install/Update

Configure

Version

The Qt IDE version can be seen in JVERSION and the Help|About box. It has the form:

   Qt IDE: 2.0.1/6.2.2(6.2.3)

The three numbers represent:

2.0.1 - the Qt IDE binary version number (from Jsoftware)

6.2.2 - the version of Qt used to build the Qt IDE binary

6.2.3 - the version of Qt currently in use on the machine

wd

See Window Driver.

Shortcuts

	Edit window		Term window
	`Ctrl+`	`Shift+Ctrl+`	`Ctrl+`	`Shift+Ctrl+`
`a`	Select all		Select all
`b`	Toggle Sidebar	Remove `NB.`
`c`	Copy		Copy
`d`	Show Input Log		Show Input Log
`e`	Run Selection	Run all lines
`f`	Find	Find in Files	Find	Find in Files
`g`	Recent		Recent
`h`
`i`
`j`	Advance Lab topic		Advance Lab topic
`k`		Add `NB.---`
`l`	Load script	Add `NB.===`
`m`		Open 2nd Edit window	Open Edit window
`n`	New script	Add `NB.`	New temp script
`o`	Open temp script		Open temp script
`p`		Pretty-print (format)
`q`	Quit		Quit
`r`	Run line	Run line and show
`s`	Save script	Save all scripts
`t`	Switch to Term window	Clear Term window		Clear Term window
`u`
`v`	Paste		Paste
`w`	Close Tab	Close all other Tabs
`x`	Cut		Cut
`y`	Redo
`z`	Undo	Redo
`/`	add/remove NB. to selection	add/remove Note'' ...) to selection
`F1`	Vocabulary	Context Sensitive	Vocabulary	Context Sensitive
`F5`	Run Test		Run Test
`F8`	Run Clipboard		Run Clipboard
`F9`	Run Project	Build Project	Run Project
`F10`	Run all lines
`Enter`	Run line & advance	Run line, advance, show

There are 6 virtual function keys at the bottom of the Term window for Android. F2 to F5 are reserved for future use.

Virtual Function Keys (Android only)

		Term window
`F1`	Show WD Form
`F2`	Mark copy/cut start
`F3`
`F4`
`F5`
`F6`	Advance Lab topic

Jconsole

See Qt Jconsole.

Menus

See Menus.

Projects

A J project is a collection of files which represent a single effort. Also, J will track the files you are working on, and re-opening the project will re-open those files in the editor.

And, J provides support for a Run (and Build) action for a project.

See Folders and Projects.

Snapshots

See Snapshots.

Source

The Qt IDE source is available at github.

If you would like write access to the repository, please email the qt group, see the [contact] page.