TextReader with search functionality using Qt Creator

In this post, you will learn how to make a simple iPhone UI view using Qt creator.

Steps:

1. Open Qt Creator Click on File from the menu and click on New File or Project…(Ctrl +  N).
2. From the left column select Application, from the middle column select Qt Widget Application.
3. Click on Choose.
4. Give a name to the project and set the path where you want to save this project files.
5. Click Next,
6. Default kits will be selected.
7. Click next.
8. Give the class name of your choice. I gave a TextReader.
9. Select Baseclass as QMainWindow from the dropdown list.
10. (Generate form box can be unchecked as we are not going to use it, we will be creating UI with code only).
11. Click Next
12. Click on Finish.

main.cpp doesn`t need to be modified.

Open textreader.h

and modify it as

#ifndef TEXTREADER_H
#define TEXTREADER_H

#include <QWidget>

namespace Ui {
class TextReader;
}

class TextReader : public QWidget
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    explicit TextReader(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
    ~TextReader();
    void getTexfFile(char*);

private slots:

    void on_backSearch_clicked();

    void on_forwardButton_clicked();

    void on_openFileBtn_clicked();

private:
    Ui::TextReader *ui;
};

#endif // TEXTREADER_H

UI is made in textreader.ui file.

(File is attached at the end).

Open textreader.cpp

and copy-paste below mentioned code.

Download Project files

Video

Thank you for reading.