[GSoC 2014] QML, Quick and Qt Designer in KDevelop

[Aleix Pol]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Denis Steckelmacher <steckdenis at yahoo.fr>wrote:

> On 03/07/2014 12:33 PM, Aleix Pol wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de
>> <mailto:apaku at gmx.de>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 12:17 AM, Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org
>>     <mailto:aleixpol at kde.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         To be honest, I don't think a QML Editor is in the scope of a
>>         GSoC, if Nokia+Digia didn't manage to do it
>>
>>
>>     Can you elaborate on that? QtCreator has a graphical QML editor at
>>     least in 2.8 and 3.0. AFAIK it supports both Qt4's qml version as
>>     well as the new version in Qt5.
>>     Andreas
>>
>>
>> They do have it, but I don't know anybody who has used it successfully
>> and remained happy afterwards.
>>
>> Aleix
>>
>
> I've just tested the QML designer, and I agree that it is not very
> user-friendly. Completely hiding the source code is not a very good idea, I
> think. QML has been invented to be easily edited, so masking it and using a
> clumsy interface is not very efficient.
>
> What I like about the QML/JS plugin is that it focuses on the code (it's a
> KDevelop language support plugin) while providing help. Previewing
> properties is a very good idea, and this idea may be further expanded by
> allowing the user to preview the component it is modifying.
>
> Imagine, for instance, that you have a window with tabs with panels with
> controls, all in QML. When your cursor is on a property of the window, a
> preview pane shows the whole window, and a property pane shows all the
> properties you can change where you are. If you move your cursor into a tab
> or a panel, then only the component containing the cursor (and its
> children) is rendered in the preview. The property window only displays the
> properties of the current component.
>
> Maybe an effect editor could be integrated into the preview pane. It could
> for instance display the nice rounded rectangle you are designing, while
> allowing you to edit its animations, states and transitions, and shader
> effects.
>
> This way, the user has complete power and sees all the code, but KDevelop
> also offers nice tools to help him. Do you think it is a good idea?
>
> Do you think it could be a good GSoC project to implement the points you
> have given in another email (understanding imports, parsing binary modules,
> better integration of the documentation system and ensuring that the
> DUChain is correct) and also to implement a property view pane and a
> preview pane?
>

Yes, I think it's a good project and with a good proposal it would have
good chances.

Aleix
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