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# Qt QML Type

Provides a global object with useful enums and functions from Qt. More...

Import Statement: | import QtQml 2.2

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Properties

- application : object
- inputMethod : object
- platform : object
- styleHints : object

## Methods

- string atob(data)
- binding(function)
- string btoa(data)
- callLater(function, argument1, argument2, ...)
- callLater(function)
- color colorEqual(color lhs, string rhs)
- object createComponent(url, mode, parent)
- object createQmlObject(string qml, object parent, string filepath)
- color darker(color baseColor, real factor)
- exit(int retCode)
- font(object fontSpecifier)
- list<string> fontFamilies()
- string formatDate(datetime date, variant format)
- string formatDateTime(datetime dateTime, variant format)
- string formatTime(datetime time, variant format)
- color hsla(real hue, real saturation, real lightness, real alpha)
- color hsva(real hue, real saturation, real value, real alpha)
- object include(string url, jsobject callback)
- bool isQtObject(object)
- color lighter(color baseColor, real factor)
- locale(name)
- string md5(data)
- matrix4x4(real m11, real m12, real m13, real m14, real m21, real m22, real m23, real m24, real m31, real m32, real m33, real m34, real m41, real m42, real m43, real m44)
- bool openUrlExternally(url target)
- point point(int x, int y)
- string qsTr(string sourceText, string disambiguation, int n)
- string qsTrId(string id, int n)
- string qsTrIdNoOp(string id)
- string qsTrNoOp(string sourceText, string disambiguation)
- string qsTranslate(string context, string sourceText, string disambiguation, int n)
- string qsTranslateNoOp(string context, string sourceText, string disambiguation)
- quaternion(real scalar, real x, real y, real z)
- quit()
- rect rect(int x, int y, int width, int height)
- url resolvedUrl(url url)
- color rgba(real red, real green, real blue, real alpha)
- size(int width, int height)
- color tint(color baseColor, color tintColor)
- vector2d(real x, real y)
- vector3d(real x, real y, real z)
- vector4d(real x, real y, real z, real w)

## Detailed Description

The `Qt` object is a global object with utility functions, properties and enums.

It is not instantiable; to use it, call the members of the global `Qt` object directly. For example:

      import QtQuick 2.0

      Text {
          color: Qt.rgba(1, 0, 0, 1)
          text: Qt.md5("hello, world")
      }

## Enums

The Qt object contains the enums available in the Qt Namespace. For example, you can access the Qt::LeftButton and Qt::RightButton enumeration values as `Qt.LeftButton` and `Qt.RightButton`.

## Types

The Qt object also contains helper functions for creating objects of specific data types. This is primarily useful when setting the properties of an item when the property has one of the following types:

- `rect` - use Qt.rect()
- `point` - use Qt.point()
- `size` - use Qt.size()

If the `QtQuick` module has been imported, the following helper functions for creating objects of specific data types are also available for clients to use:

- `color` - use Qt.rgba(), Qt.hsla(), Qt.darker(), Qt.lighter() or Qt.tint()
- `font` - use Qt.font()
- `vector2d` - use Qt.vector2d()
- `vector3d` - use Qt.vector3d()
- `vector4d` - use Qt.vector4d()
- `quaternion` - use Qt.quaternion()
- `matrix4x4` - use Qt.matrix4x4()

There are also string based constructors for these types. See QML Basic Types for more information.

## Date/Time Formatters

The Qt object contains several functions for formatting QDateTime, QDate and QTime values.

- string Qt.formatDateTime(datetime date, variant format)
- string Qt.formatDate(datetime date, variant format)
- string Qt.formatTime(datetime date, variant format)

The format specification is described at Qt.formatDateTime.

## Dynamic Object Creation

The following functions on the global object allow you to dynamically create QML items from files or strings. See Dynamic QML Object Creation from JavaScript for an overview of their use.

- object Qt.createComponent(url)
- object Qt.createQmlObject(string qml, object parent, string filepath)

## Other Functions

The following functions are also on the Qt object.

- Qt.quit()
- Qt.md5(string)
- string Qt.btoa(string)
- string Qt.atob(string)
- object Qt.binding(function)
- object Qt.locale()
- string Qt.resolvedUrl(string)
- Qt.openUrlExternally(string)
- list<string> Qt.fontFamilies()

## Property Documentation

application : object

The `application` object provides access to global application state properties shared by many QML components.

Its properties are:

`application.active` | Deprecated, use Qt.application.state == Qt.ApplicationActive instead.

`application.state`

This read-only property indicates the current state of the application.

Possible values are:

- Qt.ApplicationActive - The application is the top-most and focused application, and the user is able to interact with the application.
- Qt.ApplicationInactive - The application is visible or partially visible, but not selected to be in front, the user cannot interact with the application. On desktop platforms, this typically means that the user activated another application. On mobile platforms, it is more common to enter this state when the OS is interrupting the user with for example incoming calls, SMS-messages or dialogs. This is usually a transient state during which the application is paused. The user may return focus to your application, but most of the time it will be the first indication that the application is going to be suspended. While in this state, consider pausing or stopping any activity that should not continue when the user cannot interact with your application, such as a video, a game, animations, or sensors. You should also avoid performing CPU-intensive tasks which might slow down the application in front.
- Qt.ApplicationSuspended - The application is suspended and not visible to the user. On mobile platforms, the application typically enters this state when the user returns to the home screen or switches to another application. While in this state, the application should ensure that the user perceives it as always alive and does not lose his progress, saving any persistent data. The application should cease all activities and be prepared for code execution to stop. While suspended, the application can be killed at any time without further warnings (for example when low memory forces the OS to purge suspended applications).
- Qt.ApplicationHidden - The application is hidden and runs in the background. This is the normal state for applications that need to do background processing, like playing music, while the user interacts with other applications. The application should free up all graphical resources when entering this state. A Qt Quick application should not usually handle this state at the QML level. Instead, you should unload the entire UI and reload the QML files whenever the application becomes active again.

`application.layoutDirection`

This read-only property can be used to query the default layout direction of the application. On system start-up, the default layout direction depends on the application's language. The property has a value of `Qt.RightToLeft` in locales where text and graphic elements are read from right to left, and `Qt.LeftToRight` where the reading direction flows from left to right. You can bind to this property to customize your application layouts to support both layout directions.

Possible values are:

- Qt.LeftToRight - Text and graphics elements should be positioned from left to right.
- Qt.RightToLeft - Text and graphics elements should be positioned from right to left.

`application.font` | This read-only property holds the default application font as returned by QGuiApplication::font().
`application.arguments` | This is a string list of the arguments the executable was invoked with.
`application.name` | This is the application name set on the QCoreApplication instance. This property can be written to in order to set the application name.
`application.displayName` (since Qt 5.9) | This is the application display name set on the QGuiApplication instance. This property can be written to in order to set the application display name.
`application.version` | This is the application version set on the QCoreApplication instance. This property can be written to in order to set the application version.
`application.organization` | This is the organization name set on the QCoreApplication instance. This property can be written to in order to set the organization name.
`application.domain` | This is the organization domain set on the QCoreApplication instance. This property can be written to in order to set the organization domain.
`application.supportsMultipleWindows` | This read-only property can be used to determine whether or not the platform supports multiple windows. Some embedded platforms do not support multiple windows, for example.

`application.screens`

An array containing the descriptions of all connected screens. The elements of the array are objects with the same properties as the Screen attached object. In practice the array corresponds to the screen list returned by QGuiApplication::screens(). In addition to examining properties like name, width, height, etc., the array elements can also be assigned to the screen property of Window items, thus serving as an alternative to the C++ side's QWindow::setScreen(). This property has been added in Qt 5.9.

The object also has one signal, aboutToQuit(), which is the same as QCoreApplication::aboutToQuit().

The following example uses the `application` object to indicate whether the application is currently active:

      import QtQuick 2.0

      Rectangle {
          width: 300; height: 55
          color: Qt.application.active ? "white" : "lightgray"
          Text {
              text: "Application " + (Qt.application.active ? "active" : "inactive")
              opacity: Qt.application.active ? 1.0 : 0.5
              anchors.centerIn: parent
          }
      }

Note that when using QML without a QGuiApplication, the following properties will be undefined:

- application.active
- application.state
- application.layoutDirection
- application.font

This QML property was introduced in Qt 5.1.

See also Screen, Window, and Window.screen.

inputMethod : object

The `inputMethod` object allows access to application's QInputMethod object and all its properties and slots. See the QInputMethod documentation for further details.

This QML property was introduced in Qt 5.0.

platform : object

The `platform` object provides info about the underlying platform.

Its properties are:

`platform.os`

This read-only property contains the name of the operating system.

Possible values are:

- `"android"` - Android
- `"ios"` - iOS
- `"tvos"` - tvOS
- `"linux"` - Linux
- `"osx"` - macOS
- `"qnx"` - QNX (since Qt 5.9.3)
- `"unix"` - Other Unix-based OS
- `"windows"` - Windows
- `"winrt"` - WinRT / UWP

This QML property was introduced in Qt 5.1.

styleHints : object

The `styleHints` object provides platform-specific style hints and settings. See the QStyleHints documentation for further details.

Note: The `styleHints` object is only available when using the Qt Quick module.

The following example uses the `styleHints` object to determine whether an item should gain focus on mouse press or touch release:

      import QtQuick 2.4

      MouseArea {
          id: button

          onPressed: {
              if (!Qt.styleHints.setFocusOnTouchRelease)
                  button.forceActiveFocus()
          }
          onReleased: {
              if (Qt.styleHints.setFocusOnTouchRelease)
                  button.forceActiveFocus()
          }
      }

This QML property was introduced in Qt 5.5.

## Method Documentation

string atob(data)

ASCII to binary - this function decodes the base64 encoded data string and returns it.

binding(function)

Returns a JavaScript object representing a property binding.

There are two main use-cases for the function: firstly, to apply a property binding imperatively from JavaScript code:

      Item {
          property bool someCondition: true
          property int edgePosition

          Component.onCompleted: {
              if (someCondition == true) {
                  // bind to the result of the binding expression passed to Qt.binding()
                  edgePosition = Qt.binding(function() { return x + width })
              }
          }
      }

and secondly, to apply a property binding when initializing property values of dynamically constructed objects (via Component.createObject() or Loader.setSource()).

For example, assuming the existence of a DynamicText component:

      import QtQuick 2.0

      Text {
          id: textElement
          width: 200
          height: 200
          text: "Default text"
          property string dynamicText: "Dynamic text"
          onTextChanged: console.log(text)
      }

the output from:

      Item {
          id: root
          property string dynamicText: "Root text"

          Component.onCompleted: {
              var c = Qt.createComponent("DynamicText.qml")

              var obj1 = c.createObject(root, { 'text': Qt.binding(function() { return dynamicText + ' extra text' }) })
              root.dynamicText = "Modified root text"

              var obj2 = c.createObject(root, { 'text': Qt.binding(function() { return this.dynamicText + ' extra text' }) })
              obj2.dynamicText = "Modified dynamic text"
          }
      }

and from:

      Item {
          id: root
          property string dynamicText: "Root text"

          Loader {
              id: loaderOne
              onLoaded: root.dynamicText = "Modified root text"
          }

          Loader {
              id: loaderTwo
              onLoaded: item.dynamicText = "Modified dynamic text"
          }

          Component.onCompleted: {
              loaderOne.setSource("DynamicText.qml", { 'text': Qt.binding(function() { return dynamicText + ' extra text' }) })
              loaderTwo.setSource("DynamicText.qml", { 'text': Qt.binding(function() { return this.dynamicText + ' extra text' }) })
          }
      }

should both be:

      Root text extra text
      Modified root text extra text
      Dynamic text extra text
      Modified dynamic text extra text

This function cannot be used in property binding declarations (see the documentation on binding declarations and binding assignments) except when the result is stored in an array bound to a var property.

      Item {
          width: 50
          property var storedBindings: [ Qt.binding(function() { return x + width }) ] // stored
          property int a: Qt.binding(function() { return x + width }) // error!
          property int b

          Component.onCompleted: {
              b = storedBindings[0] // causes binding assignment
          }
      }

Note: In Qt Quick 1, all function assignments were treated as binding assignments. The Qt.binding() function is new to Qt Quick 2.

This QML method was introduced in Qt 5.0.

string btoa(data)

Binary to ASCII - this function returns a base64 encoding of `data`.

callLater(function, argument1, argument2, ...)

Use this function to eliminate redundant calls to a function or signal.

The function passed as the first argument to Qt.callLater() will be called later, once the QML engine returns to the event loop.

When this function is called multiple times in quick succession with the same function as its first argument, that function will be called only once.

For example:

      import QtQuick 2.0

      Rectangle {
          width: 480
          height: 320

          property int callsToUpdateMinimumWidth: 0
          property bool optimize: true

          property int currentTextModel: 0
          property var columnTexts: [
              ["Click on either", "rectangle above", "and note how the counter", "below updates", "significantly faster using the", "regular (non-optimized)", "implementation"],
              ["The width", "of this column", "is", "no wider than the", "widest item"],
              ["Note how using Qt.callLater()", "the minimum width is", "calculated a bare-minimum", "number", "of times"]
          ]

          Text {
              x: 20; y: 280
              text: "Times minimum width has been calculated: " + callsToUpdateMinimumWidth
          }

          Row {
              y: 25; spacing: 30; anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
              Rectangle {
                  width: 200; height:  50; color: "lightgreen"
                  Text { text: "Optimized behavior\nusing Qt.callLater()"; anchors.centerIn: parent }
                  MouseArea { anchors.fill: parent; onClicked: { optimize = true; currentTextModel++ } }
              }
              Rectangle {
                  width: 200; height:  50; color: "lightblue"
                  Text { text: "Regular behavior"; anchors.centerIn: parent}
                  MouseArea { anchors.fill: parent; onClicked: { optimize = false; currentTextModel++ } }
              }
          }

          Column {
              id: column
              anchors.centerIn: parent

              onChildrenChanged: optimize ? Qt.callLater(updateMinimumWidth) : updateMinimumWidth()

              property int widestChild
              function updateMinimumWidth() {
                  callsToUpdateMinimumWidth++
                  var w = 0;
                  for (var i in children) {
                      var child = children[i];
                      if (child.implicitWidth > w) {
                          w = child.implicitWidth;
                      }
                  }

                  widestChild = w;
              }

              Repeater {
                  id: repeater
                  model: columnTexts[currentTextModel%3]
                  delegate: Text {
                      color: "white"
                      text: modelData
                      width: column.widestChild
                      horizontalAlignment: Text.Center
                      Rectangle { anchors.fill: parent; z: -1; color: index%2 ? "gray" : "darkgray" }
                  }
              }
          }
      }

Any additional arguments passed to Qt.callLater() will be passed on to the function invoked. Note that if redundant calls are eliminated, then only the last set of arguments will be passed to the function.

This QML method was introduced in Qt 5.8.

callLater(function)

Use this function to eliminate redundant calls to a function or signal.

The function passed as the first argument to Qt.callLater() will be called later, once the QML engine returns to the event loop.

When this function is called multiple times in quick succession with the same function as its first argument, that function will be called only once.

For example:

      import QtQuick 2.0

      Rectangle {
          width: 480
          height: 320

          property int callsToUpdateMinimumWidth: 0
          property bool optimize: true

          property int currentTextModel: 0
          property var columnTexts: [
              ["Click on either", "rectangle above", "and note how the counter", "below updates", "significantly faster using the", "regular (non-optimized)", "implementation"],
              ["The width", "of this column", "is", "no wider than the", "widest item"],
              ["Note how using Qt.callLater()", "the minimum width is", "calculated a bare-minimum", "number", "of times"]
          ]

          Text {
              x: 20; y: 280
              text: "Times minimum width has been calculated: " + callsToUpdateMinimumWidth
          }

          Row {
              y: 25; spacing: 30; anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
              Rectangle {
                  width: 200; height:  50; color: "lightgreen"
                  Text { text: "Optimized behavior\nusing Qt.callLater()"; anchors.centerIn: parent }
                  MouseArea { anchors.fill: parent; onClicked: { optimize = true; currentTextModel++ } }
              }
              Rectangle {
                  width: 200; height:  50; color: "lightblue"
                  Text { text: "Regular behavior"; anchors.centerIn: parent}
                  MouseArea { anchors.fill: parent; onClicked: { optimize = false; currentTextModel++ } }
              }
          }

          Column {
              id: column
              anchors.centerIn: parent

              onChildrenChanged: optimize ? Qt.callLater(updateMinimumWidth) : updateMinimumWidth()

              property int widestChild
              function updateMinimumWidth() {
                  callsToUpdateMinimumWidth++
                  var w = 0;
                  for (var i in children) {
                      var child = children[i];
                      if (child.implicitWidth > w) {
                          w = child.implicitWidth;
                      }
                  }

                  widestChild = w;
              }

              Repeater {
                  id: repeater
                  model: columnTexts[currentTextModel%3]
                  delegate: Text {
                      color: "white"
                      text: modelData
                      width: column.widestChild
                      horizontalAlignment: Text.Center
                      Rectangle { anchors.fill: parent; z: -1; color: index%2 ? "gray" : "darkgray" }
                  }
              }
          }
      }

Any additional arguments passed to Qt.callLater() will be passed on to the function invoked. Note that if redundant calls are eliminated, then only the last set of arguments will be passed to the function.

This QML method was introduced in Qt 5.8.

color colorEqual(color lhs, string rhs)

Returns true if both `lhs` and `rhs` yield equal color values. Both arguments may be either color values or string values. If a string value is supplied it must be convertible to a color, as described for the color basic type.

object createComponent(url, mode, parent)

Returns a Component object created using the QML file at the specified url, or `null` if an empty string was given.

The returned component's Component::status property indicates whether the component was successfully created. If the status is `Component.Error`, see Component::errorString() for an error description.

If the optional mode parameter is set to `Component.Asynchronous`, the component will be loaded in a background thread. The Component::status property will be `Component.Loading` while it is loading. The status will change to `Component.Ready` if the component loads successfully, or `Component.Error` if loading fails. This parameter defaults to `Component.PreferSynchronous` if omitted.

If mode is set to `Component.PreferSynchronous`, Qt will attempt to load the component synchronously, but may end up loading it asynchronously if necessary. Scenarios that may cause asynchronous loading include, but are not limited to, the following:

- The URL refers to a network resource
- The component is being created as a result of another component that is being loaded asynchronously

If the optional parent parameter is given, it should refer to the object that will become the parent for the created Component object. If no mode was passed, this can be the second argument.

Call Component.createObject() on the returned component to create an object instance of the component.

For example:

      import QtQuick 2.0

      Item {
          id: container
          width: 300; height: 300

          function loadButton() {
              var component = Qt.createComponent("Button.qml");
              if (component.status == Component.Ready) {
                  var button = component.createObject(container);
                  button.color = "red";
              }
          }

          Component.onCompleted: loadButton()
      }

See Dynamic QML Object Creation from JavaScript for more information on using this function.

To create a QML object from an arbitrary string of QML (instead of a file), use Qt.createQmlObject().

object createQmlObject(string qml, object parent, string filepath)

Returns a new object created from the given qml string which will have the specified parent, or `null` if there was an error in creating the object.

If filepath is specified, it will be used for error reporting for the created object.

Example (where `parentItem` is the id of an existing QML item):

      var newObject = Qt.createQmlObject('import QtQuick 2.0; Rectangle {color: "red"; width: 20; height: 20}',
                                         parentItem,
                                         "dynamicSnippet1");

In the case of an error, a Qt Script Error object is thrown. This object has an additional property, `qmlErrors`, which is an array of the errors encountered. Each object in this array has the members `lineNumber`, `columnNumber`, `fileName` and `message`. For example, if the above snippet had misspelled color as 'colro' then the array would contain an object like the following: { "lineNumber" : 1, "columnNumber" : 32, "fileName" : "dynamicSnippet1", "message" : "Cannot assign to non-existent property "colro""}.

Note that this function returns immediately, and therefore may not work if the qml string loads new components (that is, external QML files that have not yet been loaded). If this is the case, consider using Qt.createComponent() instead.

See Dynamic QML Object Creation from JavaScript for more information on using this function.

color darker(color baseColor, real factor)

Returns a color darker than `baseColor` by the `factor` provided.

If the factor is greater than 1.0, this function returns a darker color. Setting factor to 3.0 returns a color that has one-third the brightness. If the factor is less than 1.0, the return color is lighter, but we recommend using the Qt.lighter() function for this purpose. If the factor is 0 or negative, the return value is unspecified.

The function converts the current RGB color to HSV, divides the value (V) component by factor and converts the color back to RGB.

If `factor` is not supplied, returns a color 50% darker than `baseColor` (factor 2.0).

exit(int retCode)

This function causes the QQmlEngine::exit(int) signal to be emitted. Within the Prototyping with qmlscene, this causes the launcher application to exit the specified return code. To exit from the event loop with a specified return code when this method is called, a C++ application can connect the QQmlEngine::exit(int) signal to the QCoreApplication::exit(int) slot.

See also quit().

font(object fontSpecifier)

Returns a Font with the properties specified in the `fontSpecifier` object or the nearest matching font. The `fontSpecifier` object should contain key-value pairs where valid keys are the font type's subproperty names, and the values are valid values for each subproperty. Invalid keys will be ignored.

list<string> fontFamilies()

Returns a list of the font families available to the application.

string formatDate(datetime date, variant format)

Returns a string representation of `date`, optionally formatted according to `format`.

The date parameter may be a JavaScript `Date` object, a date property, a QDate, or QDateTime value. The format parameter may be any of the possible format values as described for Qt.formatDateTime().

If format is not specified, date is formatted using Qt.DefaultLocaleShortDate.

See also Locale.

string formatDateTime(datetime dateTime, variant format)

Returns a string representation of `datetime`, optionally formatted according to `format`.

The date parameter may be a JavaScript `Date` object, a date property, a QDate, QTime, or QDateTime value.

If format is not provided, dateTime is formatted using Qt.DefaultLocaleShortDate. Otherwise, format should be either:

- One of the Qt::DateFormat enumeration values, such as `Qt.DefaultLocaleShortDate` or `Qt.ISODate`
- A string that specifies the format of the returned string, as detailed below.

If format specifies a format string, it should use the following expressions to specify the date:

Expression | Output
--- | ---
d | the day as number without a leading zero (1 to 31)
dd | the day as number with a leading zero (01 to 31)
ddd | the abbreviated localized day name (e.g. 'Mon' to 'Sun'). Uses QDate::shortDayName().
dddd | the long localized day name (e.g. 'Monday' to 'Qt::Sunday'). Uses QDate::longDayName().
M | the month as number without a leading zero (1-12)
MM | the month as number with a leading zero (01-12)
MMM | the abbreviated localized month name (e.g. 'Jan' to 'Dec'). Uses QDate::shortMonthName().
MMMM | the long localized month name (e.g. 'January' to 'December'). Uses QDate::longMonthName().
yy | the year as two digit number (00-99)
yyyy | the year as four digit number

In addition the following expressions can be used to specify the time:

Expression | Output
--- | ---
h | the hour without a leading zero (0 to 23 or 1 to 12 if AM/PM display)
hh | the hour with a leading zero (00 to 23 or 01 to 12 if AM/PM display)
m | the minute without a leading zero (0 to 59)
mm | the minute with a leading zero (00 to 59)
s | the second without a leading zero (0 to 59)
ss | the second with a leading zero (00 to 59)
z | the milliseconds without leading zeroes (0 to 999)
zzz | the milliseconds with leading zeroes (000 to 999)
AP | use AM/PM display. AP will be replaced by either "AM" or "PM".
ap | use am/pm display. ap will be replaced by either "am" or "pm".

All other input characters will be ignored. Any sequence of characters that are enclosed in single quotes will be treated as text and not be used as an expression. Two consecutive single quotes ("''") are replaced by a single quote in the output.

For example, if the following date/time value was specified:

      // 21 May 2001 14:13:09
      var dateTime = new Date(2001, 5, 21, 14, 13, 09)

This dateTime value could be passed to `Qt.formatDateTime()`, Qt.formatDate() or Qt.formatTime() with the format values below to produce the following results:

Format | Result
--- | ---
"dd.MM.yyyy" | 21.05.2001
"ddd MMMM d yy" | Tue May 21 01
"hh:mm:ss.zzz" | 14:13:09.042
"h:m:s ap" | 2:13:9 pm

See also Locale.

string formatTime(datetime time, variant format)

Returns a string representation of `time`, optionally formatted according to `format`.

The time parameter may be a JavaScript `Date` object, a QTime, or QDateTime value. The format parameter may be any of the possible format values as described for Qt.formatDateTime().

If format is not specified, time is formatted using Qt.DefaultLocaleShortDate.

See also Locale.

color hsla(real hue, real saturation, real lightness, real alpha)

Returns a color with the specified `hue`, `saturation`, `lightness` and `alpha` components. All components should be in the range 0-1 inclusive.

color hsva(real hue, real saturation, real value, real alpha)

Returns a color with the specified `hue`, `saturation`, `value` and `alpha` components. All components should be in the range 0-1 inclusive.

This QML method was introduced in Qt 5.5.

object include(string url, jsobject callback)

Includes another JavaScript file. This method can only be used from within JavaScript files, and not regular QML files.

This imports all functions from url into the current script's namespace.

Qt.include() returns an object that describes the status of the operation. The object has a single property, `status`, that is set to one of the following values:

Symbol | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
result.OK | 0 | The include completed successfully.
result.LOADING | 1 | Data is being loaded from the network.
result.NETWORK_ERROR | 2 | A network error occurred while fetching the url.
result.EXCEPTION | 3 | A JavaScript exception occurred while executing the included code. An additional `exception` property will be set in this case.

The `status` property will be updated as the operation progresses.

If provided, callback is invoked when the operation completes. The callback is passed the same object as is returned from the Qt.include() call.

bool isQtObject(object)

Returns true if `object` is a valid reference to a Qt or QML object, otherwise false.

color lighter(color baseColor, real factor)

Returns a color lighter than `baseColor` by the `factor` provided.

If the factor is greater than 1.0, this functions returns a lighter color. Setting factor to 1.5 returns a color that is 50% brighter. If the factor is less than 1.0, the return color is darker, but we recommend using the Qt.darker() function for this purpose. If the factor is 0 or negative, the return value is unspecified.

The function converts the current RGB color to HSV, multiplies the value (V) component by factor and converts the color back to RGB.

If `factor` is not supplied, returns a color 50% lighter than `baseColor` (factor 1.5).

locale(name)

Returns a JS object representing the locale with the specified name, which has the format "language[_territory][.codeset][@modifier]" or "C", where:

- language is a lowercase, two-letter, ISO 639 language code,
- territory is an uppercase, two-letter, ISO 3166 country code,
- and codeset and modifier are ignored.

If the string violates the locale format, or language is not a valid ISO 369 code, the "C" locale is used instead. If country is not present, or is not a valid ISO 3166 code, the most appropriate country is chosen for the specified language.

See also Locale.

string md5(data)

Returns a hex string of the md5 hash of `data`.

matrix4x4(real m11, real m12, real m13, real m14, real m21, real m22, real m23, real m24, real m31, real m32, real m33, real m34, real m41, real m42, real m43, real m44)

Returns a Matrix4x4 with the specified values. Alternatively, the function may be called with a single argument where that argument is a JavaScript array which contains the sixteen matrix values. Finally, the function may be called with no arguments and the resulting matrix will be the identity matrix.

bool openUrlExternally(url target)

Attempts to open the specified `target` url in an external application, based on the user's desktop preferences. Returns true if it succeeds, and false otherwise.

Warning: A return value of `true` indicates that the application has successfully requested the operating system to open the URL in an external application. The external application may still fail to launch or fail to open the requested URL. This result will not be reported back to the application.

point point(int x, int y)

Returns a Point with the specified `x` and `y` coordinates.

string qsTr(string sourceText, string disambiguation, int n)

Returns a translated version of sourceText, optionally based on a disambiguation string and value of n for strings containing plurals; otherwise returns sourceText itself if no appropriate translated string is available.

If the same sourceText is used in different roles within the same translation context, an additional identifying string may be passed in for disambiguation.

Example:

      Text { text: qsTr("hello") }

See also Internationalization and Localization with Qt Quick.

string qsTrId(string id, int n)

Returns a translated string identified by id. If no matching string is found, the id itself is returned. This should not happen under normal conditions.

If n >= 0, all occurrences of `%n` in the resulting string are replaced with a decimal representation of n. In addition, depending on n's value, the translation text may vary.

Example:

      Text { text: qsTrId("hello_id") }

It is possible to supply a source string template like:

`//% <string>`

or

`\begincomment% <string> \endcomment`

Example:

      Text {
          //% "hello"
          text: qsTrId("hello_id")
      }

Creating binary translation (QM) files suitable for use with this function requires passing the `-idbased` option to the `lrelease` tool.

See also QT_TRID_NOOP() and Internationalization and Localization with Qt Quick.

string qsTrIdNoOp(string id)

Marks id for dynamic translation.

Returns the id.

QT_TRID_NOOP is used in conjunction with the dynamic translation function qsTrId(). It identifies a string as requiring translation (so it can be identified by `lupdate`), but leaves the actual translation to qsTrId().

Example:

      Item {
          property string greetingId: QT_TRID_NOOP("hello_id")

          Text { text: qsTrId(greetingId) }
      }

See also qsTrId() and Internationalization and Localization with Qt Quick.

string qsTrNoOp(string sourceText, string disambiguation)

Marks sourceText for dynamic translation; i.e, the stored sourceText will not be altered.

If the same sourceText is used in different roles within the same translation context, an additional identifying string may be passed in for disambiguation.

Returns the sourceText.

QT_TR_NOOP is used in conjunction with the dynamic translation functions qsTr() and qsTranslate(). It identifies a string as requiring translation (so it can be identified by `lupdate`), but leaves the actual translation to the dynamic functions.

Example:

      Item {
          property string greeting: QT_TR_NOOP("hello")

          Text { text: qsTr(greeting) }
      }

See also Internationalization and Localization with Qt Quick.

string qsTranslate(string context, string sourceText, string disambiguation, int n)

Returns a translated version of sourceText within the given context, optionally based on a disambiguation string and value of n for strings containing plurals; otherwise returns sourceText itself if no appropriate translated string is available.

If the same sourceText is used in different roles within the same translation context, an additional identifying string may be passed in for disambiguation.

Example:

      Text { text: qsTranslate("CustomContext", "hello") }

See also Internationalization and Localization with Qt Quick.

string qsTranslateNoOp(string context, string sourceText, string disambiguation)

Marks sourceText for dynamic translation in the given context; i.e, the stored sourceText will not be altered.

If the same sourceText is used in different roles within the same translation context, an additional identifying string may be passed in for disambiguation.

Returns the sourceText.

QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP is used in conjunction with the dynamic translation functions qsTr() and qsTranslate(). It identifies a string as requiring translation (so it can be identified by `lupdate`), but leaves the actual translation to the dynamic functions.

Example:

      Item {
          property string greeting: QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("CustomContext", "hello")

          Text { text: qsTranslate("CustomContext", greeting) }
      }

See also Internationalization and Localization with Qt Quick.

quaternion(real scalar, real x, real y, real z)

Returns a Quaternion with the specified `scalar`, `x`, `y`, and `z`.

quit()

This function causes the QQmlEngine::quit() signal to be emitted. Within the Prototyping with qmlscene, this causes the launcher application to exit; to quit a C++ application when this method is called, connect the QQmlEngine::quit() signal to the QCoreApplication::quit() slot.

See also exit().

rect rect(int x, int y, int width, int height)

Returns a `rect` with the top-left corner at `x`, `y` and the specified `width` and `height`.

The returned object has `x`, `y`, `width` and `height` attributes with the given values.

url resolvedUrl(url url)

Returns url resolved relative to the URL of the caller.

color rgba(real red, real green, real blue, real alpha)

Returns a color with the specified `red`, `green`, `blue` and `alpha` components. All components should be in the range 0-1 inclusive.

size(int width, int height)

Returns a Size with the specified `width` and `height`.

color tint(color baseColor, color tintColor)

This function allows tinting one color with another.

The tint color should usually be mostly transparent, or you will not be able to see the underlying color. The below example provides a slight red tint by having the tint color be pure red which is only 1/16th opaque.

      Item {
          Rectangle {
              x: 0; width: 80; height: 80
              color: "lightsteelblue"
          }
          Rectangle {
              x: 100; width: 80; height: 80
              color: Qt.tint("lightsteelblue", "#10FF0000")
          }
      }

Tint is most useful when a subtle change is intended to be conveyed due to some event; you can then use tinting to more effectively tune the visible color.

vector2d(real x, real y)

Returns a Vector2D with the specified `x` and `y`.

vector3d(real x, real y, real z)

Returns a Vector3D with the specified `x`, `y` and `z`.

vector4d(real x, real y, real z, real w)

Returns a Vector4D with the specified `x`, `y`, `z` and `w`.