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a6e6e39a8b Bugfix: respect user defined configuration file (-conf) when open conf. file from QT settings (Jonas Schnelli) Pull request description: Fixes #12488. In master, opening the configuration file from the GUI settings will always open the file "bitcoin.conf" regardless of the `-conf=` settings. This PR makes the GUI settings open configuration file function respect the `-conf` option. Tree-SHA512: fb54cc699b4d2a3947f749fdf5f1a51251ffd67d0f6c6a937a5b80f0ba5a5c1085d0eef190453bbc04696d4d76c2c266de0fe9712e65e4bb36116158b54263d4
This directory contains the BitcoinQT graphical user interface (GUI). It uses the cross platform framework QT.
The current precise version for QT 5 is specified in qt.mk. QT 4 is also supported (see #8263).
Compile and run
See build instructions (OSX, Windows, Unix, etc).
To run:
./src/qt/bitcoin-qt
Files and directories
forms
Contains Designer UI files. They are created with [Qt Creator](#use-qt-Creator-as IDE), but can be edited using any text editor.
locale
Contains translations. They are periodically updated. The process is described here.
res
Resources such as the icon.
test
Tests.
bitcoingui.(h/cpp)
Represents the main window of the Bitcoin UI.
*model.(h/cpp)
The model. When it has a corresponding controller, it generally inherits from QAbstractTableModel. Models that are used by controllers as helpers inherit from other QT classes like QValidator.
ClientModel is used by the main application bitcoingui and several models like peertablemodel.
*page.(h/cpp)
A controller. :NAMEpage.cpp generally includes :NAMEmodel.h and forms/:NAME.page.ui with a similar :NAME.
*dialog.(h/cpp)
Various dialogs, e.g. to open a URL. Inherit from QDialog.
paymentserver.(h/cpp)
Used to process BIP21 and BIP70 (see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/11622) payment URI / requests. Also handles URI based application switching (e.g. when following a bitcoin:... link from a browser).
walletview.(h/cpp)
Represents the view to a single wallet.
Other .h/cpp files
- UI elements like BitcoinAmountField, which inherit from QWidget.
bitcoinstrings.cpp: automatically generatedbitcoinunits.(h/cpp): BTC / mBTC / etc handlingcallback.hguiconstants.h: UI colors, app name, etcguiutil.h: several helper functionsmacdockiconhandler.(h/cpp)macdockiconhandler.(h/cpp): display notifications in OSX
Contribute
See CONTRIBUTING.md for general guidelines. Specifically for QT:
- don't change
local/bitcoin_en.ts; this happens automatically
Using Qt Creator as IDE
You can use Qt Creator as an IDE. This is especially useful if you want to change the UI layout.
Download and install the community edition of Qt Creator. Uncheck everything except Qt Creator during the installation process.
Instructions for OSX:
- Make sure you installed everything through Homebrew mentioned in the OSX build instructions
- Use
./configurewith the--enable-debugflag - In Qt Creator do "New Project" -> Import Project -> Import Existing Project
- Enter "bitcoin-qt" as project name, enter src/qt as location
- Leave the file selection as it is
- Confirm the "summary page"
- In the "Projects" tab select "Manage Kits..."
- Select the default "Desktop" kit and select "Clang (x86 64bit in /usr/bin)" as compiler
- Select LLDB as debugger (you might need to set the path to your installation)
- Start debugging with Qt Creator (you might need to the executable to "bitcoin-qt" under "Run", which is where you can also add command line arguments)