1QT5OPTIONS(7) Qt Command Line Documentation QT5OPTIONS(7)
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6 qt5options - Common commandline options for all applications based on
7 the Qt toolkit
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10 Qt application [-style= style / -style style]
11 [-stylesheet= stylesheet / -stylesheet stylesheet]
12 [-widgetcount] [-reverse] [-qmljsdebugger= port]
13 [-platform platformName[:options]]
14 [-platformpluginpath path]
15 [-platformtheme platformTheme] [-plugin plugin]
16 [-qwindowgeometry geometry] [-qwindowicon icon]
17 [-qwindowtitle title] [-reverse] [-session session]
18 [-display hostname:screen_number] [-geometry geometry]
19 [-dialogs= [xp|none]] [-fontengine= freetype]
20 [-h, --help and -? on Windows] [-v --version]
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23 The following options apply to all Qt(TM) applications:
24 -style= style / -style style
26 Set the application GUI style. Possible values depend on the system
27 configuration. If Qt is compiled with additional styles or has
28 additional styles as plugins these will be available to the -style
29 command line option.
30 -stylesheet= stylesheet / -stylesheet stylesheet
32 Set the application styleSheet. The value must be a path to a file
33 that contains the Style Sheet.
34 -widgetcount
36 Print debug message at the end about number of widgets left
37 undestroyed and maximum number of widgets existed at the same time.
38 -reverse
40 Set the application's layout direction to Qt::RightToLeft. This
41 option is intended to aid debugging and should not be used in
42 production. The default value is automatically detected from the
43 user's locale (see also QLocale::textDirection()).
44 -qmljsdebugger= port
46 Activate the QML/JS debugger with a specified port. The value must
47 be of format port:1234[,block], where block is optional and will
48 make the application wait until a debugger connects to it.
49 -platform platformName[:options]
51 Specify the Qt Platform Abstraction (QPA) plugin.
52 -platformpluginpath path
54 Specify the path to platform plugins.
55 -platformtheme platformTheme
57 Specify the platform theme.
58 -plugin plugin
60 Specify additional plugins to load. The argument may appear
61 multiple times.
62 -qwindowgeometry geometry
64 Specify the window geometry for the main window using the
65 X11-syntax. For example: -qwindowgeometry 100x100+50+50
66 -qwindowicon icon
68 Set the default window icon.
69 -qwindowtitle title
71 Set the title of the first window.
72 -session session
74 Restore the application from an earlier session.
75 -display hostname:screen_number
77 Switch displays on X11. Overrides the DISPLAY environment variable.
78 -geometry geometry
80 Specify the window geometry for the main window on X11. For
81 example: -geometry 100x100+50+50.
82 -dialogs= [xp|none]
84 Only available for -platform windows. xp uses XP-style native
85 dialogs and none disables them.
86 -fontengine= freetype
88 Use the FreeType font engine.
89 -h, --help and -? on Windows
91 Print all options and the application description.
92 -v --version
94 Display the version string of the application.
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100 Man page originally written by Lauri Watts <lauri@kde.org>
101 Updated to Frameworks 5 by Burkhard Lück <lueck@hube-lueck.de>
103 The infos for this man page are from QApplication documentation[1],
105 QGuiApplication documentation[2] and QCommandLineParser
106 documentation[3].
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109 Lauri Watts <lauri@kde.org>
110 Author.
111 Burkhard Lück <lueck@hube-lueck.de>
113 Author.
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116 1. QApplication documentation
117 https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qapplication.html#QApplication
118 2. QGuiApplication documentation
120 https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qguiapplication.html#QGuiApplication
121 3. QCommandLineParser documentation
123 https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qcommandlineparser.html
124KDE Frameworks Qt 5.4 2016-06-04 QT5OPTIONS(7)