diff --git a/doc/qtcreator.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator.qdoc index fefd513b98390d729041c5f7c04797760a133122..b36a2b43596aa65d5fa7bb0dc87939a4428d7f0e 100644 --- a/doc/qtcreator.qdoc +++ b/doc/qtcreator.qdoc @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ \endlist \o \l{Debugging} \o \l{Using Version Control Systems} - \o \l{Adding Plugins} + \o \l{Adding Qt Designer Plugins} \o \l{Tips and Tricks} \o \l{Keyboard Shortcuts} \o \l{Known Issues} @@ -3002,23 +3002,20 @@ \page adding-plugins.html \nextpage creator-tips.html - \title Adding Plugins + \title Adding Qt Designer Plugins - You can use Qt APIs to create plugins that extend Qt applications. For - example, you can use plugins to add your own widgets to Qt Designer. + You can use Qt APIs to create plugins that extend Qt applications. + This allows you to add your own widgets to Qt Designer. The most flexible way to include a plugin with an application is to compile it into a dynamic library that is shipped separately, and detected and loaded at runtime. - In theory, you could also create plugins to extend Qt Creator functionality, - but you do not usually need to do so. - The applications can detect plugins that are stored in the standard plugin - subdirectories. To see a list of plugins loaded to Qt Creator, choose - \gui{Help > About Plugins}. - - For more information on how to create and locate plugins and to + subdirectories. For more information on how to create and locate plugins and to change the default plugin path, see \l{How to Create Qt Plugins}. + For more information about how to create plugins for Qt Designer, see + \l{Creating and Using Components for Qt Designer}. + \section1 Locating Qt Designer Plugins Qt Designer fetches plugins from the standard locations and loads the plugins @@ -3036,8 +3033,7 @@ \c {%SDK%\qt\plugins\designer}. To check which plugins were loaded successfully and which failed, choose \gui{Help > About Plugins}. - For more information about how to create Qt Designer plugins, see - \l{Creating and Using Components for Qt Designer}. + \section1 Matching Build Keys