- Qt 5.3
- Best Practice Guides
- Qt 5.3.2 Reference Documentation

# Best Practice Guides

These documents provide guidelines and best practices for using Qt to solve specific technical problems. They are listed alphabetically by the first word in the title, so scan the entire list to find what you want.

Creating Custom Qt Types | How to create and register new types with Qt.
Timers | How to use Qt timers in your application.
Using Qt D-Bus Adaptors | How to create and use DBus adaptors in Qt.
Creating and Using Components for Qt Designer | How to create and use custom widget plugins.
Coordinate System | Information about the coordinate system used by the paint system.
Rich Text Processing | An overview of Qt's rich text processing, editing and display features.
Qt Test Tutorial | A short introduction to testing with Qt Test.
Books about GUI Design | Some recommended books about GUI design.
Accessibility | How to make your applications accessible to those with disabilities.
Accessibility for Qt Quick Applications | How to make your applications accessible to those with disabilities.
Desktop Integration | Integrating with the user's desktop environment.
Standard Accelerator Keys | Recommended accelerator keys.
Setting the Application Icon | How to set your application's icon.
Exception Safety | A guide to exception safety in Qt.
Restoring a Window's Geometry | How to save &amp; restore window geometry.
Scalability | How to develop applications that scale well on devices that offer different screen sizes.
Session Management | How to do session management with Qt.
Creating Shared Libraries | How to create shared libraries.
Calling Qt Functions From Unix Signal Handlers | You can't. But don't despair, there is a way...
Implementing Atomic Operations | A guide to implementing atomic operations on new architectures.