https://github.com/robertknight/Qt-Inspector

Utility to browse the Qt object tree of a running Qt application and edit object properties on the fly.
https://github.com/robertknight/Qt-Inspector

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Utility to browse the Qt object tree of a running Qt application and edit object properties on the fly.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/robertknight/Qt-Inspector
• Owner: robertknight
• License: lgpl-3.0
• Created: 2011-07-17T08:18:42.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-02-03T06:19:09.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-13T21:04:16.140Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: qt
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 109 KB
• Stars: 403
• Watchers: 35
• Forks: 70
• Open Issues: 10
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
Qt Inspector

============

Qt Inspector is a tool to browse the object/widget tree of Qt applications.

![Screenshot](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gZW9n7V-zgs/TiinbhFZNpI/AAAAAAAAABc/F3zpGbS73bE/s1600/inspector-dolphin-settings.png)

Qt Inspector starts a specified application or connects to a specified process

and once connected it can:

 - Browse the object tree of Qt applications.

 - View properties of objects

 - Edit properties of objects

 - Locate a widget in the object tree by clicking on it in the application

### Building Qt inspector

Qt Inspector currently runs on Linux and Mac.

You will need `protoc` in your PATH. On Debian/Ubuntu, install `protobuf-compiler`

and `libprotobuf-dev`.

```

	cmake 

	make -j2

```

### Usage

 Qt Inspector can either attach to an existing application or launch

 a specified application and then attach to it.

 

 Recommended usage is to specify the program name and arguments.

```

	./qtinspector  

	./qtinspector 

```

### Design

 Qt Inspector operates by injecting a helper library into the target process

 when starting it using LD_PRELOAD / DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES or via gdb

 (if attaching to an existing process).

 

 This helper library sets up a local socket and listens for requests

 from the inspector process.  The inspector and target process communicate via

 protocol buffer messages over this socket.