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This creates a nested item where \gui Rectangle is the parent item of \gui Text. Items are positioned relative to their parents. \li In the \gui Properties pane, edit the properties of the \gui Text item. \list a \li In the \gui Text field, type \b Button. You can select the text color in the \gui {Text color} field and the font, size, and style in the \gui Font section. \li In the \gui Alignment field, select the center buttons to align the text to the center of the button. \li Click \gui {Layout}, and then click the \inlineimage qmldesigner-anchor-fill-screen.png (\gui {Fill to Parent}) button to anchor the text to the whole button area. \endlist \li Press \key {Ctrl+S} to save the button. \image qmldesigner-button.png "Button component" \endlist To create a graphical button that scales beautifully without using vector graphics, use the \l{BorderImage} type. For more information, see \l{Creating Scalable Buttons and Borders}. */ /*! \contentspage index.html \previouspage quick-buttons.html \page quick-scalable-image.html \nextpage quick-screens.html \title Creating Scalable Buttons and Borders You can use the \l{BorderImage} type to display an image, such as a PNG file, as a border and a background. Use two Border Image items and suitable graphics to make it look like the button is pushed down when it is clicked. One of the Border Image items is visible by default. You can specify that it is hidden and the other one becomes visible when the mouse is clicked. Add a Mouse Area that covers the whole area and emits the clicked signal (\c {parent.clicked()}) when it detects a mouse click. You can add text to the button and set it up as a property. The text can then be initialized from the outside, making the button a reusable UI component. The font size is also available in case the default size is too big. You can scale down the button text and use smooth text rendering for some extra quality. \image qmldesigner-borderimage.png "Graphical button" To create a graphical button: \list 1 \li Select \gui {File > New File or Project > Qt > QML File > Choose} to create a QML file called Button.qml (for example). \li Double-click the file to open it in the code editor. \li Replace the \gui Rectangle with an \gui Item, as illustrated by the following code snippet: \qml Item { } \endqml \li Specify properties and set expressions for the \gui Item, as illustrated by the following code snippet: \qml Item { property string text: "" property int fontSize: 10 signal clicked width: 60 height: 40 } \endqml You will point to the properties and expression later. \li Click \gui {Design} to edit the file in the visual editor. \li Drag and drop two \gui {Border Image} items from the \gui Library pane to the canvas. \li Drag and drop a \gui Text item to the canvas. \li Drag and drop a \gui {Mouse Area} to the canvas. \li In the \gui Navigator pane, select \gui border_image1 to specify settings for it in the \gui Properties pane: \list a \li Select \gui {Set Binding} in the menu next to the \gui Visibility check box. \li Enter the following expression to specify that the image is visible when the mouse is not pressed down: \c {!mouse_area1.pressed}. \li In the \gui Source field, select the image file for the button, for example button_up.png. \li Click \gui {Layout}, and then click the \inlineimage qmldesigner-anchor-fill-screen.png (\gui {Fill to Parent}) button to anchor the border image to the \gui Item. \endlist \li Select \gui border_image2 to specify similar settings for it: \list a \li Set the following epression for \gui Visibility, to specify that the image is visible when the mouse is pressed down: \c {mouse_area1.pressed}. \li In the \gui Source field, select the image file for the button when it is clicked, for example button_down.png. \li Click \gui {Layout}, and then click the \gui {Fill to Parent} button to anchor the border image to the \gui Item. \endlist \li Select \gui text1 to specify font size and color, and text scaling and rendering: \list a \li In the \gui Color field, use the color picker to select the font color, or enter a value in the field. \li In the \gui Text field, select \gui {Set Binding} and enter a pointer to the \c {text} property that you specified earlier: \c {parent.txt}. \li In the \gui Size field, select \gui {Pixels} to specify the font size in pixels. By default, the size is specified in points. \li In the \gui Size field, select \gui {Set Expression} and enter a pointer to the \c {fontSize} property that you specified earlier. \li Click \gui {Layout}, and then click the \inlineimage qmldesigner-center-in.png "Anchor buttons" (\gui {Set Vertical Anchor} and \gui {Set Horizontal Anchor}) buttons to inherit the vertical and horizontal centering from the parent. \li Click \gui Advanced to specify scaling for the text in the \gui Scale field. \li Select \gui {Set Binding} and enter the following expression: \c {if (!mousearea1.pressed) { 1 } else { 0.95 }}. \note You can enter long and complicated expressions also in the code editor. \endlist \li In the code editor, add to the \c MouseArea a pointer to the \c clicked expression that you added earlier: \c {onClicked: parent.clicked()}. \endlist \note To test the button, add it to a Qt Quick Application or Qt Quick UI project and run the application. */