QQUIComponentsComparison

Qt Quick UI Components compared to their equivalents in other UI component sets

This comparison chart is used by the ongoing Qt Quick UI Components work.

QQ UI	Qt Widgets	Ubuntu	Plasma	Cascades	Sailfish UI (Jolla)	Symbian	MeeGo	Comments	(unused)
Button	QPushButton [qt.io]	Button [developer.ubuntu.com]	Button [api.kde.org]	Button [developer.blackberry.com]	Button	Button [doc.qt.digia.com]	Button [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
ButtonRow			ButtonRow [api.kde.org]	– (Button [developer.blackberry.com] and StackLayout [developer.blackberry.com])		ButtonRow [doc.qt.digia.com]	ButtonRow [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
ButtonColumn			ButtonColumn [api.kde.org]			ButtonColumn [doc.qt.digia.com]	ButtonColumn [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
ToolButton	QToolButton	Button w/style	ToolButton [api.kde.org]	ActionItem [developer.blackberry.com]	IconButton	ToolButton [doc.qt.digia.com]
CheckBox	QCheckBox	CheckBox [developer.ubuntu.com]	CheckBok [api.kde.org]	CheckBox [developer.blackberry.com]		CheckBox [doc.qt.digia.com]	CheckBox [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
						Checkable [doc.qt.digia.com]
						CheckableGroup [doc.qt.digia.com]
RadioButton	QRadioButton	–	RadioButton [api.kde.org]	RadioGroup [developer.blackberry.com] with Option [developer.blackberry.com] elements	–	RadioButton [doc.qt.digia.com]	RadioButton [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
Switch		Switch [developer.ubuntu.com]	Switch [api.kde.org]	ToggleButton [developer.blackberry.com]	Switch	Switch [doc.qt.digia.com]	Switch [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
Slider	QSlider	Slider [developer.ubuntu.com]	Slider [api.kde.org]	Slider [developer.blackberry.com]	Slider	Slider [doc.qt.digia.com]	Slider [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
ProgressBar	QProgressBar	ProgressBar [developer.ubuntu.com]	ProgressBar [api.kde.org]	ProgressIndicator [developer.blackberry.com]	read-only Slider	ProgressBar [doc.qt.digia.com]	ProgressBar [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
TextField		TextField [developer.ubuntu.com]	TextField [api.kde.org]	TextField [developer.blackberry.com]	TextField	TextField [doc.qt.digia.com]	TextField [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
TextArea		TextArea [developer.ubuntu.com]	TextArea [api.kde.org]	TextArea [developer.blackberry.com]	TextArea	TextArea [doc.qt.digia.com]	TextArea [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]	Cosmetically decorated and resizable TextEdit item with built-in flickable/scrollarea
Menu	QMenu		–			Menu [doc.qt.digia.com]	Menu [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
ContextMenu			ContextMenu [api.kde.org]	–	ContextMenu	ContextMenu [doc.qt.digia.com]	ContextMenu [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
					MenuItem	MenuItem [doc.qt.digia.com]	MenuItem [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
ToolBar	QToolBar	–	ToolBar [api.kde.org]	actionBar (created and populated by using ActionSet [developer.blackberry.com])	–	ToolBar [doc.qt.digia.com]	ToolBar [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
StatusBar	QStatusBar	StatusBar w/o user interaction	ProgressBar [api.kde.org]	-	-	StatusBar [doc.qt.digia.com]
BusyIndicator		ActivityIndicator [developer.ubuntu.com]	BusyIndicator [api.kde.org]	ActivityIndicator [developer.blackberry.com]		BusyIndicator [doc.qt.digia.com]	BusyIndicator [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
Page		Page [developer.ubuntu.com]	Page [api.kde.org]	Page [developer.blackberry.com]	Page	Page [doc.qt.digia.com]	Page [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
PageStack		PageStack [developer.ubuntu.com]	PageStack [api.kde.org]	NavigationPane [developer.blackberry.com]	PageStack	PageStack [doc.qt.digia.com]	PageStack [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
ApplicationWindow	QMainWindow		App [api.kde.org]	– (but needed)	ApplicationWindow	ApplicationWindow [doc.qt.digia.com]	Window [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
SectionScroller		–	SectionScroller [api.kde.org]			SectionScroller [doc.qt.digia.com]	SectionScroller [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]	List lookup / alphabet scroller API
ScrollArea	QScrollArea		ScrollArea [api.kde.org]	ScrollView [developer.blackberry.com]	–			Flickable/viewport with built-in decoration and scroll bar controls
ScrollDecorator		Scrollbar [developer.ubuntu.com]	ScrollBar [api.kde.org]			ScrollBar [doc.qt.digia.com] ScrollDecorator [doc.qt.digia.com]	ScrollDecorator [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]	Somewhat conflicting with ScrollArea. But more convenient when using built-in QtQuick Views.
					Vertical- ScrollDecorator
					Horizontal- ScrollDecorator
Label	QLabel	Label [developer.ubuntu.com]	Label [api.kde.org]	Label [developer.blackberry.com]	Label			Raw Text element with system-specific font and colours
		Tab [developer.ubuntu.com]
TabFrame /TabGroup	QTabWidget	Tabs [developer.ubuntu.com]	TabGroup [api.kde.org] / TabButton [api.kde.org] / TabBarLayout	TabbedPane [developer.blackberry.com] with Tab [developer.blackberry.com] element to populate it	–	TabGroup [doc.qt.digia.com]	TabGroup [harmattan-dev.nokia.com]
TabBar	QTabBar		TabBar [api.kde.org]			TabBar [doc.qt.digia.com]
Icon	QIcon
	QListItem		ListItem [api.kde.org]	StandardListItem [developer.blackberry.com]
Dial	QDial
Dialog	QDialog		Dialog [api.kde.org]	Dialog [developer.blackberry.com]