> On 24. Apr 2018, at 09:34, Eike Ziller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Apr 23, 2018, at 17:45, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm using latest Qt Creator 4.6.0 on Fedora where I run a Gnome Wayland >> session (the default in newer Fedora releases). >> >> Out of curiosity, I poked around and was surprised to notice that Qt >> Creator runs inside XWayland, despite Qt's Wayland support. So I tried >> to run Qt Creator as a Wayland client, and failed spectacularly. >> >> Here is what I did: >> >> 1. Noticed that the wayland plaform plugins are not even installed: >> Could not find them in either locations: >> QtSDK/Tools/QtCreator/lib/Qt/plugins >> QtSDK/5.10.1/gcc_64/plugins > > Qt 5.11 will be the first version that actually comes with binaries for the > wayland plugin. > Qt Creator builds on our Qt binary packages. > But actually this email is a good reminder for me to take care of > https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-18914 . > > Otherwise I have no idea in what state the wayland support is.
The Qt Creator 4.7 snapshot at http://download.qt.io/snapshots/qtcreator/4.7/4.7.0-beta1/ should now come with the wayland platform plugin. >> 2. Cloned the QtWayland module, checked out the v5.10.1 tag, and >> compiled it myself. Then installed it to >> QtSDK/Tools/QtCreator/lib/Qt/plugins >> >> 3. Started Qt Creator with: >> QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland ./qtcreator >> >> Result: >> Qt Creator launches, but: >> - text input doesn't work - making the app completely unusable >> - rendering (especially in the code editor) is very flaky >> - the window decoration looks out of place >> - the mouse pointer is bigger inside the Qt Creator window than outside >> - different icons are used compared to running it on X11 >> >> Are these all known issues? >> I would have kind of expected it to just work out of the box, >> considering Qt has had Wayland support for several years now, but seems >> that this isn't the case unfortunately. Or am I doing it wrong? >> >> Thanks in advance for your answers! >> Best regards, >> Tim >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qt-creator mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator > > -- > Eike Ziller > Principal Software Engineer > > The Qt Company GmbH > Rudower Chaussee 13 > D-12489 Berlin > [email protected] > http://qt.io > Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, > Juha Varelius, Mika Harjuaho > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, > HRB 144331 B > > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator -- Eike Ziller Principal Software Engineer The Qt Company GmbH Rudower Chaussee 13 D-12489 Berlin [email protected] http://qt.io Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Mika Harjuaho Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
