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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-57036

Export (all) widget privates to create custom widgets

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    • 5.7.0
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      To create a derived QWidget outside the qt sources it is possible to derive the dptr from QWidgetPrivate as it is exported using Q_WIDGETS_EXPORT.

      [...]
      class Q_WIDGETS_EXPORT QWidgetPrivate : public QObjectPrivate
      [...]
      

      However, not all *Private classes are exported, f.ex.

      [...]
      class QAbstractSpinBoxPrivate : public QWidgetPrivate
      [...]
      

      or

      [...]
      class QAbstractButtonPrivate : public QWidgetPrivate
      [...]
      

      Which makes it impossible to customize these widgets using the pimpl idiom. I think that at least the QAbstract*Private classes should be exported as the QAbstract*-Widgets are specifically designed to be derived. The issue also exists in Qt 5.6.x and Qt 5.5.x (I did not check older versions)

      I found a topic in the forum with he same problem: https://forum.qt.io/topic/52432/undefined-reference-to-qabstractitemviewprivate

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            thomayto Thorsten Mayer
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