KDToolBox

KDAB's collection of miscellaneous useful C++ classes and stuff.

Generic Tools

• asan_assert_fail Intercept cassert failures with ASAN and print a backtrace.

C++ Tools

• future-backports Backports of future C++ library components to C++11:
  • k20::erase/k20::erase_if - C++20's uniform container erasure
• DuplicateTracker A helper class to keep track of "seen" elements, e.g. to avoid processing duplicate elements in a collection. It transparently uses std::pmr::monotonic_buffer_resource to improve its memory usage (compared to a 'plain' set implementation).
• toContainer Helper functions to convert a container to another container, using a convenient pipeline style.
• propagate_const A backport of propagate_const from the C++ Extensions for Library Fundamentals version 3.

Qt Tools

• Ui Watchdog A header-only tool to break the program when the main-thread event loop is blocked for more than 300ms.
• Qml Stacktrace Helper A function for retrieving a QML backtrace with gdb.
• Qml PropertySelector A QML Item to easily set property values based on a combination of conditions
• Model/View ModelIterator A set of (template) classes to allow iteratating over QAbstractItemModels using std algorithms
• Model/View SortProxyModel A QSortFilterProxyModel replacement that just does sorting, but properly signals moves due to sorts.
• Model/View UpdateableModel A template class to make defining a model that sends proper update signals easy
• Model/View Table to List Proxy A proxy model flattening a table model into a list model (mainly for Qt Quick 2).
• Functional Sort/Filter Proxy A QSortFilterProxyModel convenience subclass that allows to set filtering/sorting functions, removing the need for subclassing.
• TabWindow widget A tab widget that allows extracting a tab to a new window, like modern web browsers.
• EventFilter A way for "connecting" a QEvent to lambda with two lines of code.
• MessageHandler An API to help you intercept the output going through qDebug()/qWarning()/etc.
• QStringTokenizer A universal, safe, zero-allocation string splitter.
• Signal/Slot Connection Throttlers An implementation of throttler/debouncer classes for signal/slot connections.
• Single Shot Connect A header only version of QObject::connect, that establishes a single shot connection.
• Qt Hasher A header-only hasher object for using Qt types together with unordered_map, unordered_set, etc.
• NotifyGuard A RAII guard object to make sure object notification signals are properly emitted.
• asan_assert_fail_qt Intercept Q_ASSERT failures with ASAN and print a backtrace.
• KDSqlDatabaseTransaction A RAII wrapper for database transactions when using the Qt SQL APIs.
• pointer_cast Tools to ease migrating from QSharedPointer to std::shared_ptr.
• qt_fmt Convenience for printing Qt classes through libfmt.
• cmake-project A replacement for qmake -project, generating a ready-to-use CMakeLists.txt.
• includemocs A script to add inclusion of moc files to all .cpp files in the project.
• qt6_natvis Natvis file for Qt6 debugging with Visual Studio and VS Code, with a test project.
• KDStlContainerAdaptor Classes to ease the transition from Qt containers to the C++ Standard Library containers.

Other Code Snippets

• Integrating Qt Quick 2 with OpenGL Code for Giuseppe D'Angelo's talk at the Qt World Summit 2015, QtCon 2016, Qt World Summit 2017.

Squish Tools

• kdrunsquish.py Runs squish tests in parallel via the Qt offscreen QPA.

Licensing

KDToolBox is (C) 2019-2023, Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, and is available under the terms of the MIT license (see the LICENSE.MIT.txt file in this repository).

Contact KDAB at [email protected] if you need different licensing options.

Exceptions

The qt6_natvis project is available under the terms of the GPLv3 license (see the LICENSE.GPLv3.txt in this repository)

For the "Other code snippets", which are hosted outside of this repo, please consult their own license.

Get Involved

KDAB will happily accept external contributions.

Please submit your contributions or issue reports from our GitHub space at https://github.com/KDAB/KDToolBox

About KDAB

KDToolBox is supported and maintained by Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB (KDAB).

The KDAB Group is the global No.1 software consultancy for Qt, C++ and OpenGL applications across desktop, embedded and mobile platforms.

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