QtDesignStudio/Settings FAQ

Qt Design Studio stores its settings in a .ini file.

The settigns file has different location depeneding on the platform.

Windows:

<USER HOMEFOLDER\AppData\Roaming\QtProject\QtDesignStudio.ini

Linux/Mac:

<USER HOME DIRECTORY>/.config/QtProject/QtDesignStudio.ini

All persistent settings are stored in this .ini file. Qt Design Studio can be started with the argument -settingspath <path>. This way settings can be stored in a different folder. This is useful if you want to experiment with settings or you suspect that you settings broke something.

Useful settings:

[%General]
OverrideLanguage=de                                                                                     ### switch the language<

Telemetry=true                                                                                          ### turn on/off telemetry
CrashReportingEnabled=true                                                                              ### turn on/off crash reporter

HideOptionCategories=C++, Debug, Designer, BuildAndRun, CPaster, LanguageClient, Version Control        ### We hide certain options in QDS, Here you can get these options back[QML]

Designer\ShowDebugSettings=true                                                                         ### This will reveal additional options for debugging

Designer\EnableQtQuickDesignerDebugView=true                                                            ### Enable debug view

Designer\ShowPropertyEditorWarnings=true                                                                ### Show warnings and errors of property editor. This is very useful if you do your own custom property editor sheets.

Designer\DownloadableBundlesLocation=https://cdn.qt.io/designstudio/bundles                             ### Define a different mirror

Designer\PuppetKillTimeout=30000                                                                        ### Timeout of the puppet process

[MainWindow]
MenubarVisible=true                                                                                     ### In case you accidentally hide it