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