The Qt Labs Controls module is a technology preview of the next generation user interface controls based on Qt Quick. In comparison to the desktop- oriented Qt Quick Controls 1, the experimental Qt Labs Controls are an order of magnitude simpler, lighter and faster, and are primarily targeting embedded and mobile platforms.

Qt Labs Controls are based on a flexible template system that enables rapid development of entire custom styles and user experiences. Qt Labs Controls comes with a selection of built-in styles:

• Default style - a simple and minimal all-round style that offers the maximum performance
• Material style - a style based on the Google Material Design Guidelines
• Universal style - a style based on the Microsoft Universal Design Guidelines

More information can be found in the following blog posts:

• http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/03/31/qt-quick-controls-for-embedded/
• http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/11/23/qt-quick-controls-re-engineered-status-update/

If you have problems or questions, don't hesitate to:

• ask on the Qt Interest mailing list http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
• ask on the Qt Forum http://forum.qt.io/category/12/qt-quick
• report issues to the Qt Bug Tracker https://bugreports.qt.io (component: Qt Quick: Controls 2)

The MINIMUM REQUIREMENT for building this project is to use the same branch of Qt 5. The dependencies are qtbase, qtxmlpatterns and qtdeclarative. Other optional dependencies include qtgraphicaleffects for the Material style and qtquickcontrols for the Qt Quick Layouts.

To install the controls into your Qt directory (QTDIR/qml):

qmake
make
make install

If you are compiling against a system Qt on Linux, you might have to use sudo make install to install the project.

Please refer to the "Getting Started with Qt Labs Controls" documentation.