FreeCAD Inspect Widgets Addon

Inspect widgets in FreeCAD

Description

This addon will expose the qss path to elements in the Qt interface. This helps stylesheet creators find the right selectors to modify in stylesheets in order to customize the UI.

Background

A request was made in the FreeCAD community to have a sort of Chrome dev tools but for Qt. This addon was created in response.

Installation

• Open a terminal

  cd ~/.FreeCAD/Mod
  git clone https://github.com/hyarion/FreeCAD_InspectWidgets
  

• Restart FreeCAD
• Activate via View > Panels > Inspect Widgets

Usage

• Make sure View > Panels > Inspect Widgets is activated
• An 'Inspect Widgets' panel will be visible in the task panel.
• Press Inspect button Result: the qss path will be dynamically update under the panel everytime the mouse hovers over an aspect of the interface

Developer

@hyarion

Licence