Signals Slots and Class Pointers

[ChrisW67]

uic generates the ui_stuff.h file from your stuff.ui file.

The name of the variable holding a pointer to your custom widget is set by you in Designer and carried over into generated UI code. In Designer:
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and in the generated code is the class that the ui pointer points to an instance of:

#include <QtGui/QButtonGroup>
#include <QtGui/QFrame>
#include <QtGui/QHBoxLayout>
#include <QtGui/QHeaderView>
#include <QtGui/QWidget>
 
QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
class Ui_Form                                                                                     
{                                                                                                 
public:                                                                                           
    QHBoxLayout *horizontalLayout;                                                                
    QFrame *myCustomFrame;        // <<<<< here                                                                
 
    void setupUi(QWidget *Form)                                                                   
    {                                                                                             
 ...
        // <<<< and here
        myCustomFrame = new QFrame(Form);
        myCustomFrame->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("myCustomFrame"));
        myCustomFrame->setFrameShape(QFrame::Box);
...
    } // setupUi
...
};
...
#endif // UI_UNTITLED_H

#include <QtGui/QButtonGroup>
#include <QtGui/QFrame>
#include <QtGui/QHBoxLayout>
#include <QtGui/QHeaderView>
#include <QtGui/QWidget>

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
                                                                                                  
class Ui_Form                                                                                     
{                                                                                                 
public:                                                                                           
    QHBoxLayout *horizontalLayout;                                                                
    QFrame *myCustomFrame;        // <<<<< here                                                                
                                                                                                  
    void setupUi(QWidget *Form)                                                                   
    {                                                                                             
 ...
        // <<<< and here
        myCustomFrame = new QFrame(Form);
        myCustomFrame->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("myCustomFrame"));
        myCustomFrame->setFrameShape(QFrame::Box);
...
    } // setupUi
...
};
...
#endif // UI_UNTITLED_H

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so in your code you can access it through the ui pointer thus:

ui->myCustomFrame;

ui->myCustomFrame;

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