Always. I almost don't know how to layout widgets manually.
Designer? What is that? Nope, never use it.
Depends and the task. Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
hmm.. but i dont like it..
When I started with QT 4.5 I tried out the designer, but quickly felt like it wasn't helping me understand how the classes worked and how I could write special functions for the designer generator classes.
Since then I only "write" my GUIs, that way I fell like i have more control over my app.
When I last played with Qt I only ever used the designer for the most basic apps as it seemed far too restricted. Now I always use it. If a widget doesn't do what I want, I just promote it, write some code, and back to the designer. Much better than throwing widgets on a form as place holders which is what I had to do before (and then got confused, and eventually stopped using the designer).
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