How do I import components into QtQuickDesigner?

Question

I am trying to learn Qt version 6, and I'm at a point where my book has me importing QtQuick Controls. The book says to click on the "Imports tab" in the Library pane, and shows a screenshot containing the tab. (Virtually every web source I've been able to find says the same thing, with a similar screenshot.)

Unfortunately, my installation of Qt-Creator, version 4.15.1, installed with Qt 6, does not have an Imports tab on the library pane. This is what my Library pane looks like:

Yes, it appears that the controls have been imported, but I didn't do it through the UI, it happened during an experiment. What got the controls imported was:

1. I hand-edited the .ui.qml file to add the line

import QtQuick.Controls 2.4

2. I built the project

This resulted in the QtQuick controls appearing in the Library pane.

Surely this is not the normal way of importing controls, is it?

Answer 1

If I'm understanding correctly, you want Qt Design Studio to import modules for you from the UI.

Simply click here then:

Also, if your project was made with Qt6, there's no need to add the version in the import statement.

I hope I was of any help :)