Hi

I hope this is the proper place to post this question. I am not a beginner to Qt but I am a complete newbie when it comes to Qt Designer. So I hope somebody can point me in the right direction.

1. What exactly is the Designer used for? Is it a tool just to create the ui ?

2. Can you write an entire application using just the designer ? By this I mean : Can you program the signals and slots and access every member of a Qt class using just the designer ?

3. Say I wanted a class derived from QListWidgetItem and another widget to provide context menus, can I do this through the designer or is writing a plugin a better way to do it?

4. And lastly (for now), I have noticed a few posts from people complaining about the integrated designer in Qt Creator. So is it better to stick to the stand alone Qt Designer ?

I hope somebody provide some info. Breaking layouts is driving me nuts!