After Qt Creator starts, you should be presented with the following screen:
The panel on the left allows you to switch between different modes of the IDE:
- Welcome mode: Allows you to quickly open last sessions, projects, load examples, and tutorials.
- Edit mode: The main mode used to edit the source code of your applications.
- Design mode: Contains a visual form editor. Design mode is automatically activated when you create or open a Qt Widgets form file (.ui) or a QML form file (.ui.qml).
- Debug mode: Automatically activated when you launch the application under debugger. It contains additional views for displaying the call ...