Qt 4.8: Qt 3 Support Members for Qt

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# Qt 3 Support Members for Qt

The following class members are part of the Qt 3 support layer. They are provided to help you port old code to Qt 4. We advise against using them in new code.

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## Types

enum | BackgroundMode { FixedColor, FixedPixmap, NoBackground, PaletteForeground, ..., X11ParentRelative }
typedef | ButtonState
enum | ButtonState_enum { ShiftButton, ControlButton, AltButton, MetaButton, Keypad, KeyButtonMask }
enum | Dock { DockUnmanaged, DockTornOff, DockTop, DockBottom, ..., DockMinimized }
enum | GUIStyle { WindowsStyle, MotifStyle, MacStyle, Win3Style, PMStyle }
enum | MacintoshVersion { MV_Unknown, MV_9, MV_10_DOT_0, MV_10_DOT_1, ..., MV_TIGER }
enum | PaintUnit { PixelUnit, LoMetricUnit, HiMetricUnit, LoEnglishUnit, HiEnglishUnit, TwipsUnit }
typedef | ScaleMode
typedef | TextFlags
typedef | ToolBarDock
enum | WindowsVersion { WV_32s, WV_95, WV_98, WV_Me, ..., WV_CE_6 }

## Type Documentation

### enum Qt::BackgroundMode

Constant | Value
--- | ---
`Qt::FixedColor` | `0`
`Qt::FixedPixmap` | `1`
`Qt::NoBackground` | `2`
`Qt::PaletteForeground` | `3`
`Qt::PaletteButton` | `4`
`Qt::PaletteLight` | `5`
`Qt::PaletteMidlight` | `6`
`Qt::PaletteDark` | `7`
`Qt::PaletteMid` | `8`
`Qt::PaletteText` | `9`
`Qt::PaletteBrightText` | `10`
`Qt::PaletteBase` | `11`
`Qt::PaletteBackground` | `12`
`Qt::PaletteShadow` | `13`
`Qt::PaletteHighlight` | `14`
`Qt::PaletteHighlightedText` | `15`
`Qt::PaletteButtonText` | `16`
`Qt::PaletteLink` | `17`
`Qt::PaletteLinkVisited` | `18`
`Qt::X11ParentRelative` | `19`

### typedef Qt::ButtonState

Use Qt::KeyboardModifier instead.

### enum Qt::ButtonState_enum

Constant | Value
--- | ---
`Qt::ShiftButton` | `Qt::ShiftModifier`
`Qt::ControlButton` | `Qt::ControlModifier`
`Qt::AltButton` | `Qt::AltModifier`
`Qt::MetaButton` | `Qt::MetaModifier`
`Qt::Keypad` | `Qt::KeypadModifier`
`Qt::KeyButtonMask` | `Qt::KeyboardModifierMask`

Use Qt::KeyboardModifier instead.

### enum Qt::Dock

Each dock window can be in one of the following positions:

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`Qt::DockUnmanaged` | `0` | not managed by a Q3MainWindow.
`Qt::DockTornOff` | `1` | the dock window floats as its own top level window which always stays on top of the main window.
`Qt::DockTop` | `2` | above the central widget, below the menu bar.
`Qt::DockBottom` | `3` | below the central widget, above the status bar.
`Qt::DockRight` | `4` | to the right of the central widget.
`Qt::DockLeft` | `5` | to the left of the central widget.
`Qt::DockMinimized` | `6` | the dock window is not shown (this is effectively a 'hidden' dock area); the handles of all minimized dock windows are drawn in one row below the menu bar.

### enum Qt::GUIStyle

Constant | Value
--- | ---
`Qt::WindowsStyle` | `1`
`Qt::MotifStyle` | `4`
`Qt::MacStyle` | `0`
`Qt::Win3Style` | `2`
`Qt::PMStyle` | `3`

### enum Qt::MacintoshVersion

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`Qt::MV_Unknown` | `0x0000` | Use QSysInfo::MV_Unknown instead.
`Qt::MV_9` | `QSysInfo::MV_9` | Use QSysInfo::MV_9 instead.
`Qt::MV_10_DOT_0` | `QSysInfo::MV_10_0` | Use QSysInfo::MV_10_0 instead.
`Qt::MV_10_DOT_1` | `QSysInfo::MV_10_1` | Use QSysInfo::MV_10_1 instead.
`Qt::MV_10_DOT_2` | `QSysInfo::MV_10_2` | Use QSysInfo::MV_10_2 instead.
`Qt::MV_10_DOT_3` | `QSysInfo::MV_10_3` | Use QSysInfo::MV_10_3 instead.
`Qt::MV_10_DOT_4` | `QSysInfo::MV_10_4` | Use QSysInfo::MV_10_4 instead.
`Qt::MV_CHEETAH` | `QSysInfo::MV_CHEETAH` | Use QSysInfo::MV_10_0 instead.
`Qt::MV_PUMA` | `QSysInfo::MV_PUMA` | Use QSysInfo::MV_10_1 instead.
`Qt::MV_JAGUAR` | `QSysInfo::MV_JAGUAR` | Use QSysInfo::MV_10_2 instead.
`Qt::MV_PANTHER` | `QSysInfo::MV_PANTHER` | Use QSysInfo::MV_10_3 instead.
`Qt::MV_TIGER` | `QSysInfo::MV_TIGER` | Use QSysInfo::MV_10_4 instead.

See also QSysInfo::MacVersion.

### enum Qt::PaintUnit

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`Qt::PixelUnit` | `0` |
`Qt::LoMetricUnit` | `1` | Obsolete
`Qt::HiMetricUnit` | `2` | Obsolete
`Qt::LoEnglishUnit` | `3` | Obsolete
`Qt::HiEnglishUnit` | `4` | Obsolete
`Qt::TwipsUnit` | `5` | Obsolete

### typedef Qt::ScaleMode

Use Qt::AspectRatioMode instead.

The enum values have been renamed as follows:

Old enum value | New enum value
Qt::ScaleFree | Qt::IgnoreAspectRatio
Qt::ScaleMin | Qt::KeepAspectRatio
Qt::ScaleMax | Qt::KeepAspectRatioByExpanding

### typedef Qt::TextFlags

Use Qt::TextFlag instead.

### typedef Qt::ToolBarDock

Use Qt::Dock instead.

### enum Qt::WindowsVersion

Constant | Value
--- | ---
`Qt::WV_32s` | `QSysInfo::WV_32s`
`Qt::WV_95` | `QSysInfo::WV_95`
`Qt::WV_98` | `QSysInfo::WV_98`
`Qt::WV_Me` | `QSysInfo::WV_Me`
`Qt::WV_DOS_based` | `QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based`
`Qt::WV_NT` | `QSysInfo::WV_NT`
`Qt::WV_2000` | `QSysInfo::WV_2000`
`Qt::WV_XP` | `QSysInfo::WV_XP`
`Qt::WV_2003` | `QSysInfo::WV_2003`
`Qt::WV_NT_based` | `QSysInfo::WV_NT_based`
`Qt::WV_CE` | `QSysInfo::WV_CE`
`Qt::WV_CENET` | `QSysInfo::WV_CENET`
`Qt::WV_CE_based` | `QSysInfo::WV_CE_based`
`Qt::WV_CE_5` | `QSysInfo::WV_CE_5`
`Qt::WV_CE_6` | `QSysInfo::WV_CE_6`