Development/Tutorials/Writing kontact plugins
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Kontact plugins are KParts that get loaded at runtime. To integrate your KPart into kontact, you will need to have a .desktop file like this:
ls /home/kde-devel/kde/share/kde4/services/kontact/ akregatorplugin.desktop knotesplugin.desktop akregatorplugin3.2.desktop korganizerplugin.desktop journalplugin.desktop newstickerplugin.desktop kaddressbookplugin.desktop plannerplugin.desktop karmplugin.desktop specialdatesplugin.desktop kmailplugin.desktop summaryplugin.desktop kmobiletools.desktop todoplugin.desktop knodeplugin.desktop weatherplugin.desktop
Writing a KPart
The following is what you do
- write a subclass mypart of KParts::Part
- because setWidget is protected
- use a Widget in it and use setWidget to get your widget into the KPart
- write a subclass mypartmainwindow of KParts::MainWindow
- because createGUI is protected
- write main.cpp
- use new mypart(mw) to get your part into your main window
Using your kPart
You can use konqueror to display your kpart: konqueror -> Settings -> Configure Konqueror -> Web browsing -> Plugins
See also
- http://pim.kde.org/development/tutorials/creatingplugins.php - tutorial for KDE 3
- http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kparts/html/classKParts_1_1MainWindow.html - the mainwindow where you display your kpart in