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intro

• why bqt
• Installation
• quick start guide #TODO 👷
• I'm a dev and want to use bqt in my tool bqt as a dependency #TODO 👷
• sample bqt code

features

#TODO 👷see Environment variables for explanation of features.
copy instructions to individual page (don't delete from env var page though.) and add images

• show QWidgets without freezing Blender #TODO 👷
• style QWidgets with Blender stylesheet #TODO 👷
• keep QtWidgets in foreground #TODO 👷
• close dialogue in foreground #TODO 👷
• prevent open same widget twice #TODO 👷

Gotchas

• I get an error about the context, see operator issues
• My widget briefly shows, and then the widget disappears
• After I alt-tab or swap to another window, I can't type, when I type weird things happen, rotate viewport snaps to 90 degrees ... blender input bug
• If you experience a new issue, report it here

Contribute to bqt

• contribute guidelines for devs
• contribute guidelines for technical writers, see README
• (admin only) Releasing a new version to github and pypi

other

• Use Environment variables to toggle bqt features.
• alternatives to bqt