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Asked: 2026-05-17T23:46:17+00:00

I’ve added a QAction to my QToolBar in my MainWindow in Qt Designer (using

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I’ve added a QAction to my QToolBar in my MainWindow in Qt Designer (using the Qt Creator IDE) and given that Action an icon (done by “Choose File” and selecting my .png located in the same directory as my project and source code). The icon shows up fine in the toolbar in Qt Designer, but does not show when the project is running. I’ve had similar trouble when choosing the title bar icon on windows. I’ve never used graphics in Qt before, is there something special I need to do?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Did you make a QRC file (that is, Qt’s equivalent of a resource file?)
    If not, that would explain what you’re seeing. The icons will show up in the creator, but not in the final compiled executable. Have a look at this:

    http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/resources.html

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