Ticket #57577: patch-graphicssystem-via-qtconfig.diff

src/gui/kernel/qapplication_mac.mm

@@ -2941 +2941 @@
             QTextCodec::setCodecForTr(codec);
     }
 
+    // this can probrably just as well go into the qt_is_gui_used if:
+    // Fetch the default graphics system from the settings store.
+    const QString defaultGraphicsSystem = settings.value(QLatin1String("DefaultGraphicsSystem")).toString();
+    if (! defaultGraphicsSystem.isNull() && ! defaultGraphicsSystem.isEmpty()) {
+        QApplication::setGraphicsSystem(defaultGraphicsSystem);
+    }
+
     if (qt_is_gui_used) {
         QString str;
         QStringList strlist;

tools/qtconfig/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -227 +238 @@
     connect(ui->rtlExtensionsCheckBox, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), SLOT(somethingModified()));
     connect(ui->inputStyleCombo, SIGNAL(activated(int)), SLOT(somethingModified()));
     connect(ui->inputMethodCombo, SIGNAL(activated(int)), SLOT(somethingModified()));
+    connect(ui->graphicsSystemCombo, SIGNAL(activated(int)), SLOT(somethingModified()));
     connect(ui->guiStyleCombo, SIGNAL(activated(QString)), SLOT(styleSelected(QString)));
     connect(ui->familySubstitutionCombo, SIGNAL(activated(QString)), SLOT(substituteSelected(QString)));
     connect(ui->tunePaletteButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), SLOT(tunePalette()));
@@ -416 +463 @@
     ui->inputMethodCombo->hide();
     ui->inputMethodLabel->hide();
 #endif
-
+#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
+    ui->graphicsSystemCombo->setToolTip(tr("Select the graphicsssystem to be used by default.\n"
+        "Native: use native CoreGraphics rendering\n"
+        "Raster: use raster graphics\n"
+        "OpenGL: use OpenGL (experimental!)\n"
+        "Raster mode is the preferred default except on Mac OS 10.14 and newer where it causes flickering.\n"
+        "Use Native rendering on those newer OS versions (or if you experience other graphics glitches)."));
+    QStringList graphicsSystems;
+    QString defaultGraphicsSystem = settings.value(QLatin1String("DefaultGraphicsSystem"), QLatin1String("Native")).toString();
+
+    graphicsSystems << tr("Native") << tr("Raster") << tr("OpenGL");
+    ui->graphicsSystemCombo->addItems(graphicsSystems);
+    ui->graphicsSystemCombo->setCurrentIndex(graphicsSystems.indexOf(QRegExp(defaultGraphicsSystem, Qt::CaseInsensitive)));
+#else
+    ui->graphicsSystemLabel->hide();
+    ui->graphicsSystemCombo->hide();
+#endif
     ui->fontEmbeddingCheckBox->setChecked(settings.value(QLatin1String("embedFonts"), true)
                                           .toBool());
     fontpaths = settings.value(QLatin1String("fontPath")).toStringList();
@@ -573 +636 @@
 #if defined(Q_WS_X11) && !defined(QT_NO_XIM)
         settings.setValue(QLatin1String("DefaultInputMethod"), ui->inputMethodCombo->currentText());
 #endif
+#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
+        settings.setValue(QLatin1String("DefaultGraphicsSystem"), ui->graphicsSystemCombo->currentText());
+#endif
 
         QString audioSink = settings.value(QLatin1String("audiosink"), QLatin1String("Auto")).toString();
         QString videoMode = settings.value(QLatin1String("videomode"), QLatin1String("Auto")).toString();

tools/qtconfig/mainwindow.ui

@@ -901 +901 @@
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="graphicsSystemLabel">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Default Graphics System:</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QComboBox" name="graphicsSystemCombo">
+          <property name="currentIndex">
+           <number>-1</number>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
         <item>
          <spacer>
           <property name="orientation">