---
name: "kuiviewer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kuiviewer"
version: "4:25.04.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kuiviewer"
---

# kuiviewer(1)

a viewer for Qt Designer user interface files

## NAME

kuiviewer - a viewer for Qt Designer user interface files

## SYNOPSIS

**kuiviewer** \[ *generic-options* \] \[ *ui-file*... *\]*

**kuiviewer** \[ *generic-options* \] { **-s, --takescreenshot** *filename* } \[ **-w, --screenshotwidth** *int* \] \[ **-h, --screenshotheight** *int* \] *ui-file*

## DESCRIPTION

**KUIViewer** is a utility to display and test the user interface (.ui) files generated by **Qt Designer**.  The interfaces can be displayed in a variety of different widget styles.

Normally KUIViewer launches a full GUI, allowing the user to interact with the given interface. By passing the **--takescreenshot** option, you can make KUIViewer dump a screenshot of the interface instead and exit immediately.  Other options are available to control precisely how this screenshot is constructed.

This application is part of the KDE Software Development Kit.

## OPTIONS

Below are the kuiviewer-specific options. For a full summary of options, run *kuiviewer --help*.

- **-s, --takescreenshot** *filename*

  Take a screenshot of the given interface and exit immediately. The *filename* argument specifies where the screenshot will be saved. This screenshot will be saved in PNG format.

- **-w, --screenshotwidth** *int*

  Before taking a screenshot, resize the interface to the given width.

- **-h, --screenshotheight** *int*

  Before taking a screenshot, resize the interface to the given height.

## SEE ALSO

[**designer**(1)](/designer/1.md).

## AUTHOR

KUIViewer was written by Richard Moore \<rich@kde.org\>, Ian Reinhart Geiser \<geiseri@kde.org\> and Benjamin C. Meyer \<ben+kuiviewer@meyerhome.net\>.\
 This manual page was prepared by Ben Burton \<bab@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).