Qt proivdes two primary mechanisms for timer-based operations: the low-level QObject::startTimer() and the higher-level QTimer class. Both can be used to execute code at regular intervals, such as cycling through images. Below are deatiled implementations of botth approaches.
Implementing Timers in Qt: Object Timer vs QTimer
Posted on Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:19:28 +0000 by MannyG