Editing the Bitcoin-QT UI

[uMMcQxCWELNzkt]

I would like to create a redesign of the Bitcoin-Qt wallet, the changes would be relatively minimal, I would change the icons, symbols and perhaps background. I am inexperienced with Github so forking and contributing my own code is new to me. Could someone point me to where in the Bitcoin source the wallet UI is located, also will the design be coded in CSS? I realize this is not an essential upgrade however I feel a new slick, responsive design would create a professional feel. I have download the Bitcoin-master.zip from Github although I am not even sure if that is where the wallet UI code is located, I guess it is also possible the wallet is not even part of the opensource code to begin with lol.

[grue]

1. learn qt first
2. try a few designs
3. then ask for help

and no, qt ui can not be designed in css. although you can edit the icon resources.

[evilscoop]

look at walletview.cpp in the qt dir

lol @css....this aint a web app


as other posted, go learn qt

[stevegee58]

Even easier: use bitcoind and write your own GUI front end that connects to bitcoind's API.

[deepceleron]

If you have never done graphical interface programming before, start with making a gui like this first:

[uMMcQxCWELNzkt]

look at walletview.cpp in the qt dir

lol @css....this aint a web app


as other posted, go learn qt

Thanks for the replies and I just assumed CSS could be used on non web apps too, it looks like a basic fluid layout but i guess other languages can create the same functions. I guess I will have to learn more about coding even it is just to make changes to the UI lol. 

[wumpus]

Everything, including the GUI, is part of the open source code.

Most of the dialogs in Bitcoin-Qt are created using Qt designer (.ui xml files in src/qt/forms), which means that you can edit them using a graphical interface from the Qt Creator IDE. This is freely downloadable.

Although Qt creator is available for windows, building Bitcoin-Qt on Windows is pretty complicated due to the dependencies (see https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=149479.0), if you want to play around with Bitcoin development I recommend using a Ubuntu VM and installing the Qt Creator package.