On Windows, the type of the values in QSettings isalwaysstr. Use of the preferences assumes that QSettings values have the correct types. May need to get the settings from the preferences widget rather than the preferences store (QSettings). And use QSettings only for saving the preferences to disk.
Note, this issue does not exist on Mac OS or linux.
On Windows, the type of the values in
QSettings
isalwaysstr
. Use of the preferences assumes that QSettings values have the correct types. May need to get the settings from the preferences widget rather than the preferences store (QSettings). And use QSettings only for saving the preferences to disk.Note, this issue does not exist on Mac OS or linux.