Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your QSS file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert QSS to another file type
To convert QSS style sheets to another format, you need Qt Creator or other Developer software.
Convert a file to QSS
To convert other file formats to the "Application Style Sheet" file type, you need software like Qt Creator or a similar tool.
About QSS files
The .qss file extension is primarily used for Qt Style Sheets. These are plain text files containing rules that define the visual appearance of applications built with the Qt framework. Similar to how CSS styles web pages, Qt Style Sheets customize buttons, widgets, and layouts. The format is maintained by The Qt Company. However, the .qss extension is also actively used for QSR NVivo qualitative data analysis projects and QLab slideshows. These entirely different file types cause major compatibility issues. Qt .qss files rely on Qt-specific properties that standard web browsers do not understand. You cannot use them directly on a website without heavy modification. NVivo .qss files are even more restrictive. They are proprietary Microsoft Compound documents that require an expensive, specialized software license to open. If you do not have an active NVivo subscription, your research data is locked. QLab slideshows are similarly limited to the macOS ecosystem. For Qt developers, you should convert .qss to css or txt for easier editing and syntax highlighting in standard code editors. If you have an NVivo .qss file, extracting the data to pdf, csv, or docx is required for archiving and sharing with non-researchers.
Convert.Guru analyzes your QSS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert QSS file to INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, ENV, PROPERTIES or RC, you can use Qt Creator or similar software from the "UI Styling & Data Analysis" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert ZSHRC, CONF, RCFILE, GITCONFIG, RC, PLIST, BASHRC, CONFIG, PROFILE, INI, PREFS or CFG files to QSS, try Qt Creator or another comparable tool in the "UI Styling & Data Analysis" category.
The QSS Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our QSS converter.