# QVTKWidget is in vtk no longer supported?

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/qvtkwidget-is-in-vtk-no-longer-supported/4022
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 19, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/qvtkwidget-is-in-vtk-no-longer-supported/4022 "2020-08-19T15:10:08Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/qvtkwidget-is-in-vtk-no-longer-supported/4022/4 "2020-08-27T12:21:22Z")

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This post is a little bit outdated sadly. See here :

> [@Yet another QVTKOpenGLWidget renaming ?](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/yet-another-qvtkopenglwidget-renaming/2602):
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> Hi Community, With VTK-9 coming, I wonder if we should rename QVTKOpenGLWidget again, as the new version was not so much used after all as it has some specific failings, while it’s only advantage is to support stereo rendering. I suggest then the following renaming : QVTKOpenGLNativeWidget -\> QVTKOpenGLWidget QVTKOpenGLWidget -\> QVTKOpenGLStereoWidget As some have remarked it, this suggest the the newly named QVTKOpenGLStereoWidget will never be adopted as a generic widget. I personally am f…

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