Dont be surprised but development of widgets/core libraries wasn't stopped, just fetch qtbase and inspect git logs.
Keep in mind that there is QtCreator which based on QtWidgets and unlikelly will be based on something else. What kind of styling, qss?
Qml is much better than html, thanks for anchors, transitions between states, animation and etc. One remaining thing I just waiting for fully usable version of desktop components.
What new widget class do you need?