From 8cd9300eda37c21f3f1f444e4183c245885ff6f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leena Miettinen Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 16:24:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: Describe using md locator filter for searching The filter enables users to search for apps, documents, and other files using platform-specific external tools or commands. Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-25162 Change-Id: I32e8d059fa374aac3be983e9461a138ac4c647a0 Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller --- doc/qtcreator/src/editors/creator-locator.qdoc | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/src/editors/creator-locator.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator/src/editors/creator-locator.qdoc index 73b0ecbe904..e351ebc746d 100644 --- a/doc/qtcreator/src/editors/creator-locator.qdoc +++ b/doc/qtcreator/src/editors/creator-locator.qdoc @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ /**************************************************************************** ** -** Copyright (C) 2019 The Qt Company Ltd. +** Copyright (C) 2021 The Qt Company Ltd. ** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/ ** ** This file is part of the Qt Creator documentation. @@ -150,6 +150,18 @@ \li Searching for issues from the \l{https://bugreports.qt.io/} {Qt Project Bug Tracker} (\c bug). + \li Searching for applications, documents, and other files by using + platform-specific external tools or commands (\c md). The following + tools are used by default, but you can configure the locator to + use any other command: + + \list + \li On \macOS: using Spotlight + \li On Windows: using \l{https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/} + {Everything} + \li On Linux: using the \c Locate command + \endlist + \if defined(qtcreator) \li Running external tools (\c x) \li Using CMake to build the project for the current run configuration