Doc: code style settings
Change-Id: Ib745a367b4e0cd53679a6f5463e2b4b4c83318a1 Reviewed-on: http://codereview.qt.nokia.com/214 Reviewed-by: Qt Sanity Bot <qt_sanity_bot@ovi.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Kamm <christian.d.kamm@nokia.com>
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\o \l{Semantic Highlighting}
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\o \l{Checking Code Syntax}
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\o \l{Completing Code}
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\o \l{Indenting Code}
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\o \l{Finding and Replacing}
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\o \l{Refactoring}
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\o \l{Using Qt Quick Toolbars}
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\endlist
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\o \l{Specifying Run Settings}
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\o \l{Specifying Editor Settings}
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\o \l{Specifying Code Style Settings}
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\o \l{Specifying Dependencies}
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\endlist
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\o \l{Debugging}
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\contentspage index.html
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\title Completing Code
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open project, select \gui {Projects > Editor Settings}. For more
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information, see \l{Specifying Editor Settings}.
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You can also specify indentation settings separately for C++ and QML files
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either globally or for the open project. For more information, see
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\l{Indenting Code}.
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\image qtcreator-font-colors.png "Text editor options"
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You can perform the following configuration actions:
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for other types of files than
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C++ or QML in \gui{Generic Highlighter}.
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\o Set tabs, indentation, the handling of whitespace, and mouse operations in
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\gui Behavior.
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\gui Behavior. For more information, see \l{Indenting Code}.
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\o Set various display properties, for example,
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\l{Highlighting and folding blocks}{highlighting and folding blocks},
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text wrapping or \l{Moving to symbol definition or declaration}
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format. The latter makes sure that syntax highlighting is preserved when
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pasting to a rich-text editor.
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\section2 Indenting Code
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\image qtcreator-indentation.png "Text Editor Behavior options"
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When you type code, it is indented automatically according to the selected
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options. Select a block to indent it when you press \key Tab.
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Press \key {Shift+Tab} to decrease the indentation.
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When you press \gui Backspace the indentation is decreased by one level,
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instead of one space, by default.
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By default, the tab-length in code editor is 8 spaces, but you can change
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it. The code editor can also determine whether tabs or spaces are used
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on the previous or next line and copy the style.
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You can determine whether the block indent style includes braces,
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or you can use the GNU indent style. The GNU style places braces on a separate
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line, indented by 2 spaces, except when they open a function definition, where
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they are not indented.
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You can also specify whether continuation lines are aligned with the previous
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code or just indented to the logical depth. You can always use spaces for
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alignment or use spaces or tabs depending on the other options you selected.
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The following code snippet illustrates excluding braces from the indented block:
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\code
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void foobar(bool zoo)
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{
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if (zoo)
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{
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foo();
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}
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}
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\endcode
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The following code snippet illustrates including braces in the indented block:
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\code
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void foobar(bool zoo)
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{
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if (zoo)
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{
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foo();
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}
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}
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\endcode
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The following code snippet illustrates the GNU style:
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\code
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void foobar(bool zoo)
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{
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if (zoo)
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{
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foo();
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}
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}
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\endcode
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\section2 File Encoding
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\section2 File Encoding
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To define the default file encoding, select the desired encoding in
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\gui {Default encoding}. By default, Qt Creator uses the file encoding
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/*!
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\contentspage index.html
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\previouspage creator-completing-code.html
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\page creator-indenting-code.html
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\nextpage creator-editor-finding.html
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\title Indenting Code
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When you type code, it is indented automatically according to the selected
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text editor and code style options. Select a block to indent it when you
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press \key Tab. Press \key {Shift+Tab} to decrease the indentation. You
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can disable automatic indentation.
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When you press \gui Backspace, the indentation is decreased by one level
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in leading white space, by default. You can disable this setting.
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Continuation lines are aligned with the previous line by using spaces. You
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can disable automatic alignment to have them indented to the logical depth.
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You can always use spaces for alignment or use spaces or tabs depending on
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the other options you selected.
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You can specify indentation either globally for all files or separately
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for:
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\list
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\o Text files
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\o C++ files
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\o QML files
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\endlist
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You can specify indentation either globally for all files of a particular
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type or separately for each project.
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\section1 Indenting Text Files
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To specify global indentation settings for the text editor, select
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\gui {Tools > Options... > Text Editor > Behavior}. You can also use these
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settings globally for all editors and files.
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\image qtcreator-indentation.png "Text Editor Behavior options"
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To specify settings for a particular project, select \gui {Projects >
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Editor Settings}.
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\section1 Indenting C++ Files
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To specify global indentation settings for the C++ editor, select
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\gui {Tools > Options... > C++}.
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\image qtcreator-options-code-style-cpp.png "C++ Code Style options"
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To specify the settings for a particular project, select \gui {Projects >
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Code Style Settings}.
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You can specify how to:
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\list
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\o Interpret the \key Tab and \key Backspace key presses.
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\o Indent the contents of classes, methods, blocks, and namespaces.
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\o Indent braces in classes, namespaces, enums, methods, and blocks.
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\o Control switch statements and their contents.
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\o Align continuation lines.
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\endlist
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You can use the live preview to see how the options change the indentation.
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\section1 Indenting QML Files
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To specify global settings for the Qt Quick editor, select \gui {Tools >
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Options... > Qt Quick}.
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\image qtcreator-options-code-style-qml.png "QML Code Style options"
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To specify the settings for a particular project, select \gui {Projects >
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Code Style Settings}.
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You can specify how to interpret the \key Tab and \key Backspace key
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presses.
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\section1 Specifying Tab Settings
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You can specify tab settings at the following levels:
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\list
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\o Global settings for all files
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\o Global C++ settings for C++ files
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\o Global Qt Quick settings for QML files
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\o Project specific settings for all editors of files in the project
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\o Project specific settings for C++ files in the project
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\o Project specific settings for QML files in the project
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\endlist
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By default, the tab-length in code editor is 8 spaces. You can specify the
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tab length separately for each project and for
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different types of files.
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The code editor can also determine whether tabs or spaces are used
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on the previous or next line and copy the style.
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The \key Tab key can automatically indent text when you press it, or only
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when the cursor is located within leading white space.
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\section1 Specifying Settings for Content
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You can indent public, protected, and private statements and declarations
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related to them within classes.
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You can also indent statements within methods and blocks and declarations
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within namespaces.
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\image qtcreator-code-style-content.png "Content options"
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\section1 Specifying Settings for Braces
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You can indent class, namespace, enum and method declarations and code
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blocks.
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\image qtcreator-code-style-braces.png "Braces options"
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\section1 Specifying Settings for Switch Statements
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You can indent case or default statements, or statements or blocks related
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to them within switch statements.
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\image qtcreator-code-style-switch.png "Switch options"
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\section1 Specifying Alignment
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To align continuation lines to tokens after assignments, such as = or
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+=, select the \gui {Align after assignments} check box. You can specify
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additional settings for aligning continuation lines in the \gui General
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tab.
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You can also add spaces to conditional statements, so that they are not
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aligned with the following line. Usually, this only affects \c if
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statements.
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\image qtcreator-code-style-alignment.png "Alignment options"
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*/
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/*!
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\contentspage index.html
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\previouspage creator-indenting-code.html
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\nextpage creator-editor-refactoring.html
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\o \l{Specifying Build Settings}{Build Settings}
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\o \l{Specifying Run Settings}{Run Settings}
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\o \l{Specifying Editor Settings}{Editor Settings}
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\o \l{Specifying Code Style Settings}{Code Style Settings}
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\o \l{Specifying Dependencies}{Dependencies}
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\endlist
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\contentspage index.html
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\previouspage creator-run-settings.html
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\nextpage creator-build-dependencies.html
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\nextpage creator-code-style-settings.html
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\title Specifying Editor Settings
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You can configure the code editor according to your needs. You can specify
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Qt Creator uses the \l{Editing MIME Types}{MIME type} of the file to
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determine which mode and editor to use for opening the file. For example,
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Qt Creator opens .txt files in \gui Edit mode in the text editor.
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You can configure the text editor according to your needs. You can specify
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editor behavior either globally for all projects or separately for each
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project. To specify global editor behavior, select \gui {Tools > Options...
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> Text Editor > Behavior}.
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To configure the editor behavior for the current project, deselect the
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\gui {Use global settings} check box in the \gui {Editor Settings} for the
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project. For more information about the settings, see:
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To configure the text editor behavior for the current project:
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\list
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\o Select \gui {Projects > Editor Settings}.
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\o Deselect the \gui {Use global settings} check box.
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\o Specify text editor settings for the project.
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\endlist
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\image qtcreator-editor-settings.png "Editor Settings view"
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For more information about the settings, see:
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\list
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\endlist
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\image qtcreator-editor-settings.png "Editor Settings view"
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*/
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/*!
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\contentspage index.html
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\previouspage creator-editor-settings.html
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\page creator-code-style-settings.html
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\nextpage creator-build-dependencies.html
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\title Specifying Code Style Settings
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Qt Creator uses the \l{Editing MIME Types}{MIME type} of the file to
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determine which mode and editor to use for opening the file.
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Qt Creator opens C++ files in \gui Edit mode in the C++ code editor and
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QML files in the Qt Quick editor.
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You can configure the code style according to your needs. You can specify
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code style either globally for all projects or separately for each
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project. To specify global code style for C++ files, select \gui {Tools >
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Options... > C++}.
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To specify global code style for QML files, select \gui {Tools > Options...
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> Qt Quick}.
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To configure the editor behavior for the current project:
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\list
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\o Select \gui {Projects > Code Style Settings}.
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\o In the \gui Language field, select \gui C++ or \gui Qt Quick.
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\o Deselect the \gui {Use global settings} check box.
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\o In the \gui Settings field, select \gui Custom.
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\o Specify code style settings for the project. Only \gui General
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settings are available for QML files.
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\endlist
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\image qtcreator-code-style-settings.png "Code Style Settings view"
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For more information about the settings, see \l{Indenting Code}.
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*/
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/*!
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\contentspage index.html
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\previouspage creator-code-style-settings.html
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\page creator-build-dependencies.html
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\nextpage creator-debugging.html
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