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Change-Id: Iefe032f5e12f5a25f292ca93873703bfa8e42ba9
Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Orgad Shaneh <orgads@gmail.com>
2019-12-18 10:06:10 +00:00

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Qt Creator 4.11

Qt Creator version 4.11 contains bug fixes and new features.

The most important changes are listed in this document. For a complete list of changes, see the Git log for the Qt Creator sources that you can check out from the public Git repository. For example:

git clone git://code.qt.io/qt-creator/qt-creator.git
git log --cherry-pick --pretty=oneline origin/4.10..v4.11.0

General

  • Added option for maximum number of recent files (QTCREATORBUG-21898)
  • Added option for showing shortcuts in context menus (QTCREATORBUG-22502)
  • Added camel case navigation to many input fields (QTCREATORBUG-21140)
  • Improved fuzzy matching in Locator (QTCREATORBUG-19838, QTCREATORBUG-22546)
  • Made update notification less intrusive and more informative (QTCREATORBUG-22817)
  • Made wizards remember user choices (QTCREATORBUG-16657)

Help

  • Fixed that removing Qt version only unregistered its documentation after restart (QTCREATORBUG-16631)

Editing

  • Added option to change line ending style via editor tool bar
  • Fixed that explicit colors or styles in KSyntaxHighlighting specifications were ignored (QTCREATORBUG-13545, QTCREATORBUG-22229, QTCREATORBUG-22646)
  • Fixed behavior of backtab with multi-line selection (QTCREATORBUG-16970)

Language Client

C++

  • Added support for single quote digit separator in integer literals (QTCREATORBUG-14939)
  • Added option for adding Q_OBJECT to C++ Class wizard also for custom base class (QTCREATORBUG-21810)
  • Fixed that build environment was not used for asking compilers about built-in headers (QTCREATORBUG-17985)
  • Fixed handling of -mllvm command line option
  • Fixed handling of noexcept when refactoring (QTCREATORBUG-11849, QTCREATORBUG-19699)

QML

  • Updated to parser from Qt 5.15
  • Fixed pragma reformatting (QTCREATORBUG-22326)

Python

  • Simplified registration of language server
  • Added python settings to configure multiple python interpreters
  • Simplified switching python interpreters for python projects

Help

  • Added option for switching viewer backend
  • Added experimental litehtml based viewer backend
  • Added support for multiple pages in external help window (QTCREATORBUG-20558)

Projects

  • Added experimental support for Qt for WebAssembly (QTCREATORBUG-21068)
  • Added experimental support for Qt for MCUs
  • Added Build > Build for Run Configuration (QTCREATORBUG-22403)
  • Added more space for custom command line arguments (QTCREATORBUG-17890)
  • Added option to continue building after a single project failed with Build > Build All (QTCREATORBUG-22140)
  • Added option for temporarily disabling individual environment variables (QTCREATORBUG-20984)
  • Added option for translation file to wizards (QTCREATORBUG-7453)
  • Added option to rename files with same base name when renaming files via project tree (QTCREATORBUG-21738)
  • Added option for running build process with low priority (QTCREATORBUG-5155)
  • Made it possible to schedule running the project while building it (QTCREATORBUG-14297)
  • Improved unconfigured project page (QTCREATORBUG-20018)
  • Fixed parsing of lld output (QTCREATORBUG-22623)
  • Fixed issues with expanding macros in environment variables
  • Fixed that generated files were appearing in Locator and project wide searches (QTCREATORBUG-20176)
  • Fixed disabled project context menu item (QTCREATORBUG-22850)

QMake

  • Fixed that automatic changes of .pro files could change line ending style (QTCREATORBUG-2196)
  • Fixed that TRANSLATIONS were not shown in project tree (QTCREATORBUG-7453)

CMake

  • Added support for file-based API, CMake's new interface for IDEs since version 3.14
  • Added Locator filter cmo for location of CMake target definition (QTCREATORBUG-18553)
  • Added workaround for CMake issues when CMake executable is non-canonical path
  • Fixed handling of boolean semantics (OFF, NO, FALSE, and so on)
  • Fixed Build > Run CMake (QTCREATORBUG-19704)
  • Fixed registering CMake.app from official installer on macOS
  • Fixed code model issues when using precompiled headers (QTCREATORBUG-22888)

Qbs

  • Updated to Qbs version 1.15.0
  • Fixed that include paths were not correctly categorized into user and system paths for the code model

Python

  • Renamed plugin from PythonEditor to Python
  • Made Python interpreter configurable

Generic

  • Added option to remove directories directly from project tree (QTCREATORBUG-16575)
  • Added support for Framework paths (QTCREATORBUG-20099)

Compilation Database

  • Fixed issue with /imsvc compiler option (QTCREATORBUG-23146)

Debugging

CDB

  • Fixed assigning negative values to variables (QTCREATORBUG-17269)

Analyzer

  • Added viewer for Chrome trace report files

Clang

  • Added support for loading results from clang-tidy and clazy that were exported with -export-fixes
  • Added option for overriding configuration per project
  • Added option to analyze only open or edited documents
  • Changed to use separate clang-tidy executable
  • Separated diagnostic configuration settings for code model (C++ > Code Model) and analyzer (Analyzer > Clang Tools)
  • Fixed invocation of clazy with latest clazy versions

Qt Widget Designer

  • Fixed lookup of resources (QTCREATORBUG-22909, QTCREATORBUG-22962)

Qt Quick Designer

  • Added editor for bindings
  • Added support for importing 3D assets into Quick3D components (QDS-1051, QDS-1053)
  • Added option for keyframe time in Edit dialog (QDS-1072)
  • Added snapping of timeline playhead to keyframes when shift-dragging (QDS-1068)
  • Fixed issues with dragging timeline items (QDS-1074)
  • Fixed various timeline editor issues (QDS-1073)

Version Control Systems

Git

  • Added Tools > Git > Local Repository > Archive, and added archiving to Actions on Commits
  • Made following file renames optional (QTCREATORBUG-22826)

Test Integration

  • Added settings per project (QTCREATORBUG-16704)
  • Added option to run tests after successful build

Boost

  • Fixed running multiple tests (QTCREATORBUG-23091)

Platforms

Windows

  • Added auto-detection for ARM and AVR GNU toolchains

macOS

  • Removed auto-detection of GCC toolchains
  • Fixed closing of terminal window after application finishes (QTCREATORBUG-15138)
  • Fixed execution of qtc-askpass (QTCREATORBUG-23120)
  • Fixed environment when opening terminal with zsh (QTCREATORBUG-21712)

Android

  • Added warning if sdkmanager could not be run, including hint to appropriate Java SDK (QTCREATORBUG-22626)
  • Added knowledge of Android 10 and API level 29
  • Fixed issue with multiple Java versions in PATH (QTCREATORBUG-22504)

Remote Linux

  • Moved support for Qt for Device Creation (Boot2Qt) to open source
  • Fixed issues with SFTP on Windows (QTCREATORBUG-22471)

QNX

  • Fixed registration of toolchain as C compiler
  • Fixed issue with license checking of QCC
  • Fixed deployment of public key (QTCREATORBUG-22591)

Bare Metal

  • Added support for STM8 and MSP430 architectures
  • Fixed that it was not possible to add custom deployment steps (QTCREATORBUG-22977)

Credits for these changes go to:

Aleksei German
Alessandro Portale
Andre Hartmann
André Pönitz
Antonio Di Monaco
BogDan Vatra
Christian Kandeler
Christian Stenger
Christoph Schlosser
Cristian Adam
David Schulz
Denis Shienkov
Eike Ziller
Frederik Schwarzer
Henning Gruendl
Joel Smith
Laurent Montel
Leander Schulten
Leena Miettinen
Mahmoud Badri
Marco Bubke
Marius Sincovici
Michael Weghorn
Miikka Heikkinen
Milian Wolff
Nikolai Kosjar
Orgad Shaneh
Pasi Keränen
Richard Weickelt
Robert Löhning
Sergey Levin
Sona Kurazyan
Tasuku Suzuki
Thomas DeRensis
Thomas Hartmann
Tim Henning
Tim Jenssen
Tobias Hunger
Tommi Pekkala
Uladzislau Paulovich
Ulf Hermann
Ville Nummela
Volker Hilsheimer
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