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Change-Id: I29916628792469746f5cc84f92a3b51df776e627
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>
2018-11-29 10:44:30 +00:00

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Qt Creator version 4.8 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/4.7..v4.8.0

General

  • Added HostOs:PathListSeparator and HostOs:ExecutableSuffix Qt Creator variables
  • Added Create Folder to context menu of path choosers if the path does not exist
  • Fixed menu items shown in menu locator filter (QTCREATORBUG-20071, QTCREATORBUG-20626)
  • Fixed crash at shutdown when multiple windows are open (QTCREATORBUG-21221)
  • Fixed that items could appear empty in Issues pane (QTCREATORBUG-20542)
  • Fixed Qt Quick wizards when building Qt Creator with Qt 5.12

Editing

  • Added experimental plugin LanguageClient for supporting the language server protocol (QTCREATORBUG-20284)
  • Added support for the pastecode.xyz code pasting service
  • Made it possible to change default editors in MIME type settings
  • Fixed issue with input methods (QTCREATORBUG-21483)

All Projects

  • Added option for parallel jobs to make step, which is enabled by default if MAKEFLAGS are not set (QTCREATORBUG-18414)
  • Added auto-detection of the Clang compiler shipped with Qt Creator
  • Added option for disabling automatic creation of run configurations (QTCREATORBUG-18578)
  • Added option to open terminal with build or run environment to project tree and the corresponding configuration widgets in Projects mode (QTCREATORBUG-19692)
  • Improved handling of relative file paths for custom error parsers (QTCREATORBUG-20605)
  • Fixed that make step required C++ tool chain
  • Fixed that many very long lines in application or build output could lead to out of memory exception (QTCREATORBUG-18172)

QMake Projects

  • Made it possible to add libraries for other target platforms in Add Library wizard (QTCREATORBUG-17995)
  • Fixed crash while parsing (QTCREATORBUG-21416)
  • Fixed that make qmake_all was run in top-level project directory even when building sub-project (QTCREATORBUG-20823)

Qbs Projects

  • Added qmlDesignerImportPaths property for specifying QML import paths for Qt Quick Designer (QTCREATORBUG-20810)

C++ Support

  • Added experimental plugin CompilationDatabaseProjectManager that opens a compilation database for code editing
  • Added experimental plugin ClangFormat that bases auto-indentation on Clang Format
  • Added experimental plugin Cppcheck for integration of cppcheck diagnostics
  • Added highlighting style for punctuation tokens (QTCREATORBUG-20666)
  • Fixed issues with detecting language version (QTCREATORBUG-20884)
  • Fixed crash when code model prints message about too large files (QTCREATORBUG-21481)
  • Fixed function extraction from nested classes (QTCREATORBUG-7271)
  • Fixed handling of -B option (QTCREATORBUG-21424)
  • Clang Code Model
    • Switched to Clang 7.0
    • Added Follow Symbol for auto keyword (QTCREATORBUG-17191)
    • Added function overloads to tooltip in completion popup
    • Added Build > Generate Compilation Database
    • Fixed that braced initialization did not provide constructor completion (QTCREATORBUG-20957)
    • Fixed local references for operator arguments (QTCREATORBUG-20966)
    • Fixed support for generated UI headers (QTCREATORBUG-15187, QTCREATORBUG-17002)
    • Fixed crash when removing diagnostics configuration (QTCREATORBUG-21273)

QML Support

  • Fixed indentation in object literals with ternary operator (QTCREATORBUG-7103)
  • Fixed that symbols from closed projects were still shown in Locator (QTCREATORBUG-13459)
  • Fixed crash when building Qt Creator with Qt 5.12 (QTCREATORBUG-21510)
  • Fixed that .mjs files were not opened in JavaScript editor (QTCREATORBUG-21517)

Debugging

  • Added support for multiple simultaneous debugger runs
  • Added pretty printing of QEvent and QKeyEvent
  • Fixed automatic detection of debugging information for Qt from binary installer (QTCREATORBUG-20693)
  • Fixed display of short unsigned integers (QTCREATORBUG-21038)
  • GDB
    • Fixed startup issue with localized debugger output (QTCREATORBUG-20765)
    • Fixed disassembler view for newer GCC
  • CDB
    • Added option to suppress task entries for exceptions (QTCREATORBUG-20915)
  • LLDB
    • Fixed instruction-wise stepping
    • Fixed startup with complex command line arguments (QTCREATORBUG-21433)
    • Fixed pretty printing of bitfields

Qt Quick Designer

  • Added support for enums in .metainfo files
  • Fixed wrong property propagation from parent to child
  • Fixed invalid access to network paths (QTCREATORBUG-21372)

Version Control Systems

  • Git
    • Added navigation pane that shows branches
    • Added option for copy/move detection to git blame (QTCREATORBUG-20462)
    • Added support for GitHub and GitLab remotes
    • Improved behavior if no merge tool is configured
    • Fixed that git pull blocked Qt Creator (QTCREATORBUG-13279)
    • Fixed handling of file:// remotes (QTCREATORBUG-20618)
    • Fixed search for gitk executable (QTCREATORBUG-1577)

Test Integration

  • Google Test
    • Fixed that not all failure locations were shown (QTCREATORBUG-20967)
    • Fixed that GTEST_* environment variables could break test execution and output parsing (QTCREATORBUG-21012)

Model Editor

  • Fixed that selections and text cursors where exported (QTCREATORBUG-16689)

Platform Specific

Linux

  • Added detection of Intel C compiler (QTCREATORBUG-18302)
  • Fixed Open Terminal Here for konsole (QTCREATORBUG-20900)

macOS

  • Fixed light themes for macOS Mojave (10.14)

Android

  • Added support for command line arguments
  • Added support for environment variables
  • Added support for API level 28
  • Added auto-detection of Clang toolchains (QTCREATORBUG-11846)
  • Removed auto-detection of GCC toolchains
  • Fixed connecting to debugger for API level 24 and later

Remote Linux

  • Updated to Botan 2.8
  • Fixed SSH connections in AES-CBC mode (QTCREATORBUG-21387)

Credits for these changes go to:
Alessandro Portale
Alexandru Croitor
Alexis Jeandet
Allan Sandfeld Jensen
Andre Hartmann
André Pönitz
Benjamin Balga
BogDan Vatra
Christian Kandeler
Christian Stenger
Daniel Levin
Daniel Trevitz
David Schulz
Eike Ziller
Frank Meerkoetter
Hannes Domani
Ivan Donchevskii
Jaroslaw Kobus
Jochen Becher
Jörg Bornemann
Knud Dollereder
Laurent Montel
Leena Miettinen
Marco Benelli
Marco Bubke
Michael Weghorn
Morten Johan Sørvig
Nicolas Ettlin
Nikolai Kosjar
Oliver Wolff
Orgad Shaneh
Razi Alavizadeh
Robert Löhning
Sergey Belyashov
Sergey Morozov
Tasuku Suzuki
Thiago Macieira
Thomas Hartmann
Tim Jenssen
Tobias Hunger
Uladzimir Bely
Ulf Hermann
Venugopal Shivashankar
Vikas Pachdha