qt-creator/dist/changes-4.13.0.md

Qt Creator 4.13

Qt Creator version 4.13 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/4.12..v4.13.0

General

• Added experimental support for Meson projects
• Added experimental support for IncrediBuild
• Moved view related menu items to separate toplevel View menu (QTCREATORBUG-23610)
• Added basic Install Plugin wizard to About Plugins dialog
• Added support for multiple shortcuts per action (QTCREATORBUG-72)
• Added sections to marketplace browser (QTCREATORBUG-23808)

Help

• Adapted to new filter engine in Qt 5.15

Editing

• Added option for excluding file patterns from whitespace cleanup (QTCREATORBUG-13358)
• Fixed issue with resolving highlighting definitions (QTCREATORBUG-7906)

C++

• Updated to LLVM 10
• Added editor tool button for Analyze File (QTCREATORBUG-23348)
• Added Add forward declaration refactoring action (QTCREATORBUG-23444)
• Extended Add Include refactoring action to non-Qt classes (QTCREATORBUG-21)
• Fixed MSVC detection with some locale settings (QTCREATORBUG-24311)
• Fixed indentation with C++11 list initialization (QTCREATORBUG-16977, QTCREATORBUG-24035)
• Fixed indentation with trailing return types (QTCREATORBUG-23502)
• Fixed issue with std::chrono::time_point (QTCREATORBUG-24067)
• Fixed detection of noexcept as change of function signature (QTCREATORBUG-23895)
• Fixed Extract Function with namespaces (QTCREATORBUG-23256)
• Fixed Find Usages for shared_ptr with MSVC (QTCREATORBUG-7866)
• Fixed completion for std::pair with MSVC
• Fixed issues with anonymous enums (QTCREATORBUG-7487)
• Fixed that inaccessible members were offered in completion (QTCREATORBUG-1984)
• Fixed refactoring for operators (QTCREATORBUG-6236)
• Fixed issues with resolving overloads in presence of default arguments (QTCREATORBUG-17807)
• Fixed sorting in completion (QTCREATORBUG-6242)
• Fixed that find usages was finding function arguments when searching functions (QTCREATORBUG-2176)
• Fixed crash in lexer (QTCREATORBUG-19525)
• Fixed handling of incomplete macro invocations (QTCREATORBUG-23881)
• Fixed update of function signature tooltip (QTCREATORBUG-24449)
• Fixed that built-in macros were ignored for custom toolchains (QTCREATORBUG-24367)

Language Client

• Added support for renaming symbols (QTCREATORBUG-21578)
• Added highlighting of code range for diagnostics
• Added tooltips for diagnostics
• Fixed various issues with completion, outline, files with spaces, and synchronization
• Fixed handling of workspace folders (QTCREATORBUG-24452)

QML

• Added support for moving functions in outline (QTCREATORBUG-21993)
• Added support for required list properties (QTBUG-85716)
• Fixed issues with Qt 5.15 imports
• Fixed updating of outline (QTCREATORBUG-21335)
• Fixed resolution of easing curve (QTCREATORBUG-24142)

Python

• Added tool button for opening interactive Python, optionally importing current file
• Fixed highlighting of parentheses

Generic Highlighter

• Updated to KSyntaxHighlighter 5.73.0

Diff Viewer

• Added option to select encoding (QTCREATORBUG-23835)

Model Editor

• Improved intersection computation

QRC

• Added option to sort file list

Widget Designer

• Fixed that designed widgets were dark in dark theme (QTCREATORBUG-23981)

Projects

• Improved responsiveness of project loading (QTCREATORBUG-18533)
• Improved handling of custom project settings when a kit is removed (QTCREATORBUG-23023)
• Improved editing of path list entries in environment settings (QTCREATORBUG-20965)
• Unified compile and application output parsing (QTCREATORBUG-22665)
• Added option to remove similar files when removing a file (QTCREATORBUG-23869)
• Added support for custom output parsers (QTCREATORBUG-23993)
• Fixed responsiveness with large messages in Compile Output (QTCREATORBUG-23944)
• Fixed issue with macros at the start of paths (QTCREATORBUG-24095)

Wizards

• Added heuristics for finding header to include for non-standard base class (QTCREATORBUG-3855)
• Added information about default suffix for file wizards (QTCREATORBUG-23621)

CMake

• Removed internal cache of CMake configuration options, which removes conflicts between internal cache and existing configuration in build directory (QTCREATORBUG-23218)
• Removed support for server-mode (CMake < 3.14) (QTCREATORBUG-23915)
• Removed defaulting to CodeBlocks extra generator
• Added option to provide arguments for initial CMake configuration (QTCREATORBUG-16296, QTCREATORBUG-18179)
• Added option to provide arguments to cmake --build (QTCREATORBUG-24088)
• Added option to build several targets simultaneously
• Fixed that special build targets were missing from target list (QTCREATORBUG-24064)
• Fixed that triggering a build did not ask for applying changed CMake configuration (QTCREATORBUG-18504)

Compilation Database

• Fixed that -fpic was removed from compiler commands (QTCREATORBUG-24106)

Debugging

• Added option to reset all formats for watches to default
• Added option to override sysroot setting when starting or attaching to external application
• Fixed crash when removing all breakpoints of a file (QTCREATORBUG-24306)

CDB

• Fixed that valid expressions sometimes were <not accessible> (QTCREATORBUG-24108)

Analyzer

Clang

• Re-added editor text marks for diagnostics (QTCREATORBUG-23349)
• Changed to use separate clazy-standalone executable
• Fixed issue with clang-tidy and WarningsAsErrors (QTCREATORBUG-23423)
• Fixed output parsing of clazy

Version Control Systems

Git

• Added option to open git-bash (Windows, Tools > Git > Git Bash)
• Added colors to log (QTCREATORBUG-19624)
• Fixed that adding new files was also staging their content (QTCREATORBUG-23441)

Test Integration

• Added support for Catch2 test framework (QTCREATORBUG-19740)

Google Test

Code Pasting

• Added option for public or private pastes (QTCREATORBUG-23972)
• Fixed fetching from DPaste

Platforms

Linux

• Fixed issues with memory not being released (QTCREATORBUG-22832)

Android

• Removed Ministro deployment option (QTCREATORBUG-23761)
• Added service editor to manifest editor (QTCREATORBUG-23937)
• Added splash screen editor to manifest editor (QTCREATORBUG-24011, QTCREATORBUG-24013)
• Fixed QML debugging and profiling (QTCREATORBUG-24155)
• Fixed debugging on x86 and armv7 architectures (QTCREATORBUG-24191)
• Fixed debugging on emulator (QTCREATORBUG-23291)
• Fixed issue with long kit names (QTBUG-83875)
• Fixed display of logcat (QTCREATORBUG-23177, QTCREATORBUG-23919)
• Fixed detection of Android Studio's JDK on Windows

iOS

• Fixed slow debugger startup on devices (QTCREATORBUG-21682)

Bare Metal

• Added support for peripheral registers view using UVSC provider
• Added support for Keil C251 toolchain
• Added support for Keil C166 toolchain
• Added support for RISC-V architecture
• Added support for various Renesas architectures

Credits for these changes go to:

Aaron Barany
Aleksei German
Alessandro Portale
Alexis Jeandet
Alexis Murzeau
Andre Hartmann
André Pönitz
Artur Shepilko
Assam Boudjelthia
Christian Kamm
Christian Kandeler
Christian Stenger
Cristian Adam
David Schulz
Denis Shienkov
Eike Ziller
Fawzi Mohamed
Federico Guerinoni
Friedemann Kleint
Henning Gruendl
Ivan Komissarov
Jacek Nijaki
Jaroslaw Kobus
Jochen Becher
Jochen Seemann
Johanna Vanhatapio
Joni Poikelin
Junker, Gregory
Knud Dollereder
Kwanghyo Park
Lars Knoll
Leena Miettinen
Lukasz Ornatek
Mahmoud Badri
Marco Bubke
Michael Brüning
Michael Weghorn
Michael Winkelmann
Miikka Heikkinen
Mitch Curtis
Nikolai Kosjar
Oliver Wolff
Or Kunst
Orgad Shaneh
Philip Van Hoof
Richard Weickelt
Robert Löhning
Tarja Sundqvist
Thiago Macieira
Thomas Hartmann
Tim Jenssen
Tobias Hunger
Ulf Hermann
Unseon Ryu
Venugopal Shivashankar
Viacheslav Tertychnyi
Vikas Pachdha
Ville Nummela
Ville Voutilainen
Volodymyr Zibarov
Yuya Nishihara