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Change-Id: I37ce553eccd2901a8ed52b3ff14e708a9dd02d5a
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>
2018-09-27 12:07:37 +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)

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

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

  • 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)
  • Clang Code Model
    • 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)

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)

Debugging

  • Added support for multiple simultaneous debugger runs
  • Fixed automatic detection of debugging information for Qt from binary installer (QTCREATORBUG-20693)
  • 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

Qt Quick Designer

  • Fixed wrong property propagation from parent to child

Version Control Systems

  • Git
    • Added navigation pane that shows branches
    • Added option for copy/move detection to git blame (QTCREATORBUG-20462)
    • 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
  • Fixed connecting to debugger for API level 24 and later

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