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Qt Creator 13
=============
Qt Creator version 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/12.0..v13.0.0
New plugins
-----------
### Qt Application Manager
Adds support for Qt 6 based applications with CMake for creating, building,
deploying, running, and debugging for devices that use the
[Qt Application Manager](https://doc.qt.io/QtApplicationManager/).
([Documentation](https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-how-to-run-in-app-manager.html))
General
-------
* Updated the visual style of Welcome mode
* Improved docking (Debug mode, Widget Designer)
* Fixed the style of titles and changed them to always be visible
(removed `View > Views > Automatically Hide View Titlebars`)
* Added an option to collapse panels
* Changed `Hide/Show Left/Right Sidebar` to hide and show the corresponding
dock area
* Added the option to show file paths relative to the active project to the
search results view
([QTCREATORBUG-29462](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29462))
* Added a `Current` button for selecting the directory of the current document
for searching in `Files in File System`
* Added `Copy to Clipboard` to the `About Qt Creator` dialog
([QTCREATORBUG-29886](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29886))
* Fixed issues with the window actions
([QTCREATORBUG-30381](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30381))
* Fixed drag & drop for external tools
([QTCREATORBUG-30469](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30469))
* Known Issues
* Installers provided by The Qt Company mostly display English text, not
the system's language
([QTIFW-3310](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTIFW-3310))
Help
----
* Fixed that non-Qt related help files could automatically be registered
* Fixed that the option `Highest Version Only` for automatically registering Qt
documentation did not work for the Qt Online Installer
Editing
-------
* Fixed that `Shift+Tab` did not always unindent
([QTCREATORBUG-29742](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29742))
* Fixed that `Surround text selection with brackets` did nothing for `<`
* Fixed following links without a file name in documents without a file name
* Fixed that device tree source files (`.dts`) were opened in the binary editor
([QTCREATORBUG-19029](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-19029))
### C++
* Added the `Move Definition Here` refactoring action that moves an existing
function definition to its declaration
([QTCREATORBUG-9515](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-9515))
* Added the `Enclose in QByteArrayLiteral` refactoring action
([QTCREATORBUG-12995](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-12995))
* Enabled the completion inside comments and strings by falling back to the
built-in code model
([QTCREATORBUG-20828](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-20828))
* Improved the position of headers inserted by refactoring operations
([QTCREATORBUG-21826](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-21826))
* Improved the coding style settings by separating Clang Format and other coding
style settings, and using a plain text editor for custom Clang Format settings
([Documentation](https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-preferences-cpp-code-style.html))
* Fixed that the class wizards used the class name for the include guard
instead of the file name
([QTCREATORBUG-30140](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30140))
* Fixed that renaming classes did not change the include directive for the
renamed header in the source file
([QTCREATORBUG-30154](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30154))
* Fixed issues with refactoring template functions
([QTCREATORBUG-29408](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29408))
* Fixed the `Add Definition` refactoring action for member functions of a
template class in a namespace
([QTCREATORBUG-22076](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-22076))
* Clangd
* Improved the function hint tool tip
([QTCREATORBUG-26346](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-26346),
[QTCREATORBUG-30489](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30489))
* Fixed that `Follow Symbol Under Cursor` only worked for exact matches
([QTCREATORBUG-29814](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29814))
* Fixed the version check for remote `clangd` executables
([QTCREATORBUG-30374](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30374))
### QML
* Added navigation from QML components to the C++ code in the project
([QTCREATORBUG-28086](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-28086))
* Added a button for launching the QML Preview on the current document to
the editor tool bar
* Added color previews when hovering Qt color functions
([QTCREATORBUG-29966](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29966))
### Python
* Fixed that global and virtual environments were polluted with `pylsp` and
`debugpy` installations
### Language Server Protocol
* Added automatic setup up of language servers for `YAML`, `JSON`, and `Bash`
(requires `npm`)
([Documentation](https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-language-servers.html#adding-language-servers))
### Widget Designer
* Fixed the indentation of the code that is inserted by `Go to slot`
([QTCREATORBUG-11730](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-11730))
### Compiler Explorer
* Added highlighting of the matching source lines when hovering over the
assembly
### Markdown
* Added the common text editor tools (line and column, encoding, and line
endings) to the tool bar
* Added support for following links to the text editor
### Binary Files
* Fixed issues with large addresses
### Models
* Fixed a crash when selecting items
([QTCREATORBUG-30413](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30413))
Projects
--------
* Added a section `Vanished Targets` to `Projects` mode in case the project
was configured for kits that have vanished, as a replacement for the automatic
creation of "Replacement" kits
([Documentation](https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-how-to-activate-kits.html#copy-custom-settings-from-vanished-targets))
* Added the status of devices to the device lists
([QTCREATORBUG-20941](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-20941))
* Added the `Preferences > Build & Run > General > Application environment`
option for globally modifying the environment for all run configurations
([QTCREATORBUG-29530](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29530))
* Added a file wizard for Qt translation (`.ts`) files
([QTCREATORBUG-29775](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29775))
* Added an optional warning for special characters in build directories
([QTCREATORBUG-20834](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-20834))
* Improved the environment settings by making the changes explicit in a
separate, text-based editor
* Increased the maximum width of the target selector
([QTCREATORBUG-30038](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30038))
* Fixed that the `Left` cursor key did not always collapse the current item
([QTBUG-118515](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-118515))
* Fixed inconsistent folder hierarchies in the project tree
([QTCREATORBUG-29923](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29923))
### CMake
* Added support for custom output parsers for the configuration of projects
([QTCREATORBUG-29992](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29992))
* Made cache variables available even if project configuration failed
* Fixed that too many paths were added to the build library search path
([QTCREATORBUG-29662](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29662))
* Fixed that searching in the project included results from module files
not in the project
([QTCREATORBUG-30372](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30372))
* Fixed that `Follow Symbol` on `add_subdirectory` could jump to a target of
the same name
([QTCREATORBUG-30510](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30510))
* CMake Presets
* Fixed `Reload CMake Presets` if the project was not configured yet
([QTCREATORBUG-30238](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30238))
* Fixed that kits were accumulating on the project setup page
([QTCREATORBUG-29535](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29535))
* Fixed that `binaryDir` was not handled for all presets
([QTCREATORBUG-30236](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30236))
* Fixed a freeze with nested presets
([QTCREATORBUG-30288](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30288))
* Fixed a wrong error message
([QTCREATORBUG-30373](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30373))
* Fixed a crash when no CMake tool is found
([QTCREATORBUG-30505](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30505))
* Conan
* Fixed that backslashes were wrongly used for paths on Windows
([QTCREATORBUG-30326](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30326))
### Qbs
* Added support for code completion with the Qbs language server
(QBS-395)
### Python
* Added `Generate Kit` to the Python interpreter preferences for generating a
Python kit with this interpreter
* Added the `Kit Selection` page for creating and opening Python projects
* Added a `requirements.txt` file to the application wizard
* Fixed that the same Python interpreter could be auto-detected multiple times
under different names
([Documentation](https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-python-development.html))
Debugging
---------
* Added a `dr` locator filter for debugging a project
### C++
* Added a pretty printer for `std::tuple`
* Improved the display of size information for the pretty printer of
`QByteArray`
([QTCREATORBUG-30065](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30065))
* Fixed that breakpoints were not hit while the message dialog about missing
debug information was shown
([QTCREATORBUG-30168](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30168))
* LLDB
* Fixed setting breakpoints in assembler
* Fixed `Run as root`
([QTCREATORBUG-30516](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30516))
* CDB
* Fixed a missing debugger tool tip
([QTCREATORBUG-13413](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-13413))
### Debug Adapter Protocol
* Added support for function breakpoints
Analyzer
--------
### Clang
* Added `Edit Checks as String` for Clazy
([QTCREATORBUG-24846](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-24846))
### Axivion
* Added a view for listing and searching issues
* Added other issue types than `Style Violations` to the editor annotations
Terminal
--------
* Added `Select All` to the context menu
([QTCREATORBUG-29922](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29922))
* Fixed the startup performance on Windows
([QTCREATORBUG-29840](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29840))
* Fixed the integration of the `fish` shell
* Fixed that `Ctrl+W` closed the terminal even when shortcuts were blocked
([QTCREATORBUG-30070](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30070))
* Fixed issues with Windows Powershell
* Fixed issues with copying Japanese text
Version Control Systems
-----------------------
* Added support for remote version control operations
### Git
* Added the upstream status for untracked branches to `Branches` view
Test Integration
----------------
### Qt Test
* Added a locator filter for Qt Test data tags (`qdt`)
### Catch2
* Added support for namespaced fixtures
* Added support for `SCENARIO_METHOD`
Platforms
---------
### Windows
* Fixed Clang compiler ABI detection for WOA64
([QTCREATORBUG-30060](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30060))
### Android
* Add support for target-based android-build directories
([QTBUG-117443](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-117443))
* Fixed issues with debugging
([QTCREATORBUG-29928](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29928),
[QTCREATORBUG-30405](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30405))
* Fixed a crash when removing Android Qt versions
([QTCREATORBUG-30347](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30347))
### iOS
* Fixed the detection of iOS 17 devices
* Fixed deployment and running applications for iOS 17 devices
(application output, debugging, and profiling are not supported)
([QTCREATORBUG-29682](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29682))
([Documentation](https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-developing-ios.html))
### Remote Linux
* Fixed that debugging unnecessarily downloaded files from the remote system
([QTCREATORBUG-29614](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29614))
### MCU
* Fixed a crash when fixing errors in MCU kits
([QTCREATORBUG-30360](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-30360))
Credits for these changes go to:
--------------------------------
Aaron McCarthy
Aleksei German
Alessandro Portale
Alexandre Laurent
Alexey Edelev
Ali Kianian
Amr Essam
Andre Hartmann
André Pönitz
Andreas Loth
Artem Sokolovskii
Assam Boudjelthia
Aurele Faure
Brook Cronin
Burak Hancerli
Christian Kandeler
Christian Stenger
Cristian Adam
Daniel Trevitz
David Faure
David Schulz
Dominik Holland
Eike Ziller
Esa Törmänen
Fabian Kosmale
Friedemann Kleint
Henning Gruendl
Ilya Kulakov
Jaroslaw Kobus
Johanna Vanhatapio
Karim Abdelrahman
Knud Dollereder
Leena Miettinen
Mahmoud Badri
Marco Bubke
Marcus Tillmanns
Mathias Hasselmann
Mats Honkamaa
Mehdi Salem
Michael Weghorn
Miikka Heikkinen
Mitch Curtis
Olivier De Cannière
Orgad Shaneh
Pranta Dastider
Robert Löhning
Sami Shalayel
Samuel Jose Raposo Vieira Mira
Samuel Mira
Semih Yavuz
Serg Kryvonos
Shrief Gabr
Sivert Krøvel
Tasuku Suzuki
Thiago Macieira
Thomas Hartmann
Tim Jenßen
Vikas Pachdha
Volodymyr Zibarov
Xavier Besson
Yasser Grimes
Yuri Vilmanis