Change-Id: I055bfba24ea4610540dab930a30a998acba1b25e Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>
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Qt Creator 14
Qt Creator version 14 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 or view online at
https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt-creator/qt-creator.git/log/?id=13.0..v14.0.0
General
- Started work on supporting Lua based plugins (registering language servers, actions, preferences, and wizards) (Documentation)
- Added a mode for managing extensions
- Added
ClearandSave Contentsto context menus of all output views - Fixed the tab focus order in the search toolbar (QTCREATORBUG-30791)
- Locator
- Added the option to show results relative to project root (QTCREATORBUG-29462)
Editing
- Changed the default behavior when files change on disk to
Reload All Unchanged Editors - Made the search options session-specific (QTCREATORBUG-793)
- Added menus with the navigation history to the back and forward buttons (QTCREATORBUG-347)
- Added a highlight for the current view in case of multiple views (QTCREATORBUG-23654)
- Added
Window > Reopen Last Closed Document - Added the option to open files in a text editor that were detected as binary (QTCREATORBUG-31116)
- Fixed that changing a document's MIME type by renaming did not re-open it in the new editor type when needed (QTCREATORBUG-30317)
- Fixed that after hiding the editor in
Debugmode,Editmode always opened when opening documents, even if an external editor window was available (QTCREATORBUG-30408) - Fixed that it wasn't possible to open a file in the text editor if it was classified as a binary file format by the MIME database (QTCREATORBUG-31116)
- Fixed the unindenting with backspace when multiple cursors are active (QTCREATORBUG-31158)
- Fixed the
Saveshortcut after closing a document while the document's drop-down menu is shown (QTCREATORBUG-31205) - Fixed the highlighting of matches for
Whole Words Onlysearches (QTCREATORBUG-31020) - Fixed that the documents chooser did not close when releasing
Ctrlin some setups (QTCREATORBUG-31228)
C++
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Made C++ code model settings configurable per project
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Added a setting for the naming of include guards (QTCREATORBUG-25117)
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Fixed indentation after function calls with subscript operator (QTCREATORBUG-29225)
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Refactoring
- Added
Convert Function Call to Qt Meta-Method Invocation(QTCREATORBUG-15972) - Added
Move Class to a Dedicated Set of Source Files(QTCREATORBUG-12190) - Added
Re-order Member Function Definitions According to Declaration Order(QTCREATORBUG-6199) - Added
Add Curly Bracesfor do, while, and for loops - Fixed issues with macros (QTCREATORBUG-10279)
- Added
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Clangd
- Updated the prebuilt binaries to LLVM 18.1.7
- Increased the minimum version to LLVM 17
- Added the
Per-project index locationandPer-session index locationoptions inPreferences>C++>Clangdfor setting the index location for a project or session (QTCREATORBUG-27346) - Added the
Update dependent sourcesoption to make re-parsing source files while editing header files optional (QTCREATORBUG-29943) - Fixed the handling of system headers (QTCREATORBUG-30474)
- Fixed a warning when adding an empty session to the list of sessions with a single Clangd instance (QTCREATORBUG-31186)
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Built-in
- Added the
Enable indexingoption inPreferences>C++>Code Modelto turn off the built-in indexer (QTCREATORBUG-29147) - Added the
Statement Macrosfield inPreferences>C++>Code Stylefor macros that the indenter interprets as complete statements that don't require a semicolon at the end (QTCREATORBUG-13640, QTCREATORBUG-15069, QTCREATORBUG-18789) (Clang Format Documentation) - Added indentation support for
try-catchstatements (QTCREATORBUG-29452)
- Added the
QML
- Improved support for enums (QTCREATORBUG-19226)
- Added
Qt Design StudiotoOpen Withfor.ui.qmlfiles (Documentation) - Fixed that the color preview did not work on named colors (QTCREATORBUG-30594)
- Fixed the default path to
qmlformaton Windows (QTCREATORBUG-31257) - Language Server
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Switched on by default for Qt 6.8 and later
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Added an option for generating
qmlls.inifiles for CMake projects inPreferences>Qt Quick>QML/JS Editing(QTCREATORBUG-30394) (Qt Documentation) -
Fixed that tool tips from the built-in model were shown instead of tool tips from the server
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Python
- Added options for updating Python Language Server (Documentation)
Language Server Protocol
- Added support for
SymbolTag(Protocol Documentation) - Added support for type hierarchy (QTCREATORBUG-28116)
Compiler Explorer
- Added a wizard template for code that uses Qt to
File>New File>Compiler ExplorerDocumentation
Markdown
- Fixed the navigation history
Models
- Added more visual attributes for relations
- Added support for linked files in model element properties
- Added support for custom images in model element properties
SCXML
- Added visualization of conditions on transitions by using square brackets:
[](QTCREATORBUG-21946) (Documentation)
Projects
- Added the
Hide Inactive Kits/Show All Kitsbutton to hide inactive kits from the list in theProjectsmode - Added support for user comments in the environment editor (Documentation)
- Added the setting
Time to wait before force-stopping applications(QTCREATORBUG-31025) - Fixed the parsing of file links when color was used for the output (QTCREATORBUG-30774)
- Fixed that the column information was not used when opening files from links in issues
- Fixed changing the case of file names on case-insensitive file systems (QTCREATORBUG-30846)
- Fixed that Qt Creator variables were not expanded for the
Copy Filedeploy step (QTCREATORBUG-30821) - Fixed duplicate entries in the variable chooser for the build directory (QTCREATORBUG-31183)
CMake
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Made CMake settings configurable per project
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Implemented
Open Online Documentationfor CMake documentation -
Added
Clear CMake Configurationto the context menu in theProjectsview (QTCREATORBUG-24658) -
Added support for the
CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATORtarget property (QTCREATORBUG-29880) (CMake Documentation) -
Fixed that the package manager auto-setup files were not removed with
Clear CMake Configuration(QTCREATORBUG-30771) -
Fixed that files generated by the Qt QML CMake API were not filtered as generated files (QTCREATORBUG-29631)
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Fixed a crash when triggering
Follow Symbolin a CMake file that does not belong to a project (QTCREATORBUG-31077) -
Fixed that multiple build configurations of the same type used the same build directory (QTCREATORBUG-26066)
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Fixed an issue with adding new files when file globs are used in the CMake files (QTCREATORBUG-30445)
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Fixed the default CMake generator for kits if Ninja is not installed (QTCREATORBUG-31129)
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Fixed that duplicate
CMAKE_CXX_COMPILERentries could be used (QTCREATORBUG-27005) -
Presets
- Made CMake settings configurable (QTCREATORBUG-25972, QTCREATORBUG-29559, QTCREATORBUG-30385)
- Made it possible to register debuggers (QTCREATORBUG-30836)
- Added support for custom build types (QTCREATORBUG-30014)
- Fixed issues with cross-compilation setups (QTCREATORBUG-31249)
Workspace
- Added
File > Open Workspacefor opening a directory as a project. A project file.qtcreator/project.jsonin the directory is used to set a name and file exclusion filters.
Debugging
C++
- Improved performance
- GDB
- Added a setting for
debuginfod(QTCREATORBUG-28868)
- Added a setting for
- CDB
- Fixed the display type of
HRESULT(QTCREATORBUG-30574)
- Fixed the display type of
Analyzer
Clang
- Added the option to
Suppress Diagnostics Inline(QTCREATORBUG-24847) (Clazy Documentation) (clang-tidy Documentation)
Axivion
- Added the
AddandRemovebuttons toPreferences>Axivionfor registering multiple servers (Documentation)
Cppcheck
- Fixed that Cppcheck was not working until selecting
Applyin the settings (QTCREATORBUG-28951, QTCREATORBUG-30615)
Terminal
- Fixed resizing on Windows (QTCREATORBUG-30558)
Version Control Systems
Git
- Fixed that email and author mapping was not used for logs and showing changes
Test Integration
- Made the test timeout optional in
Preferences>Testing>General(QTCREATORBUG-30668) (Documentation) - Added the project specific
Limit Files to Path Patternsoption inProjects>Project Settings>Testingfor restricting the search for tests (Documentation)
Qt Test
- Fixed the order of test execution (QTCREATORBUG-30670)
Platforms
Linux
- Adapted the default theme to the system theme
- Fixed issues with light themes on dark system themes (QTCREATORBUG-18281, QTCREATORBUG-20889, QTCREATORBUG-26817, QTCREATORBUG-28589, QTCREATORBUG-30138)
- Fixed that recent projects on unavailable remote devices regularly froze Qt Creator (QTCREATORBUG-30681)
Android
- Added support for creating
android-desktopdevices inPreferences>Devices>Add>Android Device>Device definition - Added support for
namespaceinbuild.gradle(QTBUG-106907) - Fixed that errors when creating AVDs were not visible to the user (QTCREATORBUG-30852)
iOS
- Removed Simulator management from the preferences. Use the
Devices and Simulatorswindow in Xcode instead. - Fixed that starting the debugger could be slow for iOS < 17 (QTCREATORBUG-31044)
Remote Linux
- Added the
Use SSH port forwarding for debuggingoption inPreferences>Devicesfor aRemote Linux Device - Improved the performance of the generic deployment method
- Fixed that the file size check that is performed before parsing C++ files could freeze Qt Creator until finished for remote projects
- Fixed that the deployment of a directory deployed only its contents instead of the directory itself (QTCREATORBUG-31136)
Qt Application Manager
- Added support for the
perfprofiler
Bare Metal
- Fixed issues with Qbs and the IAR toolchain (QTCREATORBUG-24040)
Credits for these changes go to:
Ahmad Samir
Aleksei German
Alessandro Portale
Alexander Drozdov
Alexandre Laurent
Ali Kianian
André Hartmann
André Pönitz
Artem Sokolovskii
Assam Boudjelthia
BogDan Vatra
Brook Cronin
Burak Hancerli
Christian Kandeler
Christian Stenger
Cristian Adam
David Schulz
Dominik Holland
Eike Ziller
Esa Törmänen
Henning Gruendl
Jaroslaw Kobus
Jiajie Chen
Jochen Becher
Johanna Vanhatapio
Jussi Witick
Knud Dollereder
Leena Miettinen
Mahmoud Badri
Marco Bubke
Marcus Tillmanns
Mathias Hasselmann
Mats Honkamaa
Michael Weghorn
Miikka Heikkinen
Orgad Shaneh
Pino Toscano
Pranta Dastider
Ralf Habacker
Robert Löhning
Sami Shalayel
Semih Yavuz
Sergey Silin
Shrief Gabr
Teea Poldsam
Thiago Macieira
Thomas Hartmann
Tim Jenßen
Vikas Pachdha
Xavier Besson