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Change-Id: If444b3ff2465290b9beb4ccbb8d0ddf32a636db4
Reviewed-by: Qt CI Bot <qt_ci_bot@qt-project.org>
Reviewed-by: hjk <hjk@qt.io>
2022-06-29 12:04:37 +00:00

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Qt Creator 6

Qt Creator version 6 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/5.0..v6.0.0

General

  • Moved launching of tools to external process
  • Merged CppTools plugin into CppEditor plugin

Editing

  • Added support for multiple cursor editing (QTCREATORBUG-16013)
  • Added import and export for font settings (QTCREATORBUG-6833)
  • Fixed missing permissions update when files change (QTCREATORBUG-22447)

C++

  • Updated to LLVM 13
  • Added option for saving open files automatically after refactoring (QTCREATORBUG-25924)
  • Added information about source to tooltip on diagnostics
  • Added highlighting color option for namespaces (QTCREATORBUG-16580)
  • Made pure virtual functions optional in Create implementations for all member functions (QTCREATORBUG-26468)
  • Fixed Insert Definition for template types (QTCREATORBUG-26113, QTCREATORBUG-26397)
  • Fixed that Find References did not work for some template and namespace combinations (QTCREATORBUG-26520)
  • Fixed canceling of C++ parsing on configuration change (QTCREATORBUG-24890)
  • Fixed crash when checking for refactoring actions (QTCREATORBUG-26316)
  • Fixed wrong target compiler option (QTCREATORBUG-25615)
  • Fixed parentheses matching (QTCREATORBUG-26400)
  • Fixed documentation comment generation for template types (QTCREATORBUG-9620)
  • Clangd
    • Added warning for older clangd versions
    • Added support for completion and function hint
    • Added option for Insert header files on completion
    • Improved location of generated compile_commands.json (QTCREATORBUG-26431)
    • Fixed missing reparsing after refactorings (QTCREATORBUG-26523)
    • Fixed that parameters were incorrectly highlighted as output parameters
    • Fixed highlighting of string literals in macros (QTCREATORBUG-26553)
    • Fixed icon of signals and slots in completion list (QTCREATORBUG-26555)
    • Fixed header completion for Qt headers (QTCREATORBUG-26482)
    • Fixed code model update after UI header change
    • Fixed that Find References could show results for deleted files (QTCREATORBUG-26574)
    • Fixed that highlighting of current symbol could vanish (QTCREATORBUG-26339)
    • Fixed that nested items were not synchronized with cursor position in outline (QTCREATORBUG-26509)

QML

  • Improved wizards for Qt 6.2 (QTCREATORBUG-26170)
  • Simplified wizards
  • Fixed wrong warning on JavaScript equality checks (QTCREATORBUG-25917)

Language Server Protocol

  • Added support for activeParameter of signature information (QTCREATORBUG-26346)

Projects

  • Added option to close all projects except one to Projects' view context menu
  • Added option to cancel file renaming (QTCREATORBUG-26268)
  • Added Show in File System View to project context menu
  • Added Advanced Find scope for Files in All Project Directories
  • Fixed stale directories in Files in All Project Directories locator filter
  • Fixed redundant output on process crash (QTCREATORBUG-26049)
  • Fixed duplicates in file rename dialog (QTCREATORBUG-26268)
  • Fixed variable expansion for working directory (QTCREATORBUG-26274)
  • Fixed possible warning when opening files from compile output (QTCREATORBUG-26422)
  • Fixed that re-detecting compilers removed compilers from kits (QTCREATORBUG-25697)
  • Fixed GitHub action created by Qt Creator plugin wizard for Qt 6
  • Fixed crash when canceling device test dialog (QTCREATORBUG-26285)

CMake

  • Removed separate <Headers> node from project tree (QTCREATORBUG-18206, QTCREATORBUG-24609, QTCREATORBUG-25407)
  • Improved performance while loading large projects
  • Fixed that CMake warnings and project loading errors were not added to Issues pane (QTCREATORBUG-26231)
  • Fixed header file handling when mentioned in target sources (QTCREATORBUG-23783, QTCREATORBUG-23843, QTCREATORBUG-26201, QTCREATORBUG-26238, QTCREATORBUG-21452, QTCREATORBUG-25644, QTCREATORBUG-25782)
  • Fixed that generated files were selected for analyzing (QTCREATORBUG-25125)
  • Fixed importing of Qt projects (QTCREATORBUG-25767)

qmake

  • Fixed crash when canceling parsing (QTCREATORBUG-26333)

Compilation Database

  • Fixed that headers were not shown as part of the project (QTCREATORBUG-26356)

Conan

  • Added QT_CREATOR_CONAN_BUILD_POLICY used for BUILD property of conan_cmake_run

Debugging

GDB

  • Fixed issue with non-English locale (QTCREATORBUG-26384)
  • Fixed variable expansion for Additional Startup Commands (QTCREATORBUG-26382)

CDB

  • Added hint for missing Qt debug information
  • Improved pretty printing for Qt 6 without debug information

Version Control Systems

Git

  • Added option to Show HEAD when amending commit (QTCREATORBUG-25004)
  • Fixed wrong modified state of log viewer

Test Integration

  • Added option to run tests without deployment

CTest

  • Added options page (QTCREATORBUG-26029)

Platforms

Windows

  • Added support for MSVC 2022

macOS

  • Changed prebuilt binaries to universal Intel + ARM
  • Made dark theme the default in dark system mode
  • Fixed issues with dark system mode (QTCREATORBUG-21520, QTCREATORBUG-26427, QTCREATORBUG-26428)

Android

  • Removed device selection dialog in favor of device selection in target selector (QTCREATORBUG-23991)
  • Added details to device settings (QTCREATORBUG-23991)
  • Added filter field for Android SDK manager
  • Fixed that NDK 22 and later could not be added
  • Fixed creation of Android template files (QTCREATORBUG-26580)

iOS

  • Fixed that no tasks were created for build issues (QTCREATORBUG-26541)

WebAssembly

  • Fixed running applications (QTCREATORBUG-25905, QTCREATORBUG-26189, QTCREATORBUG-26562)

MCU

  • Added preliminary support for SDK 2.0

Docker

  • Various improvements

Credits for these changes go to:

Aleksei German
Alessandro Portale
Alex Richardson
Alp Öz
Andre Hartmann
André Pönitz
Artem Sokolovskii
Artur Shepilko
Assam Boudjelthia
BogDan Vatra
Christiaan Janssen
Christian Kandeler
Christian Stenger
Cristian Adam
David Schulz
Eike Ziller
Fawzi Mohamed
Henning Gruendl
Ihor Dutchak
Ivan Komissarov
Jaroslaw Kobus
Johanna Vanhatapio
Jonas Karlsson
Jonas Singe
Kai Köhne
Kama Wójcik
Knud Dollereder
Leena Miettinen
Li Xi
Loren Burkholder
Mahmoud Badri
Marco Bubke
Martin Kampas
Miikka Heikkinen
Miina Puuronen
Oliver Wolff
Orgad Shaneh
Petar Perisin
Piotr Mikolajczyk
Robert Löhning
Samuel Ghinet
Shantanu Tushar
Tapani Mattila
Tasuku Suzuki
Thiago Macieira
Thomas Hartmann
Tim Jenssen
Tomi Korpipaa
Tony Leinonen
Tor Arne Vestbø
Tuomo Pelkonen
Vikas Pachdha
Vladimir Serdyuk