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Qt Creator 8

Qt Creator version 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/7.0..v8.0.0

General

  • Moved Tools > Options to Edit > Preferences

Help

  • Added support for mouse forward and backward buttons (QTCREATORBUG-25168)

Editing

  • Added shortcut for adding next search match to multi-selection
  • Added warning when editing generated file (QTCREATORBUG-27173)
  • Added option for hiding line ending information Text Editor > Display > Display file line ending
  • Fixed updating of annotations (QTCREATORBUG-26812)
  • Fixed that whitespace was not selected on double-click (QTCREATORBUG-24607)
  • Fixed Rewrap Paragraph when indenting with tabs (QTCREATORBUG-27602)
  • Fixed code folding marker visibility after Open in New Window (QTCREATORBUG-27748)

C++

  • Removed libclang based code model
  • Fixed that Generate Setter and Getter generated non-static methods for static pointer types (QTCREATORBUG-27547)
  • Fixed Add Local Declaration for class templates (QTCREATORBUG-26004)
  • Fixed that Follow Symbol Under Cursor could jump to new location even after the user started doing other things (QTCREATORBUG-20878)
  • Fixed that macros were highlighted as preprocessor statements (QTCREATORBUG-23548)
  • Fixed initialization of pointer variables when generating member for Q_PROPERTY (QTCREATORBUG-27770)
  • Clangd
    • Increased minimum Clangd version to 14
    • Added warning and disabling of Clangd by default on machines with low memory (QTCREATORBUG-19297)
    • Improved performance of compile_commands.json creation
    • Replaced some refactoring actions by the ones from Clangd
    • Added desugaring of types and warning about unused includes
    • Added option for ignoring big files
    • Added information on parent function to Find References With Access Type (QTCREATORBUG-27550)
    • Added warning icon and deprecation tag to completion items for deprecated API (QTCREATORBUG-2325)
    • Worked around Clangd highlighting issue (QTCREATORBUG-27601)
    • Fixed Follow Symbol Under Cursor for template types (QTCREATORBUG-27524)
    • Fixed that issues from other files could be shown in Issues (QTCREATORBUG-27260)
    • Fixed position of diagnostics lightbulb
    • Fixed function return types in Outline (QTCREATORBUG-27587)
    • Fixed that UI files with same name could confuse code model (QTCREATORBUG-27584)
  • clang-format
    • Fixed cursor position when undoing formatting (QTCREATORBUG-27608)

QML

  • Added option for maximum line length to code style options (QTCREATORBUG-23411)
  • Fixed handling of JavaScript string templates (QTCREATORBUG-21869)
  • Fixed formatting issue with nullish coalescing operator (QTCREATORBUG-27344)
  • Fixed that Follow Symbol Under Cursor could open file from build directory instead of source directory (QTCREATORBUG-27173)
  • Fixed member lookup for items with same name in different modules (QTCREATORBUG-26714)

Python

  • Switched to python-lsp-server by default (QTCREATORBUG-26230)
  • Added configuration options for python-lsp-server
  • Added check and installation help for PySide (PYSIDE-1742)
  • Added clean up of outdated interpreters
  • Added UIC based project wizard
  • Improved code style in wizard generated files
  • Fixed that unsaved and uncompiled UI files where outdated in code model
  • Fixed performance issues (QTCREATORBUG-24140, QTCREATORBUG-24704)

Language Server Protocol

  • Improved performance for large server responses
  • Added support for dragging in Outline (QTCREATORBUG-27502)
  • Fixed order of outline items (QTCREATORBUG-4346)
  • Fixed semantic highlighting after server reset
  • Fixed that semantic update was delayed by Document update threshold even after saving
  • Fixed that tooltips could appear while Qt Creator is not in the foreground
  • Fixed synchronization of outline view (QTCREATORBUG-27595)

Image Viewer

  • Added button for copying image as data URL

FakeVim

  • Partially implemented multi repeat command :g, :v

Projects

  • Added locator filter for starting run configurations
  • Added BuildSystem:Name variable for default build directory (QTCREATORBUG-26147)

CMake

  • Added Profile build configuration type that is RelWithDebInfo with QML debugging and profiling
  • Added install command to wizard generated projects
  • Turned QML debugging and profiling option on by default for Debug configurations
  • Removed hardcoded QT_QML_DEBUG from wizard created project files
  • Fixed issue when reconfiguring with QML debugging and profiling option enabled
  • Fixed missing path to ninja for ExternalProject_Add (QTCREATORBUG-27495)
  • Fixed that headers were wrongly classified as C code if qt_add_qml_module is used (QTCREATORBUG-27117)

Compilation Database

  • Fixed wrong removal of command line options (QTCREATORBUG-22949)

Debugging

  • Switched fallback Qt version for debug information to Qt 6.2
  • Added pretty printer for QAnyStringView
  • Added workaround for LLDB on Ubuntu 22.04

Analyzer

Coco

  • Added experimental Coco integration
  • Added visualization of code coverage in code editor

CppCheck

  • Added Copy to Clipboard to text marks (QTCREATORBUG-27092)
  • Fixed quoting of command line arguments (QTCREATORBUG-27284)

Version Control Systems

  • Changed output pane to use text editor font (QTCREATORBUG-27164)

Git

  • Fixed that fetching tags when showing changes blocked UI

Gerrit

  • Fixed that non-Gerrit remote could be selected in Push to Gerrit

GitLab

  • Added experimental GitLab integration
  • Added support for browsing and cloning projects

Platforms

Windows

  • Removed support for Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
  • Added auto-detection for MSVC ARM toolchain and debugger
  • Fixed ABI detection on ARM Windows
  • Fixed ABI detection of static Qt (QTCREATORBUG-27735)
  • Fixed interrupting remote CDB processes (QTCREATORBUG-21657)

macOS

  • Fixed import of existing builds of CMake projects that were done on the command line (QTCREATORBUG-27591)

Android

  • Added option to connect physical device over WiFi
  • Moved SDK manager to separate dialog
  • Aligned platform names with Android Studio (QTCREATORBUG-27161)
  • Fixed issues with newer SDK tools (QTCREATORBUG-27174)

iOS

  • Improved consecutive deployment speed (QTCREATORBUG-24371)

Remote Linux

  • Switched to echo for testing connection
  • Fixed deployment of multiple directories with rsync

Docker

  • Added default mount point set to projects directory
  • Fixed state detection of docker daemon
  • Fixed issues with kit initialization

MCU

  • Added support for QUL 2.0 and removed support for earlier versions

QNX

  • Fixed debugger detection

Credits for these changes go to:

Aaron Barany
Adam Treat
Aleksei German
Alesandro Portale
Alessandro Portale
Alexander Akulich
Alexander Drozdov
Alexandru Croitor
Andre Hartmann
André Pönitz
Artem Sokolovskii
Assam Boudjelthia
Bartlomiej Moskal
BogDan Vatra
Christiaan Janssen
Christian Kandeler
Christian Stenger
Christian Strømme
Cristian Adam
Cristián Maureira-Fredes
David Schulz
Dmitry Shachnev
Eike Ziller
Erik Verbruggen
Evgeny Shtanov
Fawzi Mohamed
Henning Gruendl
Ihor Ivlev
Ippei Sugita
Jaroslaw Kobus
Knud Dollereder
Leena Miettinen
Mahmoud Badri
Marcus Tillmanns
Mats Honkamaa
Maximilian Goldstein
Miikka Heikkinen
Orgad Shaneh
Piotr Mućko
Rafael Roquetto
Robert Löhning
Samuel Ghinet
Sergey Morozov
Tapani Mattila
Tasuku Suzuki
Thiago Macieira
Thomas Hartmann
Xavier Besson