qt-creator/dist/changes-4.15.0.md

Qt Creator 4.15

Qt Creator version 4.15 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/4.14..v4.15.0

General

• Added locator filter for global file index on Linux (locate) and Windows (Everything)
• Added option for globally changing base environment for running tools (QTCREATORBUG-22123)
• Added option for text codec used for tools (QTCREATORBUG-24776)
• Fixed that General Messages pane popped up too often (QTCREATORBUG-24667)

Help

• Added shared Zoom setting (QTCREATORBUG-23731, QTCREATORBUG-25109, QTCREATORBUG-25230)

Editing

• Added action for pasting without auto-formatting (QTCREATORBUG-20887)
• Fixed that completion could block Qt Creator (QTCREATORBUG-25419)

C++

• Added Create Getter and Setter Member Functions refactoring action (QTCREATORBUG-1532)
• Added Generate Constructor refactoring action
• Added filtering of Find References to Symbol Under Cursor based on access type (QTCREATORBUG-19373)
• Added Open in Editor and Open Type Hierarchy to context menu on items in type hierarchy
• Added highlighting of previous class when navigating in type hierarchy
• Added type aliases to C++ Classes, Enums and Functions locator filter (QTCREATORBUG-5800)
• Added parentheses highlighting for ternary operator (QTCREATORBUG-1410)
• Improved type name minimization for Add definition (QTCREATORBUG-8030)
• Fixed type hierarchy with templates classes and typedefs
• Fixed that -include compile option was ignored by code model (QTCREATORBUG-20602)
• Fixed highlighting of raw string literals (QTCREATORBUG-16183)
• Fixed issue with declaration and definition matching in presence of macros (QTCREATORBUG-24739)
• Fixed issue with struct type alias (QTCREATORBUG-24875)
• Fixed issue with function attributes (QTCREATORBUG-24650, QTCREATORBUG-24636)
• Fixed highlighting in macros with indirection (QTCREATORBUG-21522)
• Fixed highlighting in multi-dimensional arrays (QTCREATORBUG-21534)
• Fixed switching between declaration and definition for custom conversion operators (QTCREATORBUG-21168)
• Fixed that fix-its with outdated information could be applied (QTCREATORBUG-21818)
• Fixed tooltip for some include directives (QTCREATORBUG-21194)
• Fixed include completion for files with non-standard file extensions (QTCREATORBUG-25154)
• Fixed highlighting of comments with continuation lines (QTCREATORBUG-23297)
• Fixed issues with Add definition (QTCREATORBUG-14661, QTCREATORBUG-14524, QTCREATORBUG-14524, QTCREATORBUG-25560)
• Fixed real-time updating of Class View
• Fixed that function parameter hint showed inapplicable overloads (QTCREATORBUG-650)

QML

• Added support for inline components (QTCREATORBUG-24766, QTCREATORBUG-24705)
• Fixed issues with multiple import paths (QTCREATORBUG-24405)
• Fixed reformatting of arrow functions (QTCREATORBUG-25198)
• Fixed reformatting of JavaScript spread operator (QTCREATORBUG-23402)

Language Client

• Added support for new formatting options in LSP 3.15.0
• Added support for versioned diagnostics
• Added support for server progress messages
• Improved Java language server support

Java

• Simplified configuration of Java language server
• Improved support for Java language server

Projects

• Added Open Terminal Here for project nodes (QTCREATORBUG-25107)
• Added option for running application as root user (QTCREATORBUG-2831, QTCREATORBUG-25330)
• Fixed detection of rcc and uic for Qt 6 (QTBUG-88791)
• Fixed detection of Designer, Linguist, qmlscene and qmlplugindump for Qt 6 cross-builds

qmake

• Fixed freeze when executable run with system call waits for input (QTCREATORBUG-25194)

CMake

• Added support for multiconfig generators (QTCREATORBUG-24984)
• Added filesystem node to project tree (QTCREATORBUG-24677)
• Added install/strip and package targets (QTCREATORBUG-22047, QTCREATORBUG-22620)
• Added automatic run of conan install on initial CMake call (QTCREATORBUG-25362)
• Added batch editing for CMake configuration
• Added Re-configure with Initial Parameters button
• Made it possible to copy CMake variables from configuration (QTCREATORBUG-24781)
• Removed utility targets from CMake target locator filters (QTCREATORBUG-24718)
• Fixed that configuration changes were lost when CMake configuration fails (QTCREATORBUG-24593)
• Fixed Qt detection when importing builds of Qt6-based projects (QTCREATORBUG-25100)
• Fixed importing builds of Qt6 tests (QTBUG-88776)
• Fixed which file is opened for Open CMake target locator filter (QTCREATORBUG-25166)
• Fixed Save all files before build for Build for Run Configuration (QTCREATORBUG-25276)
• Fixed that only source file name was copied to clipboard when adding class (QTCREATORBUG-24301, QTCREATORBUG-25212)
• Fixed reparsing of project with Auto-run CMake
• Fixed that removed targets stayed selected for building (QTCREATORBUG-25477)

Qbs

• Added Android target ABI selection

Python

• Added support for PySide6 to wizards (QTCREATORBUG-25340)

Meson

• Added support for extra_files (QTCREATORBUG-24824)
• Added support for custom Meson parameters

Conan

• Added auto-detection of conan file in project root

Debugging

• Added option to show simple values as text annotations
• Added option to copy selected items from stack view (QTCREATORBUG-24701)
• Added visualization of hit breakpoint in Breakpoints view (QTCREATORBUG-6999)
• Fixed type display for automatically dereferenced pointers (QTCREATORBUG-20907)
• Fixed that debugging repeatedly stopped with SIGSTOP (QTCREATORBUG-25073, QTCREATORBUG-25082, QTCREATORBUG-25227)

QML

• Fixed breakpoints in .mjs files (QTCREATORBUG-25328)

Analyzer

Clang

• Added option for disabling diagnostic types from result list (QTCREATORBUG-24852)
• Added support for individual clazy check options (QTCREATORBUG-24977)
• Added help link to diagnostic tooltip (QTCREATORBUG-25163)

Version Control Systems

• Added simple commit message verification

Test Integration

• Added basic support for ctest (QTCREATORBUG-23332)

Google Test

• Fixed detection of tests that start with a number (QTCREATORBUG-25498)

FakeVim

• Added support for \u \U \l \L in substitute command
• Added emulation of vim-exchange and vim-surround plugins
• Fixed dot command for pasting (QTCREATORBUG-25281)

Platforms

Android

• Fixed android-*-deployment-settings.json detection (QTCREATORBUG-25209)

iOS

• Added support for CMake projects with Qt 6 (QTCREATORBUG-23574)
• Fixed launch of applications on iOS 14 (QTCREATORBUG-24672)
• Fixed Attach to Running Application for long executable paths (QTCREATORBUG-25286)

Remote Linux

• Fixed issues with remote process PID parsing (QTCREATORBUG-25306)
• Fixed issues with rsync on Windows (QTCREATORBUG-25333)

MCU

• Added error reporting when creating MCU kits fails (QTCREATORBUG-25258)
• Improved detection of Ultralight library (QTCREATORBUG-25469)
• Fixed that examples were missing from Welcome screen (QTCREATORBUG-25320)

WASM

• Improved handling of Emscripten detection and setup (QTCREATORBUG-23126, QTCREATORBUG-23160, QTCREATORBUG-23561, QTCREATORBUG-23741, QTCREATORBUG-24814, QTCREATORBUG-24822)
• Added support for Qt 6 applications with CMake (QTCREATORBUG-25519)
• Fixed ABI detection for Qt 5.15 (QTCREATORBUG-24891)
• Fixed running of em++.bat in some environments on Windows

Credits for these changes go to:

Aleksei German
Alessandro Portale
Alexandru Croitor
Alexis Jeandet
Allan Sandfeld Jensen
Andre Hartmann
André Pönitz
Bernhard Beschow
Björn Schäpers
BogDan Vatra
Christiaan Janssen
Christian Kandeler
Christian Stenger
Cristian Adam
David Schulz
Dawid Śliwa
Denis Shienkov
Dmitriy Purgin
Eike Ziller
Erik Verbruggen
Fabio Falsini
Fawzi Mohamed
Friedemann Kleint
Henning Gruendl
Jacopo Martellini
Jaroslaw Kobus
Johanna Vanhatapio
Kai Köhne
Kevin Funk
Knud Dollereder
Leander Schulten
Leena Miettinen
Mahmoud Badri
Marco Bubke
Matti Paaso
Mattias Johansson
Maximilian Goldstein
Michael Weghorn
Michael Winkelmann
Miikka Heikkinen
Miina Puuronen
Mitch Curtis
Nikolai Kosjar
Orgad Shaneh
Oswald Buddenhagen
Raphaël Cotty
Robert Löhning
Sergey Levin
Thomas Hartmann
Tim Jenssen
Timon Riedelbauch
Tom Praschan
Tuomo Pelkonen
Ulf Hermann
Vikas Pachdha