qt-creator/dist/changes-6.0.0.md

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
• Fixed Insert Definition for templates with value parameters (QTCREATORBUG-26113)
• 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)
• Clangd
  • Added warning for older clangd versions
  • Added support for completion and function hint
  • Improved location of generated compile_commands.json (QTCREATORBUG-26431)

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)

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)

qmake

• Fixed crash when canceling parsing (QTCREATORBUG-26333)

Compilation Database

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

Debugging

GDB

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

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

macOS

• Changed prebuilt binaries to universal Intel + ARM

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

WebAssembly

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

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
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
Kai Köhne
Kama Wójcik
Knud Dollereder
Leena Miettinen
Li Xi
Loren Burkholder
Mahmoud Badri
Marco Bubke
Martin Kampas
Miikka Heikkinen
Miina Puuronen
Orgad Shaneh
Petar Perisin
Piotr Mikolajczyk
Samuel Ghinet
Shantanu Tushar
Tapani Mattila
Tasuku Suzuki
Thiago Macieira
Thomas Hartmann
Tim Jenssen
Tony Leinonen
Tor Arne Vestbø
Tuomo Pelkonen
Vikas Pachdha
Vladimir Serdyuk