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Qt Creator 15

Qt Creator version 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 or view online at

https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt-creator/qt-creator.git/log/?id=14.0..v15.0.0

General

  • Changed the default MIME types to the Apache Tika MIME type database
  • Added the option to hide modes (View > Modes and the context menu on the mode selector)
  • Added the option to exclude binary files in Search Results (QTCREATORBUG-1756)
  • Added new dark and light themes (Blog Post)
  • Added Tools > Scripting > New Script for creating Lua based Qt Creator scripts (Documentation)
  • Plugins
    • Added DocumentationUrl and new mandatory fields Id and VendorId to the plugin meta data
    • Changed the plugin descriptions to Markdown in Help > About Plugins > Details and Extensions mode
    • Extended the API available to Lua plugins (Documentation)
  • Prebuilt binaries
    • Added opt-in crash reporting to Edit > Preferences > Environment > System (Documentation)

Editing

  • Added actions for opening the next and previous documents from the Open Documents view (QTCREATORBUG-1208)
  • Added actions for moving and sorting bookmarks in the Bookmarks view (QTCREATORBUG-30286)
  • Added the folding actions to the context menu on the folding marks (QTCREATORBUG-7461)
  • Added Fold Recursively and Unfold Recursively
  • Fixed the display of multi-line annotations (QTCREATORBUG-29951)
  • Fixed the tab order in Advanced Search (QTCREATORBUG-31771)

C++

QML

  • Moved the option for creating Qt Design Studio compatible projects from the Qt Quick Application to the Qt Quick UI Prototype wizard (QTCREATORBUG-31355, QTCREATORBUG-31657)
  • Fixed the indentation of files created by Move Component into Separate File (QTCREATORBUG-31084)

Language Server Protocol

  • Fixed that global environment changes were not applied to language servers

Copilot

Compiler Explorer

Lua

  • Added an interactive shell (REPL) as an output view

SCXML

Binary Files

Projects

  • Removed the Qt Linguist related external tool items, which did not work for CMake (QTCREATORBUG-28467)
  • Improved the performance of compile and application output parsing and added the option to Discard excessive output (QTCREATORBUG-30135, QTCREATORBUG-31449)
  • Improved the display of toolchains in the kit options by sorting and showing issue icons
  • Improved the warning against editing files that are not part of the project (QTCREATORBUG-31542)
  • Added Create Header File and Create Source File to the context menu for source files and header files in the project tree respectively (QTCREATORBUG-24575)
  • Added the option to deploy dependent projects (QTCREATORBUG-27406)
  • Added the option to run build and deploy steps as root user (QTCREATORBUG-31012)
  • Added Copy Contents to Scratch Buffer to the context menu of output views (QTCREATORBUG-31144)
  • Added the list of open files to the session overview, for sessions that do not have any projects (QTCREATORBUG-7660)
  • Added the project names to the Recent Projects menu (QTCREATORBUG-31753)
  • Fixed issues with creating subprojects for non-active projects
  • Fixed that the wizards were asking for a build system type when creating subprojects (QTCREATORBUG-30281)
  • Fixed that new build configurations could use the wrong build directory (QTCREATORBUG-31470)
  • Fixed that temporary kits could stay around (QTCREATORBUG-31461)
  • Fixed that Qt Creator could freeze while trying to stop a user application (QTCREATORBUG-31319)
  • Fixed that the application exit code was not shown after grazefully terminating it (QTCREATORBUG-31141)
  • Fixed a focus issue when renaming files (QTCREATORBUG-30926)
  • Fixed that the default session could be renamed and deleted

CMake

Workspace

  • Added the option to add build configurations into Projects > Build & Run > Build > Add (Documentation)
  • Added automatic updating of the project tree in Projects
  • Fixed that cloned run configurations were not editable

vcpkg

  • Fixed the detection of VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET on ARM macOS

Debugging

  • Added Disable All Breakpoints to the debugger toolbar
  • Fixed that the port range for debugging was not customizable for the desktop (QTCREATORBUG-31406)
  • Fixed the unfolding of items in the debugger tooltip (QTCREATORBUG-31250)
  • Fixed issues with breakpoints in threads (QTCREATORBUG-23219)
  • Pretty printers
    • Added pretty printers for std:dequeue and std::forward_list (QTCREATORBUG-29994)
    • Fixed various standard library types
    • Fixed issues with _GLIBCXX_DEBUG enabled (QTCREATORBUG-20476)

C++

Analyzer

Clang

  • Fixed issues with the compiler options by using the compilation database (QTCREATORBUG-29529)

Axivion

  • Moved the Axivion views to a Debug perspective
  • Improved the handling of invalid filters
  • Removed the linking between Dashboard and a project. Now, the Dashboard has to be selected on the Axivion issues view.
  • Added the option to define path mappings (Preferences > Axivion > Path Mapping)
  • Added a tool button for Show issue markers inline
  • Added column sorting to the list of issues
  • Added a Reload button

Terminal

Version Control Systems

  • Improved the error dialog when adding files fails (QTCREATORBUG-31161)
  • Added Log Directory to the context menu of the Projects tree

Git

  • Added actions for blame at the revision, blame of the parent, the file from the revision, and the log for the line to the tooltip for Instant Blame (Documentation)
  • Added visual indications that files are modified to the Projects view (when you select Preferences > Version Control > General > Show VCS file status) (QTCREATORBUG-8857)
  • Added the option to include all local branches in the log
  • Gerrit

Test Integration

  • Added test duration information for test frameworks that support it (QTCREATORBUG-31242)
  • Added support for running auto tests on Android for Qt 6.8.1 and later
  • Fixed the execution of tests with multiple test classes (QTCREATORBUG-31935)

Extension Manager

  • Added filters and sorting (QTCREATORBUG-31179)
  • Added a button for opening the preferences

Platforms

Windows

macOS

Android

  • Improved the responsiveness of Qt Creator during Android related operations
  • Fixed that the setup wizard could use the wrong NDK and build tools version (QTCREATORBUG-31311)
  • Fixed a freeze in the preferences while an emulator is running (QTCREATORBUG-31912)

iOS

  • Improved the error messages when installation on the Simulator fails (QTCREATORBUG-25833)
  • Fixed issues when multiple devices are open in the Simulator

Docker

  • Improved the performance of operations on the device by deploying a helper application (GoCmdBridge)

WebAssembly

VxWorks

Credits for these changes go to:

Aleksei German
Alessandro Portale
Alexandru Croitor
Ali Kianian
Andre Hartmann
André Pönitz
Andrii Batyiev
Andrii Semkiv
Artem Sokolovskii
Artur Twardy
Assam Boudjelthia
Audun Sutterud
BogDan Vatra
Burak Hancerli
Christian Kandeler
Christian Stenger
Cristian Adam
David Schulz
Dominik Holland
Eike Ziller
Francisco Boni
Friedemann Kleint
Henning Gruendl
Jaroslaw Kobus
Jussi Witick
Justyna Hudziak
Kai Köhne
Karim Pinter
Knud Dollereder
Kwangsub Kim
Leena Miettinen
Liu Zhangjian
Lukasz Papierkowski
Mahmoud Badri
Marc Mutz
Marco Bubke
Marcus Tillmanns
Mariusz Szczepanik
Mathias Hasselmann
Mats Honkamaa
Mehdi Salem
Michael Weghorn
Miikka Heikkinen
Orgad Shaneh
Pino Toscano
Pranta Dastider
Przemyslaw Lewandowski
Rauno Pennanen
Renaud Guezennec
Robert Löhning
Sami Shalayel
Semih Yavuz
Shrief Gabr
Sivert Krøvel
styxer
Teea Poldsam
Thiago Macieira
Thomas Hartmann
Tim Jenßen
Toni Saario
Ulf Hermann
Vikas Pachdha
Ville Lavonius
Xavier Besson
Zoltan Gera

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