Qt Creator 9.0.0

What's new in this version:

General:
- Added change log browser `Help > Change Log` (`Qt Creator > Change Log` on
- macOS)
- Added option for showing locator as a centered popup

Locator `t` filter:
- Added non-menu actions
- Added fuzzy matching
- Added `Remove Folder` to `File System` view
- Fixed that clipboard was cleared on shutdown

Help:
- Added support for dark themes to Qt documentation
- Fixed that Qt 6 documentation was shown for Qt 5 based projects
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Editing:
- Added option for visualizing indentation
- Added option for `Tint whole margin area`
- Added option for line spacing
- Added `Create Cursors at Selected Line Ends`
- Added support for character encoding in binary/memory editor
- Improved UI for multiple markers on the same line
- Fixed performance issue with large selections
- Fixed saving files with non-breaking spaces
- Fixed `Rewrap Paragraph` for Doxygen comments
- Fixed MIME type matching for generic highlighting with MIME type aliases
- Fixed annotation painting when scrolling horizontally

C++:
- Moved code style editor from dialog directly into the preferences page
- Added `Show Preprocessed Source`
- Added `Follow Symbol Under Cursor to Type`
- Added `Follow Symbol` for QRC files in string literals
- Added option for returning only non-value types by const reference
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- Added option for using `auto` in `Assign to Local Variable` refactoring
- action
- Fixed that selection was not considered for refactoring actions
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- Fixed generation of function definitions with `unsigned`
- Fixed code style preview editor size

Clanged:
- Added option for using single Clangd instance for the whole session
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- Added option for indexing priority (`--background-index-priority`)
- Added option for maximum number of completion results (default 100)
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- Added `"`, `<` and `/` to auto-completion triggers
- Added option for document specific preprocessor directives
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- Fixed semantic highlighting for `__func__`
- Fixed double items in outline after switching Clangd off and on
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Built-in:
- Added support for structured bindings
- Fixed that document specific preprocessor directives were not used aftersession load

ClangFormat:
- Moved settings back to top level preferences page
- Updated formatting options
- Fixed indentation of comments

Language Server Protocol:
- Improved performance for large documents
- Fixed that server was not restarted after 5 times, even if a long time passed after the last time

QML:
- Fixed that `Follow Symbol` could open file from build directory
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- Fixed cursor position and breakpoints after reformatting
- QTCREATORBUG-28349)

Image Viewer:
- Made `Fit to Screen` sticky and added option for the default
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- Cleaned up tool bar

Diff Viewer:
- Fixed that calculating differences blocked Qt Creator
- Fixed that description widget height was not persistent

Projects:
- Added option for hiding build system output with `Show Right Sidebar`
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- Fixed that opening terminal from build environment settings did not change directory to build directory
- Fixed that local environment was used when inspecting GCC toolchain on remote
- Fixed stopping terminal process
- Fixed automatic popup of `Issues`

CMake:
- Moved settings from `Kits` and `Build & Run` into their own `CMake` category
- Turned `Package manager auto setup` off by default
- Added support for CMake configure and build presets, including conditions and toolchain files
- Added option for changing environment for configure step
- Added option for hiding subfolders in source groups
- Added support for `Build File` also from header files
- Fixed that `PATH` environment variable was not completely set up during first

CMake run:
- Fixed issues with importing builds using Visual C++ generator

Qbs:
- Fixed that `qbs.sysroot` was not considered

Qmake:
- Added workaround for `mkspec`s that add compiler flags to `QMAKE_CXX`
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- Fixed unnecessary updates after project build

Python:
- Adapted to move of project tool to `PySide6-Essentials` package

Debugging:

C++:
- Improved type name lookup performance for heavily templated code
- Improved display performance for large array-like data
- Added warning for missing QML debugging functionality for mobile and embedded devices
- Fixed display of strings with characters more than 2 bytes long

QML:
- Fixed interrupting

Analyzer:
Clang:
- Fixed error when analyzing non-desktop targets
- Fixed wrong failure count display

Perf:
- Fixed wrong working directory

Version Control Systems:
- Fixed that `--password` argument was shown in plain text

Git:
- Added support for user-configured comment character
- Improved matching of commit hashes
- Fixed adding or deleting files in nested directories
- Fixed that text encoding in project settings was not respected on diff
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Test Integration:
Added support for Squish:
- Fixed handling of exceptions
- Fixed crash
- Fixed handling of `WARN`, `FAIL` and `INFO`

Platforms:
Windows:
- Improved detection of MinGW and LLVM ABI
- Fixed wrong debugger when importing build
- Fixed issues when drives are mapped
- Fixed that output could be missing for Qt based external tools
- Fixed that Clink and other applications could increase startup time for toolchain detection
- Fixed that running Qt Creator from a MSVC environment could interfere with MSVC auto-detection

Remote Linux:
- Enable usage as build device
- Added option for SSH port to wizard
- Added fallback for devices without `base64`
- Added experimental support to user remote linux build devices

Boot to Qt:
- Fixed that `rsync` was not available for deployment
- Fixed default deployment method

Docker:
- Added option for `docker` command
- Added detection of Python
- Added option to auto-detect in PATH plus additional directories
- Added option for overwriting `ENTRYPOINT` of docker container
- Added automatic mounting of source and build directory before building

Improved device wizard:
- Added sorting of images
- Added option to hide images without tag
- Added double-click for selecting image
- Fixed `Browse` button for build directory for remote directories
- Fixed interrupting and pausing of GDB
- Fixed running `ctest` on device
- Fixed mounting paths with spaces or colons
- Fixed opening remote text files without extension