Qt Creator 12.0.0

What's new in this version:

General:
- Improved the startup performance significantly on various setups
- Added the Sort results check box for configuring the md locator filter in Edit > Preferences > Environment > Locator to keep the sorting from the tool used for the file system index locator filter
- Added the View > Show Menu Bar option to hide the menu bar on platforms without a unified menu bar
- Fixed an issue with growing session files

Help:
- Added the Edit > Preferences > Help > General > Antialias check box for setting the anti-aliasing of text

Editing:
- Added the count of selected characters to line and column information on the Edit mode toolbar
- Added an indenter, auto-brace and auto-quote for JSON (Documentation)
- Fixed that the historical order of open documents was not restored
- Fixed that suggestions were rendered with the wrong tab size

C++:
- Updated to LLVM 17.0.1
- Added Tools > C++ > Fold All Comment Blocks and Unfold All Comment Blocks
- Added the Convert Comment to C Style and Convert Comment to C++ Style refactoring actions for converting comments between C++-style and C-style
- Added the Move Function Documentation to Declaration and Move Function Documentation to Definition refactoring actions for moving documentation between function declaration and definition
- Extended the application of renaming operations to documentation comments
- Fixed that code inserted by refactoring actions was not formatted according to the Clang Format settings
- Fixed that automatically created functions could be added between another function and its documentation
- Fixed that the refactoring actions from Clangd were not available in the context menu

Clang Format:
- Fixed the style settings for Clang Format 16 and later

QML:
- Fixed invalid M325 warnings

Language Server:
- Fixed the shortcut for applying refactoring actions

Python:
- Fixed duplicate code when renaming

Language Server Protocol:
- Added support for Language servers that request creating, renaming, or deleting of files

Copilot:
- Added support for proxies

TODO:
- Added the todo keyword to the default

Markdown:
- Added buttons and configurable shortcuts for text styles (Documentation)

Images:
- Fixed that animations could not be restarted
- Fixed that looping animations did not loop

Projects:
Project specific settings:
- Added C++ file naming settings
- Added documentation comment settings (Documentation)
- Added an option for the Doxygen command prefix
- Improved performance of filtering the target setup page
- Fixed that run configurations were removed when the corresponding target vanishes (even temporarily)
- Fixed issues with recursive symbolic links

CMake:
- Removed support for extra generators
- Added Follow Symbol Under Cursor for functions, macros, targets and packages
- Added support for CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR and similar variables for Jump to File Under Cursor
- Added code completion for various aspects of CMake (local functions and variables, cache variables, ENV, targets, packages, variables added by find_package)
- Added support for CMAKE_UNITY_BUILD
- Added support for cmake-format configuration files
- Added help tooltips
- Extended context help for variables, properties and modules

Python:
- Added auto-detection of PySide from the installer (PYSIDE-2153) (Documentation)
- Added the option to forward the display for remote Linux (Documentation)
- Fixed PySide wheels installation on macOS

vcpkg:
- Added the generation of code for CMakeLists.txt
- Added parsing the dependencies from vcpkg.json manifest files
- Improved the addition of dependencies to vcpkg.json

Qt Safe Renderer:
- Added a wizard for Qt Safe Renderer 2.1 and later (Documentation)

Debugging:
C++:
- Added support for remote Linux debugging with LLDB
- Fixed warnings about index cache permissions

Analyzer:
Clang:
- Fixed that error messages were not shown

CTF Visualizer:
- Fixed that process and thread IDs could not be strings
- Fixed the computation of nesting levels
- Fixed a crash when zooming with a touch pad

Terminal:
- Added mouse support
- Added support for Windows Terminal schemes
- Fixed Ctrl+C/V on Windows

Version Control Systems:

Git:
- Added option for ignoring whitespace changes and line moves in Instant Blame

CVS:
- Disabled by default

Test Integration:
- Added an option for the number of threads used for scanning