Qt Creator 14.0.0

What's new in this version:

General:
- Started work on supporting Lua based plugins (registering language servers, actions, preferences, and wizards) (Documentation)
- Added a mode for managing extensions
- Added Clear and Save Contents to context menus of all output views
- Locator
- Added the option to show results relative to project root

Editing:
- Changed the default behavior when files change on disk to Reload All Unchanged Editors
- Made the search options session-specific
- Added menus with the navigation history to the back and forward buttons
- Added a highlight for the current view in case of multiple views
- Added Window > Reopen Last Closed Document
- Added the option to open files in a text editor that were detected as binary
- Fixed that changing a document's MIME type by renaming did not re-open it in the new editor type when needed
- Fixed that after hiding the editor in Debug mode, Edit mode always opened when opening documents, even if an external editor window was available
- Fixed that it wasn't possible to open a file in the text editor if it was classified as a binary file format by the MIME database
- Fixed the unindenting with backspace when multiple cursors are active

C++:
- Made C++ code model settings configurable per project
- Added a setting for the naming of include guards
- Fixed indentation after function calls with subscript operator

Refactoring:
- Added Convert Function Call to Qt Meta-Method Invocation
- Added Move Class to a Dedicated Set of Source Files
- Added Re-order Member Function Definitions According to Declaration Order
- Added Add Curly Braces for do, while, and for loops
- Fixed issues with macros

Documentation:
Clangd:
- Updated the prebuilt binaries to LLVM 18.1.7
- Increased the minimum version to LLVM 17
- Added the Per-project index location and Per-session index location options in Preferences > C++ > Clangd for setting the index location for a project or session
- Added the Update dependent sources option to make re-parsing source files while editing header files optional
- Fixed the handling of system headers
- Built-in
- Added the Enable indexing option in Preferences > C++ > Code Model to turn off the built-in indexer
- Added the Statement Macros field in Preferences > C++ > Code Style for macros that the indenter interprets as complete statements that don't require a semicolon at the end
- Added indentation support for try-catch statements

QML:
- Improved support for enums
- Added Qt Design Studio to Open With for .ui.qml files (Documentation)
- Fixed that the color preview did not work on named colors
- Language Server
- Switched on by default for Qt 6.8 and later
- Added an option for generating qmlls.ini files for CMake projects in Preferences > Qt Quick> QML/JS Editing
- Fixed that tool tips from the built-in model were shown instead of tool tips from the server

Documentation:

Python:
- Added options for updating Python Language Server (Documentation)

Language Server Protocol:
- Added support for SymbolTag (Protocol Documentation)
- Added support for type hierarchy

Compiler Explorer:
- Added a wizard template for code that uses Qt to File> New File> Compiler Explorer Documentation

Markdown:
- Fixed the navigation history

Models:
- Added more visual attributes for relations
- Added support for linked files in model element properties
- Added support for custom images in model element properties

SCXML:
- Added visualization of conditions on transitions by using square brackets: []

Projects:
- Added the Hide Inactive Kits/Show All Kits button to hide inactive kits from the list in the Projects mode
- Added support for user comments in the environment editor (Documentation)
- Added the setting Time to wait before force-stopping applications
- Fixed the parsing of file links when color was used for the output
- Fixed that the column information was not used when opening files from links in issues
- Fixed changing the case of file names on case-insensitive file systems
- Fixed that Qt Creator variables were not expanded for the Copy File deploy step
- Fixed duplicate entries in the variable chooser for the build directory

CMake:
- Made CMake settings configurable per project
- Implemented Open Online Documentation for CMake documentation
- Added Clear CMake Configuration to the context menu in the Projects view
- Added support for the CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR target property
- Fixed that the package manager auto-setup files were not removed with Clear CMake Configuration
- Fixed that files generated by the Qt QML CMake API were not filtered as generated files
- Fixed a crash when triggering Follow Symbol in a CMake file that does not belong to a project
- Fixed that multiple build configurations of the same type used the same build directory
- Fixed an issue with adding new files when file globs are used in the CMake files
- Fixed the default CMake generator for kits if Ninja is not installed
- Fixed that duplicate CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER entries could be used

Presets:
- Made CMake settings configurable
- Made it possible to register debuggers
- Added support for custom build types
- (Documentation)

Workspace:
- Added File > Open Workspace for opening a directory as a project. A project file .qtcreator/project.json in the directory is used to set a name and file exclusion filters.

Debugging:
C++:
- Improved performance
- GDB
- Added a setting for debuginfod
- CDB
- Fixed the display type of HRESULT

Analyzer:
Clang:
- Added the option to Suppress Diagnostics Inline

Axivion:
- Added the Add and Remove buttons to Preferences > Axivion for registering multiple servers (Documentation)

Cppcheck:
- Fixed that Cppcheck was not working until selecting Apply in the settings

Terminal:
- Fixed resizing on Windows

Version Control Systems:
Git:
- Fixed that email and author mapping was not used for logs and showing changes

Test Integration:
- Made the test timeout optional in Preferences > Testing > General
- Added the project specific Limit Files to Path Patterns option in Projects > Project Settings > Testing for restricting the search for tests (Documentation)

Qt Test:
- Fixed the order of test execution

Qt Application Manager:
- Added support for the perf profiler

Bare Metal:
- Fixed issues with Qbs and the IAR toolchain