Qt Creator 18.0.0

Qt Creator is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) tailored to the needs of Qt developers. It provides:

C++ and JavaScript code editor
Integrated UI designer
Project and build management tools
gdb and CDB debuggers
Support for version control
Simulator for mobile UIs
Support for desktop and mobile targets

Qt Creator is freely available for download, either alone or as part of the Qt SDK.

Qt Creator is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) tailored to the needs of Qt developers. Qt Creator runs on Windows, Linux/X11 and Mac OS X desktop operating systems, and allows developers to create applications for multiple desktop and mobile device platforms.

Sophisticated Code Editor
Qt Creator´s advanced code editor provides support for editing C++ and QML (JavaScript), context-sensitive help, code completion, nativation and more .

Version Control
Qt Creator integrates with most popular version control systems, including Git, Subversion, Perforce, CVS and Mercurial.

Integrated UI Designers
Qt Creator provides two integrated visual editors: Qt Designer for building UIs from Qt widgets, and Qt Quick Designer for developing animated UIs with the QML language.

Project & Build Management
Whether you import an existing project or create one from scratch, Qt Creator generates all the necessary files. Support for cross-qmake and CMake is included.

Desktop & Mobile Targets
Qt Creator provides support for building and running Qt applications for desktops and mobile devices. Build settings allow you to quickly switch between build targets. Read more


Qt Simulator
Available as part of the Nokia Qt SDK, the Qt Simulator to test Qt application for mobile devices in an environment similar to that of the target device.

Resources
Browse the resources below to learn more about Qt Creator:

Qt Creator Technical Documentation [Docs]
Qt Creator Open Code Repository [Gitorious]
Qt Creator Blogs [Qt Labs]
Qt Creator Mailing List
Qt Creator Whitepaper

Release notes:

New Release
Moved some messages from the `General Messages` to `Issues`
Changed the notifications to popups with the option to opt-out with `Environment > Interface > Prefer banner style info bars over pop-ups`
Added the `HostOs:DocumentsLocation`, `HostOs:GenericDataLocation`, `HostOs:HomeLocation`, and `HostOs:TempLocation` Qt Creator variables that map to the corresponding `QStandardPaths`
Added the `:DirName` postfix for Qt Creator variables that map to file paths
Fixed a freeze when installing large plugins
Fixed the resolution of symlinks with directory links
Fixed a performance regression when watching many files
Welcome:
Added an `Overview` tab
Locator:
Made `Use Tab Completion` (when pressing the `Tab` key) optional
Editing:
Added the option `Environment > Interface > Use tabbed editors`
Added `Window > Previous Tab` and `Window > Next Tab`
Added `File > Save Without Formatting`
Added `Open With > Cycle to Next Editor`
Fixed that error markers were not removed when fixing the error
C++:
Updated the prebuilt binaries to LLVM 21.1
Added automatic insertion of the closing part of a raw string literal prefix
Fixed that trailing white space was removed from raw string literals
Fixed the generation of `compile_commands.json` for remote projects
Quick fixes:
Added `Remove Curly Braces`
Added `Add definition` for static data members
`Re-order Member Function Definitions According to Declaration Order`did not move comments accordingly
Fixed issues with templates and nested classes
Fixed issues with nested template parameters
Fixed that `Add Definition in .cpp` could be missing
Built-in:
Added support for template deduction guides
Added support for fold expressions
Added support for `decltype(auto)` as function return types
Added support for `if consteval` and `if not consteval`
Added support for __int128
Fixed the preprocessor expansion in include directives
Fixed issues with defaulted and deleted functions
Fixed the parsing of friend declarations with a
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