How To
The following topics describe how to use Qt Creator to perform a particular task.
Build and Run
Debug
Design UIs
Edit Code
- Add code snippets to the auto-complete menu
- Document code
- Enclose selected code in curly braces, parentheses, or double quotes
- Indent text or code
- Jump to a function in QML code
- Locate files using the keyboard
- Move between open files
- Move to symbols
- Paste text from clipboard history
- Perform calculations
- Search and replace across files using a regular expression
- Select the enclosing block in C++
- Sort lines alphabetically
- Specify code style
- Switch to Edit mode
- Write down notes
Manage Kits
Manage Projects
- Activate kits for a project
- Add a license header template for C++ code
- Add libraries to projects
- Add subprojects to projects
- Add wizards
- Create C++ classes
- Create OpenGL fragment and vertex shaders
- Create VCS repositories for new projects
- Create compiler explorer sessions
- Create files
- Create resource files
- Develop Qt for Python applications
- Open projects
- Select the build system
- Set C++ file naming preferences
- Specify dependencies
- Specify editor settings
- Specify project contents
- Use project wizards
Read Qt Documentation
- Add bookmarks to help pages
- Add external documentation
- Detach the help window
- Filter documentation
- Find information in Qt documentation
- Get help
- Search from documentation
- Select the help start page
Use Qt Creator
- Collect usage statistics
- Enable and disable plugins
- Find settings files
- Inspect internal logs
- Install plugins
- Manage data collection
- Record screens
- Run Qt Creator from the command line
- Set up version control systems
- Use Qt Linguist
- Use common VCS functions
- Use external text editors
- Use external tools