Reference

Acknowledgements	Third-party components in Qt Creator.
Command-Line Options	Options for starting Qt Creator from the command line.
Custom Wizards	Wizard types and JSON wizard format.
Desktop Platforms	Requirements for operating systems that you can install and run Qt Creator on.
Embedded Platforms	Embedded platforms that you can develop applications for.
FAQ	Answers to some frequently asked questions about Qt Creator.
Glossary	Qt Creator terms and concepts.
Keyboard Shortcuts	Default keyboard shortcuts.
Mobile Platforms	Mobile platforms that you can develop applications for.
Supported Platforms	Summary of development and target platforms.
Technical Support	Qt support sites and other useful sites.
Version Control Systems	Version control systems that you can use from Qt Creator.

Build Systems

Most Qt Creator project wizards enable you to choose the build system to use for building the project: qmake, CMake, Meson, or Qbs. qmake is installed and configured when you install Qt. To use one of the other supported build systems, you need to set it up.

CMake	CMake is an alternative to qmake for automating the generation of build systems.
Setting Up Conan	The experimental Conan plugin integrates the Conan package manager.
Setting Up IncrediBuild	IncrediBuild decreases the time it takes to build C++ code.
Setting Up Meson	Use Meson to build native desktop applications.
Setting Up Nimble	The Nimble package manager generates Nim application executables that are supported on Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Setting Up Qbs	Qbs is an all-in-one build tool that generates a build graph from a high-level project description (like qmake or CMake do) and executes the commands in the low-level build graph (like make does).
Setting Up a Generic Project	Qt Creator supports generic projects, so you can import existing projects that do not use qmake or CMake. This enables you to use Qt Creator as a code editor and to fully control the steps and commands used to build the project.
Setting Up an Autotools Project	Qt Creator can open projects that use the Autotools build system. You can build and run the projects directly from Qt Creator.
vcpkg Package Manager	The experimental vcpkg plugin integrates the vcpkg C/C++ package manager into Qt Creator.

Preferences

Compilers	Lists the registered compilers. You can add custom compilers to the list.
Kits	Sets kit preferences. A kit consists of a set of values that define one environment, such as a device, tool chain, Qt version, and debugger command to use.
Nim	Set Nim code style.
Qt Quick Code Style	Set QML code style.
Screen Recording	Set preferences for recording screens with FFmpeg.

C++

C++ Code Style

Set global code style for C++ files.

Text Editor

Behavior

Set preferences for the behavior of the text editor.

Views

Output Views

Application Output	Displays the status of a program when you execute it, and the debug output.
Compile Output	Shows all output from the compiler.
Issues	Lists issues from different sources.
Search Results	Lets you search through projects, files on a file system or the currently open files.
Terminal	Opens a terminal.
To-Do Entries	Lists the BUG, FIXME, NOTE, TODO, and WARNING keywords from the current file, from all project files, or from a subproject.

Call Hierarchy	Shows information about incoming and outgoing function calls from a language server.
Class View	Shows the class hierarchy of the currently open projects.
File System	Shows all the files in the current directory.
Include Hierarchy	Shows the files that the current file includes and those that include the current file.
Open Documents	Shows currently open files.
Outline	Shows an overview of defined types and other symbols, as well as their properties and hierarchy in a source file.
Projects	Shows a list of projects in a project tree.
Type Hierarchy	Shows the base classes and derived classes of a class.

How To Known Issues

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