• Writing Code

  Writing, editing, and navigating in source code are core tasks in application development. Therefore, the code editor is one of the key components of Qt Creator. You can use the code editor in the Edit mode.

• Finding

  Use the incremental and advanced search to search from currently open projects or files on the file system or use the locator to browse through projects, files, classes, functions, documentation and file systems.

• Refactoring

  Code refactoring is the process of improving and simplifying code without modifying the existing functionality of an application. You can easily find and rename symbols and apply predefined actions to refactor code.

• Beautifying Source Code

  Beautifying code means applying indentation and style to source code files. You can use the Artistic Style, ClangFormat, or Uncrustify tool to format source files.

• Configuring the Editor

  You can change the fonts, colors, highlighting, and indentation. If you are used to the Vim editor, you can even run the main editor in a manner similar to it in the FakeVim mode.

Related Topics

• Editing MIME Types

  Qt Creator uses the MIME type of a file to determine which mode and editor to use for opening the file. If your files do not match the predefined MIME types, you can edit the MIME types.

• Comparing Files

  You can use a diff editor to compare two versions of a file and view the differences side-by-side in the Edit mode.

• Parsing C++ Files

  An experimental Clang code model plugin enables you to replace the built-in Qt Creator code model with the Clang code model. Clang is a C language family front end for LLVM. Clang provides you with more accurate information than the built-in code model but can be slower to use for large projects.