\titleHow-to

The following topics describe how to use Qt Creator to perform a particular task.

Use the UI

  • Assign keyboard shortcuts
  • Find a particular preference
  • Find keyboard shortcuts
  • Find menu items on macOS
  • Import and export keyboard shortcuts
  • Set high DPI scaling
  • Set the number of recent files shown
  • Show and hide sidebars
  • Switch between modes
  • Switch UI themes
  • View output

Edit Code

  • Add code snippets to the auto-complete menu
  • Enclose selected code in curly braces, parentheses, or double quotes
  • 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
  • Switch to Edit mode
  • Write down notes

Design UIs

  • Export SVG images
  • View images

Manage Projects

  • Add a license header template for C++ code

Use Qt Creator

  • Enable and disable plugins
  • Find settings files
  • Install plugins
  • Run Qt Creator from the command line