Change brace coding style in QtCreator

Question

I want to change the braces coding style in Qt Creator 2.7.1. Currently, it is:

void bar(int i)
{
    static int counter = 0;
    counter += i;
}

But I want to change it to:

void bar(int i) {
    static int counter = 0;
    counter += i;
}

If I go to Options -> C++ -> Edit -> Braces, I can only change the indent of the braces. Changing the position of the braces manually in the preview text field, doesn't take any effect.

This feature doesn't exist. You'd be more than welcome to add it to Qt Creator. The sources are available, download it, build as-is under Qt Creator, then patch away :) — Kuba hasn't forgotten Monica, Oct 05 '13 at 20:46

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 12 '19 at 12:44

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I've opened public suggestion at Qt Creator bug tracker -- https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-11033.

Think, that it would be more helpful to pay more attention to bug tracker.

Hope, this feature will be added in Qt Creator 3.0.

edited Jul 12 '19 at 12:44

Hi-Angel

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answered Dec 09 '13 at 09:25

NG_

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Nope, unfortunately it's not in Qt Creator 3.0 – barjak Dec 18 '13 at 13:36
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@barjak Merged in 2014, you need to enable Beautifier in plugins menu. – Euri Pinhollow Feb 28 '18 at 07:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 04 '23 at 23:17

Artistic Style Plugin for Qt Creator IDE:

Download plugin for your Qt Creator IDE version (for v2.7.1 download 2.7.0 version).
Unpack.

Edit dependency version description in ArtisticStyle.pluginspec into already-installed version:

On terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) run qtcreator -version to get dependency version.

Example version description for v2.7.0:

<dependency name="Core" version="2.7.0"/>
<dependency name="TextEditor" version="2.7.0"/>
<dependency name="ProjectExplorer" version="2.7.0"/>
<dependency name="Qt4ProjectManager" version="2.7.0"/>

Change to (for v2.7.1):

<dependency name="Core" version="2.7.1"/>
<dependency name="TextEditor" version="2.7.1"/>
<dependency name="ProjectExplorer" version="2.7.1"/>
<dependency name="Qt4ProjectManager" version="2.7.1"/>

Follow the normal steps from website to install the plugin.
Change the style through Preference -> Artistic… -> Style.
Add your own style and add --style=java.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 04 '23 at 22:22

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As of recent Creator versions (not googled when this change was made) this is controlled by clang-format. This option hould control it.

answered Aug 04 '23 at 22:22

stellarpower

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Change brace coding style in QtCreator

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