[Qt-creator] QtCreator vs QDevelop Features?

[Sebastian Fischer]

VS> I like a lot of the features of QDevelop, particularly its source code
VS> editor. I do not claim that QtCreator has a less capable code editor (on
VS> the contrary), but I miss the option of opening multiple tabs containing
VS> different source files without having to switch between them. Although
VS> relatively trivial, once you opened the source files the tabs option
VS> allows for quicker switching between them, without having to click on
VS> and scan a pull down menu to select the source file you intend to work on.

Oh nice timing, was about to write something similar about that :)
In my case I'm mostly used to visual studio (eclipse with plugin for
Qt development so far) and both actually show you tabs for files that
are open (as is common today). I don't necessarily need to see them
but it would be nice to have them next to each other as tabs
specifically so you can order them in a way that you need. Often you
have a sort of hierarchy open where once class is a member of another
which is a member of another. It then helps to be able to have the
tabs ordered like that (with .h/.cpp files next to each other) so that
you can Ctrl-Tab through them in an order that makes sense.

A faster way to switch between them. The keyboard shortcut that uses
it's own list, which is unfortunately ordered in a way that requires
you to search it for the file you need everytime (might not be used
that recently and hence be quite a bit further down).

All in all, that method is already better than visual studio (where
you need to use the mouse since Ctrl-Tab doesn't use the tab-order)
but it has disadvantages over eclipse (where the tab order is used and
you can define that by just dragging the tabs).

Bye,
Sebastian Fischer

[sorry, accidentally forgot to send this to the list instead of just
replying, so here it is again]