[Qt-creator] Autocomplete oddities

Murphy, Sean smurphy at walbro.com
Wed May 18 16:35:25 CEST 2016


> > > > Issue #1
> > > > When typing the example line, I type up to the first ‘&’ and get the
> > > following. I know at some point in the past, as soon as I’d type the ‘&’
> > > autocomplete would suggest that I want to type “MainWindow” next,
> but
> > > that no longer happens.
> > >
> > > I think there is a difference how this currently is handled in the
> completion
> > > for the built-in code model and the Clang code model.
> > > Please note that in 4.0 Qt Creator automatically uses the Clang code
> model if
> > > the plugin is turned on (it is off by default), can you please check if you
> have,
> > > and if going back to built-in restores the behavior that you are used to?
> >
> > I think the ClangCodeModel plugin is off?
> 
> Looks like it.

Any thoughts on what else I should try? And do you see the same behavior? 
It still happens with the latest 4.0.1 snapshot

> 
> > I’ve never intentionally enabled it.
> > <image001.png>
> >
> > > > <image001.png>
> > > >
> > > > Issue #2:
> > > > From the previous spot I type out “MainWindow::” by hand. After
> typing
> > > the second ‘:’ I get the popup of signal suggestions, but note how the
> item
> > > text in the list isn’t highlighted. You can see that the icon for the
> destroyed
> > > signal has a slight color difference (it’s a little more purple).
> > > > <image002.png>
> > >
> > > Seems to be similar to
> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-
> > > 16218
> >
> > It does seem similar to this, I think. But in my case this issue fixes itself
> temporarily after restarting Creator,
> > but then after some amount of usage within a session eventually starts
> happening again.
> >
> > > I wonder if this is related to https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-
> 52230
> > > though.
> 
> You can check with a recent 4.0.1 snapshot, which is based on a Qt 5.6.1
> prebuild, which should have the fix for QTBUG-52230
> http://download.qt.io/snapshots/qtcreator/4.0.1/

Trying it now, but when I have the issue, it definitely breaks over time. Immediately after
launching Creator it works perfectly, but then at some point it just stops working.

Sean


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