[Qt-creator] Shortcut CTRL-Left in Design view does not work after adding copyright notices to .ui files

[Robert Hairgrove]

Well, it is now working again. I don't know why, perhaps just closing Qt 
Creator and opening it again was all that was necessary?

On 2020-11-30 08:43, Robert Hairgrove wrote:
> I am using Qt Creator 4.12.2 on Linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
> 
> When editing a UI form in Designer view, I can normally return to the
> last source file edited in Edit view and not have the XML
> representation of the UI file presented to me in an editor with the
> warning "This file can only be edited in design view", etc. by
> pressing the CTRL+Left Arrow key. This is very convenient when setting
> up signals and slots.
> 
> According to the XML Schema for .ui files shown in the documentation
> for Qt 5, it is possible to add a <comment> element under the <ui>
> element in the file which can be used to include copyright notices,
> etc. However, after adding the <comment> element, the shortcut
> described above does not work anymore, and I have to manually quit the
> UI file.
> 
> Is this a known bug?
> 
> It would be nice if it were possible to add such comment elements
> directly in Designer and not have to edit the file outside of Qt
> Creator. I didn't see any other way to do this, though. Is there a
> way?