Doc: Describe new way to access global settings

From project-level To-Do and Clang Tools settings.

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-27560
Change-Id: If91dfe81a87af3de3f6b52c160b8b1df4789c20b
Reviewed-by: <github-actions-qt-creator@cristianadam.eu>
Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>

4 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-clang-tools-options-customized.png b/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-clang-tools-options-customized.png
index 7484117db5..5e4a397853 100644
--- a/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-clang-tools-options-customized.png
+++ b/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-clang-tools-options-customized.png
diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-todo-excluded-files.png b/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-todo-excluded-files.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..faa347fdce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/qtcreator/images/qtcreator-todo-excluded-files.png
diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/src/analyze/creator-clang-static-analyzer.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator/src/analyze/creator-clang-static-analyzer.qdoc
index da2f197bf4..f2fe77bcb0 100644
--- a/doc/qtcreator/src/analyze/creator-clang-static-analyzer.qdoc
+++ b/doc/qtcreator/src/analyze/creator-clang-static-analyzer.qdoc
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
     \image qtcreator-clang-tools-options-customized.png "Clang Tools customized settings"
 
     To restore the global settings, select \uicontrol {Restore Global Settings}.
-    To view and modify the global settings, select
-    \uicontrol {Open Global Settings}. To open the Clang static analyzer,
+    To view and modify the global settings, select the link in
+    \uicontrol {Use global settings}. To open the Clang static analyzer,
     select \uicontrol {Go to Analyzer}.
 
     \section1 Configuring Clang Tools
diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/src/user-interface/creator-ui.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator/src/user-interface/creator-ui.qdoc
index d4f52e4eea..3a701dc6c8 100644
--- a/doc/qtcreator/src/user-interface/creator-ui.qdoc
+++ b/doc/qtcreator/src/user-interface/creator-ui.qdoc
@@ -673,10 +673,17 @@
     in the \uicontrol {Scanning scope} group.
 
     To exclude files from scanning, select \uicontrol {Project Settings} >
-    \uicontrol {To-Do} in the
-    \uicontrol Projects mode. Select \uicontrol Add and enter a regular
-    expression that matches the path to files to exclude. Use a forward slash
-    (/) as a separator in the path also on Windows.
+    \uicontrol {To-Do} in the \uicontrol Projects mode.
+
+    \image qtcreator-todo-excluded-files.png "Excluded Files in To-Do preferences"
+
+    Select \uicontrol Add and double-click the placeholder text in
+    \uicontrol {Exclude Files} to enter a regular expression that
+    matches the path to files to exclude. Use a forward slash (/)
+    as a separator in the path also on Windows.
+
+    Select the link in \uicontrol {Use global settings} to open global
+    To-Do preferences.
 
     The Todo plugin is disabled by default. To enable the plugin, select
     \uicontrol Help > \uicontrol {About Plugins} > \uicontrol Utilities >