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/*!
\contentspage index.html
\previouspage creator-project-creating.html
\page creator-project-opening.html
\nextpage creator-project-qmake-libraries.html
\title Opening Projects
\QC stores information that it needs to build projects in a .user file. If
\QC cannot find the file when you open an existing project, it prompts you
to enter the information. If you created the project by using another \QC
instance, \QC asks whether you want to use the old settings. The settings
are specific to the development environment, and should not be copied from
one environment to another. Therefore, we recommend that you select \uicontrol No
and enter the information again in the \uicontrol {Configure Project} tab.
The \uicontrol {Configure Project} tab displays a list of \l{glossary-buildandrun-kit}{kits}
for building and running projects, that are installed on the development PC and
configured in \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol Options > \uicontrol Kits.
Select the kits that you want to build and run the project with.
\image qtcreator-open-project-kits.png "Configure Project tab"
Even if you do not intend to build the project, the C++ and QML code models
need a Qt version and compiler to offer code completion. To specify them,
select the \uicontrol Options link, or select \uicontrol Tools >
\uicontrol Options > \uicontrol Kits.
Qt for Python projects rely on the \l{Using Language Servers}
{language server client} for code completion, highlighting, and
other useful features.
If \QC cannot find an existing build for a particular \l{glossary-buildandrun-kit}{kit},
it starts out
from a clean slate, and creates new debug and release build configurations
in the specified directory. \QC suggests a name
and location for the directory that you can change.
If you have built the project before, \QC can use the existing build
configuration to make the exact same build as found in the directory
available to \QC. To import a build, specify a directory in the
\uicontrol {Import Build from} section and select \uicontrol {Import}.
You can edit the build configuration later. For more information, see
\l{Editing Build Configurations}.
To open a project:
\list 1
\li Select \uicontrol File > \uicontrol {Open File or Project}
(\key Ctrl+O or \key Cmd+O on \macos) and select the project file
for the project to open: \e {.pro} (qmake), \e {CMakeLists.txt}
(CMake), \e {.qbs} (Qbs), \e {pyproject} (Python), or
\e {Makefile.am} (Autotools, experimental).
\li In the \uicontrol {Configure Project} tab, select kits for building
and running your project.
\li Select \uicontrol {Configure Project}.
\endlist
You can use the following keyboard shortcuts to open projects, depending on
the mode you are currently in:
\list
\li In all modes, press \key Ctrl+O (\key Cmd+O on \macos) to open the
\uicontrol {Open File} dialog, where you can select a project file
to open a project.
\li In all modes, except the \uicontrol Help mode, press
\key Ctrl+Shift+O (\key Cmd+Shift+O on \macos) to open the
\uicontrol {Load Project} dialog, where you can select a project
file to open a project.
\li In the \uicontrol Welcome mode, \uicontrol Projects tab, press
\key Ctrl+Shift+number (\key Cmd+Shift+number on \macos), where
the number is the number of a project in the list of recently opened
projects.
\endlist
\QC parses all the source files in the project and performs a semantic
analysis to build up the information that it needs for functions such as
navigation and finding usages. A progress bar is displayed during parsing.
To show or hide detailed progress information, select
\uicontrol {Toggle Progress Details} (1).
\image creator-toggle-progress-bar.png "Toggle Progress Details button"
*/
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