Qt VS Tools for Visual Studio 2022

Qt Visual Studio Tools integrate the Qt development tools into Microsoft Visual Studio 2022. This enables developers to use the standard Windows development environment without having to worry about Qt-related build steps or tools.

See also:

• Qt VS Tools for Visual Studio 2019
• Qt VS Tools for Visual Studio 2017

Documentation

• Qt VS Tools Manual
• Changelog

The main features of Qt VS Tools are:

• Wizards for creating new Qt and Qt Quick projects and files.
• Automated build setup for the Meta-Object Compiler (moc) , User Interface Compiler (uic) , and Resource Compiler (rcc).
• Import and export of Qt project files (.pro) and project include files (.pri).
• Automated conversion of a Qt VS Tools project to a qmake project, or the other way around.
• Integrated Qt resource management.
• Integrated Qt documentation.
• Debugging extensions for Qt data types.
• QML debug engine for debugging Qt Quick applications.

How to set up F1 help

1. Select Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard
2. In the Show commands containing field, enter Help.F1QtHelp
3. Select the Press shortcut keys field and press your preferred keys to add them to the field. The default shortcut is set to Alt+F1
4. Select Assign, and then select OK.

How to contribute via GitHub?

• Source code on GitHub
• Pull requests on GitHub

How to contribute via Qt Labs?

• Source code on Qt Labs
• Qt VS Tools Code Review

How to report bugs?

• Qt Bug Tracker
• GitHub Issue Tracker

You are welcome to join the discussions in the Qt Project mailing lists, development forums and to contribute to Qt.