Full customization of Qt creator coding style?

Question

Is there a way to fully customize the preferred coding style in QT creator?

Here's what I mean by example (I'll directly use just a part from the example code from Qt creator's settings):

class Complex
{
public:
    Complex(double re, double im)
        : _re(re), _im(im)
    {}
    double modulus() const
    {
        return sqrt(_re * _re + _im * _im);
    }
private:
    double _re;
    double _im;
};

I want this to become:

class complex // <- lower latter
{
public:
    complex( double re, double im ) // <- spaces after/before ()
    : // <- new line
         _re( re ), // <- spaces after/before ()
        _im( im ) // <- new line and spaces after/before ()
    {
    } // <- new line
    // <- new line
    double modulus() const
    {
        return sqrt( _re * _re + _im * _im ); // <- spaces after/before ()
    }
// <- new line
private:
    double _re;
    double _im;
};

And so on, you get the idea.

Is there some plugin for this or is there some "manual" way to achieve this? A lot of other editors have this option (for example, eclipse and slickedit)

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Edit: Argh, I just saw this coding style and these coding conventions. Does this mean, I can't use my own coding style even for code, that just uses QT?

Also, I know about Tools -> Options -> C++ -> Code Style -> copy and then edit, but it's very limited. For example, I can't modify any of the things, noted as c++ comments in the example above.

Answer 1

Yes, Beautifier plugin can do that. It is integrated in QtCreator 3.*.*

To enable it go to "Help -> About plugins..." and there check "Beautifier" box in "C++" group.

It uses external tools and can use only these three: Clang-format (part of llvm/tools), Uncrustify and Artistic Style, so you have to install at least one of them.

After install you may either select a popular style (e.g. K&R, Google, GNU) or provide your own configuration file. For convenience' sake you may use UniversalIndentGUI.

You may also be interested in some style choices.