Qt Creator Terminal output

samwise_genji

Hi, I am new to Qt Tools. Right now I am just working in non QT projects and trying out qt features as an IDE. SO basically the output in external Terminal does not wait for the command "Press <RETURN> to exit the window", rather it immediately closes. It used to work some time ago but now suddenly it doesn't and I have already tried several things such as the /K "%{CurrentRun:Executable:FilePath}" argument for shell in terminal but to no avail. I even reinstalled QT Creator but it didn't help at all.

Using system.pause works, as well as QTextStream in(stdin); in.readLine(); also works but I don't understand how this internal Qt feature for pausing the terminal for output suddenly is now not working, as now it is impossible to check output with the terminal instantly closing by itself.

my pro file:
TEMPLATE = app
CONFIG += console c++17
CONFIG -= app_bundle
QT += core

SOURCES +=
main.cpp

and the main code:

#include <QCoreApplication> 
#include <QTextStream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);

  cout << "Hello World!" << endl;
  cout << "What's up?" << endl;
  int a;
  cout << "Enter a number: ";
  cin >> a;
  cout << "Your number - " << a << endl;
  // QTextStream in(stdin);
  // in.readLine(); 
  // system("pause"); 
  return 0; 
}

aha_1980

Hi @samwise_genji

It looks like you hit QTCREATORBUG-33102

Regards

cristian-adam

@aha_1980 said in Qt Creator Terminal output:

Hi @samwise_genji

It looks like you hit QTCREATORBUG-33102

Regards

The bug has been fixed in Qt Creator 17.0.1, which is not yet released, but you can get a snapshot from https://download.qt.io/snapshots/qtcreator/17.0/17.0.1/

samwise_genji

Thank you for the heads up, @cristian-adam do you know when it will be officially released ? I can make do with temporary workarounds till then

cristian-adam

@samwise_genji said in Qt Creator Terminal output:

Thank you for the heads up, @cristian-adam do you know when it will be officially released ? I can make do with temporary workarounds till then

At https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_Creator_Releases we can see:

Qt Creator 17.0.1: wk34 (~Aug 21 2025), depends on Qt 6.9.2