QtCreator: How to start building multiple cmake sub-projects?

Asperamanca

I have a large cmake project with multiple subprojects, among them multiple executables.

In Visual Studio, I can multi-select projects (within a solution) and build all of them

How do I do the same in Creator? At the moment, I have to build the first subproject, wait for it to be done, then build the next...

J.Hilk

@Asperamanca how does your cmakelist file look like ?

did you add the projects as sub directories ?
e.g.

add_subdirectory( project1 )
add_subdirectory( project2 )
add_subdirectory( project3 )

target_link_libraries( project1
    PRIVATE
        project2
        project3
)

target_link_libraries( project2
    PRIVATE
        project3
)

Asperamanca

@J-Hilk
The executables are added using add_executable.
They become visible as top-level nodes in the projects tree, and I can right-click and build each of them individually.

cristian-adam

Currently you cannot do it in project outline, to select targets and then issue a Build operation for the selected targets.

By default the all target is selected for building a project (including subprojects).

But you can choose just to build only a selection.

Asperamanca

@cristian-adam
That would be excellent. But strangely, I only see the "Details" on Windows, but not on in the Linux Environment where I would need it. There, the build steps is only one line, and instead of the "Details" button, I have a stop sign.

(Even after restarting Creator and re-loading the project).

Any idea?

Asperamanca

@Asperamanca
Solved. Screen resolution was too small for the details window, so it didn't allow me to open it, apparently.