<![CDATA[Qt creator terminal asking for user input]]>Qt creator terminal is asking for user input but I can't provide it because it does not take user input. How do I get the qmake to open an external terminal so I can provide user input?

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/98711/qt-creator-terminal-asking-for-user-inputRSS for NodeTue, 05 May 2026 20:49:55 GMTSat, 19 Jan 2019 17:39:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:30:31 GMT]]>Would it be possible to share a minimal project that shows that behaviour ?

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/506986https://forum.qt.io/post/506986Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:30:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:55:44 GMT]]>@SGaist I think I know what you are getting at. This is a corporate project, cloned from the same repo on all machines involved. Some of the sub projects are console, some are widget applications, and one is qml. This script is called from qmake during the build of the whole project, not any one sub project.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/506914https://forum.qt.io/post/506914Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:55:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:28:38 GMT]]>And from a project point of view ? Thinking about the "Run in terminal" parameter.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/506732https://forum.qt.io/post/506732Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:28:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:22:26 GMT]]>@SGaist We've gone over QtCreator with a fine tooth comb. They are identical. It's project independent since it's qmake command calling an external script.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/506729https://forum.qt.io/post/506729Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:22:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:12:35 GMT]]>Did you check whether you had a difference of configuration of Qt Creator or the project itself between the working machine and the others ?

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/506489https://forum.qt.io/post/506489Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:12:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:54:00 GMT]]>@aha_1980 It may not be the official way, but it is the way we must do it. And since the window can pop up, and cloned systems behave the same way, it must be a setting somewhere, but I and my colleagues have yet to find it.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/506450https://forum.qt.io/post/506450Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:54:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:19:53 GMT]]>@graniteDev I think this is pure luck that the command window pops up.

I also think, this is no official/recommended way to set up the project. The usual way is to provide these parameters as qmake or make arguments, or to set them via an environment variable.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/506436https://forum.qt.io/post/506436Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:19:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:06:30 GMT]]>@SGaist It's just a script that gets called as part of the build process to make sure all of our soup repos are correctly downloaded and of the right version. It requires user authentication though.

On one of our systems it works just right, the script window pops up in it's own cmd window (this is on Windows 10) and then the user can enter their credentials, the script does it's checking, and then closes and the build continues.

However on the rest of our systems, the external window doesn't open, instead the script runs inside the QtCreator console which does not allow for user input. This stops the build process because it just sits there waiting for user input that it can't receive.

The only solution I currently have is to clone this one working system. This has worked, the clones of this system behave the same way, but it's not an answer. What I need is to know how to invoke this behavior of opening an external command window, on purpose. Otherwise future modification to this "master" system could inadvertently kill this functionality and I'll have no way of getting it back.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/506432https://forum.qt.io/post/506432Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:06:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Mon, 21 Jan 2019 21:06:06 GMT]]>Hi,

How are you requesting the input currently ?

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/506201https://forum.qt.io/post/506201Mon, 21 Jan 2019 21:06:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Mon, 21 Jan 2019 18:52:54 GMT]]>@aha_1980 part of our build requires running an external script that requires user input for it's operation.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/506176https://forum.qt.io/post/506176Mon, 21 Jan 2019 18:52:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:43:38 GMT]]>@graniteDev which input is that?

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/505863https://forum.qt.io/post/505863Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:43:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:31:07 GMT]]>@dheerendra yes, but I'm hoping to make it user friendly for my colleagues. we have one machine that will pop up an external command line and allows user input. None of the other's do, and I can't figure out why.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/505862https://forum.qt.io/post/505862Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:31:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:38:30 GMT]]>At least I have not seen such option. You can try running qmake from commandline itself and try

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/505856https://forum.qt.io/post/505856Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:38:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Sat, 19 Jan 2019 17:58:02 GMT]]>@dheerendra thanks, but I believe that is only for the application itself. I'm referring to running qmake.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/505850https://forum.qt.io/post/505850Sat, 19 Jan 2019 17:58:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qt creator terminal asking for user input on Sat, 19 Jan 2019 17:49:31 GMT]]>Did u try config +=console

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/505849https://forum.qt.io/post/505849Sat, 19 Jan 2019 17:49:31 GMT