CodeLite is a free and open source cross-platform IDE for the C, C++, PHP and JavaScript programming languages, supporting all major platforms (Windows, macOS and Linux).

Improve

macOS

• Keyboard Shortcuts: Allows users to use shortcuts for the Ctrl or Cmd keys

Windows

• CodeLite now uses native dark mode (requires restart between appearance changes)
• Attempts to locate the MSYS2installation folder

all platforms

• Source code formatting: added support for cmake-formatsupport
• Improved CodeLite startup time
• clangdVersion upgraded to 14
• CodeLite is now available on Windows clang-14Toolchain build
• The installer now uses a monolithic build of wxWidgets
• updated Replace UI to accommodate other controls
• The Preferences dialog has been rewritten to fit better on small screens now, and as a side benefit it loads instantly
• Reloading a remotely opened file can now be loaded from a remote server ( Ctrl+R )
• Language Server Plugin: LSP server detection code improvements
• Code Formatting Plugin: The plugin has been rewritten, and by default CodeLite is now configured with a code formatter for:
  • C++ clang-format
  • JSON jq
  • XML xmllint
  • Rust rustfmt
  • PHP php-cs-fixer & phpcbf.
  • Python black.
• Code formatting plugin: Support for “format on save”: users can now configure the editor to format after a save operation.
• Code Formatting Plugin: now supports invoking formatting on remote files opened via the Remoty plugin

• Hidden folders are now shown in the UI with gray text and disabled images
• Remoty workspace tree view: Added an option to copy remote folder path
• File system workspace tree view: top-level folders no longer show full path, but show last directory name
• The Modified tab now shows a circle, indicating that the file was modified
• Updated the “Welcome page”, mainly the “Recently opened workspaces” list now includes a list of workspaces opened by other plugins such as “Remoty”.

Debug Adapter client

• Starting from version 16.2.0, a new plug-in is introduced: Debug Adapter Client is the implementation of Debug Adapter Protocol. With this plugin, you can now debug basically any language.
• CodeLite automatically detects and configures lldb-vscodeand debugpy

find in files

• speed increase
• Bugfix: When starting a search by right-clicking on a tree item, the search folder was set to the selected folder
• Simplified user interface
• Added option to search in:
  • Hidden folders (off by default)
  • follow symbolic links (default is off)

Language server plugin (code completion)

• added to Dart language support
• Code completion supports vim page-turning shortcuts (Ctrl+N, Ctrl+P, or Ctrl+J, Ctrl+K)
• Fixed dialog not showing code completion when the cursor is at the end of the file

Themes and Colors

• Added new topics:
  • Tokyo light
  • Tokyo dark
  • Tango dark
• C++: In addition to classes, enums, structures, etc., also supports coloring variables with unique colors.

Remoty plugin

• codelite-remote The configuration query has been updated
• codelite-remote Added support for environment variables
• Now you can edit the remote by right clicking on the top level folder of the workspace view codelite-remote.jsonconfiguration file
• Support for workspace reloading

For more details, please check: https://github.com/eranif/codelite/releases/tag/17.2.0