For example, CMakeProject:thirdPartyDependency|CMakeTarget:irrelevantThirdParty.

Any CMake targets with the name “app” anywhere in the CMake Targets View will be excluded.Īdditionally, if you want to specify specific items to be excluded, you can use a | to chain declarations together : :|. This will specify any identifier with the specified name. Syntax for the CMakeTargetsViewExcludedItems is the following : : “identifiers” : CMakeProject, CMakeTarget, CMakeReference, CMakeFolder, CMakeFile. This field supports the following syntax and identifiers: You can define items to hide from this view that are not active targets you are working with through your VSWorkspaceSettings.json in the CMakeTargetsViewExcludedItems field.

You will only see the folders with buildable executables, making it easier than ever to navigate to your desired targets. Īdditionally, it can be found at View > CMake Targets at any point in a CMake project.įrom the Targets View, you’ll be able to see the list of all your buildable targets, with options to build or debug from here. Users can switch to the CMake Targets View easier than ever when right-clicking in your Solution Explorer in a CMake project. The CMake Targets View in Visual Studio can be helpful to CMake users to have a different way to visual ize their project by the buildable targets rather than a traditional folder structure. When CMake cache generation on your project fails, a “Debug” link will also be available in the Solution Explorer to start a CMake debugging session.įrom here, you can do a ny actions you can do in your other Visual Studio debugging sessions, such as view call stacks, view CMake cache variables and target s, set breakpoints on CMake exceptions, and set watches on variables. To initiate a CMake debugging session, you can select Configure with CMake Debugger from the Project dropdown menu, or when right-clicking on your CMakeLists.txt file in the Solution Explorer. This way, you can dive right into debugging your CMakeLists.txt files behind your CMake builds and understand the state of various variables during your configure. The VS CMake team has worked closely with Kitware on developing a debugger for CMake scripts in the Visual Studio IDE, with the upstreamed work available in the 3.27 release of CMake. Debug your CMake scripts with the new CMake Debugger

To make this view easier to navigate, we have implemented a few new improvements such as simplified source navigation and allowing for customized targets to exclude from the view. Additionally, Visual Studio’s CMake integration includes the CMake Targets View, which allows users to visualize your CMake project structure by the CMake targets and build specified target libraries rather than the traditional folder structure available through the Folder View in the Solution Explorer. To add to the available tools for your CMake workflows, in the last year, we have delivered a new CMake debugger that allows users to debug their CMakeLists.txt files just like you would any other C++ file. To learn more about Visual Studio’s CMake integration, please see our documentation: CMake projects in Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn. CMake is a cross-platform build tool for C++ and with Visual Studio’s latest tools, users can be more productive when it comes to configu ring with CMake.

Visual Studio has native CMake integration that allows C++ users to build and develop using CMake and supports their unique needs.

Cmake include cmakelists.txt