Question

I’m developing my project in Visual Studio and I’m using qmake to create the solution file. I’m trying to organize the solution by introducing sub-folders to contain similar projects. However, the solution file produced by qmake has a folder hierarchy of only one level.

Is there any way to configure qmake to produce a folder hierarchy for Visual Studio, similar to the effect of “Add→New Solution Folder” in the Solution Explorer?

Edit: to clarify, suppose I have this directory structure:

MainDir
   +--- GroupDir1
   |       +--- ProjectDir1
   |       +--- ProjectDir2
   +--- GroupDir2
           +--- ProjectDir3

I want the folder hierarchy in the solution as seen in Visual Studio to reflect just that, but this is the solution I manage to generate using qmake:

Solution
   +--- ProjectDir1
   +--- ProjectDir2
   +--- ProjectDir3

Answer 1

what you are probably looking for is to add the following in your pro file

CONFIG -= flat

Take a look at the Qt documentation on this option

As an example, you can also take a look at this pro file which uses this option