See also comments in: https://forum.qt.io/topic/106818/newest-qtcreator-4-10-0-does-not-execute-all-build-steps-anymore-when-building-through-context-menu/8

In my Qmake project where I develop a set of shared libraries, I used to right click on the corresponding subdir and issue a build or rebuild from there.

QTCreator then used to perform all my build steps that I configured for the current configuration. Usually

• qmake
• make
• make install

Now with the latest release 4.10, when I build that way from the context menu, it only runs

• qmake
• make

When I hit the build button in the lower left corner of the IDE however, it executes all build steps but of course for the whole project, not only for the subdir project.

I attached a minimal example which reproduces the behaviour.

What I learned from the forums was, that the issue exists for "additional make steps" and "custom build steps" are not affected.