• Create new Qt project using the Qt VS Tool
• Add a property sheet to the project
• Define a special "Output Directory"
• Set the "Output Directory" of the project properties to "inherit" to use the defined value from the property sheet.

I would expect to see the special output directory in the project but that does not work.

The reason is a wrong order of the property entries in the xml file of the VS project. As a workaround you have to manually edit the xml-file after creation like stated here:

https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/715154/unable-to-inherit-settings-for-output-path-from-a.html

(Quoted from the link above)

Msbuild evaluation depends on order of the defined properties and imports and vcxproj must have a specific structure for IDE to be able to edit it correctly https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/vcxproj-file-structure?view=vs-2019

The repro project does not have the expected structure which makes properties and imports to be in the wrong order. The first PropertyGroup without a Label (empty Label) must be after <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" and not before it for Property Pages and inheritance working correctly.