# C/C++ Project Properties, C/C++ Indexer

You can select which C/C++ Indexer to use for your project. The indexer is necessary for search and related features, like content assist.

Enable project specific settings
  Check this box if you need specific index settings for this project. Else common settings (defined in Preferences) will be applied. In this case, all controls below are disabled.
Select indexer
  Specifies the Indexer to use for this project; No Indexer disables indexing. Every indexer may have its own set of options.
Build configuration for the indexer
  Index source either from specified configuration, or from active one. Since indexing takes a lot of time, using active configuration is not recommended, because re-index will be fired after each active configuration change.
Available for :
  C/C++ projects

- Project Properties, Resource page
- Project Properties, common C/C++ Configurations handling
  - Manage Configurations dialog
  - Create Configuration dialog
  - Rename Configuration dialog
- Project Properties, C/C++ General category
  - Documentation page
  - Export Settings page
  - File Types page
  - Indexer page
  - Language Mapping page
- C/C++ Project Properties, Project References page
- C/C++ Project Properties, Run/Debug Settings page