wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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+2.5.5
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+
+All:
+
+- wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
+ user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
+- Added wxDebugReport class.
+- Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
+- Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
+- Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
+- Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent)
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
+ GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
+- Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
+- Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
+ the whole virtual area.
+- Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
+- Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
+ isn't used to set the window size.
+
+Unix:
+
+- Fixed build on Linux/AMD64
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile()
+- wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11. (Mart Raudsepp)
+- Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
+- Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
+- Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
+- Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
+- Added support for wxTE_LINEWRAP (Mart Raudsepp)
+
+wxMac:
+
+- Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
+
+wxPalmOS:
+
+- Native wxRadioBox implementation.
+
+wxWinCE:
+
+- Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
+- Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
+ You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
+- Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
+- Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
+- wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
+ with correct titlebar style.
+- Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
+ PocketPC guidelines
+- Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
+- Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
+- Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
+- Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
+- Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
+- wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
+ to the dialog's toolbar.
+
2.5.4
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All:
-- wxEvent and its derivatives have their variable members nonpublic now.
- Use the Get/Set accessors (Mart Raudsepp)
+- wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
+ use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
- new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
- large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
- classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
- added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
- changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
- implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
-- added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that for embedded null chars
+- added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
- Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
- A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
-- BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey ODonnell)
+- BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
- use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
- wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
- XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
- Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
printing stuff in the GTK port.
+- Deprecated print setup dialog.
- Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
-- The samples\db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
+- The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
- added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
- wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
+- Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
+ due to a rounding error.
+- Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
+ SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
+- Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
+ mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
+- "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
+- wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
+- wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
+- added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
All (GUI):
+- added wxMediaCtrl
- added wxDatePickerCtrl
+- wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
- wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
- recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
- wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
- wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
- wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
+- wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
+ in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
+- added wxImage::InitAlpha()
Unix:
are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
errors otherwise.
- wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
+- Added wxRawBitmap support
+- Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
+ interaction with wxWidgets' events.
+- wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
wxMac:
- Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
- wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
- wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
+- wxJoystick now works on OSX
wxMSW:
wxWinCE:
- Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
but not mentioned anywhere.
+- Added (preliminary) support for sockets
wxUniv:
- native wxToggleButton implementation
- native wxRadioButton implementation
- native wxStaticText implementation
+- native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
2.5.3
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