wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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+2.7.0
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+
+All:
+
+- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Added wxTreeBook.
+- Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
+- wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
+ wxComboBox and wxChoice).
+- wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
+- Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
+ based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
+- Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
+- All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
+ options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
+ wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
+- Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
+
+Unix:
+
+- NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
+
+
+2.6.2
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+
+All:
+
+- Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
+- Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
+- Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
+- Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
+- Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
+- Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
+- Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
+- wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
+- Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
+- Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
+- Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
+- Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
+- wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
+ added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
+- Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
+- Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
+- Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
+- Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
+- Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
+- Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
+- Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
+- wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
+- Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
+- Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
+- Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
+- Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
+- Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
+- Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
+- Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
+- Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
+- Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
+- Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
+- Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
+- Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
+- Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
+- Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
+- Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
+- Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
+- Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
+- wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
+ instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
+- Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
+ GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
+- Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
+- Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
+ removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
+- Fixed domain socket handling.
+
+wxMac:
+
+- First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
+- Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
+- More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
+- Various text control bug fixes.
+- Automatic menu management improved.
+- Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
+ due to dangling cycle pointers.
+- Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
+- Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
+ showing modally).
+
+wxOS2
+
+- Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
+- Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
+- wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
+- Fixed button size in common dialogs.
+- Made wxFileDialog translatable.
+- All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
+ flag has been specified.
+- Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
+ be created with a "sensible" initial width.
+- Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
+ showing modally).
+
+wxMGL:
+
+- Fixed crash on exit.
+- Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
+
+wxX11:
+
+- Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
+
+
2.6.1
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- Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
- Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
- wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
-- Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL
+- Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
+- Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
+- Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
+- Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
+- PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
+- wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
wxMSW:
by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
- Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
+- Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
- Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
- Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
- Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
- Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
+- wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
- Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
- Compiles again with WIN64.
- Winelib compilation now works.
- When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
channel and set the bitmap to use it.
- wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
+- Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
+- wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
+- Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
+- Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
+- wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
+- DDE fixed for Unicode.
+- Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
+- wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
+- Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
+- Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
+
+wxWinCE:
+
+- Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
wxGTK:
- Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
+- Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
+- Fixed scrollbar border colour.
+- Added bitmap support in menus.
wxMac:
.app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
- Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
incorrect state.
+- Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
+- Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
+- Window menu now added automatically.
+- Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
+- Modified function key support fixed.
+- wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
+
+wxX11:
+
+- Menu problems fixed.
+- wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
+- Fixed a font memory leak.
+- Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
+
2.6.0
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