INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
================================
-- wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour
-- wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
- even compile)
+Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
- For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
to read _past_ the end of file.
+- wxFileName::DirExists() checks if the path of the file is a directory, not
+ if the whole name is a directory.
+- wxDialog::CreateButtonSizer() may return NULL now, please see the manual.
+- wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted.
+- wxArray::Alloc() now works as reserve() and does not clear the array any more
+- Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle the
+ wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event and not call ReleaseMouse() in this case.
+- wxInputStream::GetC() now returns an int in the range 0 - 255 on success
+ instead of a char the range -128 - 127.
+
+
+Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+- Some classes (notably wxBitmap and wxImage) don't define operator==() as it
+ used to work in somewhat unexpected way as it compared only internal pointers
+ and not the object data. The code using it will have to be updated:
+ * If the object was compared with wxNullXXX, use IsOk() method instead
+ * If valid object need to be compared, use IsSameAs() to reproduce the old
+ behaviour or change the code to avoid comparing bitmaps &c.
+- wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
+- wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
+ even compile).
+- wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon.
+- wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
+ length of the converted string in all cases now.
+- wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool.
+- wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with
+ wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will
+ continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
+ use ProcessMouseClick().
+- wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with
+ wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will
+ continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
+ use GetMouseCursor().
+- wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you
+ override it.
+- wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
+ not pointers to arrays.
+- SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow
+- wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId()
+- wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more
+- wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more.
+ As a consequence, the class interface changed largely. Code updates, if
+ any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though.
+
Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
-----------------------------------------------------
-- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd()
-- wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them
+- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
+- wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, don't use them.
+- wxWindowBase::GetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::GetEffectiveMinSize.
+- wxWindowBase::SetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::SetInitialSize.
+- Seeking on a zip stream returned from wxFileSystem without using the new
+ wxFS_SEEKABLE flags is deprecated. You can still seek, but use the flag.
+- Constructor wxZipInputStream(const wxString& archive, const wxString& file)
+ deprecated in favour of wxFileSystem (other zip ctors are not deprecated).
+
+
+
+Major new features in 2.8 release
+---------------------------------
+
+- New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more.
+- New rich text control library implementing a generic wxRichTextCtrl,
+ using only the wxWidgets API. Also includes formatting dialogs, conversion
+ to HTML, and printing classes.
+- New wxComboCtrl class giving the ability to create custom, graphical
+ comboboxes. Associated classes include wxOwnerDrawnComboBox, wxComboPopup
+ and wxBitmapComboBox.
+- Further functionality including wxAnimationCtrl (moved from contrib/src/anim
+ and enhanced), wxSimpleHtmlListBox, wxHyperlinkCtrl, wxColourPickerCtrl,
+ wxDirPickerCtrl, wxFilePickerCtrl, wxFontPickerCtrl, wxCollapsiblePane,
+ wxAboutBox, wxTreebook, tar streams.
+
+
+2.8.0
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents
+- Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
+- New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
+ a stream that is seekable.
+- Fixed bug in wxCalendarCtrl::HitTest() when clicking on month change arrows
+- Added wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize() and corrected wxTreeCtrl::GetBestSize()
+ for a control with borders (Tim Kosse)
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
+- Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4.
+- Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi).
+
+
+2.7.2
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
+- Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
+- Added wxTar streams.
+- Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
+- Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
+ calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
+- Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
+ wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
+- Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
+- Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
+ wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
+ easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
+- Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
+ formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
+ formatting.
+- Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
+- Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
+- wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
+- wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
+
+Unix Ports:
+
+- Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
+ program (Francesco Montorsi).
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- More RTL work.
+- Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
+- Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under
+ GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
+- wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.
+
+
+2.7.1
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
+- Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
+- Added reference counting for wxVariant.
+- For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
+ of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
+- Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi).
+- wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
+ event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
+ "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
+ in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info.
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
+ Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
+- wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog.
+- Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
+- Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
+- Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty().
+- Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
+ consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
+- wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
+ fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
+- Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered().
+- Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi).
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
+- wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
+- Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
+ parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
+ high-contrast theme).
+- Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky).
+
+wxMac:
+
+- Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
+ to the SDK.
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
+- Setting cursor now works for all controls.
+- Implemented right-to-left support.
+- Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
+- Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp).
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault().
2.7.0
All:
-- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag
-- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation
+- Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
+- wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
+- Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
+- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
+- Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
+- Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
+- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
+- Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
+- Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
- Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
during a search and replace.
- Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
- Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
- Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
- Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
-- Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett)
+- Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
+- Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
+- wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
+- Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
+- Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
+- Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
+- wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
+- Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
+- The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
+ and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
+ constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
+ versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
+- Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
+ the first time it was called.
+- Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
+- Added wxString::EndsWith().
+- wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
+ Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
+- Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
+- Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
+- Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
+- Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
+- Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
+- Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
All (GUI):
+- New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
+- Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
- Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
-- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers()
+- Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
+- Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
+- Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
+- Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
+- Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
+- Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
+- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
- Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
- wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
wxComboBox and wxChoice).
- Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
- wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
-- Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap()
+- Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
- Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
-- Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler
-- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown()
+- Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
+- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
- Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
- Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
- by Sandro Sigala)
+ by Sandro Sigala).
- Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
- Added wxGetMouseState function.
- Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
- wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
best size.
- wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
+- wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
- More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
- Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
- Added ability to use templates with static event tables
- with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros
+ with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
+- Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
- Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
- Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
- Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
-- Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself
-- Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays
+- Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
+- Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
+- Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
+- UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
+- More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
+- Added wxListBox::HitTest().
+- Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
+- Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
+- Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
+ wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
+- Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
+- wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
+- Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
+- Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
+- Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
+- Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
+- Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
+- Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
+- Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
+- Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
+- Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
+- Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
+- wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
+- Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
+ implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
+- Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
+- Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
+- Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
+ that CaptureMouse() is called on.
wxMSW:
-- Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller)
+- Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
- wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
- Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
- Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
- Fixed MDI context menu problem.
-- Removed __WIN95__ define
+- Removed __WIN95__ define.
- Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
- Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
- wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
- Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
+- Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
+- Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.
- Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
- Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
- Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
- Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
- Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
+- Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
+- wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
+ changes the system font.
+- wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
+- Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
+ if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
+ wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
+- wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
+- Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
wxGTK:
-- wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated
-- Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support
-- wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK
+- Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
+- wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
+- Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
+- wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
+- Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
+ implementation.
+- Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
+ --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.
- Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
+- Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
+ is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
+ previously unable to be focused before.
+- Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
+ wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
- Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
class was used.
- Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
- Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
- Fixed problems with CJK input method.
-- Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett)
+- Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
+- Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
+- Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
+- wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
+- Added file preview support in file dialogs.
+- Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.
wxMac:
- Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
- Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
- Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
+- Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
+ polling for process termination in a separate thread.
+
+wxCocoa:
+
+- wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).
wxWinCE:
- Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
- Fixed date formatting and mktime.
- Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
-- Support for backspace key on smartphone.
+- Support for backspace key on Smartphone.
+- Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
+ is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
+ directly, however.
+- Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
+ and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
+- Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
+- Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
+- Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
+- Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
+- Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).
wxX11:
- Invisible text problem fixed.
- Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
+- Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
+- Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
Unix:
- NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
+wxMGL:
+
+- Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
+- Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
+
2.6.2
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