- Identical functionality of wxFileDialog::ParseWildcard,
wxGenericDirCtrl::ParseFilter, Motif and MSW parsing native dialogs
is now accessible in ::wxParseCommonDialogsFilter
-- wxNotebookSizer and wxBookCtrlSizer are now deprecated -- the are no longer
+- wxNotebookSizer and wxBookCtrlSizer are now deprecated -- they are no longer
needed, you can treat wxNotebook as any other control and put it directly
into the sizer that was wxNotebookSizer's parent sizer in old code.
-
+- wxFile methods now return wxFileOffset which may be a 64 bit integer type,
+ even on 32 bit platforms, instead of off_t and so the return value of
+ wxFile::Length(), for example, shouldn't be assigned to off_t variable any
+ more (the compiler might warn you about this).
+- wxListItem::m_data is now of type wxUIntPtr, not long, for compatibility
+ with 64 bit systems
DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
and has now been removed
- wxTaskBarIcon::OnXXX() virtual methods: use events instead
- obsolete and not used wxUSE_GENERIC_DIALOGS_IN_MSW has been removed
+- wxDbTable::wxDbTable with wxChar* deprecated, same with wxString& instead
OTHER CHANGES
All:
+- support for huge (>2 Gb) files (Tim Kosse)
- number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
- fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
- fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
- basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
- fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
- deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
+- active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
+- sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
+- added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
+- added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
+- fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
All (GUI):
- added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
-- added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now recommended way
- of showing popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
+- added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
+ of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
is discouraged
- added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
-- added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control.
+- added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
- wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
- added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
- added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
- implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
- added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
+- added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
+ wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
- added samples/splash
- added support for stock buttons
- added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
- recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
- added wxChoicebook control
- smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
+- the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
+- wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
+- it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
+- added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
+- wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
+ supported, instead of zero.
Unix:
builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
- wx-config has new --version-full option
+wxCocoa:
+
+- added Unicode compatability layer for OSX 10.2
+- fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
+- Tooltips now supported
+- wxSound now supported
+- wxDisplay now supported
+- Some stock cursors now supported
+
+wxMac:
+
+- fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
+- added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
+- added Unicode compatability layer for OSX 10.2
+- wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
+
wxGTK:
- wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
- implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
- added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
+- fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
wxMotif:
- wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
- fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
- don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
+- implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
+- fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
+- fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
wxUniv/X11:
wxWinCE:
-- added native SmartPhone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
-- added native SmartPhone wxChoice implementation using spinners
-- added automatized but customizable handling of native SmartPhone menus
+- added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
+- added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
+- added automatized but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
- fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
wxHTML: