don't mention obsolete 2.2 version (part of patch 1695722)

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
 - Default location of wxFileConfig files has changed under Windows, you will
   need to update your code if you access these files directly.
 
+- wxWindow::IsEnabled() now returns false if a window parent (and not
+  necessarily the window itself) is disabled, new function IsThisEnabled()
+  with the same behaviour as old IsEnabled() was added.
+
+- Generating wxNavigationKeyEvent events doesn't work any more under wxGTK (and
+  other platforms in the future), use wxWindow::Navigate() or NavigateIn()
+  instead.
+
 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -22,6 +30,12 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
   in vast majority of cases because of conversion operators, but it can break
   code that depends on the result being wxChar.
 
+- The value returned by wxString::c_str() cannot be casted to non-const char*
+  or wchar_t* anymore. The solution is to use newly added wxString methods
+  char_str() (which returns a buffer convertible to char*) or wchar_str()
+  (which returns a buffer convertible to wchar_t*). These methods are
+  available in wxWidgets 2.8 series beginning with 2.8.4 as well.
+
 - The value returned by wxString::operator[] or wxString::iterator cannot be
   used in switch statements anymore, because it's a class instance. Code like
   this won't compile:
@@ -69,6 +83,7 @@ All:
 All (GUI):
 
 - Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron)
+- Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron)
 - Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
 - Added wxFile/DirPickerCtrl::Get/SetFile/DirName() (Francesco Montorsi).
 - Added wxSizerFlags::Top() and Bottom().
@@ -80,17 +95,23 @@ All (GUI):
 - Added wxJoystick::GetButtonState/Position() (Frank C Szczerba)
 - Added wxGridUpdateLocker helper class (Evgeniy Tarassov)
 - Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov)
+- Added wxWindow::NavigateIn() in addition to existing Navigate()
 - Add support for <data> tags to wxrc
 
 wxGTK:
 
+- Support for markup and ellipsization in wxStaticText (Francesco Montorsi)
 - Native implementation for wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi)
+- Native keyboard navigation implementation
+- Don't overwrite primary selection with clipboard and vice versa
 - Implemented support for underlined fonts in wxStaticText.
 - wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints size increments now work.
 - wxTopLevelWindow::GetSize() returns the size including the WM decorations.
 - wxTopLevelWindow::GetClientSize() returns 0x0 when the window is minimized.
 - Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
 - Setting foreground colour of single line wxTextCtrl now works
+- Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff)
+- Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option
 
 wxMac:
 
@@ -102,6 +123,29 @@ wxMSW:
 - Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
 
 
+2.8.4
+-----
+
+All (Unix):
+
+- Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Corrected wxStaticBox label appearance when its foreground colour was set:
+  it didn't respect font size nor background colour then (Juan Antonio Ortega)
+- Don't lose combobox text when it's opened and closed (Kolya Kosenko)
+- Corrected GetChecked() for events from checkable menu items (smanders)
+- Fixed popup menus under Windows NT 4
+- Fixed bug in wxThread::Wait() in console applications introduced in 2.8.3
+- Compilation fixed with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6==0
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Fix infinite loop when adding a wxStaticText control to a toolbar
+- Fix wxNO_BORDER style for wxRadioBox (David Hart)
+
+
 2.8.3
 -----
 
@@ -118,6 +162,10 @@ wxMSW:
 
 - Fixed wxFileName::GetSize() for large files
 
+wxGTK:
+
+- Fixed handling of accelerators using PageUp/Down keys
+
 
 2.8.2
 -----