Children need to be updated in size_allocate even if widget is not realized.

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index e3f0d309f9fcd8c9540e4474add85fadb0f08def..9256834e9e22271a11189ce7d897ccf36d579921 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -30,6 +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:
@@ -73,9 +79,11 @@ All:
 - Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov)
 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev)
 - Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead()
+- Added wxEXEC_BLOCK flag (Hank Schultz)
 
 All (GUI):
 
+- Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty)
 - Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron)
 - Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron)
 - Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
@@ -94,18 +102,25 @@ All (GUI):
 
 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:
 
+- Better IconRef support (Alan Shouls)
 - Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs)
+- Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox)
+- Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz)
 
 wxMSW:
 
@@ -116,6 +131,10 @@ wxMSW:
 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:
@@ -123,9 +142,12 @@ wxMSW:
 - 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)