exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)
! wxWindow::m_font and m_backgroundColour/m_foregroundColour are no longer
- always set, use GetFont(), GetBack/ForegroundColour() to access them
+ always set, use GetFont(), GetBack/ForegroundColour() to access
+ them, and they will be dynamically determined if necessary.
+
+
+! The Sizers have had some fundamental internal changes in the 2.5.2
+ and 2.5.3 releases intended to make them do more of the "Right
+ Thing" but also be as backwards compatible as possible. First a bit
+ about how things used to work:
+
+ * The size that a window had when Add()ed to the sizer was assumed
+ to be its minimal size, and that size would always be used by
+ default when calculating layout size and positions, and the
+ sizer itself would keep track of that minimal size.
+
+ * If the window item was Add()ed with the wxADJUST_MINSIZE flag
+ then when layout was calculated the item's GetBestSize would be
+ used to reset the minimal size that the sizer used.
+
+ The main thrust of the new Sizer changes was to make behaviour like
+ wxADJUST_MINSIZE be the default, and also to push the tracking of
+ the minimal size to the window itself (since it knows its own needs)
+ instead of having the sizer take care of it. Consequently these
+ changes were made:
+
+ * The wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag was added to allow for the old
+ behaviour. When this flag is used the size a window has when
+ Add()ed to the sizer will be treated as its minimal size and it
+ will not be readjusted on each layout.
+
+ * The min size stored in wxWindow and settable with SetSizeHints or
+ SetMinSize will by default be used by the sizer (if it was set)
+ as the minimal size of the sizer item. If the minsize was not
+ set (or was only partially set) then the window's best size is
+ fetched and it is used instead of (or blended with) the minsize.
+ wxWindow:GetBestFittingSize was added to facilitate getting the
+ size to be used by the sizers.
+
+ * The best size of a window is cached so it doesn't need to
+ recalculated on every layout. wxWindow::InvalidateBestSize was
+ added and should be called (usually just internally in control
+ methods) whenever something is done that would make the best
+ size change.
+
+ * All wxControls were changed to set the minsize to what is passed
+ to the constructor or Create method, and also to set the real
+ size of the control to the blending of the minsize and bestsize.
+ wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize was added to help with this,
+ although most controls don't need to call it directly because it
+ is called indirectly via the SetInitialSize called in the base
+ classes.
+
+ At this time, the only situation known not to work the same as
+ before is the following:
+
+ win = new SomeWidget(parent);
+ win->SetSize(SomeNonDefaultSize);
+ sizer->Add(win);
+
+ In this case the old code would have used the new size as the
+ minimum, but now the sizer will use the default size as the minimum
+ rather than the size set later. It is an easy fix though, just move
+ the specification of the size to the constructor (assuming that
+ SomeWidget will set its minsize there like the rest of the controls
+ do) or call SetMinSize instead of SetSize.
+
+ In order to fit well with this new scheme of things, all wxControls
+ or custom controls should do the following things. (Depending on
+ how they are used you may also want to do the same thing for
+ non-control custom windows.)
+
+ * Either override or inherit a meaningful DoGetBestSize method
+ that calculates whatever size is "best" for the control. Once
+ that size is calculated then there should normally be a call to
+ CacheBestSize to save it for later use, unless for some reason
+ you want the best size to be recalculated on every layout.
+
+ * Any method that changes the attributes of the control such that
+ the best size will change should call InvalidateBestSize so it
+ will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
+
+ * The control's constructor and/or Create method should ensure
+ that the minsize is set to the size passed in, and that the
+ control is sized to a blending of the min size and best size.
+ This can be done by calling SetBestFittingSize.
+
- no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
Previously, the application terminated if there were no top level windows;
now it terminates if there are no top level windows or taskbar icons left.
- wxZlibInputStream is not by default compatible with the output of the
- 2.4.x version of wxZlibOutputStream. However, there is a compatibilty mode,
+ 2.4.x version of wxZlibOutputStream. However, there is a compatibility mode,
switched on by passing wxZLIB_24COMPATIBLE to the constructor.
- when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0 wxHashTable uses a new implementation
not using wxList keyed interface (the same used when wxUSE_STL == 1),
please fix your code -- it never worked correctly anyhow if you modified the
objects returned by these methods so you should simply switch to using const
methods.
+- wxWindow::GetFont() now returns wxFont object instead of reference
- EVT_XXX macros are now type-safe; code that uses wrong type for event
handler's argument will no longer compile.
- 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 either wxFileOffset or wxFileSize_t 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
- The wxHIDE_READONLY flag for wxFileDialog was not implemented
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
=============
+2.5.4
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
+- wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
+- added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
+
+Unix:
+
+- wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
+
+wxMac:
+
+- wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
+- wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
+- Group of wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive
+
+
2.5.3
-----
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
+- fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
- support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
(based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
+- added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
+- 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()
+- support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
+- 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:
- wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
- security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
+- wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
+ builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
+- wx-config has new --version-full option
+
+wxCocoa:
+
+- added Unicode compatibility 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 compatibility 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
+ configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
- fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
- implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
+- implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
+- implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
- wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
- added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
- implemented text underlining under GTK2
- implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
- implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
+- implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
+ freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
+- wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
+- 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:
- fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
- set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
+- support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
+- wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
+- restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
+- fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
+- fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
+- fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
+- 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:
+
+- fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
wxWinCE:
-- 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 automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
+- fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
wxHTML:
- wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
- wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
- fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
-- subdindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
+- subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
wxGTK:
All (GUI):
-- added wxListBook control
- added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
- added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
- added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
- use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
- implemented handling of mouse wheel
- fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
-- use unix sockets for Mach-o builds
+- use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
wxMotif:
All GUI ports:
- added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
-- added wxListbook
+- added wxListbook control
- added alpha channel support to wxImage
- added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
- added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
- it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
- Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
-- FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
+- FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
- FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
- In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
- added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
- fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
- fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
-- don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
+- don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
wxMac:
- libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
- when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
- fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
-- Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
+- Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
- wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
- (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
+ (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
- wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
- wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
- wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
- Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
-- Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
+- Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
- Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
has the capture before release it.
- fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
- Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
wxToolBarBase
wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
- wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
+ wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
- Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
- wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now