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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
   release so you are strongly encouraged to upgrade your code to stop relying
   on this behaviour.
 
   release so you are strongly encouraged to upgrade your code to stop relying
   on this behaviour.
 

+- wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK events are not generated any more if the mouse is captured to
+  prevent the parent wxTopLevelWindow from interfering with the keyboard
+  handling of the window that captured the mouse.
+

 
 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 -----------------------------------------------------------


@@ -262,7 +266,7 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 
 - Virtual wxHtmlParser::AddText() takes wxString, not wxChar*, argument now.
 
 
 - Virtual wxHtmlParser::AddText() takes wxString, not wxChar*, argument now.
 

-- Functions that took wxChar* arguments that could by NULL in wxWidgets 2.8
+- Functions that took wxChar* arguments that could be NULL in wxWidgets 2.8

   are deprecated and passing NULL to them won't compile anymore, wxEmptyString
   must be used instead.
 
   are deprecated and passing NULL to them won't compile anymore, wxEmptyString
   must be used instead.
 


@@ -317,7 +321,7 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
   without enclosing parentheses results in warnings from g++ with -Wparentheses,
   add parentheses around the if statement body to work around it.
 
   without enclosing parentheses results in warnings from g++ with -Wparentheses,
   add parentheses around the if statement body to work around it.
 

-- wxList::Member() now returns book and not a pointer/iterator. This shouldn't
+- wxList::Member() now returns bool and not a pointer/iterator. This shouldn't

   require any changes as it was always meant to be used for checking for the
   presence of an element in the list only. If you used it as Find(), simple do
   use Find() instead.
   require any changes as it was always meant to be used for checking for the
   presence of an element in the list only. If you used it as Find(), simple do
   use Find() instead.


@@ -435,6 +439,8 @@ Major new features in this release
 
 All:
 
 
 All:
 

+- Use standard implementations of container classes by default, you need to
+  explicitly set wxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS to 0 to use wxWidgets implementations.

 - Added cwd and env arguments to wxExecute() (Emilien Kia).
 - Added "rest" argument to wxString::Before{First,Last}().
 - Added wxThread::OnKill() and OnDelete() callbacks.
 - Added cwd and env arguments to wxExecute() (Emilien Kia).
 - Added "rest" argument to wxString::Before{First,Last}().
 - Added wxThread::OnKill() and OnDelete() callbacks.


@@ -447,6 +453,8 @@ All:
 - Added wxStack<> template class.
 - Added precision parameter to wxString::From[C]Double().
 - Added wxThread::Wait() and Delete() "wait mode" parameter (Catalin Raceanu).
 - Added wxStack<> template class.
 - Added precision parameter to wxString::From[C]Double().
 - Added wxThread::Wait() and Delete() "wait mode" parameter (Catalin Raceanu).

+- Allow showing milliseconds in wxLog time stamps (tan).
+- Added support for processing instructions in wxXmlDocument (Nick Matthews).

 
 Unix:
 
 
 Unix:
 


@@ -460,6 +468,7 @@ All (GUI):
 - Added wxUIActionSimulator (Steven Lamerton, GSoC 2010 project).
 - wxAUI: support auto-orientable toolbars (wsu).
 - wxAUI: add support for icons in pane title bars (triton).
 - Added wxUIActionSimulator (Steven Lamerton, GSoC 2010 project).
 - wxAUI: support auto-orientable toolbars (wsu).
 - wxAUI: add support for icons in pane title bars (triton).

+- Added wxPanel::SetBackgroundBitmap().

 - Added wxDataViewCtrl::Set/GetCurrentItem().
 - Added possibility to disable individual wxDataViewCtrl items (Neno Ganchev).
 - wxHTML: render in RTL order inside RTL window (Richard Bullington-McGuire).
 - Added wxDataViewCtrl::Set/GetCurrentItem().
 - Added possibility to disable individual wxDataViewCtrl items (Neno Ganchev).
 - wxHTML: render in RTL order inside RTL window (Richard Bullington-McGuire).


@@ -485,12 +494,20 @@ All (GUI):
 - Added wxFont::Underlined() and MakeUnderlined() methods.
 - Added wxFont::SetSymbolicSize() and related methods.
 - Fix SVG files generation in locales using decimal comma (snowleopard).
 - Added wxFont::Underlined() and MakeUnderlined() methods.
 - Added wxFont::SetSymbolicSize() and related methods.
 - Fix SVG files generation in locales using decimal comma (snowleopard).

+- Fix setting tooltips for generic wxSpinCtrl (Catalin Raceanu).
+- Added support for reading image resolutions from PNG images (scottb).
+- wxComboCtrl, wxOwnerDrawnComboBox: better support for themed and custom
+  panel backgrounds, especially on OS X.
+- Add WXK_CONTROL_A..WXK_CONTROL_Z constants (Jan van Dijk).
+- Add support for alpha channel in colours in wxSVGFileDC (snowleopard).

 
 GTK:
 
 - Improve print/page setup dialog (rafravago).
 - Switch to GtkTooltip from deprecated GtkTooltips (Emilien Kia).
 
 GTK:
 
 - Improve print/page setup dialog (rafravago).
 - Switch to GtkTooltip from deprecated GtkTooltips (Emilien Kia).

-- wxTLW generates wxEVT_MAXIMIZE
+- wxTLW generates wxEVT_MAXIMIZE.
+- Fix copying clipboard data to primary selection (David Hart).
+- Implement wxGraphicsContext::GetSize() (Marcin Wojdyr).

 
 MSW:
 
 
 MSW:
 


@@ -501,6 +518,7 @@ MSW:
 - Fix wxBitmapButton best size determination broken in 2.9.1.
 - Center task dialog-based wxProgressDialog on the parent (John Roberts).
 - wxAutomationObject::GetInstance() creates objects on demand (Kolya Kosenko).
 - Fix wxBitmapButton best size determination broken in 2.9.1.
 - Center task dialog-based wxProgressDialog on the parent (John Roberts).
 - wxAutomationObject::GetInstance() creates objects on demand (Kolya Kosenko).

+- Fix EVT_UPDATE_UI generation for items in submenus (wsu).

 
 OSX:
 
 
 OSX:
 


@@ -603,7 +621,7 @@ All (GUI):
   dismissed immediately as text control grabbed the focus).
 - wxPropertyGrid: added wxPG_EX_MULTIPLE_SELECTION.
 - wxPropertyGrid: added functions for editing property labels.
   dismissed immediately as text control grabbed the focus).
 - wxPropertyGrid: added wxPG_EX_MULTIPLE_SELECTION.
 - wxPropertyGrid: added functions for editing property labels.

-- wxPropertyGrid: many fixes to property validation failure behavior. Added
+- wxPropertyGrid: many fixes to property validation failure behaviour. Added

   new flags: wxPG_VFB_SHOW_MESSAGEBOX and wxPG_VFB_SHOW_MESSAGE_ON_STATUSBAR.
 - wxPropertyGrid: Added wxPropertyGrid::DedicateKey().
 - wxPropertyGrid: wxArrayStringProperty now uses wxEditableListBox.
   new flags: wxPG_VFB_SHOW_MESSAGEBOX and wxPG_VFB_SHOW_MESSAGE_ON_STATUSBAR.
 - wxPropertyGrid: Added wxPropertyGrid::DedicateKey().
 - wxPropertyGrid: wxArrayStringProperty now uses wxEditableListBox.


@@ -2234,7 +2252,7 @@ All:
 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
   SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
   SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent

-  behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
+  behaviour between Unicode and non-unicode builds

 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)


@@ -2381,7 +2399,7 @@ All:
 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)

-- fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
+- fixed wxString's behaviour with inserted null characters

 
 All (GUI):
 
 
 All (GUI):