Recent Changes for wxPython
=====================================================================
+2.6.1.1
+-------
+
+wxMSW: Fix for bug #1211907, popup menu indenting inconsistent with
+bitmaps.
+
+wxMac: Don't send an event for wx.RadioButton deselections, just the
+selections. This was done to make it consistent with the other
+platforms.
+
+Added wx.RendererNative class.
+
+
+
+
+
+2.6.1.0
+-------
+* 4-June-2005
+
+wx.ListCtrl: patch #1210352, fixes editing in generic wx.ListCtrl with
+wx.LC_EDIT_LABELS.
+
+Applied patch #208286, MediaCtrl DirectShow rewrite.
+
+DocView patches from Morgan Hua: bug fixes, and additional SVN
+commands, also added a default template that uses the text editor for
+any unknown file type.
+
+wxMSW: Use the system IDC_HAND cursor for wx.CURSOR_HAND and only fallback
+to the strange wxWidgets version if the system one is not available.
+
+wx.grid.Grid: Merge the cell size attribute the same way that other
+attributes are merged, e.g., if it is already set to a non-default
+value in the current GridCellAttr object then don't merge from the
+other.
+
+wx.lib.evtmgr: Fixed to use wx._core._wxPyDeadObject
+
+wx.lib.gridmovers: Don't scroll when the mouse is dragged outside of
+the grid, unless the mouse is kept in motion.
+
+wxMSW: Applied patch #1213290 incorrect logic in
+wx.TopLevelWindow.ShowFullScreen.
+
+Applied patch #1213066 correct device names for Joystick in Linux.
+
+wxGTK: Applied patch #1207162 wx.TextCtrl.SetStyle fix for overlapping
+calls.
+
+wx.FileConfig: fixed DeleteEntry to set the dirty flag properly so the
+change will get written at the next flush.
+
+
+
+
+
+2.6.0.1
+-------
+* 30-May-2005
+
+Added wx.BrushFromBitmap to create a stippled brush in a single step.
+Also added missing brysh style flags: wx.STIPPLE_MASK
+wx.STIPPLE_MASK_OPAQUE.
+
+wxMSW: Fix for default control colours when the system text fg colour
+is not black.
+
+wxGTK: Patch #1171754, It is now possible to have a menu item that
+both has an icon and is a submenu.
+
+wxMSW: Patch #1197009, better refreshes when windows are moved and
+resized.
+
+wxMSW: Patch #1197468. Keeps track of pending size/position changes
+in case there is more than one adjustment for a window in a single
+DeferWindowPos set, then the pending values can be used for defaults
+instead of current values.
+
+Fixed the typemap that converts a Python list of strings to a
+wxArrayString so it uses the wxPython default encoding.
+
+Several docstrings added and updated. Lots more to go.
+
+wxMac: Strings added to the clipboard or used in DnD no longer have an
+extra null character at the end.
+
+Added wx.GetXDisplay that returns a raw swigified pointer for the X11
+Display, or None for the non-X11 platforms.
+
+wxMenu: Don't send an event when selecting an already selected radio
+item.
+
+Added wx.LaunchDefaultBrowser.
+
+wxMSW: Fixed erroneous selection of content in wx.ComboBox when within
+a wx.StaticBox.
+
+wxMSW: Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
+
+Ensure that Python is still in an initialized state before doing any
+locking or unlocking in wxPyBeginBlockThreads and wxPyEndBlockThreads
+as these can be triggered after Python has been finalized in embedding
+situations.
+
+Added alternate constructors for wx.Font: wx.FontFromPixelSize,
+wx.FFont, wx.FFontFromPixelSize. See the docstrings or new api docs
+for details.
+
+Added wx.lib.hyperlink from Andrea Gavana. It is a control like
+static text that acts like a hyper-link, launching the system's
+default browser in response to the clicks.
+
+Added an optional parameter to wxversion.select that allows you to
+specify that the extra components specified in the version string are
+required. For example, if you ask for "2.6-unicode" but only the ansi
+version is installed then by default the ansi version will be selected
+as it considered close enough since the version numbers match. If you
+want to force the options to be required then you can just add a True
+parameter, like this::
+
+ import wxversion
+ wxversion.select("2.6-unicode", True)
+ import wx
+
+Tweaked wx.lib.buttons such that flat buttons (e.g. have no bevel and
+a wx.BORDER_NONE style flag) paint themed backgrounds if there are
+transparent areas and the parent is displaying a theme.
+
+wxMSW: Fix for wrong sash colour of wx.SplitterWindow in the silver
+theme on XP.
+
+Added a wx.xrc.XmlResourceHandler for the Ticker class. See
+wx/lib/ticker_xrc.py
+
+wxSTC: Fixed CmdKeyAssign key bindings for Ctrl-Backspace.
+
+wxMSW: Fixed a bug in wx.TextCtrl where all the lines were being used
+to calculate the best size, instead of using a reasonable limit.
+
+XRCed: Use wx.GetDefaultPyEncoding/wx.SetDefaultPyEncoding for
+changing active encoding. Fixed pasting siblings (Ctrl key pressed
+while pasting).
+
+wx.lib.filebrowsebutton: Bug fix from Chad Netzer for when
+self.history is None.
+
+wx.ogl: Patch from Davide Salomoni that adds an optional point
+parameter to LineShape.InsertLineControlPoint allowing one to
+optionally specify where the new control point has to be drawn.
+
+wxMSW: setting foreground colour for wx.CheckBox now works when using
+XP themes.
+
+More updates to the docview library modules and sample apps from the
+ActiveGrid folks. Their sample IDE is now able to integrate with
+Subversion.
+
+wx.grid.Grid: Ensure that the grid gets the focus when it is
+left-clicked. Note that if you have custom widgets that handle the
+EVT_LEFT_DOWN event but do not call event.Skip() then you will
+probably want to add a call to self.SetFocus in the event handler.
+
+wxGTK: Add wxSTAY_ON_TOP support [Patch 1206023]
+
+wx.TreeCtrl: wx.EVT_TREE_ITEM_MENU event made consistent on all
+platforms. The location of the click or the item is included in the
+event as well.
+
+wxGTK: Setting background colour of a window now only affects the
+window itself, not the borders, scrollbars, etc. (Bug #1204069)
+
+Print framework: Add more paper sizes and code to fallback to an
+explicit paper size if a known paper size is not found for the
+printer.
+
+wxMac: Applied patch for bug #1206181 Option-key decodes are wrong,
+also applied patch for bug #1205691 Modified Fn keys don't work.
+
+wx.Image: Fixed to preserve alpha channel in Rotate90 method.
+
+wxMSW: Fixed incorrect background colour on wx.CheckListBox.
+
+wxMSW: Fixed drawing of owner drawn buttons with multiline labels
+
+Removed a bunch of unnecessary files, and removed or replaced images
+that we're not sure of their origin or license.
+
+The default DoGetBestSize is updated to not always return the current
+size if the window has no sizer, children, or minsize set. Instead
+the current size is set as the minsize. This solves the occasional
+problem where a sizer may cause a childless panel to grow but never
+shrink.
+
+wxMSW: When converting a wx.Icon to a bitmap check if the icon has an
+alpha channel and set the bitmap to use it.
+
+Fixed the wrong class name used in wx.PyScrolledWindow's call to
+_setCallbackInfo.
+
+wxMSW: patch #1207202, Fixes GDI leak when using stock cursors.
+
+wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl: Patch #1207531, Keeps the CalendarCtrl wide
+enough even when the weekday names for the locale are shorter than
+usual.
+
+Made GridCellNumberEditor.StartingKey also insert the typed char when
+there is a range of allowed values (so a wx.SpinCtrl is used instead
+of a wx.TextCtrl.)
+
+
+
+
+
2.6.0.0
-------
+* 26-Apr-2005
wxMSW: Fixed wx.TransientPopupWindow (and therefore wx.TipWindow) to
auto-dismiss when the mouse is clicked outside of the popup like it is
changed slightly. It is now --with-gtk[=VERSION] where VERSION is
either '1', '2' or 'any'. The default is '2'.
-wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the following methods for alternate ways
+wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the following methods for alternate ways
to set and fetch text from the document buffer. They work similarly
to the existing methods of the same name, except that they don't go
through the same string/unicode <--> wxString conversions. The "Raw"
-methods will do no conversions at all and in a unicode build of wxPython
-the strings will be in the utf-8 encoding and in an ansi build no
-assumption is made about the encoding. The "UTF8" functions will
-attempt to always get/set utf-8 text, which will always be true in a
-unicode build, and in an ansi build will also be true as long as the
-utf-8 used is compatible with the current encoding, (you'll get an
-exception otherwise.)
-
- AddTextRaw AddTextUTF8
- InsertTextRaw InsertTextUTF8
- GetCurLineRaw GetCurLineUTF8
- GetLineRaw GetLineUTF8
- GetSelectedTextRaw GetSelectedTextUTF8
- GetTextRangeRaw GetTextRangeUTF8
- SetTextRaw SetTextUTF8
- GetTextRaw GetTextUTF8
- AppendTextRaw AppendTextUTF8
+methods will do no conversions at all and in a unicode build of
+wxPython the strings will be in the utf-8 encoding and in an ansi
+build no assumption is made about the encoding. The "UTF8" functions
+will attempt to always get/set utf-8 text, which it will always be
+able to do in a unicode build, and in an ansi build it will depend on
+the content of the utf-8 used being compatible with the current
+encoding, (you'll get an exception otherwise.)
+
+ =================== ====================
+ AddTextRaw AddTextUTF8
+ InsertTextRaw InsertTextUTF8
+ GetCurLineRaw GetCurLineUTF8
+ GetLineRaw GetLineUTF8
+ GetSelectedTextRaw GetSelectedTextUTF8
+ GetTextRangeRaw GetTextRangeUTF8
+ SetTextRaw SetTextUTF8
+ GetTextRaw GetTextUTF8
+ AppendTextRaw AppendTextUTF8
+ =================== ====================
wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the StyleSetFontEncoding(style, enc)
wxMac: Fixed wx.ComboBox to forward the EVT_CHAR, EVT_KEY_DOWN,
EVT_KEY_UP and EVT_TEXT events from its embedded text control.
+wxMac: Corrected refresh bugs in wxGrid.
+XRCed: Updated to version 0.1.5.
+ * Added wxWizard, wxWizardPageSimple (only from pull-down menu).
+ * Hide command for test window.
+ * Replacing classes works better.
+ * Added Locate tool.
-2.5.5.1
+
+
+2.5.5.1
-------
+* 8-Apr-2005
wxMSW: Fixed bug #1022383, 'several ComboBoxes appear selected'
2.5.4.1
-------
+* 16-Mar-2005
wx.Sizer Add, Insert, and Prepend functions now return a reference to the
wx.SizerItem that was added to the sizer, and the wx.SizerItem has a
2.5.3.1
-------
+* 9-Nov-2004
wxMac focus and border refreshes corrected.
2.5.2.8
-------
+* 27-Aug-2004
Predominantly a bug-fix release.
2.5.2.7
-------
+* 14-Aug-2004
wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
-2.5.1.5
--------
+2.5.1.5 (the 'this is *not* a joke' release)
+-----------------------------------------------
+* 2-Apr-2004
(See also the MigrationGuide_ file for details about some of the
big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
2.4.2.4
-------
+* 1-Oct-2003
Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
2.4.1.2
-------
+* 19-Jun-2003
Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
2.4.0.7
-------
+* 24-Mar-2003
Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
TRUE/FALSE values.
2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
------------------------------------------
+* 11-Mar-2003
The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
----------------------------------------------
+* 7-Mar-2003
A few little but annoying bug fixes.
2.4.0.4
-------
+* 7-Mar-2003
+
Added missing wxRect methods
Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
-always call them. The functions are:
+always call them. The functions are::
wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
2.4.0.2
-------
+* 23-Jan-2003
+
Several bug fixes.
Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
2.4.0.1
-------
+* 10-Jan-2003
+
No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
enhancements.
2.3.4.2
-------
+* 21-Dec-2002
+
Various bug fixes.
2.3.4.1
-------
+* 18-Dec-2002
+
Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
2.3.3.1
-------
+* 19-Sep-2002
+
Added wxSplashScreen.
Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
2.3.2.1
-------
+* 20-Dec-2001
+
Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
2.3.2
-----
+* 11-Dec-2001
+
Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
2.3.1
-----
+* 10-Jul-2001
+
Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
on a custom event handler for example.)
2.3.0
-----
+* 22-May-2001
+
Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
-2.2.6
+2.2.7
-----
+* 19-Jun-2001
No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
2.2.5
-----
+* 30-Jan-2001
New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
New in 2.2.2
------------
+* 26-Oct-2000
Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
New in 2.2.1
------------
+* 22-Aug-2000
Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
New in 2.2.0
------------
+* 17-Jul-2000
Added wxLog and friends.
New in 2.1.16
-------------
+* 12-Jun-2000
Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
New in 2.1.15
-------------
+* 25-Apr-2000
Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
What's new in 2.1.13
--------------------
+* 3-Feb-2000
+
Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
What's new in 2.1.11
--------------------
+* 13-Nov-1999
+
Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
syncronized.
What's new in 2.1.5
-------------------
+* 12-Oct-1999
+
This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
major features.
What's new in 2.1.4
---------------------
+-------------------
+* 7-Oct-1999
This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
-example, the following are equivallent:
+example, the following are equivallent::
win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
-wxApp.outputWindowClass like this:
+wxApp.outputWindowClass like this::
class MyApp(wxApp):
outputWindowClass = MyClass
What's new in 2.1b3
--------------------
+* 1-Sep-1999
This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
What's new in 2.1b2
---------------------
+-------------------
+* 6-Aug-1999
Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
What's new in 2.1b1
---------------------
+-------------------
+* 28-Jun-1999
+
Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
What's new in 2.0b9
-------------------
+* 1-May-1999
+
Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
What's new in 2.0b8
-------------------
+* 28-Mar-1999
+
Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
Several missing methods from various classes.
What's new in 2.0b7
-------------------
+* 15-Mar-1999
+
Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
What's new in 2.0b6
-------------------
+* 4-Mar-1999
+
Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
What's new in 2.0b5
-------------------
+* 25-Feb-1999
+
Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
What's new in 0.5.3
-------------------
+* 30-Jan-1999
+
Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
What's new in 0.4.2
-------------------
+* 21-Oct-1998
wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
-static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm
-<H.v.d.Heijden@phys.tue.nl> for his astute detective work on tracking
-down a nasty DECREF bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a
-DSM (Dumb Stupid Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less
-because the behavior was so different on different platforms.
+static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm van der
+Heijden for his astute detective work on tracking down a nasty DECREF
+bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a DSM (Dumb Stupid
+Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less because the
+behavior was so different on different platforms.
The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
must have been a different issue all along...
What's New in 0.4
-----------------
+* 2-Oct-1998
1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
+
+wxPython 0.3
+------------
+* 9-Aug-1998
+
+The first "modern" version of wxPython. See
+http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/WxPythonHistory
+
+