Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
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+- 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.
+
+- Sizers distribute only the extra space between the stretchable items
+ according to their proportions and not all available space. We believe the
+ new behaviour corresponds better to user expectations but if you did rely
+ on the old behaviour you will have to update your code to set the minimal
+ sizes of the sizer items to be in the same proportion as the items
+ proportions to return to the old behaviour.
+
Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
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- WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 doesn't exist any more, please update your code if
you still relied on features deprecated since version 2.4
+- Return type of wxString::operator[] and wxString::iterator::operator* is no
+ longer wxChar (i.e. char or wchar_t), but wxUniChar. This is not a problem
+ 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:
+ switch (str[i]) { ... }
+ and has to be replaced with this:
+ switch (str[i].GetValue()) { ... }
+
+- Return type of wxString::c_str() is now wxCStrData struct and not
+ const wxChar*. wxCStrData is implicitly convertible to const char* and
+ const wchar_t*, so this only presents a problem if the compiler cannot
+ convert the type. In particular, Borland C++ and DigitalMars compilers
+ don't correctly convert operator?: operands to the same type and fail with
+ compilation error instead. This can be worked around by explicitly casting
+ to const wxChar*:
+ wxLogError(_("error: %s"), !err.empty() ? (const wxChar*)err.c_str() : "")
+
+- DigitalMars compiler has a bug that prevents it from using
+ wxUniChar::operator bool in conditions and it erroneously reports type
+ conversion ambiguity in expressions such as this:
+ for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); *p; ++p )
+ This can be worked around by explicitly casting to bool:
+ for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); (bool)*p; ++p )
+
Deprecated methods and their replacements
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All:
+- Added wxJoin() and wxSplit() functions (Francesco Montorsi)
+- Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov)
+- Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev)
+- Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead()
+- Added wxEXEC_BLOCK flag (Hank Schultz)
+- Add support for wxStream-derived classes to wxRTTI (Stas Sergeev)
+- Added wxStreamBuffer::Truncate() (Stas Sergeev)
+- Allow using wxEventLoop in console applications (Lukasz Michalski)
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty)
+- Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron)
+- Added support for drop down toolbar buttons (Tim Kosse)
+- 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().
- Fixed tab-related drawing and hit-testing bugs in wxRichTextCtrl.
- Implemented background colour in wxRichTextCtrl.
- Fixed crashes in helpview when opening a file.
-- Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov)
- Set locale to the default in all ports, not just wxGTK
- 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
+- Support wxAPPLY and wxCLOSE in CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() (Marcin Wojdyr)
+- Show standard options in wxCmdLineParser usage message (Francesco Montorsi)
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:
- Fixed infinite loop in wxThread::Wait() in console applications.
- Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
+- wxCheckListBox now looks more natively, especially under XP (Marcin Malich)
+
+wxX11:
+
+- Added mouse wheel support (David Hart)
+- Make Enter key activate the default button (David Hart)
+
+
+2.8.4
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- Fix bug in wxFileConfig when recreating a group (Steven Van Ingelgem)
+- Fix wxStringOutputStream::Write() in Unicode build when the argument
+ overlaps UTF-8 characters boundary
+- Account for lines without newline at the end in wxExecute()
+
+All (Unix):
+
+- Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Allow status bar children in XRC (Edmunt Pienkowski)
+- Fix memory leak in wxWizard when not using sizers for the page layout
+- Added wxListCtrl::SetItemPtrData()
+- wxHTML: Apply table background colour between the cells too (Michael Hieke)
+
+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
+- Support right-aligned/centered owner drawn items in wxListCtrl (troelsk)
+- Compilation fixed with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6==0
+- Fix wxComboCtrl colours under Windows Vista (Kolya Kosenko)
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Fix infinite loop when adding a wxStaticText control to a toolbar
+- Fix wxNO_BORDER style for wxRadioBox (David Hart)
+- Fix wxTextCtrl::GetLineText() for empty lines (Marcin Wojdyr)
+
+wxMac:
+
+- Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND) (Adrian Secord)
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- Fix wxTextCtrl::SetSelection(-1, -1) to behave as documented (Anders Larsen)
+- Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND)
+- Fix setting background colour for controls with transparent background
2.8.3
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-wxMac
+All:
+
+- Shut down the sockets gracefully (Sergio Aguayo)
+- Fix extra indentation in wxHTML_ALIGN_JUSTIFY display (Chacal)
+
+wxMac:
- Corrected top border size for wxStaticBox with empty label (nusi)
- Fixed wxFileName::GetSize() for large files
+wxGTK:
+
+- Fixed handling of accelerators using PageUp/Down keys
+
2.8.2
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