- Default location of wxFileConfig files has changed under Windows, you will
need to update your code if you access these files directly.
+- Return value of wxStandardPaths::GetUserDataDir() and similar functions has
+ changed if the vendor name is defined as it now includes it by default under
+ Windows and OS X. Call wxStandardPaths::UseAppInfo(AppInfo_AppName) to
+ revert to behaviour compatible with 2.8 version.
+
- 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.
proportions to return to the old behaviour.
- wxWindow::Freeze/Thaw() are not virtual any more, if you overrode them in
- your code you need to override DoFreeze/Thaw() instead now.
+ your code you need to override DoFreeze/DoThaw() instead now.
- wxCalendarCtrl has native implementation in wxGTK, but it has less features
than the generic one. The native implementation is used by default, but you
- wxLoadFileSelector() now allows the user to select existing files only.
+- Erase background events are now not generated at all when background style is
+ changed. See the updated wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle() description in the
+ manual for more details.
+
+- wxTreeCtrl::GetSelection now asserts if the tree has the wxTR_MULTIPLE style.
+ Instead use GetSelections() for multiple items; or if you want only the
+ single item last touched, the new wxTreeCtrl::GetFocusedItem.
+
+- Custom log targets should be updated to override wxLog::DoLogRecord() method
+ instead of DoLog() or DoLogString() and must be updated if they call the base
+ class versions of these functions as this won't work any more; please see the
+ documentation of wxLog for more information.
+
+- Confusing wxGridSizer(int cols, int vgap = 0, int hgap = 0) ctor which was
+ easy to mistake for wxGridSizer(int rows, int cols) overload was removed, you
+ will need to specify both vertical and horizontal gap if you want to use this
+ overload or specify both rows and columns and the gap otherwise. Use of the
+ new constructors taking wxSize for the gap argument is preferred. The same
+ applies to wxFlexGridSizer as well.
+
+- wxBoxSizer::AddSpacer(x) now adds space in the direction of the sizer only
+ and not in both this and the orthogonal directions. This behaviour is what
+ most of the people expect but if you really relied on this overload adding
+ space in both directions you should change your code to use AddSpacer(x, x).
+
+- wxTextCtrl::LoadFile no longer sends a text update event.
+
+- wxXmlDocument::Save()'s indentstep argument's interpretation was fixed
+ to match the documentation: it now really is the number of spaces in
+ indentation instead of being its double. Its default value was changed
+ accordingly, to 2.
+
Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
-----------------------------------------------------------
You may use wxEventLoopBase::SuspendProcessingOfPendingEvents instead of
locking wxPendingEventsLocker now.
+- wxBitmapButton::GetBitmapXXX() overloads returning non-const wxBitmap
+ references have been removed, modifying the returned bitmaps never worked and
+ now results in compile-time error.
+
+- wxLogXXX() are now macros, not functions. Because of this calling them with
+ an explicit scope resolution operator ("::wxLogError()") doesn't work any
+ longer, just remove it. Also notice that using them inside an "if" statement
+ 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
+ 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.
+
Deprecated methods and their replacements
-----------------------------------------
- New propgrid library containing wxPropertyGrid and related classes.
+- new ribbon library for advanced toolbars.
+
- Many enhancements to wxDataViewCtrl.
- Event loops, timers and sockets can now be used in wxBase, without GUI.
- Added wxStd{Input,Output}Stream classes (Jonathan Liu).
- Include port number in host header in wxHTTP (Marcin 'Malcom' Malich).
- Added wxTempFile::Flush().
+- Added support for wxLongLong and wxULongLong in wxVariant.
+- Added wxVector::swap().
+- Many wxLog improvements:
+ * wxLogXXX() functions are now thread-safe.
+ * Log levels can now be set independently for different log components.
+ * wxLog::DoLogRecord() has access to the location of the log message
+ (file, line and function name) and id of the thread which generated it.
+ * SetThreadActiveTarget() allows to set up thread-specific log targets.
+- Fix output buffer overflow in wxBase64Decode() (Eric W. Savage).
+- Added bilinear image resizing algorithm to wxImage (bishop).
+- Fix bug with position argument in wxImage::Size() (Byron Sorgdrager).
+- Fix bug with parsing concatenated switches in wxCmdLineParser (Mike Funduc).
+- Added wxMBConv::cMB2WC(wxCharBuffer) and cWC2MB(wxWCharBuffer) overloads.
+- Added wxAny class; a modern, backwards-incompatible replacement for
+ wxVariant.
+- wxDateTime timezone functions now dynamic (no caching).
+- Added wxHttp::GetCookie and wxHttp::HasCookies (dodge).
All (GUI):
+- Added support for showing bitmaps in wxButton.
+- Added wxInfoBar.
+- Added support for corner, row and column headers renderers to wxGrid.
- wxWindow::SetAutoLayout() now works for all windows, not just panels.
-- Support wxListCtrl columns, items and image lists in XRC (Kinaou Hervé).
-- Added support for wxFileCtrl to XRC (Kinaou Hervé).
+- Support wxListCtrl columns, items and image lists in XRC (Kinaou Hervé).
+- Added support for wxFileCtrl to XRC (Kinaou Hervé).
+- Added ownfg, ownbg and ownfont tags to XRC.
- Added wxEditableListBox XRC handler.
- Added multiple selection support to wxDirCtrl (Steve Lamerton).
- wxGrid: add possibility to prevent resizing of individual rows/columns.
- wxHTML: add support for table borders width (Laurent Humbertclaude).
- Added wxMouseEventsManager.
- Building OpenGL library is now enabled by default.
+- Fixed wxDataViewCtrl::Set{Foreground,Background}Colour().
- Improve wxTreeCtrl::ScrollTo() in generic version (Raanan Barzel).
-- Added wxFont::Make{Bold,Italic,Smaller,Larger} and Scale() methods.
+- Added wxFont::[Make]{Bold,Italic,Smaller,Larger} and Scale[d]() methods.
- Added wxDC::CopyAttributes() and use it in wxBufferedDC.
- Added wxTextWrapper helper class useful for wrapping lines of text.
+- Added EVT_DATAVIEW_CACHE_HINT() event (Trigve).
+- Added wxLB_NO_SB style (implemented for MSW only; Dario Senic).
+- Added long version field to wxAboutDialogInfo (Jeff Tupper).
+- Added wxWindow::CanScroll() behaving like the old HasScrollbar() and made
+ HasScrollbar() really check for the scrollbar existence.
+- Added wxKeyEvent::IsKeyInCategory() (Jeff Tupper).
+- Add A0 and A1 paper formats support (Martin Perktold).
+- Fixed wxOwnerDrawComboCtrl popup size on Mac (scrollbars were always shown).
+- Fixed wxOwnerDrawComboCtrl focus problem on Mac (first-time popup
+ dismissed immediately as text control grabbed the focus).
+- wxPropertyGrid: added wxPG_EX_MULTIPLE_SELECTION.
+- wxPropertyGrid: added functions for editing property labels.
+- wxPropertyGrid: added wxPG_NO_INTERNAL_BORDER, wxPG_EX_NO_TOOLBAR_DIVIDER
+ and wxPG_EX_TOOLBAR_SEPARATOR styles for finer control over borders.
+ Borders around property grid are now native for consistency.
+- Added wxXmlResource::LoadObjectRecursively().
+- Added wxColour::Set/GetRGB() and Set/GetRGBA() methods (Marcel Haß).
+- wxRTC: added wxRICHTEXT_HANDLER_USE_CSS flag for HTML handler to use CSS
+ where possible.
+- wxRTC: corrected centring and right-justification spacing.
+- Added wxBORDER_THEME to XRC.
GTK:
- wxRadioBox constructor uses default consistent with other ports now.
+- Partially implemented wxTextCtrl::GetStyle() (Igor Romanov).
+- Corrected themed border display.
+
+Mac:
+
+- Implement wxWindow::ShowWithEffect() in wxOSX/Cocoa.
+- Correct min/max pages display in the print dialog (Auria).
MSW:
+- Translate wxMessageDialog labels to the language of the current locale.
- Allow changing the height of wxChoice and wxComboBox.
- Update CRT environment block in wxSetEnv() too.
- Fix wxMDIChildFrame::SetSize() (Lars Rosenboom).
- Fix wxTreeCtrl::UnselectItem() in single selection controls.
- Allow customizing wxStandardPaths logic for program directory determination.
+- Use time in wxDateTime <-> SYSTEMTIME conversion (troelsk).
+- Setting colours for wxSpinCtrl now works.
+- Worked around child window and caret positioning bug (in Windows) when using
+ wxBORDER_THEME in a container window.
+- Suppressed spurious character event for decimal key in numeric keypad.
i18n:
- Allow copying text in the log dialogs.
- Added multisample (anti-aliasing) support to wxGLCanvas (Olivier Playez).
- Added wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_DROPDOWN/CLOSEUP events (Igor Korot).
-- Added wxCAL_SHOW_WEEK_NUMBERS wxCalendarCtrl style (Sören Meyer-Eppler).
+- Added wxCAL_SHOW_WEEK_NUMBERS wxCalendarCtrl style (Sören Meyer-Eppler).
- Initialize wx{Client,Paint,Window}DC with fonts/colours of its window.
- Added wxNativeContainerWindow to allow embedding wx into native windows.
- Added custom controls support to wxFileDialog (Diaa Sami and Marcin Wojdyr).
preview inaccuracies on Windows; on other platforms, native preview
should be used.
- Implement wxFileName::SetTimes() for directories (Steve Lamerton).
-- Added wxToolTip::SetMaxWidth() and improved default wrapping (Joachim Hönig).
+- Added wxToolTip::SetMaxWidth() and improved default wrapping (Joachim Hönig).
- Changed default toolbar bitmaps size from obsolete 16x15 to 24x24 used
by modern apps.
- Ellipsize long strings in wxStatusBar (Francesco Montorsi)
i18n:
-----
-- Slovak translations added (Ivan Masár).
+- Slovak translations added (Ivan Masár).
2.8.10:
- wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
- Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
-- Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
+- Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
- Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
- Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
that CaptureMouse() is called on.
- Invisible text problem fixed.
- Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
- Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
-- Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
+- Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
Unix:
- Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
- Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
- Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
-- Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
+- Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
- Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
- Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
- Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
- Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
- Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
- Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
-- Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
+- Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
- Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
- Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
- Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
- new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
- large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
-- classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
-- Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
+- classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
+- Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
- wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
- added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
- added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
- added wxMediaCtrl
- added wxDatePickerCtrl
- wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
-- wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
+- wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
- recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
- wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
- wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
All:
-- event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
+- event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
- added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
- wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
- wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
- added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
- added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
- added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
-- wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
+- wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
- wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
- bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
- status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
wxBase:
- added Watcom makefiles
-- fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
+- fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
All GUI ports:
- polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
- wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
- fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
-- new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
+- new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
- wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
- wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
- wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
- wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
- wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
- wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
-- wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
+- wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
- wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
- wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
- wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and