X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/3a5bcc4db0851bf8cd3063917511b0b17c7f9679..8ffbb0f8df8e4c2facffc65c394c8933ac79c3af:/docs/changes.txt diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt index 781c4b1824..cd5bb82d05 100644 --- a/docs/changes.txt +++ b/docs/changes.txt @@ -1,96 +1,1137 @@ ----------------------------- -wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log ----------------------------- +--------------------------------------------------------------- +wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual +--------------------------------------------------------------- -INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x +INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x ================================ - Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially - paying attention to the most important changes which are marked - with '!' in the first column. +Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this! +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +- For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made + to read _past_ the end of file. +- wxFileName::DirExists() checks if the path of the file is a directory, not + if the whole name is a directory. +- wxDialog::CreateButtonSizer() may return NULL now, please see the manual. +- wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted. +- wxArray::Alloc() now works as reserve() and does not clear the array any more +- Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle the + wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event and not call ReleaseMouse() in this case. +- wxInputStream::GetC() now returns an int in the range 0 - 255 on success + instead of a char the range -128 - 127. +- A sequence returned by wxFileSystem::FindFirst()/FindNext() may now be + be scoped to a single instance of wxFileSystem. + + +Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors +----------------------------------------------------------- + +- Some classes (notably wxBitmap and wxImage) don't define operator==() as it + used to work in somewhat unexpected way as it compared only internal pointers + and not the object data. The code using it will have to be updated: + * If the object was compared with wxNullXXX, use IsOk() method instead + * If valid object need to be compared, use IsSameAs() to reproduce the old + behaviour or change the code to avoid comparing bitmaps &c +- wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour. +- wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't + even compile). +- wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon. +- wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return + length of the converted string in all cases now. +- wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool. +- wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with + wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will + continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to + use ProcessMouseClick(). +- wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with + wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will + continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to + use GetMouseCursor(). +- wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you + override it. +- wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and + not pointers to arrays. +- SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow +- wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId() +- wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more +- wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more. + As a consequence, the class interface changed largely. Code updates, if + any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though. + + +Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements +----------------------------------------------------- + +- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd(). +- wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, don't use them. +- wxWindowBase::GetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::GetEffectiveMinSize +- wxWindowBase::SetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::SetInitialSize + + + +Major new features in 2.8 release +--------------------------------- + +- New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more. + + +2.8.0 +----- - Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 - is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4 - series. - -! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style - wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE stll - exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now) - - -- no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are - now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code - from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit() -- also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails -- finally the program exit code is OnRun() return value, not OnExit() one -- wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead -- wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon -- wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours -- wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground() -- pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now -- wxMouseEvent::Moving() doesn't return true if mouse is being dragged any more -- (most) controls now inherit parents colours by default, override - ShouldInheritColours() to return false if you don't want this to happen -- wxApp::SendIdleEvent() now takes 2 arguments -- wxTabView::GetLayers() changed return type from wxList& to wxTabLayerList& - (when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0) -- wxID_SEPARATOR (id used for the menu separators) value changed from -1 to -2 -- wxGetNumberFromUser() is now in separate wx/numdlg.h, not wx/textdlg.h -- wxChoice and wxCombobox now handle their size in the same way as in all the - other ports under MSW, new code is actually correct but different from weird - stuff they were doing before so the behaviour of your programs might change -- wxTaskBarIcon objects must now be destroyed before the application can exit. - 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. - -wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application - won't exit even though there are no top level windows +All: +- wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents +- Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto) -DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x -============================== - -Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows -versions, please update your code to not use them. - -- wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount() -- wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear] -- wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead -- wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead -- wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead -- wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead -- wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead -- wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead -- wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead -- wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead -- wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWindows - methods taking wxArrayString -- wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead -- wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used -- [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and - SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles -- wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead -- wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type) -- wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or - wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return - value -- wxWave class; use wxSound instead +wxMSW: +- Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32 + +2.7.2 +----- + +All: + +- Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName(). +- Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths. +- Added wxTar streams. +- Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler. +- Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong() + +All (GUI): + +- wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter, + calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed. +- Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added + wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory. +- Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse(). +- Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi). +- Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed, + wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow + easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated. +- Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support, + formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list + formatting. +- Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson) +- Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot) +- wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi). +- wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event + +Unix Ports: + +- Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx + program (Francesco Montorsi). + +wxGTK: + +- More RTL work. +- Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB. +- Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under + GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol. +- wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed. + + +2.7.1 +----- + +All: + +- Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton). +- Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal) +- Added reference counting for wxVariant +- For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use + of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet. +- Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi). +- wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide + event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the + "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph + in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info. + +All (GUI): + +- Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of + Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others). +- wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog. +- Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id. +- Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods. +- Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty(). +- Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for + consistency with wxRichTextCtrl. +- wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API, + fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl. +- Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered(). +- Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi). + +wxMSW: + +- Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable(). +- wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther) +- Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the + parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a + high-contrast theme). +- Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky). + +wxMac: + +- Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path + to the SDK. + +wxGTK: + +- Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids. +- Setting cursor now works for all controls. +- Implemented right-to-left support. +- Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse). +- Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp). + +wxUniv: + +- Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault(). + + +2.7.0 +----- + +All: + +- Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi). +- wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now. +- Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds. +- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag. +- Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir() +- Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases). +- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation. +- Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build. +- Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule. +- Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as + during a search and replace. +- Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex + are both used in the same program. +- Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP. +- wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs. +- Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash. +- Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed. +- Added support for memo fields to wxODBC. +- Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__. +- wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix. +- Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005. +- Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds. +- Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase. +- Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett). +- Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker). +- wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient. +- Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port. +- Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta). +- Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed. +- wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert(). +- Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate(). +- The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP + and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both + constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT + versions in order to eliminate compiler errors. +- Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value + the first time it was called. +- Added wxString::rbegin() and rend(). +- Added wxString::EndsWith(). +- wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer. + Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested. +- Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only). +- Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells. +- Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty). +- Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta). +- Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans. +- Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi). + +All (GUI): + +- New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more. +- Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli). +- Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages). +- Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric(). +- Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi). +- Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE). +- Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios). +- Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip(). +- Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck). +- Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj). +- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers(). +- Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId(). +- wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox, + wxComboBox and wxChoice). +- wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too. +- Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book + based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder). +- Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation. +- All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same + options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated + wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP. +- Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor + and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow. +- wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not. +- Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap(). +- Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level + windows (wxDialog, wxFrame). +- Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler. +- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown(). +- Added space after list item number in wxHTML. +- Implemented and handling in wxHTML (based on patch + by Sandro Sigala). +- Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser. +- Added wxGetMouseState function. +- Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes, + allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application. +- wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than + best size. +- wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings. +- wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose). +- More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage. +- Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale. +- Added ability to use templates with static event tables + with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros. +- Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl. +- Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue. +- Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages). +- Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to + behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog. +- Added XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and for wxToolBar itself. +- Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays. +- Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW. +- UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss). +- More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter. +- Added wxListBox::HitTest(). +- Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea(). +- Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned. +- Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override + wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it. +- Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu(). +- wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi). +- Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels. +- Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides). +- Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot). +- Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz). +- Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz) +- Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix. +- Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window. +- Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More). +- Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview. +- Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own. +- 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). +- 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. + +wxMSW: + +- Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller). +- wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson). +- Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd). +- Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const. +- Fixed MDI context menu problem. +- Removed __WIN95__ define. +- Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by + resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as + target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files. +- Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the + wxMSW faq for details). +- New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which + puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64 + to the link command. +- wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP. +- wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize. +- Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other + columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470. +- Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to + show. +- Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys. +- Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after + initial construction. +- Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels. +- MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode. +- Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering + events). +- Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks. +- Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards. +- wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name. +- Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton. +- Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated. +- Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl. +- Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control + correctly if an extra row is removed or added. +- Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1. +- Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle. +- Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW. +- Link oleacc.lib conditionally. +- Drag and drop now works inside static boxes. +- Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available. +- wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user + changes the system font. +- wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts). +- Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion + if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a + wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.] +- wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now. +- Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot). + +wxGTK: + +- Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build +- wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated. +- Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support. +- wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK. +- Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10 + implementation. +- Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify + --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8. +- Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor + lost focus when the combobox menu was shown. +- Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which + is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls + previously unable to be focused before. +- Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for + wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox. +- Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer + class was used. +- Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10. +- Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling. +- Fixed problems with CJK input method. +- Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett). +- Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl. +- Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now. +- wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events. +- Added file preview support in file dialogs. +- Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider. + +wxMac: + +- Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors. +- Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm. +- Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing + Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'. +- Improved support for help and application menu items. +- Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove. +- Added support for 10.4 context menu. +- Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles. +- Added wxNotebook::HitTest support. +- Corrected idle wake-up. +- Corrected wxExecute. +- Now makes use of full printer resolution. +- Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap. +- Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows. +- Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName. +- Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even + if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus. +- Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks + were found. +- Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir. +- Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes + under Mach-O. +- wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is + specified, otherwise as a bevel button. +- Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular). +- Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the + end of file with an error. +- Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal + binaries. +- Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once. +- wxListBox minimum size bug fixed. +- Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest. +- Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug. +- Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC. +- Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by + polling for process termination in a separate thread. + +wxCocoa: + +- wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura). + +wxWinCE: + +- Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event. +- Native wxCheckListBox implementation. +- All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility. +- ::wxGetUserName() implemented. +- wxDisplay enumeration support. +- Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size. +- New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE + guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons. +- Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported. +- Fixed date formatting and mktime. +- Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE. +- Support for backspace key on Smartphone. +- Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it + is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform + directly, however. +- Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent) + and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu. +- Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE. +- Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5. +- Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage. + +wxUniv: + +- Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor). +- Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik). +- Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor). + +wxX11: + +- 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) + +Unix: + +- NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it. + +wxMGL: + +- Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect. +- Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile). + + +2.6.2 +----- + +All: + +- Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it. +- Fixed proxy handling in wxURL. +- Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl. +- Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls). +- Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev). +- Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson). +- Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler. +- wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual. +- Added wxLongLong::ToDouble(). +- Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs. +- Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett). +- Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout. + +All (GUI): + +- Added wxStaticText::Wrap() +- wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection, + added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour. +- 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). +- 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). +- wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens. +- Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik). + +wxMSW: + +- wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005). +- Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP. +- Fixed multiline tooltips handling. +- 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). +- Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound. +- Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW(). +- Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small. +- Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd). +- Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd). +- Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd). +- Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff). +- Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba). + +wxGTK: + +- ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso). +- Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp). +- Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif. +- wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now + instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp). +- Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under + GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp). +- Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp). +- Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and + removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell). +- Fixed domain socket handling. + +wxMac: + +- First implementation of native HIToolbar support. +- Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW). +- More CoreGraphics implementation improvements. +- Various text control bug fixes. +- Automatic menu management improved. +- Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons, + due to dangling cycle pointers. +- Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang). +- Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when + showing modally). + +wxOS2 + +- Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++. + +wxUniv: + +- Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL. +- Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler). + +wxMotif: + +- Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif. +- wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale. +- Fixed button size in common dialogs. +- Made wxFileDialog translatable. +- All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER + flag has been specified. +- Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to + be created with a "sensible" initial width. +- Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when + showing modally). + +wxMGL: + +- Fixed crash on exit. +- Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized. + +wxX11: + +- Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp). + + +2.6.1 +----- + +All: + +- Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser. +- Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg) + +All (GUI): + +- Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars. +- Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item. +- Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML. +- wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel. +- Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL. +- Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons. +- Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations. +- Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size. +- PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats. +- wxGrid focus and edit key improvements. + +wxMSW: + +- Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox + (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED). +- Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby + eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing. +- Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls) + by refreshing parent when the radio box moves. +- Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to + allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box. +- Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED. +- Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a + window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by + checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any. +- A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting. +- Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too. +- Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position. +- Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too. +- wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour. +- Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible. +- Compiles again with WIN64. +- Winelib compilation now works. +- When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha + channel and set the bitmap to use it. +- wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel +- Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements. +- wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed. +- Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug. +- Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored. +- wxNotebook refresh problem fixed. +- DDE fixed for Unicode. +- Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons. +- wxCheckListBox item background fixed. +- Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing. +- Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP + +wxWinCE: + +- Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName. + +wxGTK: + +- Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+). +- Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls. +- Fixed scrollbar border colour. +- Added bitmap support in menus. + +wxMac: + +- Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a + .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder). +- Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an + incorrect state. +- Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger. +- Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item. +- Window menu now added automatically. +- Configure fixed for wxBase compilation. +- Modified function key support fixed. +- wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements. + +wxX11: + +- Menu problems fixed. +- wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows. +- Fixed a font memory leak. +- Multiple wxTimers now work correctly. + + +2.6.0 +----- + +All: + +- wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead. +- Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default. + +All (GUI): + +- Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check + non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame. + +wxMSW: + +- Fixed static box border when the label is empty. +- Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box. +- wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController. + +wxWinCE: + +- Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting. + +wxGTK: +- New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version. + --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback + --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback + --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback + --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK +- wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too. +- Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText. + +wxMac: +- Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions + +2.5.5 +----- + +All: + +- wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get + user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added. +- Added wxDebugReport class. +- Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev. +- Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First). +- Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons. +- Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent). +- Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString. +- Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev) + +All (GUI): + +- Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original + GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr. +- Added XPM data constructor to wxImage. +- Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or + the whole virtual area. +- Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize. +- Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size + isn't used to set the window size. +- Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp). +- wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of + splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur). +- Added wxImage::IsTransparent(). + +Unix: + +- Fixed build on Linux/AMD64. + +wxMSW: + +- Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile(). +- wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available. +- fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert). +- wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well. +- Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour + handling (Jamie Gadd). + +wxGTK: + +- Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp). +- Corrected wxListBox selection handling. +- Corrected default button size handling for different themes. +- Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes. +- Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys. +- Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp). +- GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better, + and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp). + +wxMac: + +- Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows. + +wxPalmOS: + +- Native wxRadioBox implementation. + +wxWinCE: + +- Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE. +- Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId. + You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility. +- Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar. +- Panels more naturally white on PocketPC. +- wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes + with correct titlebar style. +- Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the + PocketPC guidelines +- Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic. +- Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware. +- Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event. +- Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE. +- Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls. +- wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons + to the dialog's toolbar. + +2.5.4 +----- + +All: + +- wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must + 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) +- 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 wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers +- changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison +- implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert) +- added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars +- 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 +- 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) +- XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert) +- Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes. +- Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new + print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME + printing stuff in the GTK port. +- Deprecated print setup dialog. +- Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database +- The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB + datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database) +- added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded() +- wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition +- wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with + wxSystemSettings::Get*() +- wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between + the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the + client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers + to compensate for this bug may need to be changed. +- Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits + due to a rounding error. +- Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until + SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that. +- Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right + mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation. +- "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU +- wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter +- wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel) +- added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only) + + +All (GUI): + +- added wxMediaCtrl +- added wxDatePickerCtrl +- wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in tag +- 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 + item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II) +- wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native + book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others). + Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly. +- new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro +- wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style) +- wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts + of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog) +- wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as + in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth) +- added wxImage::InitAlpha() + +Unix: + +- wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build + +wxGTK: + +- Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library + now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it + if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing + code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed. +- Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText() +- fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard() +- native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski) +- implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer + is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right + after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp) +- Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at + runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions + are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker + errors otherwise. +- wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp) +- Added wxRawBitmap support +- Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its + interaction with wxWidgets' events. +- wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp) + +wxMac: + +- Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock) +- wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib" +- wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name +- wxJoystick now works on OSX + +wxMSW: + +- fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel) +- wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group +- fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize +- pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler +- added wxRegKey::Export(file) + +wxWinCE: +- Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4, + but not mentioned anywhere. +- Added (preliminary) support for sockets + +wxUniv: + +- wxBU_... button align flags support +- vertical notebook orientation support +- 3rd state support for checkboxes +- wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting + +wxPalmOS: + +- William Osborne has won and new port was born + (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge") +- polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed + all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port) +- enumeration of available volumes +- native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database +- native wxProgressDialog implementation +- native wxColourDialog implementation +- native wxSystemSettings colours +- native wxButton implementation +- native wxCheckBox implementation +- native wxSlider implementation +- native wxToggleButton implementation +- native wxRadioButton implementation +- native wxStaticText implementation +- native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation + + +2.5.3 +----- + +All: + +- support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (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 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 +- 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. +- IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal) + +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: + +- added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox) + +wxMSW: + +- 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 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: + +- added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more + than one page to wxHtmlHelpController -OTHER CHANGES -============= 2.5.2 ----- All: +- Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma) +- Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao) +- wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast internally and so using it + with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead + of run-time) now +- when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set, + wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible + to forward declare these classes. + All (GUI): - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering, resulting in much better display of scaled images -- Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout - while hidden +- Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden +- implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock) +- support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko) +- The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for + sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize + will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a + window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial + size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When + windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's + min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize + are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items. +- added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount() +- it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox wxMSW: @@ -102,16 +1143,41 @@ wxMSW: even try to do it by default -- now it does - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application won't exit even though there are no top level windows +- 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) +- subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse) + +wxGTK: + +- added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp) wxMotif: - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu() +- wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be + and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting + motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions). + +wxUniv/X11: + +- implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul) wxHTML: - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse) -
handling fix (Xavier Nodet) +Unix: + +- fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart) +- added "wx-config --libs=std," syntax (i.e. support for "std") + +wxODBC: + +- Full Unicode support is now available +- BLOB support is working + 2.5.1 ----- @@ -147,7 +1213,6 @@ All: 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() @@ -177,7 +1242,7 @@ All (GUI): wxMSW: -- wxWindows now builds under Win64 +- wxWidgets now builds under Win64 - fixed DDE memory leaks - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding @@ -224,7 +1289,7 @@ wxMac: - 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: @@ -249,7 +1314,7 @@ Unix: All: - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single - huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then + huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then separately compiled library - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski) - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth) @@ -288,7 +1353,7 @@ wxBase: 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 @@ -308,7 +1373,7 @@ All GUI ports: - 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) @@ -382,7 +1447,7 @@ wxGTK: - 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: @@ -406,14 +1471,14 @@ wxMSW: - 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 - improved border handling under Windows XP - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells - wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds. + wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds. - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker) - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style @@ -464,7 +1529,7 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x 2.6 release. NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions - of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro + of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro (see the documentation) useful. @@ -606,7 +1671,7 @@ wxThread and related classes: ! 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 @@ -681,10 +1746,10 @@ wxBase: Unix (Base/GUI): -- wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make +- wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make programs and not only GNU make - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets -- wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X +- wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh) - fixed thread priority setting under Linux @@ -696,7 +1761,7 @@ All (GUI): - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard - wxWindows dialogs + wxWidgets dialogs - significantly improved native font support - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe wxHashTable @@ -737,11 +1802,11 @@ wxMSW: - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten) - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create() -- changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style +- changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello) - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX() - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText -- improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours +- improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours are changed - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535 @@ -756,7 +1821,7 @@ wxMSW: - 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 @@ -930,7 +1995,7 @@ wxMSW: - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug - Added mousewheel processing - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure - wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option + wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option in wxDC - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI child frame styles are honoured @@ -1200,7 +2265,7 @@ wxHTML: fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in -NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS +NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS change log. 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999 @@ -1298,7 +2363,7 @@ wxMSW: - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles rationalised. -- Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL. +- Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL. wxMotif: @@ -1626,7 +2691,7 @@ wxMSW: - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo. - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function. - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition - of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows + of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets startup/exit. - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples makefile.m95 files, and install.txt). @@ -1668,7 +2733,7 @@ wxMSW: - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar) to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar tray area. -- Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same +- Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings. - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++). - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames. @@ -1901,7 +2966,7 @@ At this point, the following has been achieved: - 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 @@ -1927,5 +2992,3 @@ At this point, the following has been achieved: - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView) in preparation for use in Dialog Editor. - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago). - -