X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/9076e56d931c244f41283a33a9808b2e56176011..e6c222e712c05d7cfb6a5337a68ec07522eacac8:/docs/changes.txt diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt index 97fa8ebd9c..3aec581896 100644 --- a/docs/changes.txt +++ b/docs/changes.txt @@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.8.x Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- +- 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. + Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors ----------------------------------------------------------- @@ -19,6 +30,12 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors 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: @@ -58,6 +75,18 @@ Major new features in this release 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) + +All (GUI): + +- Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty) +- Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron) +- 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(). @@ -65,32 +94,76 @@ All: - 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 wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev) -- Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead() +- Added wxWindow::NavigateIn() in addition to existing Navigate() +- Add support for tags to wxrc +- Support wxAPPLY and wxCLOSE in CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() (Marcin Wojdyr) 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 (Unix): + +- Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse) + +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 + +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) + +wxUniv: + +- Fix wxTextCtrl::SetSelection(-1, -1) to behave as documented (Anders Larsen) +- Fix setting background colour for controls with transparent background 2.8.3 @@ -109,6 +182,10 @@ wxMSW: - Fixed wxFileName::GetSize() for large files +wxGTK: + +- Fixed handling of accelerators using PageUp/Down keys + 2.8.2 -----