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/****************************************************************************
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/*!
\title What's new in Qt Quick
\page qtquick-whatsnew.html

\section1 Qt 4.7.3 includes QtQuick 1.1

QtQuick 1.1 is a minor feature update.  \e {import QtQuick 1.1} to use the new features.

\section2 PinchArea

PinchArea provides support for the common two finger pinch gesture.

\section2 LayoutMirroring

\l {LayoutMirroring}{Layout mirroring} is useful when you need to support both left-to-right and right-to-left layout versions of your application that target different language areas.

\section2 Anchors

Added the following property:
\list
\o \l {Item::}{anchors.mirrored}
\endlist

\section2 Text

Added the following properties:
\list
\o \l {Text::}{lineHeight}
\o \l {Text::}{lineHeightMode}
\o \l {Text::}{lineCount}
\o \l {Text::}{maximumLineCount}
\o \l {Text::}{truncated}
\o \l {Text::}{effectiveHorizontalAlignment}
\endlist

horizontalAlignment now accepts Text.AlignJustify alignment mode.

\section2 TextEdit

Added the following properties, methods and signal handlers:
\list
\o \l {TextEdit::}{canPaste}
\o \l {TextEdit::}{lineCount}
\o \l {TextEdit::}{inputMethodComposing}
\o \l {TextEdit::}{mouseSelectionMode}
\o \l {TextEdit::}{effectiveHorizontalAlignment}
\o \l {TextEdit::}{deselect()}
\o \l {TextEdit::}{isRightToLeft()}
\o \l {TextEdit::}{moveCursorSelection()} to enable selection by word
\o \l {TextEdit::}{onLinkActivated}
\endlist

\section2 TextInput

Added the following properties and methods:
\list
\o \l {TextInput::}{canPaste}
\o \l {TextInput::}{inputMethodComposing}
\o \l {TextInput::}{mouseSelectionMode}
\o \l {TextInput::}{effectiveHorizontalAlignment}
\o \l {TextInput::}{deselect()}
\o \l {TextInput::}{isRightToLeft()}
\o \l {TextInput::}{moveCursorSelection()} to enable selection by word
\endlist

\section2 Image, BorderImage and AnimatedImage

Added the following properties:
\list
\o \l{Image::}{cache}
\o \l{Image::}{mirror}
\endlist

\section2 Item

Added the following properties:
\list
\o \l{Item::}{implicitWidth} and \l{Item::}{implicitHeight}
\endlist

\section2 Flickable

Added the following methods:
\list
\o \l{Flickable::}{resizeContent()}
\o \l{Flickable::}{returnToBounds()}
\endlist

\section2 MouseArea

Added the following property:
\list
\o \l{MouseArea::}{preventStealing}
\endlist

\section2 ListView and GridView

Added the following properties and methods:
\list
\o \l{ListView::}{layoutDirection}
\o \l{ListView::}{effectiveLayoutDirection}
\o \l{ListView::}{positionViewAtBeginning()}
\o \l{ListView::}{positionViewAtEnd()}
\endlist

\section2 Flow, Grid and Row

Added the following properties:
\list
\o \l{Flow::}{layoutDirection}
\o \l{Flow::}{effectiveLayoutDirection}
\endlist

\section2 Repeater

Added the following methods and signal handlers:
\list
\o \l{Repeater::}{onItemAdded}
\o \l{Repeater::}{onItemRemoved}
\o \l{Repeater::}{itemAt()}
\endlist

\section2 Component

\list
\o The \l{Component::}{createObject()} method now accepts a map of initial property values for
the created object.
\endlist

\section2 Qt

\list
\o Added the \l {QML:Qt::application}{Qt.application} object to hold generic global application
properties.
\endlist

\section2 Other changes

\list
\o Functions can be \l{Binding Properties from JavaScript}{assigned to properties from JavaScript}
to create property bindings.
\o QtQuick now supports Right to Left layout in positioners, views, anchors and text elements.
\endlist


\section1 Qt 4.7.1

\section2 QtQuick namespace

In prior Qt releases, all the Qt Quick elements were available in the \e Qt namespace.  
Starting with Qt 4.7.1, the elements are also available in the \e QtQuick namespace, 
which improves naming consistency, and allows the development of Qt Quick to occur at 
a faster rate than Qt's usual minor release schedule.

The change for developers is very simple - where you previously wrote \e {import Qt 4.7},
just replace it with \e {import QtQuick 1.0}, like this:

\code
import QtQuick 1.0 

Text {
    text: "Welcome to QtQuick 1.0!"
}
\endcode

\e {import Qt 4.7} continues to work so existing applications wont break even if they 
aren't updated, but it is recommended that all import statements be modified to the new 
form.
*/