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diff --git a/dist/changes-4.5.1 b/dist/changes-4.5.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d2c620c8fd --- /dev/null +++ b/dist/changes-4.5.1 @@ -0,0 +1,574 @@ +Qt 4.5.1 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward +compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 4.5.0. For more details, +refer to the online documentation included in this distribution. The +documentation is also available online: + + http://qt.nokia.com/doc/4.5 + +The Qt version 4.5 series is binary compatible with the 4.4.x series. +Applications compiled for 4.4 will continue to run with 4.5. + +Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers +corresponding to tasks in the Task Tracker: + + http://qt.nokia.com/developer/task-tracker + +Each of these identifiers can be entered in the task tracker to obtain more +information about a particular change. + +**************************************************************************** +* General * +**************************************************************************** + +General Improvements +-------------------- + +- Documentation and Examples + * Added printing feature for the Spreadsheet demo. + * [245675] Clarified the differences between QItemDelegate and + QStyledItemDelegate. + * [248752] Marked QPrintDialog::printer(), setPrinter() and addButton() + as Unix only functions, part of Qt3Support. + +- Embedded Dialogs demo + * [246517] Fixed warnings and bugs in hover handling on Mac OS X + + +Optimizations +------------- + +- Graphics View Framework has been optimized in several areas + * Improved the performance of QGraphicsItem::clipPath(). + * Improved the performance of QGraphicsItem::setPos(). + * Improved the performance of QGraphicsItem::effectiveOpacity(). + * Improved the performance of QGrahicsScene::items(*). + * Improved handling of updates. + * Reduced the number of floating point operations. + * Reduced QVariant overhead. + +Third party components +---------------------- + + +**************************************************************************** +* Library * +**************************************************************************** + +- QAbstractItemModel + * Clarified some warning messages printed if the model is invalid. + +- QAbstractEventDispatcher + * [248805] Duplicate timerids could occur if a timer is running while the + QObject is moved to another thread, stopping timers from working. + +- QAbstractSocket + * [192037] Emit the disconnected signal only if we were connected before. + +- QAccessible + * [221731] Fixed a bug where the accessibility plugin could crash if + there was an "&" at the end or spin forever if a label had a sequence of + "&&". + * [241161] Fixed a bug in browsing menus with the keyboard. + +- QAtomicInt + * [216492] Fixed compilation on 64-bit PowerPC machines with gcc 4.3. + +- QAuthenticator + * [237979] Fixed implementation of md5-sess. + +- QByteArray + * [246233] QByteArray::fromHex() fails with input of size 1. + +- QColorDialog + * [247349] Fixed a bug causing the wrong alpha value to be returned. + +- QCombobox + * [248094] Fixed scrollbar from appearing when not required. + +- QCompleter + * [246056] Fixed an assertion failure in setCompletionPrefix(). + * [250064] Fixed a regression in focus policy propagation. + +- QtConcurrent + * [244718] Reduced the number of calls to QThread::idealThreadCount(). + +- QDirIterator + * [247645] Fixed a bug that may loose all cached data inside QFileInfo. + +- QFile + * [244485] Renaming a file does not change QFile::fileName(). + * [244500] QFile::rename() does not always return false when the method + fails + +- QFileInfo + * [205244] Return valid file info also for relative UNC paths. + +- QFileDialog + * [221323] Fixed a bug in QFileDialog's programmatical file selection. + * [248332] QFileDialog is slow after visiting a large directory. + * [250194] Fixed an issue with QFileDialog and QSortFilterProxyModel + index mapping. + +- QGLFramebufferObject + * Framebuffer object extension resolution now works with OpenGL/ES 2.0. + +- QGraphicsItem + * Fixed a slow down regression in QGraphicsItem::ItemCoordinateCache. + * [247890] Cached QGraphicsItems are not updated if update() is called + when they are hidden. + * [250272] Fixed a crash that could occur when an item is deleted but + it does not get removed from the sceneeventfilters. + +- QGraphicsGridLayout + * [242472] Fixed a bug where the calculation of the maximum width of a + column was incorrect. + +- QGraphicsScene + * [243707] Fixed a crash when adding a child before a parent to the + scene. + +- QGraphicsView + * [245766] Rubber Band drag mode does not update correctly when + scrolling. + +- QGraphicsWidget + * [246215] Fixed a regression where we could cache the wrong size hint + because we called the virtual sizeHint() from the constructor. + +- QHttp + * Compile fixes for QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE being in the wrong place in some + private headers. + * [208445] Cancel request upon receiving unknown authentication method. + +- QHostAddress + * [247330] Fixed compilation on MinGW by adding a missing QPair include. + +- QLocalSocket + * Fixed a bug that would cause QLocalSocket to disconnect 30 seconds + after a succesful delayed connection on UNIX. + +- QMacStyle + * Adjusted the opacity value for popups. + * [248769] Fixed a regression where QMacStyle would only draw tabs when + passed a QStyleOptionTabV3. + +- QMainWindow + * [248048] Fixed a regression that would cause tooltips to disappear when + using the unified toolbar. + +- QMetaType + * [248890] The detailed description of QMetaType no longer contradicts + the documentation of QMetaType::type() + +- QMutex + * Fixed a performance regression for contended mutexes as reported on the + qt4-preview-feedback list. + +- QPainter + * Compile fixes for OpenGL paint engine on OpenGL/ES 1.1 CommonLite and + OpenGL/ES 1.0. + * [246573] Fixed a very slow stroking of paths in the X11 paint engine. + * [247083] Fixed the scale applied to antialiased cosmetic pens in X11 + paint engine. + * [247492] Fixed a rendering bug in the raster paint engine causing + * [247505] Fixed missing fills of rectangles with negative width/height + in raster paint engine. + one-pixel offset when drawing premultiplied ARGB32 images on RGB16 + images. + * [249490] Fixed one-pixel offset between stroke and fills of ellipses in + the X11 paint engine. + * [249628] Fixed a crash in OpenGL paint engine when filling using + Qt::NoBrush. + + +- QPixmap + * [249175] Fixed QPixmap::fromImage() of monochrome images to result in + black/white pixels and not transparent/white pixels. + +- QProcess + * [247865] Fixed a crash when calling QProcess::start() and + startDetached() with an empty program string. + +- QScrollBar + * [247985] Stylesheet: added the feature to style scrollbar menus. + +- QSharedPointer + * [246843] Fixed a crash caused by using QSharedPointer in global statics. + +- QSortFilterProxyModel + * [247867] Properly sort when calling appendRows(). + * [248868] Re-sort when the model is reset if dynamicSort is enabled. + * [248868] Fixed QSortFilterProxyModel::sort() if dynamicSort was disabled. + +- QSSlSocket + * [245668] Set also protocol, verifyMode and verifyDepth in + setSslConfiguration(). + +- QString + * [249517] Fixed a regression in replace(int, int, QChar) when the string + is empty. + +- QStyleSheetStyle + * Improved support for setting background and foreground roles in styles + such as the text color in a combo box popup on Mac and Cleanlooks, or + the background of QScrollBar. + * Fixed a crash that occured while styling the title bar of a QMdiArea. + * [188195] Fixed the background of QAbstractScrollArea losing its color + if styled with pseudo-class. + * [246542] Fixed a bug in QToolButton::hover{ color:.... }. + +- QThread + * [249997] Added documentation indicating that the priority set by the + programmer may be ignored, for example on Linux. + +- QTreeView + * Fixed a crash that may occur when events are processed immediately + after a QSortFilterProxyModel is invalidated. + * [246025] Fixed auto-expand that occured when quickly collapsing an item + after clicking on a child. + * [248163] Fixed a possible crash in the paintEvent() when spans are used. + * [248805] Calling QTreeView::sortByColumn() programmatically was not + working if manual sorting was disabled. + +- QWidget + * [250388] Fixed a potential crash in QWidget::scroll() when using the + raster graphics system. + +- QWidget + * [246852] Improved handling of WindowMaximizeButtonHint for widgets with + layouts. + +-QLocale + * String-to-number conversion functions will now ignore trailing and + leading whitespaces in all locales as documented. + +- QWizard + * [248107] Fixed a bug on Windows Vista causing the Back button to + connect to the back() signal twice. + +- Q3ListView + * [248689] Fixed a bug in Q3ListView that would not update under certain + conditions. + +- QtWebKit + * Fixed a bug in cookie handling (WebKit Bugzilla 24062, Benjamin Meyer). + * Fixed a bug in calling from JavaScript into NPAPI plugins on Windows. + * Fixed the updating state of WebActions (Erik Bunce) + * Fixed a bug in HTML 5 Canvas clearRect() (Dirk Schulze) + * Fixed the theming of text fields with KDE 4 Oxygen style (Zack Rusin) + * Fixed path fill styles (Zack Rusin) + * Fixed pre-edit text handling with input methods. + * [248643] Fixed compiling with the "-pedantic" compile option. + +- QSqlTableModel + * Made setTable() try and use the database's letter case (uppercase/ + lowercase) of the given tablename. + * [189093] QSqlTableModel did not handle updates when one of the fields + had a NULL value. + +**************************************************************************** +* Database Drivers * +**************************************************************************** + + * Fixed the DB2 driver returning a double field as empty. + * Fixed a memory leak in the DB2 driver. + * Fixed the DB2 driver not quoting table/field names properly. + * Fixed an issue with ODBC & FreeTDS not accepting quotes in statements. + * Fixed a bug in the sqlite2 driver not returning false on failing to + execute a statement. + * PrecisionPolicy now works in the oracle driver. + * Fixed a bug in the ODBC driver returning a list of tables when + requested. + * Fixed Interbase retrieving scale/precision information on numeric/ + decimal fields. + * Stopped drivers from quoting again when escapeIdentifier is called + twice. + * Fixed a bug in the sqlite2 driver not quoting fields correctly. + * [232769] Fixed a memory overflow issue on bound out strings in ODBC + Driver + * [249059] Fixed a bug that handled QPSQL datetime/time fields with + negative timezone offsets incorrectly. + +**************************************************************************** +* Platform Specific Changes * +**************************************************************************** + +Qt for Linux/X11 +---------------- + + * Ensured proper resetting for input contexts when switching between + multiple input context plugins. + * Input methods preedit strings are now reset properly when user switches + focus without commiting a string. + * Unicode conversion functions will handle Latin-1 character set only if + they are used before a QCoreApplication/QApplication is constructed. + * Improved handling of failed unicode conversion. + * Fixed clipboard handling when the user manually creates an instance of + the QDesktopWidget. + * [226048] Ensured that the QDesktopWidget::resized() signal is emitted + properly when a new screen appears or the screen geometry is changed + without affecting the whole desktop's geometry. + * [232632] Fixed a bug in reparenting widgets to a difference X11 screen. + * [241888] The background of the drag-n-drop cursor is now respected, + according to the stylesheet. + * [244337] Improved input method handling when a widget's native window + id is recreated. + * [244607] Current focus widget is properly set and input method is + properly initialized when showing a toplevel widget that accepts + keyboard input. + +- Phonon/GStreamer + * [233188] Fixed a problem where the seek slider reset to 0 while being + dragged. + * [244259] Fixed a problem where the backend failed to indicate an error + when the streaming failed. + * [246097] Added support for the MediaController interface to allow audio + CD playback. + * [246189] Fixed a problem where the backend failed to correctly escape + certain file names casuing playback to not start. + + +- QGtkStyle + * The system palette is no longer strictly forced. Also improved behavior + related to system theme changes. + * Fixed palette and styling issues with the background color of combo box + popups. + * [238196] Allowed middle click to set scrollbar position, following GTK+ + behavior. + * [239829] Disabled alt-key navigation for QGtkStyle following GTK+ + behavior. + * [247653] Fixed a compilation issue on Solaris. + * [249363] QFrame is now styled as a GtkScrolledWindow. + +- Font rendering + * Improved performance of subpixel antialiased text rendering by using a + mask in the calls to XRender's text compositing function. + * [248387] Properly respect the font config LCD filter settings for + subpixel antialiased text rendering when Freetype's native subpixel + rendering is disabled. + * [248498] Fix garbled rendering of subpixel antialiased text when using + Freetype's native subpixel rendering for vertical subpixel layouts. + * [248644] Fall back to Qt's subpixel rendering if Freetype's subpixel + rendering was available at compile-time but not at run-time. + +- QEventDispatcherGlib + * Event posted to a thread before it is started are not processed until + others events are posted. + +- QWidget + * [213512] Fixed a bug that caused wrong clipping when using the + Qt::WA_PaintOutsidePaintEvent attribute. + + +Qt for Windows +-------------- + + * [240891] Corrected the focus behavior of native file dialogs, when an + application has multiple toplevel widgets. + * [243583] Improved drag-and-drop handling when switching mouse buttons + quickly. + * [244875] The system menu will now be shown for a fullscreen window. + * [245330] Fixed a bug that caused mouse inputs to be ignored on modal + dialogs, when shown from an ActiveQt control. + * [249576] Fixed a crash when using a combobox with Qt::NoFocus. + + +- QCoreApplication + * [247401] Fixed a bug that caused a restarted timer to fire too early, + resulting in QtWebKit's Javascript consuming 100% CPU on Windows. +- QWindowsXPStyle + * [248036] Fixed an issue where tool buttons were hovering incorrectly + when disabled. + +- QWidget + * [248391] Fixed a bug that made it impossible to dynamically switch from + QPainter-based graphics to native graphics API and back. + + +Qt for Mac OS X +--------------- + + * Fixed a crash when showing a widget that is a modal window but has no + parent. + * Added QSysInfo::MV_10_6 as an enum to test against. + * Various compile fixes for the preliminary supported Snow Leopard. + * The uninstall-qt.py script included in the binary package no longer + complains about removing itself multiple times. +- * Improved the documentation for how qt_mac_set_dock_menu() works. + * Fixed an issue with the focus frame's transparency as it was difficult + to use the QWidget with stylesheets. + * [223525] Fixed a crash in the MacMainWindow Demo. + * [248803] Ensured that two dialogs shown at the same time will both not + have visible default buttons. + +- QDesktopWidget + * [244004] Properly support multiple screens with different sizes. + +- QDialog + * [195904] Parent dialog is displayed on top of its modal child. + * [218980] Modeless dialogs should be stacked above normal windows. + * [239155] QDialog(foo, Qt::Sheet) with QComboBox has non-native + behavior. + +- QFileDialog + * [219844] Fixed a crash caused by QFileDialog::getOpenFileName()'s + search buttons (native version). + * [225705] QFileDialog::getSaveFileName()'s filter does not display + correctly. + +- QMenu + * [228017] Ensured that QMenu closes when expanding a system menu. + +- QTestLib + * Activate the test application when launched from the command line. + +- Event system + * [210912] Fixed a bug where ShowEvent not sent when reshowing a window + after it was minimized. + +- macdeployqt + * The binary packages now include this tool. + * macdeployqt now runs 'strip' on the deployed binaries. + * Fixed an issue that prevented the QtSvg module from being deployed. + +- configure script + * Now supports "-arch i386" as an alias for "-arch x86". + * Detects invalid arch arguemnts and exits. + +- Cocoa port + * Fixed a bug where actions in the native menubar were not disabled + properly. + * Made shortcuts work properly when using the Dvorak-QWERTY+CMD keyboard + layout. + * Fixed a bug where dialogs were positioned in the wrong place on the + screen. + * The build-key for Cocoa was changed in the unlikely case that a plugin + may make assumptions on how Qt was built. All Cocoa plugins built + against Qt 4.5.0 will NOT work with Qt 4.5.1; we do not foresee + changing this again. + * Fixed a bug where some windows did not get activation when they + normally should. + * Fixed a bug where key events sent to popups were not propagated + onwards. + * QFileOpenEvents will no longer be sent for items passed via command + line. + * Various fixes for determining the metrics of text and the ability to + disable kerning. + * Modified the Colliding Mice Example to work better with coalesced + updates. + * Fixed a bug where the drag cursor was not updated when modifier keys + were used. + * [239043] Fixed a bug that caused QGraphicsProxyWidget to shrink when + moved. + * [244369] Window flags on Cocoa windows should look similar to the + Carbon ones. + * [247947] Fixed a crash in drag and drop. + * [248918] Fixed color matching for themed text items. + * The command + h shortcut is now enabled. (Hides the current window.) + * [249296] Fixed a bug where line edits on a second page of a stack + widget were not getting key events. + +Qt for Embedded Linux +--------------------- + +- * Various improvements to the Qt DirectFB plugin. + * Fixed recreation of temporary EGL surfaces in the PowerVR QScreen + driver. +- * Document some necessary #define's for building the PowerVR QScreen + driver. + +Qt for Windows CE +----------------- + + * [246619] Fixed a tap and hold bug for QCheckbox. + +**************************************************************************** +* Compiler Specific Changes * +**************************************************************************** + + +**************************************************************************** +* Tools * +**************************************************************************** + +- Build System + +- Assistant + + +- Designer + * [245503] Fixed redundant backslashes in string property in the property + browser. + * [245961] Restricted objectname-validation to known object name + properties only. + * [247995] Fixed a crash occurring after layout operations that caused + an instance of QGridLayout or QFormLayout to shrink. + * [248000] Fixed a crash ocurring when re-layouting empty grid layouts. + * [249097] Fixed a crash related to undoing a QGridLayout re-layout + operation. + +- Linguist + + - Linguist GUI + + * [248076] Fixed a crash caused by opening files for which we have no + plural rules. + * [249519] Fixed a crash upon dropping text into a non-focused line + edit. + + - Entire Linguist toolchain + + * [244035] Fixed an infinite loop in PO writer. + * [247738] Improved handling of duplicated messages. + * [248849] Fixed the encoding in XLIFF writer. + * [249022] Fixed TS' and QM's handling of messages which appear in + multiple encodings. + + - lupdate + + * [248724] Fixed the encoding of messages from .ui files if CODECFORTR + is not utf8. + * [249633] Fixed the processing of C++ backslash line continuations. + +- rcc + + +- moc + * [240368] moc parsing issue with "unsigned" subphrase + +- uic + * [244998] Fixed include file generation for phonon widgets. + * [248070] Fixed code generation for QStringList-type properties to use + encoding properly. + * [242447] Made uic generate class-specific code correctly in the case of + multiple levels of inheritance. + +- uic3 + + +- qmake + * On Mac OS, properly escape file names in QMAKE_BUNDLE_DATA. + * Fixed moc and uic features to make shadow builds work even if a + non-shadow build is present + * [201495] Comment processing in qmake prevented file from being moc'ed + * [248806] Ensured that the Xcode generator includes the right path to + frameworks. + +- configure + + +- qtconfig + + +- qt3to4 + + +**************************************************************************** +* Plugins * +**************************************************************************** + + +**************************************************************************** +* Important Behavior Changes * +**************************************************************************** + |