Qt 5.1 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes over the 5.0.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1 The Qt version 5.1 series is binary compatible with the 5.0.x series. Applications compiled for 5.0 will continue to run with 5.1. Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: http://bugreports.qt-project.org/ Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more information about a particular change. **************************************************************************** * General * **************************************************************************** General Improvements -------------------- - Q_PROPERTY gained a MEMBER attribute that let you associate a property to a class member without requiring to explicitly writing a getter or a setter Third party components ---------------------- - **************************************************************************** * Important Behavior Changes * **************************************************************************** - QtWidgets * [QTBUG-8836] QAbstractItemView now allows manual deselect in SingleSelection mode (with control modifier) **************************************************************************** * Library * **************************************************************************** QtCore ------ - QRect: * Added marginsAdded(), marginsRemoved() and operators +, -, +=, -= taking a QMargins object allowing for conveniently adding or removing margins. - QMargins: * Added operators for adding and subtracting QMargins objects, multiplication and division for int/qreal and unary minus. - QMessageAuthenticationCode * New class for hash-based message authentication code added to QtCore. - QtGui ----- - QtNetwork --------- - **************************************************************************** * Database Drivers * **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** * Platform Specific Changes * **************************************************************************** Qt for Linux/X11 ---------------- - Qt for Windows -------------- - Qt for Mac OS X --------------- - Qt for Embedded Linux --------------------- Qt for Windows CE ----------------- **************************************************************************** * Compiler Specific Changes * **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** * Plugins * ****************************************************************************