Qt 5.12 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes over the 5.11.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html The Qt version 5.12 series is binary compatible with the 5.11.x series. Applications compiled for 5.11 will continue to run with 5.12. Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: https://bugreports.qt.io/ Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more information about a particular change. **************************************************************************** * macdeployqt * **************************************************************************** - [QTBUG-68823] Now deploys plugins when Qt is configured with -no-framework **************************************************************************** * winrtrunner * **************************************************************************** - Loopback exemption for UWP applications: * Added ability to enable loopback exemption for clients. This basically enables UWP applications to connect to a local server for debugging purposes. * Added ability to enable loopback exemption for servers. This basically enables UWP applications to react on socket connections that are made from the same machine for debugging purposes. **************************************************************************** * Qt Help * **************************************************************************** - [QTCREATORBUG-18242] Fixed the issue with too many open files, when many documentation files were registered. - [QTBUG-59363] Fixed jumping to the proper documentation version when activating the link that refers to another qch file. - [QTBUG-21357] Items are now sorted alphabetically in Contents view. - Removed qhelpconverter tool. - Merged qcollectiongenerator tool into the qhelpgenerator tool. **************************************************************************** * Qt Linguist * **************************************************************************** - Added "Go to" action to context menu in "Phrases and guesses" pane. lupdate ------- - [QTBUG-63364] Add support for C++17 nested namespaces. - [QTBUG-62478] Fixed premature termination on qmake .prf execution errors. - Updated qmake project handling to newer functionality in qmake.