From 265bbb01766ca06f64624f20b1396b6a68b59028 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Allan Sandfeld Jensen Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 10:51:46 +0100 Subject: Add changes file for 5.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Listing important changes and bug-fixes. Change-Id: Ief57951009b59dc0c0b861315b2dfa35543dd960 Reviewed-by: Michael Brüning Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen --- dist/changes-5.8.0 | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+) create mode 100644 dist/changes-5.8.0 (limited to 'dist/changes-5.8.0') diff --git a/dist/changes-5.8.0 b/dist/changes-5.8.0 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..abead3c38 --- /dev/null +++ b/dist/changes-5.8.0 @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +Qt 5.8 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes +over the 5.7.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation +included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: + + http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html + +The Qt version 5.8 series is binary compatible with the 5.7.x series. +Applications compiled for 5.7 will continue to run with 5.8. + +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. + + +**************************************************************************** +* General * +**************************************************************************** + + - Important Changes: + * The enum value ResourceTypeUnknown has changed value because there was + a mismatch between 5.6 and 5.7+ definitions. In general any unknown + ResourceType value should be handled as unknown for forward + compatibility, because more types are and can be added in later + Qt versions. + + - Chromium Snapshot: + * The Chromium version has been updated to 53.0.2785.148. + + - General: + * Spellchecking support has been introduced. + * Build time options can now be controlled via arguments to the global + configure script or app. + * [QTBUG-52999] Added focusOnNavigationEnabled setting which allows + controlling whether a web view will receive focus on a navigation + request. Previously the view always received the focus. + * [QTBUG-54902] Added setting to allow secure content to run insecure + content. + * [QTBUG-54918] Printing will now include the CSS background of the + printed elements by default. This restores the default behavior from Qt + WebKit. It can be controlled via the PrintElementBackgrounds web + setting. + * Some chrome:// URLs are now supported. For instance chrome://gpu. + * [QTBUG-53042] Pepper Flash glyph draw is now supported. + * A DownloadType has been added to download items. + * Greasemonkey attributes are now supported in user scripts. + * [QTBUG-55766] Added support for colored underline and background + to InputMethodEvent. + * Qt no-opengl builds are now supported. + + +**************************************************************************** +* Qt WebEngine[QML] * +**************************************************************************** + + - General: + * [QTBUG-53467][QTBUG-51177] Qt WebEngine (QML) now optionally uses Qt + Quick 2 Controls to show standard dialogs. + * [QTBUG-51190] Added ability to provide custom dialogs for HTTP and + proxy authentication, JavaScript alerts, file and color picking, and + form validation messages. + * [QTBUG-52554] Added ability to show custom context menu. + + - QQuickWebEngineView: + * ToolTip (HTML title attributes) are now handled. + * View Source feature is now supported. + + +**************************************************************************** +* Qt WebEngineWidgets * +**************************************************************************** + + - Scenegraph Integration: + * Using the software rasterizing scenegraph backend is now supported. + + - Printing: + * Enables printing QWebPage content on a QPrinter. Currently does not + support previewing the document. Widgets only for the moment. + + - QWebEnginePage: + * Introduced a new save method to save a page to a predefined location. + + +**************************************************************************** +* Platform Specific Changes * +**************************************************************************** + + - Linux: + * Pepper Flash is now also searched for in /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/ + + - Windows: + * MSVC2015 and Windows 10 SDK are now required. -- cgit v1.2.3