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Qt 3.2 introduces new features as well as many improvements over the |
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3.1.x series. This file gives an overview of the main changes since |
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version 3.1.2. For more details, see the online documentation which |
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at http://qt.nokia.com/doc/ |
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The Qt version 3.2 series is binary compatible with the 3.1.x series. |
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Applications compiled for 3.1 will continue to run with 3.2. |
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* General * |
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Controls developed with ActiveQt support aggregation, which makes it |
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be supported. ActiveQt also supports masked controls in containers that |
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support this for window'ed controls. |
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Compilers |
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Note: Qt 3.2 is the last version to officially support IRIX MIPSpro |
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o32 and Sun CC 5.0. A script, $QTDIR/bin/qt32castcompat, is provided |
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* Library * |
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Win32 only: Stop compressing mouse move events when a change |
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in the key state is detected. Allow multiple QApplication |
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objects be created sequentially by resetting the pointers to |
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X11 only: Various fixes. |
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Various layout fixes. |
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Many fixes and improvements. |
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X11 only: Various fixes to make pixmap rendering work better |
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Fixed writing of QImages. |
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Fixed layout to take the menu bar's minimum width into |
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consideration and correctly propagate spacing() from parent to |
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child layouts. |
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Replace all non-printable characters with spaces when |
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drawing. Added new function selectionStart() which returns |
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Improved item search based on keystrokes. |
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Don't move the inline item editor out of the visible area for |
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first one. Fixed keyboard handling in Multi selection |
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mode. Improve drawing of extremely long item texts. |
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Respects icons vertical alignment properly. |
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Better support for MySQL/embedded. Bind TEXT blob fields as |
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Qt/Embedded only: Fixed printing issues. |
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Fixed toShort() and toUShort() to behave correctly when passed |
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Return the correct style name from the factory for the |
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account when activating cells. Clear the cell widget when |
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Fixed table headers to be bold. |
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Implemented insertAt() for LogText mode. Fixed undoAvailable |
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and redoAvailable to be emitted correctly from the context |
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menu. Fixed tripleclick selection in QTextEdit. |
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Prevent nested openings of the tool button popups. |
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Various paint bug fixes. |
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Fixed workspace to keep the active window when |
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tiling. Improved icon handling for maximized and minimized |
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