| /**************************************************************************** |
| ** |
| ** Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd. |
| ** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/ |
| ** |
| ** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit. |
| ** |
| ** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:FDL$ |
| ** Commercial License Usage |
| ** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in |
| ** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the |
| ** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in |
| ** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms |
| ** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further |
| ** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us. |
| ** |
| ** GNU Free Documentation License Usage |
| ** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Free |
| ** Documentation License version 1.3 as published by the Free Software |
| ** Foundation and appearing in the file included in the packaging of |
| ** this file. Please review the following information to ensure |
| ** the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 requirements |
| ** will be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html. |
| ** $QT_END_LICENSE$ |
| ** |
| ****************************************************************************/ |
| |
| /*! |
| \page whatsnew57.html |
| \title What's New in Qt 5.7 |
| \brief Lists the new features in Qt 5.7. |
| |
| \section1 New Modules |
| |
| The \l{Qt Quick Controls 2} module that was previously available as a |
| technology preview is now a fully supported module, providing the |
| following features: |
| |
| \list |
| \li A new light-weight set of embedded and mobile-oriented controls. |
| \li Based on a flexible template system that enables rapid development of |
| entire custom styles and user experiences. |
| \li Built-in styles: |
| \list |
| \li Default style - a simple and minimal all-round style that offers |
| maximum performance. |
| \li Material style - a style based on the Google Material Design |
| Guidelines. |
| \li Universal style - a style based on the Microsoft Universal Design |
| Guidelines. |
| \endlist |
| \li Can be mixed with Qt Quick Controls 1.0, but the APIs are not compatible. |
| \endlist |
| |
| The following modules that were previously commercial-only, are now |
| available under GPLv3 license for the open source users: |
| |
| \list |
| \li \l{Qt Quick 2D Renderer} |
| \list |
| \li Enables running Qt Quick applications on hardware without OpenGL. |
| \endlist |
| |
| \li \l{Qt Charts} |
| \list |
| \li Provides ready to use controls for depicting different types |
| of 2D charts and graphs. |
| \endlist |
| |
| \li \l{Qt Data Visualization} |
| \list |
| \li Enables visualizing data using 3D charts and graphs. |
| \endlist |
| |
| \li \l{Qt Purchasing} |
| \list |
| \li Provides API to support in-app purchasing use cases with |
| Google Play and Apple Store. |
| \endlist |
| \endlist |
| |
| In addition, the following new modules are available as technology preview |
| releases, enabling Qt users to provide feedback: |
| |
| \list |
| \li \l{Qt Gamepad} |
| \list |
| \li Enables Qt gaming applications to respond to gamepad input. |
| \endlist |
| \li \l{Qt SCXML} |
| \list |
| \li Enables static and runtime integration of SCXML models into Qt code. |
| \endlist |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section1 New Features in Qt 5.7 |
| |
| \section2 Qt 3D Module |
| \list |
| \li Added support for Compute Shaders on supported hardware. |
| \li Added support for loading multi-image DDS and KTX textures including |
| cubemaps, mip chains, and array textures. |
| \li Improved support for compressed texture formats. |
| \li Made Render surface explicit. |
| \li Extended Input API and support for device plugins. |
| \li Improved picking support. |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section2 Qt Core Module |
| \list |
| \li Added \c qAsConst function to help using non-const Qt containers in |
| C++11 range for loops. |
| \li Enabled Qt event dispatchers to use the \c poll() function on Unix |
| now, making it possible for applications to have file |
| descriptors greater than 1024. |
| \li Added support for converting a floating point to its shortest and |
| exact string form, without having to pre-calculate the number of |
| digits. |
| \li Improved C++11 support by using \c std::atomic as backend for |
| QAtomic classes and adding QTypeInfo for \c char16_t and |
| \c char32_t. |
| \li Added QIODevice support for multi-streaming. |
| \li Enabled QPluginLoader to work even if \c QT_NO_LIBRARY is set (for |
| example, linking against a static libc). |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section2 Qt Canvas3D Module |
| \list |
| \li Upgraded the \e three.js 3rd party library. |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section2 Qt GUI Module |
| \list |
| \li Optimized QImage smooth scaling for NEON. |
| \li Optimized the OpenGL function wrappers for speed and code size. |
| The QtGui library size has been significantly reduced due to a |
| massive reduction in symbols. |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section2 Qt Multimedia Module |
| \list |
| \li Added support for tvOS. |
| \li Extended QML playlist API. |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section2 Qt Platform Abstraction (QPA) |
| \list |
| \li Added support for NVIDIA DRIVE CX boards (Tegra X1, AArch64). |
| \li Improved support for theming with \e eglfs. |
| \li Enabled QMenuBar to use the unified D-Bus AppMenu menubar on |
| supported X11-based desktop environments such as Ubuntu Unity. |
| \li Added support for creating Android services. |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section2 Qt QML Module |
| \list |
| \li Added JIT support for WinRT on x86 and x64. |
| \li Enabled JIT for 64-bit ARM Linux platforms. |
| \li Enabled all debug services to work with QJSEngine |
| (instead of QQmlEngine), which allows non-QML JavaScript |
| debugging or profiling. |
| \li Added support for debugging multiple QJSEngine instances at the same |
| time. |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section2 Qt Quick Module |
| \list |
| \li Added support for all subclasses of QQuickWindow by the inspector |
| service, which makes Qt Creator's inspection feature useful. |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section2 Qt WebEngine Module |
| |
| \list |
| \li Upgraded to Chromium 49 release. |
| \li Added support for drag and drop, and printing to PDF. |
| \li Added tab notification for audio being played. |
| \li Added support for playing DRM-protected HTML5 video using Widevine |
| Pepper plugin. |
| \li Added API for evaluating JavaScript or installing QWebchannel in |
| secure and isolated JavaScript worlds. |
| \li Improved support for custom context menus. |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section2 Qt Widgets Module |
| \list |
| \li Enabled QTabBar to delegate placement of tab scroll buttons to the |
| style. |
| \li Enabled Qt Style Sheets to optionally let widgets inherit font and |
| palette from their parents. |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section1 Removed Functionality |
| \list |
| \li Qt Enginio |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section1 Deprecated Functionality |
| \list |
| \li Qt Script |
| \endlist |
| |
| Deprecated modules are still included in Qt 5.7, but are considered for removal |
| in future releases. |
| |
| \section1 List of API Changes |
| |
| The pages below contain a list of API changes in Qt 5.7: |
| \list |
| \li \l{New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.7} |
| \li \l{Obsolete Classes} |
| \endlist |
| |
| \section1 Additions to Other Qt 5 Releases |
| |
| \list |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.6} |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.5} |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.4} |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.3} |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.2} |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.1} |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.0} |
| \endlist |
| |
| */ |
| |
| /*! |
| \page newclasses57.html |
| \title New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.7 |
| \brief A list of new APIs in Qt 5.7. |
| |
| This page contains a comprehensive list of all new classes and functions |
| introduced in Qt 5.7. Links to new APIs in previous Qt 5 releases are found |
| at the bottom of this page. |
| |
| \sincelist 5.7 |
| |
| \section1 Additions to Other Qt 5 Releases |
| |
| \list |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.6} |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.5} |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.4} |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.3} |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.2} |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.1} |
| \li \l{What's New in Qt 5.0} |
| \endlist |
| */ |
| |