| Qt 5.4.1 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward |
| compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 5.4.0 except on Windows |
| when using MSVC 2012 or MSVC 2013. See note below. |
| |
| For more details, refer to the online documentation included in this |
| distribution. The documentation is also available online: |
| |
| http://doc.qt.io/qt-5.4/ |
| |
| The Qt version 5.4 series is binary compatible with the 5.3.x series. |
| Applications compiled for 5.3 will continue to run with 5.4 with the |
| exception of on Windows when using MSVC 2012 or MSVC 2013. See note |
| below. |
| |
| Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers |
| corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: |
| |
| http://bugreports.qt.io/ |
| |
| Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more |
| information about a particular change. |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Important Behavior Changes * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| - Restored binary compatibility with Qt 5.3.2 on Windows when using MSVC |
| 2012 or MSVC 2013. This means that Qt 5.4.1 is no longer binary compatible |
| with Qt 5.4.0 when using either of those compilers. |
| - [QTBUG-42594] OS X binary package: fixed incorrect linking to libraries in |
| /opt/local/lib |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Library * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| QtCore |
| ------ |
| - [QTBUG-43893] Fixed memory leak in qSetMessagePattern |
| - [QTBUG-43513] QXmlStreamReader: Correctly parse XML containing NUL bytes |
| in the input stream |
| - [QTBUG-43352] QTemporaryDirectory: Properly clean up in case of a failure |
| - [QTBUG-43827] Fixed regression in QSortFilterProxyModel which crashed when |
| sorting a tree model |
| |
| QtGui |
| ----- |
| - [QTBUG-44273] Fixed misplacement of outlined text with native text rendering |
| - [QTBUG-44147] Fixed VNC not working on some VNC servers |
| - [QTBUG-43850] Fixed crash with multi-threaded font usage |
| - [QTBUG-43850] Made the old harfbuzz fallback available at runtime |
| - Improvements to the experimental high-dpi support |
| - [QTBUG-43318] Better resolving of GLES3 functions to avoid issues when deploying |
| on systems with GLES 2.0 only |
| |
| QtWidgets |
| --------- |
| - [QTBUG-43830] Fixed crash in stylesheets when styling QProgressBar |
| - [QTBUG-43663] QColorDialog: Don't lose focus while color picking |
| |
| QtNetwork |
| --------- |
| - [QTBUG-43793] Fixed disconnections of QSSLSocket after starting encryption |
| |
| QtSql |
| ----- |
| - [QTBUG-36211] qpsql: Added timezone support for datetime fields. |
| - qodbc: Fixed converted string values on Microsoft SQL Server 2012 |
| - [QTBUG-43874] QSqlQuery: Fixed failure of multiple execBatch() calls after |
| a single prepare() call |
| |
| QtPrintSupport |
| -------------- |
| - [QTBUG-43124] Fixed QPrinter::{width,height} return values |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Platform Specific Changes * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| Linux/XCB |
| --------- |
| - [QTBUG-43436] Fixed regression when drag and drop to other applications |
| - [QTBUG-43809] Turned off font hinting when doing high DPI scaling |
| - [QTBUG-43743] Fixed constantly resizing bigger window when devicePixelRatio is |
| greater than 1 |
| - [QTBUG-43713] Fixed problems with multiple screens with different device pixel |
| ratios regarding window mapping and font sizes. |
| - [QTBUG-43688] Fixed physical DPI and size for rotated screens on X11 |
| - [QTBUG-43049] Fixed grabKeyboard and grabMouse |
| - [QTBUG-36862] Now sends a leave event to the other window when a popup shows |
| which grabs the input |
| - [QTBUG-41590] Turned off subpixel gamma-correction on XCB |
| - Added support for SelectionClientClose in QXcbClipboard |
| - Fixed -nograb and -dograb arguments |
| - [QTBUG-43623] Fixed use after free |
| - [QTBUG-43436] Fixed regression in DnD. Make sure to preserve the QDrag until all |
| data has been received. |
| |
| OS X |
| ---- |
| - [QTBUG-42952] macdeployqt: Fixed incorrect links to QtQuick plugin libraries |
| - [QTBUG-43061] Fixed namespacing of QNSViewMouseMoveHelper |
| - [QTBUG-43471] Fixed regression with Cut/Copy/Paste menu items staying disabled |
| after a filedialog was closed |
| - [QTBUG-42728] Fixed crash in QAction::setFont() when the font is unknown |
| - qt_mac_loadMenuNib: Prevent stale NIB files by diffing file size |
| - [QTBUG-43710] Fixed memory leak in QUrl::toCFUrl() |
| - [QTBUG-43061] Fixed namespacing of QNSViewMouseMoveHelper |
| - [QTBUG-40449] QMacPasteboardMimeFileUri: Use file paths instead of file references |
| - [QTBUG-36787] Fixed crashes occurring during PAC detection in |
| QNetworkProxyFactory::systemProxyForQuery() |
| |
| Windows |
| ------- |
| - [QTBUG-44021][QTBUG-35734] Fixed standard shortcuts when using a |
| non-Latin keyboard layout |
| - ANGLE: Fixed initialization of contexts |
| - [QTBUG-43832] Delayed the creation of static OpenGL context |
| - [QTBUG-43870] Fallback to ANGLE when OpenGL 1.x is detected |
| - [QTBUG-43466] Use the chosen DnD effect in drag enter/move for drop |
| - [QTBUG-41162] Fixed regression with dialogs not rendering when WA_TransluentBackground |
| is used |
| - [QTBUG-43833] Fixed crash when focus window does not have a native window |
| - [QTBUG-43263] Added infrastructure for GPU-specific GL renderers |
| - [QTBUG-43263] Added support for GPU detection |
| - [QTBUG-41782] Prevent buffer over-run when getting the glyph images |
| - [QTBUG-43420] Removed check for minimum/maximum size constraints |
| - [QTBUG-43308] Release mouse capture when window blocked by modal window |
| - [QTBUG-43082] Fixed PDF output when embedding fonts with a large internal leading |
| - [QTBUG-43343] Pass on any unhandled multimedia keys back to the system |
| - [QTBUG-43252] Do not register windows obtained by QWindow::fromWinId() for touch |
| - [QTBUG-43252] Fixed window geometry when using QWindow::fromWinId() |
| - [QTBUG-40578] Skip calculating margins for Qt::FramelessWindowHint |
| - [QTBUG-36318] Handle WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING during window creation |
| - [QTBUG-42564] Brought FreeType rendering up to par with other platforms |
| - [QTBUG-36220] [QTBUG-36318] Implement heightForWidth() |
| - [QTBUG-40691] Correctly associate IME contexts |
| - [QTBUG-40691] Added support for capabilities to QPlatformInputContext |
| - Limit cursor cache to avoid hitting GDI resource limits |
| - [QTBUG-43900] rcc: Fixed build failure on Windows XP / MingW 4.9 |
| - [QTBUG-41782] DirectWrite: Fixed possible buffer over-run in font handling |
| |
| Android |
| ------- |
| - [QTBUG-39712] Fixed problems caused by surface creation/destruction |
| |
| iOS |
| --- |
| - [QTBUG-43716] guard text responder from clearing selection |
| |
| WinRT |
| ----- |
| - [QTBUG-43862] Fixed QCoreApplication::quit() to exit application. |
| - [QTBUG-44196] Fixed click events being ignored when using pressAndHold. |
| |
| Windows Embedded |
| ---------------- |
| - [QTBUG-44022] Fixed finding windows and widgets |
| |
| QNX |
| --- |
| - [QTBUG-43850] Fixed Harfbuzz-NG support |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Tools * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| configure & build system |
| ------------------------ |
| |
| - configure will now reject invalid -no-feature-* options. |
| - pkg-config assisted libudev detection was fixed. |
| - [QTBUG-43302][Android] The Android style is included when cross-building |
| on Windows as well. |
| - [QTBUG-43205][Unix] Fixed build D-Bus headers cannot be found. |
| |
| qmake |
| ----- |
| |
| - [QTBUG-39690][Windows] Fixed file separators in 'make clean'. |
| - [QTBUG-40264][Unix] Fixed 'make distclean' for a dynamic library target. |
| - [QTBUG-42678] 'make distclean' now removes .qmake.{stash|super}. |
| - [QTBUG-43026][VS2010+] Fixed compilation of .rc files. |
| - [QTBUG-43457][MSVC] Fixed QMAKE_TARGET.arch for amd64_x86 x-build. |
| - INCLUDEPATH+=. is now unnecessary with all generators. |
