| Qt 5.6 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes |
| over the 5.5.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation |
| included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: |
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| http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html |
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| The Qt version 5.6 series is binary compatible with the 5.5.x series. |
| Applications compiled for 5.5 will continue to run with 5.6. |
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| Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers |
| corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: |
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| https://bugreports.qt.io/ |
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| Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more |
| information about a particular change. |
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| * General * |
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| - Chromium Snapshot: |
| * The Chromium version has been updated to 45.0.2554.101. |
| * In addition security fixes from Chromium 46 - 49 have been merged. |
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| - General: |
| * The WebEngineCore module now contains shared C++ API. |
| * Will now follow Qt Network application proxy settings. |
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| - Platforms: |
| * Linux builds can now link against system libraries instead of Chromium's |
| bundled versions. |
| * Support for the Aarch64 architecture. |
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| - Web Features: |
| * PPAPI plugins are now supported, including the Flash plugin. |
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| * Qt WebEngineCore * |
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| - QWebEngineCookieStore: |
| * A new API for monitoring and controlling cookies. |
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| - QWebEngineUrlRequestInterceptor: |
| * A new API for blocking, modifying or redirecting URL requests. |
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| - QWebEngineUrlSchemeHandler: |
| * A new API for implementing custom URL schemes. |
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| * Qt WebEngineQML * |
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| - QQuickWebEngineProfile: |
| * Now a public C++ API for use with the new core APIs. |
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| - QQuickWebEngineView: |
| * WebAction API added. |
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| * Qt WebEngineWidgets * |
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| - QWebEnginePage: |
| * More WebActions added from the old QWebPage API. |
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| * Examples * |
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| - General: |
| * Examples have been renamed to make their purpose more clear. |