| Qt 5.9 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes |
| over the 5.8.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 5.9 series is binary compatible with the 5.8.x series. |
| Applications compiled for 5.8 will continue to run with 5.9. |
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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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| * New Features * |
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| - Changed behavior of shift handler to only activate |
| caps lock if the shift key is double-clicked. |
| - Added support for selection handles for the dedicated VKB. |
| - [QTBUG-54254] Add support for external keyboard layouts, which allows |
| overriding and exclusion of the built-in keyboard layouts |
| - Add new property InputContext.uppercase, which is set to |
| true when either InputContext.shift or InputContext.capsLock is true |
| - Added language selection popup for faster selection of |
| input language. |
| - Automatically hide word candidate list when inactive. |
| - Added support for automatic selection of the only remaining |
| word in the suggestion list. |
| - Added full screen input mode for super wide screens. |