| Qt 4.5.2 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward |
| compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 4.5.1. For more details, |
| refer to the online documentation included in this distribution. The |
| documentation is also available online: |
| |
| http://qt.nokia.com/doc/4.5 |
| |
| The Qt version 4.5 series is binary compatible with the 4.4.x series. |
| Applications compiled for 4.4 will continue to run with 4.5. |
| |
| Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers |
| corresponding to tasks in the Task Tracker: |
| |
| http://qt.nokia.com/developer/task-tracker |
| |
| Each of these identifiers can be entered in the task tracker to obtain more |
| information about a particular change. |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * General * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| General Improvements |
| -------------------- |
| |
| - Documentation and Examples |
| * Added a new example (fancy browser) which shows how to use jQuery |
| in QtWebKit. |
| |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Library * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| - QtDBus |
| * [236955] Fixed an issue that would cause QtDBus to crash when |
| relaying a signal emitted from a class under certain conditions. |
| |
| - QtOpenGL |
| * [247083] Re-enabled anti-aliasing for large font sizes in OpenGL paint |
| engine. |
| * [251485] Fixed crash that could occur with projective transforms and |
| high quality antialiasing. |
| * [253468] Fixed a crash in the GL 2 paint engine that could occur |
| when drawing text. |
| |
| - QtWebKit |
| * Backported fixes for critical bugs, memory leaks, and crashes from |
| WebKit trunk (with revision numbers) related to: |
| Canvas (r40546, r41221 r41355, r42996, r43645) |
| Memory (r41527, r43764, r43828, r43830) |
| JavaScript (r39882, r40086, r40131, r40133) |
| Rendering (r41285, r41296, r41659, r42887) |
| Network (r41664, r42516, r42747) |
| Plugins (r41346, r43550, r43915, r43917, r43923) |
| Clipboard (r41360) |
| SVG (r43590, r43795) |
| * Backported various security fixes (r41262, r41568, |
| r41741, r41854, r42081, r42216, r42223, r42333, |
| r42365, r42532, r42533, r44010) |
| |
| |
| - QAbstractItemView |
| * [250754] Changing the font of the view did not update the size of the |
| items if there was an application style sheet. |
| * [252532] Pressing enter in a QPlainTextEdit embedded in an item view |
| now inserts a newline |
| |
| - QAbstractNetworkCache |
| * Only cache responses to HTTP GET by default, not HTTP PUT or POST. |
| |
| - QApplication |
| * [249589] Fixed bug that prevented any part of the application from |
| receiving focus when Graphics View was disabled using |
| QT_NO_GRAPHICSVIEW. |
| |
| - QByteArrayMatcher |
| * [251958] Assignment operator and copy constructor miss data. |
| |
| - QComboBox |
| * [253944] Changing the style doesn't reset custom item delegate anymore. |
| * [254589] Fixed the frame appearing if setting a style sheet with a |
| border on the embedded item view while there is a style sheet on the |
| application. |
| |
| - QCompleter |
| * [253125] QCompleter doesn't expand entries with |
| UnfilteredPopupCompletion. |
| |
| - QCssParser |
| * [252311] "font-family:" now handle fallback font specified with a |
| comma-separated list. |
| |
| - QDir |
| * Fix reentrancy (listing directories in different threads) |
| |
| - QFile and QTemporaryFile |
| * Fixed a leak of file descriptors in QTemporaryFile::rename, |
| introduced in 4.5.1 |
| * [165920] QFile::copy leaves the source file open after the file has |
| been copied. |
| * [191467] & [252293] QFile::copy of resource files to the file system |
| fails on Windows. |
| * [197857] QFile::copy of resource files leaves temporary files on |
| file system. |
| * [248223] QTemporaryFile: Access denied error when (re-)opening through |
| QFile interface. |
| * [252659] QTemporaryFile::rename may leave source file behind. |
| |
| - QFileSystemModel |
| * [254701] QFileSystemModel doesn't sort subfolders when being used in a |
| QTreeView. |
| * [251295] Windows path names incorrectly constructed in calls to |
| updateIcon(). |
| |
| - QFileDialog |
| * [251341] It is not possible to remove a directory in the sidebar if the |
| directory does not exist. |
| * [251321] Hidden path in QFileDialog's sidebar cannot be opened. |
| * [226483] setSidebarUrls() handles the URLs case sensitively so that |
| adding the same directory twice is possible - Windows. |
| * [252068] QFileDialog with QSortFilterProxyModel crashes. |
| * [254490] QFileDialog selectFile() doesn't clear the selection if we |
| call it several times. |
| |
| - QFontDialog |
| * [252000] Ensure that QFontDialog::getFont() works on Mac OS X. |
| |
| - QGraphicsItem |
| * [197802] Don't show children when parent is not visible |
| * [252913] QGraphicsItem::setOpacity(0.0) does not trigger an update |
| |
| - QGraphicsView |
| * [253415] Reset the 'connectedToScene' flag when changing the scene of a view |
| |
| - QGraphicsWidget |
| * Fixed a bug with Qt::WidgetWithChildren shortcut context. |
| |
| - QGtkStyle |
| * [250731] Fixed a build issue with glib version lower than 2.3.2 |
| * [254342] Fixed a potential crash when system theme changes occur. |
| * [254614] Fixed an assert or warning related to GtkEntry focus handling |
| reported with certain versions of GTK+. |
| |
| - QLocalSocket |
| * [247144] Correctly handle remote disconnects. |
| |
| - QMacStyle |
| * [253339] Don't draw arrows on tool buttons that have a menu and text |
| only. |
| * [252301] Ensure that small and mini spin boxes are drawn correctly. |
| |
| - QMotifStyle |
| * Fix crash when changing style and destroying progress bar. |
| |
| - QNetworkAccessManager |
| * [248838] Make QNetworkAccessManager reject invalid HTTP input |
| earlier. |
| |
| - QNetworkCookie |
| * [251959] Fixed parsing of multiple cookies separated by a newline. |
| |
| - QNetworkCookieJar |
| * [251467] Do not allow cookies for domains like ".com". |
| * [228974] Allow cookies whose domain attribute is missing a leading |
| dot. |
| |
| - QObject |
| * Fixed possible race condition if two QObject connected together with |
| signals and slots are destroyed in different threads. |
| |
| - QPainter |
| * [253783] Fixed text shaping bugs when using ligatures and different |
| scripts in a single text item. |
| * Fixed various inconsistencies for image drawing on non-integer |
| coordinates. |
| * Fixed bug with 0-opacity causing images to be drawn fully opaque. |
| * Fixed crash when drawing on a null pixmap. |
| * [251534] Fixed issue where text with non-opaque color from widget |
| palette would be blitted instead of blended. |
| * [253663] Fixed an issue with implicitly closed poly lines when using |
| perspective transforms. |
| |
| - QPrintDialog |
| * [253135] Crash in QPrintDialog when editing output filename. |
| * [252873] Fixed an issue that could cause QPrintDialog to invalidate |
| a valid QPrinter object. |
| * [224728] Fixed an issue under X11 where QPrintDialog didn't update |
| the print-to-file state if it was passed a QPrinter set up to |
| print PDF or PostScript. |
| |
| - QPrinter |
| * [252873] Fixed an issue with QPrinter::NativeFormat printers not |
| being valid. |
| * [248881] Fixed an issue under Windows where QPrinter::pageRect() |
| returned the wrong rect when QPrinter::fullPage() was set. |
| * [199271] Fixed an issue with QPrinter::setPrinterName()/printerName() |
| on Mac. |
| |
| - QProgressBar |
| * [252283] Fixed busy indicator for a QProgressBar with a style sheet |
| applied to it. |
| |
| - QSelectionModel |
| * [252069] Fix QSelectionModel::rowIntersectsSelection or |
| QSelectionModel::columnsIntersectsSelection not reporting right result |
| if some items are disabled. |
| |
| - QSortFilterProxyModel |
| * [250023] Fixes QSortFilterProxyModel not reporting child if the model |
| needs to fetchMore(). |
| * [251296] In dynamic filter model, children of temporarily filtered |
| items were not correctly updated. |
| * [252507] Show a warning instead of crashing if invalid indexes are |
| passed. |
| * [254234] Fixed setDynamicSortFilter not working when setting the model |
| initially. |
| |
| - QString |
| * Fixed reentrancy of QString::squeeze(). |
| |
| - QSvg |
| * [253614] Fixed an issue with parsing the 'stroke-dasharray' SVG |
| attribute. |
| |
| - QSvgIconEngine |
| * [251106] Fixed an issue that caused QIcon::actualSize() to reparse |
| the SVG file for each acutalSize() call until QIcon::pixmap() was |
| called. |
| * [248848] Fixed an issue that would cause QIcon::pixmap() to reparse |
| the SVG file, even though there was a cached pixmap for that size |
| available. |
| |
| - QTabBar |
| * [252472] Fixed problem with the current tab not being visible after |
| calling setTabButton() on a scrolled tab bar. |
| |
| - QToolButton |
| * [252554] Fixed a problem where text labels would be partially clipped |
| when using Qt::ToolButtonTextUnderIcon. |
| |
| - QTransform |
| * Fixed issue in QTransform::type() causing a projective transform to be |
| treated as a scaling transform. |
| |
| - QVector |
| * Fixed reentrancy of QVector::reserve(). |
| |
| - QWidget |
| * [250668] Don't send extra wheel events when using the scroll wheel in |
| Cocoa. |
| * [253448] Prevent a crash when using the Qt::WA_MacBrushedMetal |
| attribute in conjunction with style sheets. |
| |
| - QWizard |
| * [252662] Fixed crash that could happen when compiling on Windows XP |
| and running on older Windows versions like 98 and 2000. |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Platform Specific Changes * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| Qt for Linux/X11 |
| ---------------- |
| [253186] Fixed compile error in qfontengine_ft.cpp on 64-bit platforms with |
| legacy FreeType headers. |
| [241361] Prevented asynchronous access to non-thread safe libfontconfig API. |
| [244362] Worked around X server crash when calling XFillPolygon with more |
| than 200000 points by falling back to raster paint engine. |
| [250326] Title bar wasn't shown on X11 with Qt::CustomizeWindowHint for |
| fixed-size windows. |
| [251925] Improved showing QMessageBox on small screens. |
| [252042] Fixed the loading of the OpenSSL libraries on OpenBSD. |
| [255311] Fixed an issue with '-graphicssystem raster' on 8 and 16 bit X |
| servers. |
| [252328] Fixed an issue when rendering old XLFD fonts on X11 with Xrender |
| and Fontconfig enabled. |
| [248720] Fixed an issue with using '-graphicssystem raster' on X servers |
| with BGR color layout. |
| [196152] Fixed a problem with QPixmap::toImage() on big endian systems that |
| would cause the R and B channels to be swapped for 32 bit pixmaps. |
| [251928] Made the file dialog show suffixes if no filter name is provided |
| when using the GTK+ file dialog. |
| |
| Qt for Windows |
| -------------- |
| |
| Fixed an issue with text rendering in 16 bit mode. |
| |
| [246196] Fixed an issue with clipped glyphs when rendering text with |
| certain fonts. |
| [251259] Switching to another application left text cursor in line edits |
| with QtMfc framework. |
| [253367] Fixed a memory leak when loading system icons on Windows. |
| |
| |
| Qt for Mac OS X |
| --------------- |
| [252795] Ensure that we send Apple Events in the Cocoa port even when Cocoa |
| isn't ready. |
| [252176] Fix regression in drawing parts of pixmaps on Panther. |
| [253402] Fix a crash when a Cocoa window that used to be a QWidget would get |
| events after the QWidget was destroyed. |
| [249178] Fixed an issue with drawing text to QImages on Mac/Cocoa. |
| [250066] Fixed an issue that caused reparenting of QGLWidgets to output |
| warnings on Mac/Cocoa. |
| |
| Qt for Windows CE |
| ----------------- |
| [248846] Handle the back soft key on Windows mobile. |
| [252319] Fix regression in native menu integration. |
| [242484] Fixed crash if Qt::WindowCancelButtonHint is used for a QDialog. |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Tools * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| - Build System |
| * [253053] Linker in macx-g++42 spec is gcc instead of gcc-4.2. |
| |
| - Designer |
| * [248769] Fixed a bug affecting the display of keyboard shortcuts in |
| the detailed view of the action editor. |
| * [251092] Fixed a bug preventing entering local file names for QUrl-type |
| properties on Windows. |
| * [251691] Fixed dynamic re-translation of table headers. |
| * [252251] Improved readability of the property editor when using the |
| KDE Obsidian Coast theme. |
| * [253236] Fixed a regression bug triggered by forms with a size policy |
| of 'Fixed' on the main cointainer. |
| * [253278] Made it possible to set QString-type properties using |
| QDesignerFormWindowCursor::setProperty(). |
| * [253539] Prevent crash in Designer with the Cocoa port when when using |
| a scroll wheel to change a property. |
| * [252333] Fixed a regression crash in uic triggered when icon was set |
| with different modes than normal off. |
| * [252414, 252416, 252502] Fixed a crash in case of setting invalid point |
| size of font property in property editor. |
| |
| - uic |
| * [252333] Fixed a regression crash triggered by using icons with |
| different pixmaps for QIcon states. |
| |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Plugins * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| - DirectFB |
| * Make sure we pick an appropriate format for pixmaps. E.g. use the same as |
| the primary surface for opaque pixmaps and pick an appropriate one for |
| transparent pixmaps if the primary surface format is not transparent. |
| * Properly fall back to the raster engine for pens that aren't solid color. |
| * Properly fall back to raster engine with "mirrored" scales. |
| * Make sure window surfaces are in the appropriate pixel format and created |
| in video memory if supported. |
| * Fix clipping bug that would cause painting errors. |
| * Fix various crash bugs. |
| * Fix bugs when transforming/copying pixmaps with alpha channel. |
| * Fix various bugs with regards to painting with alpha channel/porter |
| duff. |
| * Optimize a couple of internal functions to slightly speed up drawing. |
| * Optimize raster fall backs. |
| * Allow more customization for Flipping options. |
| * Fix drawing with opacity != 1.0. |
| * Support for better logging when trying to debug performance problems. |
| * Fix bug in keyboard handling that caused modifiers not to work. |
| * Get rid of some compiler warnings. |
| |
