| Qt 5.11 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes |
| over the 5.10.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation |
| included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: |
| |
| http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html |
| |
| The Qt version 5.11 series is binary compatible with the 5.10.x series. |
| Applications compiled for 5.10 will continue to run with 5.11. |
| |
| Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers |
| corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: |
| |
| https://bugreports.qt.io/ |
| |
| Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more |
| information about a particular change. |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * General * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| Chromium Snapshot |
| ----------------- |
| |
| - Updated the Chromium version to 65.0.3325.151. |
| - Applied security fixes from Chrome up to version 66.0.3359.139. |
| * Including: CVE-2018-6085, CVE-2018-6086, CVE-2018-6087, CVE-2018-6088, |
| CVE-2018-6089, CVE-2018-6090, CVE-2018-6091, CVE-2018-6092, |
| CVE-2018-6093, CVE-2018-6094, CVE-2018-6096, CVE-2018-6099, |
| CVE-2018-6100, CVE-2018-6101, CVE-2018-6102, CVE-2018-6103, |
| CVE-2018-6104, CVE-2018-6105, CVE-2018-6106, CVE-2018-6108, |
| CVE-2018-6110, CVE-2018-6111, CVE-2018-6115, CVE-2018-6116 and |
| CVE-2018-6118 |
| |
| Behavioral Changes |
| ------------------ |
| |
| - [QTBUG-65484] User script metadata parsing now supports regular |
| expressions in @include and @exclude rules. |
| - Enabled chrome://quota-internals, chrome://taskscheduler-internals, |
| and on Linux, chrome://sandbox. |
| - [QTBUG-62414] Default context menus for Qt Quick and Qt Widgets got |
| a revamp and are now unified. |
| |
| Build System |
| ------------ |
| |
| - [QTBUG-66596] QtWebEngine now requires Visual Studio 2017 on Windows. |
| - Building with -no-feature-draganddrop configure option got fixed. |
| |
| Command Line |
| ------------ |
| |
| - Process per Site model is now supported via --process-per-site. |
| - There's now an option to hide internal IP addresses from WebRTC via |
| --force-webrtc-ip-handling-policy=default_public_interface_only. |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Libraries * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| Deprecation Notice |
| ------------------ |
| |
| - [QTBUG-62640] [Q]WebEngineDownloadItem::type got deprecated. Use newly |
| introduced [Q]WebEngineDownloadItem::isSavePageDownload instead. |
| |
| Qt WebEngineCore |
| ---------------- |
| |
| - [QTBUG-62897] Added QWebEngineCookieStore::setCookieFilter() |
| to allow blocking cookie access. |
| - Added QWebEngineQuotaRequest, QWebEngineQuotaRequest classes. |
| - Added QWebEngineUrlRequestJob::initiator() accessor. |
| |
| Qt WebEngine (QML) |
| ------------------ |
| |
| - Added WebEngineContextMenuRequest::editFlags, |
| WebEngineContextMenuRequest::mediaFlags properties to allow further tailoring |
| custom context menus. |
| - [QTBUG-57505] Added WebEngineSettings::webRTCPublicInterfacesOnly property |
| to enable hiding private IP addresses from WebRTC services. |
| - [QTBUG-64056] Added WebEngineSettings::javaScriptCanPaste property |
| to enable 'execCommand("paste")'. |
| - Added WebEngineSettings::playbackRequiresUserGesture property |
| to inhibit playback of media content until the user interacts with the page. |
| - Added WebEngineSettings::unknownUrlSchemePolicy property |
| to specify how navigation requests to URLs with unknown schemes should be |
| handled. |
| - [QTBUG-51181] Added WebEngineView.geometryChangeRequested signal. |
| - [QTBUG-47899, QTBUG-50725, QTBUG-50766] WebEngineView::inspectedView, |
| WebEngineView::devToolsView properties can be used to programmatically set up |
| a devtools page. |
| - Added WebEngineView::quotaRequested() signal to handle requests for bigger |
| file system quotas (navigator.webkitPersistentStorage.requestQuota). |
| - Added WebEngineView::registerProtocolHandlerRequested() signal to handle |
| requests from window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler API. |
| |
| Qt WebEngineWidgets |
| ------------------- |
| |
| - Added QWebEngineContextMenuData::editFlags(), |
| QWebEngineContextMenuData::mediaFlags() properties to allow further tailoring |
| custom context menus. |
| - [QTBUG-57505] Added QWebEngineSettings::WebRTCPublicInterfacesOnly attribute |
| to enable hiding private IP addresses from WebRTC services. |
| - [QTBUG-64056] Added QWebEngineSettings::JavaScriptCanPaste attribute |
| to enable 'execCommand("paste")'. |
| - Added QWebEngineSettings::PlaybackRequiresUserGesture attribute |
| to inhibit playback of media content until the user interacts with the page. |
| - Added QWebEngineSettings::unknownUrlSchemePolicy property |
| to specify how navigation requests to URLs with unknown schemes should be |
| handled. |
| - [QTBUG-47899, QTBUG-50725, QTBUG-50766] QWebEnginePage::setInspectedPage(), |
| QWebEnginePage::setDevToolsPage() can be set to programmatically set up |
| a devtools page. |
| - Added QWebEnginePage::quotaRequested() signal to handle requests for bigger |
| file system quotas (navigator.webkitPersistentStorage.requestQuota). |
| - Added QWebEnginePage::registerProtocolHandlerRequested() signal to handle |
| requests from window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler API. |
