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Qt 4.5.1 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward
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compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 4.5.0. For more details,
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refer to the online documentation included in this distribution. The
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documentation is also available online:
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http://qt.nokia.com/doc/4.5
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The Qt version 4.5 series is binary compatible with the 4.4.x series.
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Applications compiled for 4.4 will continue to run with 4.5.
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Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
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corresponding to tasks in the Task Tracker:
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http://qt.nokia.com/developer/task-tracker
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Each of these identifiers can be entered in the task tracker to obtain more
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information about a particular change.
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****************************************************************************
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* General *
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****************************************************************************
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General Improvements
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--------------------
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- Documentation and Examples
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* Added printing feature for the Spreadsheet demo.
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* [245675] Clarified the differences between QItemDelegate and
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QStyledItemDelegate.
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* [248752] Marked QPrintDialog::printer(), setPrinter() and addButton()
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as Unix only functions, part of Qt3Support.
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- Embedded Dialogs demo
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* [246517] Fixed warnings and bugs in hover handling on Mac OS X
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Optimizations
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-------------
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- Graphics View Framework has been optimized in several areas
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* Improved the performance of QGraphicsItem::clipPath().
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* Improved the performance of QGraphicsItem::setPos().
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* Improved the performance of QGraphicsItem::effectiveOpacity().
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* Improved the performance of QGrahicsScene::items(*).
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* Improved handling of updates.
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* Reduced the number of floating point operations.
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* Reduced QVariant overhead.
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Third party components
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----------------------
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* Library *
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****************************************************************************
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- QAbstractItemModel
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* Clarified some warning messages printed if the model is invalid.
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- QAbstractEventDispatcher
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* [248805] Duplicate timerids could occur if a timer is running while the
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QObject is moved to another thread, stopping timers from working.
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- QAbstractSocket
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* [192037] Emit the disconnected signal only if we were connected before.
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- QAccessible
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* [221731] Fixed a bug where the accessibility plugin could crash if
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there was an "&" at the end or spin forever if a label had a sequence of
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"&&".
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* [241161] Fixed a bug in browsing menus with the keyboard.
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- QAtomicInt
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* [216492] Fixed compilation on 64-bit PowerPC machines with gcc 4.3.
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- QAuthenticator
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* [237979] Fixed implementation of md5-sess.
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- QByteArray
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* [246233] QByteArray::fromHex() fails with input of size 1.
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- QColorDialog
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* [247349] Fixed a bug causing the wrong alpha value to be returned.
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- QCombobox
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* [248094] Fixed scrollbar from appearing when not required.
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- QCompleter
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* [246056] Fixed an assertion failure in setCompletionPrefix().
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* [250064] Fixed a regression in focus policy propagation.
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- QtConcurrent
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* [244718] Reduced the number of calls to QThread::idealThreadCount().
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- QDirIterator
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* [247645] Fixed a bug that may loose all cached data inside QFileInfo.
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- QFile
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* [244485] Renaming a file does not change QFile::fileName().
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* [244500] QFile::rename() does not always return false when the method
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fails
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- QFileInfo
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* [205244] Return valid file info also for relative UNC paths.
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- QFileDialog
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* [221323] Fixed a bug in QFileDialog's programmatical file selection.
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* [248332] QFileDialog is slow after visiting a large directory.
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* [250194] Fixed an issue with QFileDialog and QSortFilterProxyModel
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index mapping.
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- QGLFramebufferObject
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* Framebuffer object extension resolution now works with OpenGL/ES 2.0.
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- QGraphicsItem
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* Fixed a slow down regression in QGraphicsItem::ItemCoordinateCache.
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* [247890] Cached QGraphicsItems are not updated if update() is called
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when they are hidden.
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* [250272] Fixed a crash that could occur when an item is deleted but
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it does not get removed from the sceneeventfilters.
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- QGraphicsGridLayout
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* [242472] Fixed a bug where the calculation of the maximum width of a
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column was incorrect.
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- QGraphicsScene
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* [243707] Fixed a crash when adding a child before a parent to the
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scene.
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- QGraphicsView
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* [245766] Rubber Band drag mode does not update correctly when
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scrolling.
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- QGraphicsWidget
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* [246215] Fixed a regression where we could cache the wrong size hint
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because we called the virtual sizeHint() from the constructor.
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- QHttp
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* Compile fixes for QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE being in the wrong place in some
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private headers.
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* [208445] Cancel request upon receiving unknown authentication method.
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- QHostAddress
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* [247330] Fixed compilation on MinGW by adding a missing QPair include.
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- QLocalSocket
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* Fixed a bug that would cause QLocalSocket to disconnect 30 seconds
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after a succesful delayed connection on UNIX.
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- QMacStyle
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* Adjusted the opacity value for popups.
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* [248769] Fixed a regression where QMacStyle would only draw tabs when
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passed a QStyleOptionTabV3.
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- QMainWindow
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* [248048] Fixed a regression that would cause tooltips to disappear when
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using the unified toolbar.
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- QMetaType
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* [248890] The detailed description of QMetaType no longer contradicts
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the documentation of QMetaType::type()
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- QMutex
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* Fixed a performance regression for contended mutexes as reported on the
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qt4-preview-feedback list.
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- QPainter
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* Compile fixes for OpenGL paint engine on OpenGL/ES 1.1 CommonLite and
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OpenGL/ES 1.0.
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* [246573] Fixed a very slow stroking of paths in the X11 paint engine.
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* [247083] Fixed the scale applied to antialiased cosmetic pens in X11
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paint engine.
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* [247492] Fixed a rendering bug in the raster paint engine causing
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* [247505] Fixed missing fills of rectangles with negative width/height
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in raster paint engine.
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one-pixel offset when drawing premultiplied ARGB32 images on RGB16
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images.
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* [249490] Fixed one-pixel offset between stroke and fills of ellipses in
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the X11 paint engine.
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* [249628] Fixed a crash in OpenGL paint engine when filling using
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Qt::NoBrush.
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- QPixmap
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* [249175] Fixed QPixmap::fromImage() of monochrome images to result in
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black/white pixels and not transparent/white pixels.
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- QProcess
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* [247865] Fixed a crash when calling QProcess::start() and
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startDetached() with an empty program string.
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- QScrollBar
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* [247985] Stylesheet: added the feature to style scrollbar menus.
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- QSharedPointer
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* [246843] Fixed a crash caused by using QSharedPointer in global statics.
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- QSortFilterProxyModel
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* [247867] Properly sort when calling appendRows().
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* [248868] Re-sort when the model is reset if dynamicSort is enabled.
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* [248868] Fixed QSortFilterProxyModel::sort() if dynamicSort was disabled.
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- QSSlSocket
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* [245668] Set also protocol, verifyMode and verifyDepth in
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setSslConfiguration().
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- QString
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* [249517] Fixed a regression in replace(int, int, QChar) when the string
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is empty.
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- QStyleSheetStyle
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* Improved support for setting background and foreground roles in styles
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such as the text color in a combo box popup on Mac and Cleanlooks, or
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the background of QScrollBar.
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* Fixed a crash that occured while styling the title bar of a QMdiArea.
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* [188195] Fixed the background of QAbstractScrollArea losing its color
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if styled with pseudo-class.
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* [246542] Fixed a bug in QToolButton::hover{ color:.... }.
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- QThread
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* [249997] Added documentation indicating that the priority set by the
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programmer may be ignored, for example on Linux.
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- QTreeView
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* Fixed a crash that may occur when events are processed immediately
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after a QSortFilterProxyModel is invalidated.
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* [246025] Fixed auto-expand that occured when quickly collapsing an item
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after clicking on a child.
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* [248163] Fixed a possible crash in the paintEvent() when spans are used.
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* [248805] Calling QTreeView::sortByColumn() programmatically was not
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working if manual sorting was disabled.
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- QWidget
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* [250388] Fixed a potential crash in QWidget::scroll() when using the
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raster graphics system.
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- QWidget
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* [246852] Improved handling of WindowMaximizeButtonHint for widgets with
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layouts.
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-QLocale
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* String-to-number conversion functions will now ignore trailing and
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leading whitespaces in all locales as documented.
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- QWizard
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* [248107] Fixed a bug on Windows Vista causing the Back button to
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connect to the back() signal twice.
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- Q3ListView
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* [248689] Fixed a bug in Q3ListView that would not update under certain
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conditions.
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- QtWebKit
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* Fixed a bug in cookie handling (WebKit Bugzilla 24062, Benjamin Meyer).
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* Fixed a bug in calling from JavaScript into NPAPI plugins on Windows.
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* Fixed the updating state of WebActions (Erik Bunce)
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* Fixed a bug in HTML 5 Canvas clearRect() (Dirk Schulze)
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* Fixed the theming of text fields with KDE 4 Oxygen style (Zack Rusin)
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* Fixed path fill styles (Zack Rusin)
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* Fixed pre-edit text handling with input methods.
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* [248643] Fixed compiling with the "-pedantic" compile option.
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- QSqlTableModel
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* Made setTable() try and use the database's letter case (uppercase/
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lowercase) of the given tablename.
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* [189093] QSqlTableModel did not handle updates when one of the fields
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had a NULL value.
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* Database Drivers *
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****************************************************************************
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* Fixed the DB2 driver returning a double field as empty.
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* Fixed a memory leak in the DB2 driver.
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* Fixed the DB2 driver not quoting table/field names properly.
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* Fixed an issue with ODBC & FreeTDS not accepting quotes in statements.
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* Fixed a bug in the sqlite2 driver not returning false on failing to
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execute a statement.
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* PrecisionPolicy now works in the oracle driver.
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* Fixed a bug in the ODBC driver returning a list of tables when
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requested.
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* Fixed Interbase retrieving scale/precision information on numeric/
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decimal fields.
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* Stopped drivers from quoting again when escapeIdentifier is called
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twice.
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* Fixed a bug in the sqlite2 driver not quoting fields correctly.
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* [232769] Fixed a memory overflow issue on bound out strings in ODBC
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Driver
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* [249059] Fixed a bug that handled QPSQL datetime/time fields with
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negative timezone offsets incorrectly.
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* Platform Specific Changes *
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****************************************************************************
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Qt for Linux/X11
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* Ensured proper resetting for input contexts when switching between
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multiple input context plugins.
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* Input methods preedit strings are now reset properly when user switches
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focus without commiting a string.
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* Unicode conversion functions will handle Latin-1 character set only if
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they are used before a QCoreApplication/QApplication is constructed.
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* Improved handling of failed unicode conversion.
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* Fixed clipboard handling when the user manually creates an instance of
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the QDesktopWidget.
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* [226048] Ensured that the QDesktopWidget::resized() signal is emitted
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properly when a new screen appears or the screen geometry is changed
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without affecting the whole desktop's geometry.
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* [232632] Fixed a bug in reparenting widgets to a difference X11 screen.
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* [241888] The background of the drag-n-drop cursor is now respected,
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according to the stylesheet.
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* [244337] Improved input method handling when a widget's native window
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id is recreated.
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* [244607] Current focus widget is properly set and input method is
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properly initialized when showing a toplevel widget that accepts
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keyboard input.
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- Phonon/GStreamer
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* [233188] Fixed a problem where the seek slider reset to 0 while being
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dragged.
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* [244259] Fixed a problem where the backend failed to indicate an error
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when the streaming failed.
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* [246097] Added support for the MediaController interface to allow audio
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CD playback.
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* [246189] Fixed a problem where the backend failed to correctly escape
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certain file names casuing playback to not start.
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- QGtkStyle
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* The system palette is no longer strictly forced. Also improved behavior
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related to system theme changes.
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* Fixed palette and styling issues with the background color of combo box
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popups.
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* [238196] Allowed middle click to set scrollbar position, following GTK+
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behavior.
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* [239829] Disabled alt-key navigation for QGtkStyle following GTK+
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behavior.
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* [247653] Fixed a compilation issue on Solaris.
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* [249363] QFrame is now styled as a GtkScrolledWindow.
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- Font rendering
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* Improved performance of subpixel antialiased text rendering by using a
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mask in the calls to XRender's text compositing function.
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* [248387] Properly respect the font config LCD filter settings for
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subpixel antialiased text rendering when Freetype's native subpixel
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rendering is disabled.
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* [248498] Fix garbled rendering of subpixel antialiased text when using
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Freetype's native subpixel rendering for vertical subpixel layouts.
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* [248644] Fall back to Qt's subpixel rendering if Freetype's subpixel
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rendering was available at compile-time but not at run-time.
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- QEventDispatcherGlib
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* Event posted to a thread before it is started are not processed until
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others events are posted.
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- QWidget
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* [213512] Fixed a bug that caused wrong clipping when using the
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Qt::WA_PaintOutsidePaintEvent attribute.
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Qt for Windows
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* [240891] Corrected the focus behavior of native file dialogs, when an
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application has multiple toplevel widgets.
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* [243583] Improved drag-and-drop handling when switching mouse buttons
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quickly.
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* [244875] The system menu will now be shown for a fullscreen window.
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* [245330] Fixed a bug that caused mouse inputs to be ignored on modal
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dialogs, when shown from an ActiveQt control.
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* [249576] Fixed a crash when using a combobox with Qt::NoFocus.
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- QCoreApplication
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* [247401] Fixed a bug that caused a restarted timer to fire too early,
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resulting in QtWebKit's Javascript consuming 100% CPU on Windows.
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- QWindowsXPStyle
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* [248036] Fixed an issue where tool buttons were hovering incorrectly
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when disabled.
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- QWidget
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* [248391] Fixed a bug that made it impossible to dynamically switch from
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QPainter-based graphics to native graphics API and back.
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Qt for Mac OS X
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* Fixed a crash when showing a widget that is a modal window but has no
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parent.
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* Added QSysInfo::MV_10_6 as an enum to test against.
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* Various compile fixes for the preliminary supported Snow Leopard.
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* The uninstall-qt.py script included in the binary package no longer
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complains about removing itself multiple times.
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- * Improved the documentation for how qt_mac_set_dock_menu() works.
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* Fixed an issue with the focus frame's transparency as it was difficult
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to use the QWidget with stylesheets.
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* [223525] Fixed a crash in the MacMainWindow Demo.
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* [248803] Ensured that two dialogs shown at the same time will both not
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have visible default buttons.
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- QDesktopWidget
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* [244004] Properly support multiple screens with different sizes.
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- QDialog
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* [195904] Parent dialog is displayed on top of its modal child.
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* [218980] Modeless dialogs should be stacked above normal windows.
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* [239155] QDialog(foo, Qt::Sheet) with QComboBox has non-native
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behavior.
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- QFileDialog
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* [219844] Fixed a crash caused by QFileDialog::getOpenFileName()'s
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search buttons (native version).
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* [225705] QFileDialog::getSaveFileName()'s filter does not display
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correctly.
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- QMenu
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* [228017] Ensured that QMenu closes when expanding a system menu.
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- QTestLib
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* Activate the test application when launched from the command line.
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- Event system
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* [210912] Fixed a bug where ShowEvent not sent when reshowing a window
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after it was minimized.
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- macdeployqt
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* The binary packages now include this tool.
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* macdeployqt now runs 'strip' on the deployed binaries.
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* Fixed an issue that prevented the QtSvg module from being deployed.
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- configure script
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* Now supports "-arch i386" as an alias for "-arch x86".
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* Detects invalid arch arguemnts and exits.
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- Cocoa port
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* Fixed a bug where actions in the native menubar were not disabled
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properly.
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* Made shortcuts work properly when using the Dvorak-QWERTY+CMD keyboard
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layout.
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* Fixed a bug where dialogs were positioned in the wrong place on the
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screen.
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* The build-key for Cocoa was changed in the unlikely case that a plugin
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may make assumptions on how Qt was built. All Cocoa plugins built
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against Qt 4.5.0 will NOT work with Qt 4.5.1; we do not foresee
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changing this again.
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* Fixed a bug where some windows did not get activation when they
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normally should.
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* Fixed a bug where key events sent to popups were not propagated
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onwards.
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* QFileOpenEvents will no longer be sent for items passed via command
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line.
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* Various fixes for determining the metrics of text and the ability to
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disable kerning.
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* Modified the Colliding Mice Example to work better with coalesced
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updates.
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* Fixed a bug where the drag cursor was not updated when modifier keys
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were used.
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* [239043] Fixed a bug that caused QGraphicsProxyWidget to shrink when
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moved.
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* [244369] Window flags on Cocoa windows should look similar to the
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Carbon ones.
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* [247947] Fixed a crash in drag and drop.
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* [248918] Fixed color matching for themed text items.
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* The command + h shortcut is now enabled. (Hides the current window.)
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* [249296] Fixed a bug where line edits on a second page of a stack
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widget were not getting key events.
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Qt for Embedded Linux
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- * Various improvements to the Qt DirectFB plugin.
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* Fixed recreation of temporary EGL surfaces in the PowerVR QScreen
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driver.
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- * Document some necessary #define's for building the PowerVR QScreen
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driver.
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Qt for Windows CE
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-----------------
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* [246619] Fixed a tap and hold bug for QCheckbox.
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****************************************************************************
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* Compiler Specific Changes *
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****************************************************************************
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****************************************************************************
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* Tools *
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****************************************************************************
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- Build System
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- Assistant
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- Designer
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* [245503] Fixed redundant backslashes in string property in the property
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browser.
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* [245961] Restricted objectname-validation to known object name
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properties only.
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* [247995] Fixed a crash occurring after layout operations that caused
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an instance of QGridLayout or QFormLayout to shrink.
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* [248000] Fixed a crash ocurring when re-layouting empty grid layouts.
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* [249097] Fixed a crash related to undoing a QGridLayout re-layout
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operation.
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- Linguist
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- Linguist GUI
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* [248076] Fixed a crash caused by opening files for which we have no
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plural rules.
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* [249519] Fixed a crash upon dropping text into a non-focused line
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edit.
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- Entire Linguist toolchain
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* [244035] Fixed an infinite loop in PO writer.
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* [247738] Improved handling of duplicated messages.
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* [248849] Fixed the encoding in XLIFF writer.
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* [249022] Fixed TS' and QM's handling of messages which appear in
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multiple encodings.
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- lupdate
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* [248724] Fixed the encoding of messages from .ui files if CODECFORTR
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is not utf8.
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* [249633] Fixed the processing of C++ backslash line continuations.
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- rcc
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- moc
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* [240368] moc parsing issue with "unsigned" subphrase
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- uic
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* [244998] Fixed include file generation for phonon widgets.
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* [248070] Fixed code generation for QStringList-type properties to use
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encoding properly.
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* [242447] Made uic generate class-specific code correctly in the case of
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multiple levels of inheritance.
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- uic3
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- qmake
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* On Mac OS, properly escape file names in QMAKE_BUNDLE_DATA.
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* Fixed moc and uic features to make shadow builds work even if a
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non-shadow build is present
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* [201495] Comment processing in qmake prevented file from being moc'ed
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* [248806] Ensured that the Xcode generator includes the right path to
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frameworks.
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- configure
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- qtconfig
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- qt3to4
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****************************************************************************
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* Plugins *
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****************************************************************************
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****************************************************************************
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* Important Behavior Changes *
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****************************************************************************
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