2 Qt 3.2 introduces new features as well as many improvements over the
3 3.1.x series. This file gives an overview of the main changes since
4 version 3.1.2. For more details, see the online documentation which
5 is included in this distribution. The documentation is also available
6 at http://qt.nokia.com/doc/
8 The Qt version 3.2 series is binary compatible with the 3.1.x series.
9 Applications compiled for 3.1 will continue to run with 3.2.
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18 Controls developed with ActiveQt support aggregation, which makes it
19 possible to use them in containers that require this form of containment to
20 be supported. ActiveQt also supports masked controls in containers that
21 support this for window'ed controls.
26 Note: Qt 3.2 is the last version to officially support IRIX MIPSpro
27 o32 and Sun CC 5.0. A script, $QTDIR/bin/qt32castcompat, is provided
28 for 3.2 which needs to be run for these compilers.
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35 Win32 only: Stop compressing mouse move events when a change
36 in the key state is detected. Allow multiple QApplication
37 objects be created sequentially by resetting the pointers to
38 static objects on destruction.
41 X11 only: Various fixes.
46 - QFont related classes
47 Many fixes and improvements.
50 X11 only: Various fixes to make pixmap rendering work better
51 with accelerated nVidia drivers.
54 Fixed writing of QImages.
57 Fixed layout to take the menu bar's minimum width into
58 consideration and correctly propagate spacing() from parent to
62 Replace all non-printable characters with spaces when
63 drawing. Added new function selectionStart() which returns
64 the index of the first selected character in the line edit.
67 Improved item search based on keystrokes.
70 Don't move the inline item editor out of the visible area for
71 wide items. Ignore +/- indicator for columns other than the
72 first one. Fixed keyboard handling in Multi selection
73 mode. Improve drawing of extremely long item texts.
76 Respects icons vertical alignment properly.
79 Better support for MySQL/embedded. Bind TEXT blob fields as
80 strings instead of byte arrays.
83 Qt/Embedded only: Fixed printing issues.
86 Mac only: Fixed printing issues.
89 Windows only: Fixed setBlocking(TRUE) to work properly.
92 Fixed toShort() and toUShort() to behave correctly when passed
93 a null pointer as 'ok' value.
96 Return the correct style name from the factory for the
100 Replace old contents when editing. Take hidden rows into
101 account when activating cells. Clear the cell widget when
105 Fixed table headers to be bold.
108 Implemented insertAt() for LogText mode. Fixed undoAvailable
109 and redoAvailable to be emitted correctly from the context
110 menu. Fixed tripleclick selection in QTextEdit.
113 Prevent nested openings of the tool button popups.
116 Various paint bug fixes.
119 Fixed workspace to keep the active window when
120 tiling. Improved icon handling for maximized and minimized