1 Qt 4.3.1 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward
2 compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 4.3.0.
4 The Qt version 4.3 series is binary compatible with the 4.2.x, 4.1.x and
5 4.0.x series. Applications compiled for Qt 4.0, 4.1 or 4.2 will continue to
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16 * Updated the German translation to provide complete coverage of Qt.
19 * Added icons for Mac OS X and Windows.
21 - Intel C++ Compiler for Linux
22 * Added support for version 10 of the compiler. See the Compiler
23 Notes documentation for known problems and work-arounds for this
25 * Added linux-icc-32 mkspec, for building with the 32-bit compiler
28 Third party components
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32 * Security fix (CVE-2007-2754): Integer overflow in the
33 TT_Load_Simple_Glyph function in freetype 2.3.4 and earlier allows
34 remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted BDF
38 * File descriptors are not inherited during spawn() anymore.
43 * Fixed native builds on ARM architectures.
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53 * [166605] Fixed regression causing keyboard modifiers to have no effect
54 during drag and drop operations.
55 * [169233] Fixed bug that would prevent text from being selected in
56 double spin box editors.
57 * [168917] Text would sometimes not be selected in the editor.
60 * [166714] Fixed regression causing persistent indexes to not be
63 - QAbstractPrintDialog
64 * [163000] Fixed bug on Unix where the PrintSelection option would not
65 be enabled unless PrintPageRange was also enabled.
68 * [166677] Windows only: Fixed an issue with alert() where windows
69 would keep flashing after being activated by the user.
70 * [168974] Fixed problems with compilation that could occur when
71 QT3_SUPPORT and QT_NO_CURSOR were defined.
74 * [165130] Mac OS X only: Fixed bug that caused an editable combo box to
78 * [165817] Fixed misleading documentation of
79 QDesktopServices::setUrlHandler().
82 * [166900, 166514] Fixed bug where a dialog could remain visible after
83 hide() had been called.
86 * [167217] Fixed regression that prevented the sequential bit from being
87 reset when reopening a file.
90 * [164947] Mac OS X only: Ensure that the parent of a native sheet dialog
91 is activated before a sheet is shown.
94 * [163406] Ensured that QFile::readLine() works on all platforms when
95 QFile is opened on file descriptor 0.
98 * [162085] X11 only: Fixed usage of QGLWidget on multiple X11 screens.
99 * [164707] X11 only: Fixed the transparent overlay color usage to make
100 it possible to draw with a solid black color. Qt::transparent is now
101 always returned as the transparent color in an overlay.
102 * [162143] Fixed a crash that could occur when calling renderPixmap()
103 with extremely large sizes. It now gracefully fails instead.
106 * [163430] Improved precision of QGraphicsItem::ItemIsMovable move
107 operations, and fixed move support for
108 QGraphicsItem::ItemIgnoresTransformations.
110 - QGraphicsItemAnimation
111 * [164585] Fixed setTimeLine(0) to properly remove the existing timeline,
112 and also ensured that setting the same timeline twice works fine.
115 * [163555] Flat items (items whose bounding rect width or height is 0)
116 no longer cause a full viewport update when they are updated.
119 * [160828] Fixed bug in QGraphicsScene/View::render() which could cause
120 nothing to be rendered for QPicture target devices.
121 * [163919] Scroll bar ranges are no longer reset to (0,0) when the
122 scroll bars are disabled (Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff).
123 * [163537] Scroll bar ranges are now correct also for styles with a
124 viewport frame only around the viewport itself (e.g., Motif and Mac
126 * [158245] Calling setScene(0) now recalculates the scroll bar ranges.
127 * [170619, 157400] Fixed rendering bugs that could occur when using a
128 semi-transparent foreground or background brush.
129 * [170619, 168885] Fixed a bug that would cause the rubber band to
130 appear after invoking a context menu.
133 * [168233] Ensured that all pending look-ups are terminated on
134 application exit to avoid a delayed application shutdown while waiting
135 for the look-ups to complete.
136 * [167487] Fixed support for Unix platforms that allow IPv6 look-ups
137 through getaddrinfo(), but that don't support IPv6 sockets.
140 * [163727] Fixed artifacts in scaled images that could occur when using
141 Qt::FastTransformation.
142 * [169908] Fixed a crash that could occur when reading 4-bit
143 uncompressed BMP images.
146 * [167534] Fixed bug that would cause QLocale::toString() to return
147 garbage if passed an invalid time or date.
150 * [166004, 167651] Made the unified toolbar handle layout requests.
151 * Mac OS X only: Don't move the window's title bar when clicking on the
153 * [164105] Made the unified toolbar handle showMaximized().
154 * [162555] Move OpenGL contexts when the toolbar button is pressed and
155 we are using the unified toolbar.
156 * [169063] Fixed a crash that could occur when setting a new menu bar
157 and the old one contained corner widgets.
160 * [162573] Improved switching between maximized subwindows (less
162 * [162046, 164264] Improved activation behavior.
163 * [170770] Fixed inconsistent behavior with scroll bars when a subwindow
165 * [169873] Fixed incorrect positions of tiled subwindows.
168 * [168129] Improved the way a default window icon is selected.
169 * [169859] Improved menu bar buttons for maximized subwindows.
170 * Improved support for size grips.
171 * [169543] Windows only (XP style): Fixed a problem where the frame
172 width was 1 pixel wider than it should have been.
173 * [168829] Fixed incorrect margins of maximized subwindows inside
177 * [166652] Fixed a regression where context menus could not be triggered
178 with the right mouse button.
179 * [161789] Fixed a bug that prevented tear-off handles from being
180 activated when they were dragged down from the menu bar item.
183 * [168892] Fixed bug that made the extension always appear when adding a
184 separator to a menu bar.
185 * [166181] Fixed bug that caused extensions to be misplaced.
186 * [166242] Fixed bug that could cause menus to be collapsed.
189 * Ensured that the default button isn't lost when the modality of the
190 message box is changed.
193 * Ensured that items with State_Focus actually get the focus ring drawn.
196 * [170549] Fixed a regression from 4.2.3 in the default constructor; if
197 used before any other proxy settings were applied, it would fail to
198 initialize the proxy handlers, effectively disabling support for
199 SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies.
202 * [166087] Fixed a memory leak caused by not releasing GL program
203 handles if they failed to compile.
204 * [166054] Ensured that push and pop operations are performed on the
205 texture matrix stack and the client state attributes when begin()
206 and end() are called.
207 * [161021] Fixed rendering of points with cosmetic pens with widths
211 * [158815] Fixed rendering artifacts for extended composition modes with
212 semi-transparent or anti-aliased drawing.
213 * [163744] Fixed aliased ellipse drawing artifacts (horizontal lines)
215 * [166623] Fixed bug where gradients with ObjectBoundingMode would be
216 drawn at an incorrect offset.
217 * [167497] Fixed color bleeding artifacts at the edges when drawing
218 images/pixmaps with SmoothPixmapTransform on X11.
219 * [168621] Fixed bug which would cause projective transformations to be
220 incorrectly applied for non-top-level widgets.
221 * [168623] Fixed drawing of gradients with projective transformations.
222 * [167891] Fixed an assert in QBezier::shifted() that occured when
223 drawing certain paths.
226 * [167145] Fixed a regression with combo and spin box text margins.
230 * [142701] Fixed an assert which could occur on a system with CUPS
231 setup, but no printers available.
232 * [165957] Added support to allow printers to be chosen from the
233 NPRINTER and NGPRINTER enviroment variables.
234 Ensured that CUPS command line options are not used when not using
236 * [158807] Fixed page ordering when printing to a CUPS printer or to PDF
238 * [155129] Fixed Landscape printing with CUPS version < 1.2.
241 * [166054] Fixed a crash which could occur when trying to use a
242 QPrintDialog to configure a printer set to use
243 QPrinter::PostScriptFormat as output format.
244 * [162729] Fixed an assert that could occur when entering an invalid
248 * [166499] Windows only: Fixed a bug that could cause printing from a
249 QTextEdit to produce incorrect wrong results under certain
251 * [161915] Mac OS X only: Drawing vertical lines with a dot pattern now
252 work correctly on OS X 10.3.9.
255 * [161944] QProcess::setReadChannel() no longer affects the contents of
256 the stderr / stdout / unget buffers. QProcess::readAllStandardError()
257 and QProcess::readAllStandardOutput() no longer clear any unget data
261 * [167841] Fixed bug where filling a QPixmap with an alpha color would
262 fail to detach the pixmap, causing copies of the pixmap to be changed
264 * [157166] X11 only: Fixed problem with disappearing icons on 8-bit
266 * [161307] Mac OS X only: Drawing bitmaps on pixmaps now works
270 * [166710] Fixed bug that prevented Qt::OpaqueMode from being taken into
271 account under certain circumstances when QPainter::fillRect() was
273 * [159538] Fixed drawing of a monochrome image into another monochrome
275 * [166000] Fixed compilation of mmxext optimizations.
276 * [156925] Fixed performance bug in 3DNow! optimizations.
279 * [167445] Removed potential assert in QRegion::operator^ on Unix.
282 * [165899] Fixed bug where calling an overloaded slot from a script
283 would pick the wrong overload when the argument is a QObject.
284 * [166903] Fixed crash when evaluating a call to a script function that
285 ends with an if-statement with a true-part that ends with a return
286 statement (and has no else-part).
289 * [167838] Use micro focus rectangle (if "active") instead of the entire
290 widget in ensureWidgetVisible().
292 - QSortFilterProxyModel
293 * [167273] Fixed regression that caused QSortFilterProxyModel to assert
294 when changing data in a QSqlTableModel source model with the
295 OnFieldChange edit strategy.
298 * [166880] Fixed a bug where setQuery() could cause a crash by calling
299 hasFeature() on the wrong driver instance.
301 - QSqlRelationalTableModel
302 * [140782] Fixed a bug which caused insertRecord() to fail when record()
303 returns a record containing duplicate field names.
306 * [168116] Don't crash when passing 0 to QSslCertificate::fromDevice();
307 issue a warning instead. This fix also removes warnings about
308 uninitialized symbols when accessing the static functions in
309 QSslCertificate before creating a QSslSocket.
312 * [164356] Fixed a crash that could occur when passing a string to
314 * [166633] Fixed a memory leak that would occur with each established
316 * [165962] Fixed support for wildcard certificates.
317 * [167593] Fixed a bug that caused QSslSocket::protocol() to be ignored
318 and set to the default of SSLv3 under certain circumstances.
319 * [167380] Fixed a crash when assigning a null key for SSL servers.
320 * [169571] Fixed a crash that could occur after disconnecting from a
324 * [169183] Removed a qWarning() when reading from a closed socket
325 (regression from 4.2.3).
328 * [167565] Fixed a regression from 4.2.3; size() would always return 0.
331 * [161577] Fixed regression causing Shift-Backspace to be ignored.
332 * [165833] Fixed floating point overflow causing incorrect page heights
334 * [167377] Fixed performance regression when appending a lot of text in
335 NoWrap line break mode when there is a horizontal scroll bar.
336 * [163446] Fixed excessive emission of selectionChanged() signals when
338 * [167701] Fixed QTextEdit::setLineWrapMode to not change the
339 wordWrapMode property when called with NoWrap.
342 * [160631] Fixed missing HTML export of page break policies.
343 * [163258] Fixed bug that prevented text table borders from being drawn
344 in QLabels and tool tips.
345 * [166670] Fixed layout bug that caused the right margin property of
346 paragraphs inside table cells to be ignored.
347 * [168406] Fixed rendering bug which would cause incorrect background
348 fills for paragraphs with a left margin set.
351 * [166083] Fixed incorrect line breaking when breaking at a tab
353 * [165861] Fixed support for QTextOption::NoWrap.
356 * [162515] Fixed bug that prevented QLabel's alignment from being
357 applied properly to rich text.
360 * Fixed a bug in QUrl::clear() which left some internal data uncleared.
363 * [165177] Fixed crash that could occur when deleting a focus widget from a
364 window with a non-null parent.
365 * [165654] Fixed issue with incorrect repainting that could occur when
366 deleting an opaque child widget.
369 * [162730] Fixed the use of an incorrect font for item views on Windows
371 * [157324] Improved the native appearance of indeterminate progress
373 * [170012] Fixed a bug which prevented the busy mode of a progress bar
374 from working when both its range and value were set to zero.
377 * [132695] Fixed a crash issue that could occur after multiple system
381 * [159684] AeroStyle: Fixed bug that caused the minimum height to be set
383 * [161670] AeroStyle: Fixed a problem that caused title bar buttons to
384 remaining glowing after the mouse had left the window.
385 * [161678] AeroStyle: Fixed a problem with incorrect vertical center
386 alignment of wizard buttons.
389 * [167283] Fixed regression in painting of the header.
392 * [165853] Fixed background coloring of a cell.
395 * [163563] Fixed regression in canReadLine(); it now properly searches
396 all internal buffers.
399 * [168497] Fixed incorrect updates when using setUpdatesEnabled().
402 * [168195] Fixed bug that could cause the wrong page to be shown when
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411 * [149761] Added support for compiling Firebird 2.0 on 64-bit platforms.
412 * [165423] Fixed a regression causing an assert when calling a stored
413 procedure without out-parameters.
414 * [166238] Fixed a bug that caused only the first segment of multi-
415 segmented BLOBs to be retrieved in some cases.
418 * [167167] Fixed a regression that caused a crash when checking DBMS
419 general information when connecting to a database.
422 * Use new sqlite3_prepare16_v2 instead of sqlite3_prepare16 when
424 * [167665] Fixed a regression that caused field names to be escaped
425 multiple times when selecting from views.
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431 - Secure Socket Client
432 * New example, showing how to use QSslSocket to communicate over an
433 encrypted (SSL) connection.
435 - Accelerated Screen Driver
436 * Ensured that the example does not crash if it is unable to get a
437 pointer to the frame buffer.
439 ****************************************************************************
440 * Platform Specific Changes *
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446 * [163862] Fixed a bug where QClipboard would escape all non-ASCII
447 characters that were copied from GTK+ applications.
448 * [165182] Fixed building with the Intel C++ Compiler for Linux on
449 IA-64 (Itanium) (missing functions in qatomic_ia64.h)
450 * [163861] Fixed building on AIX 5.3 where the _POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK
451 macro was accidentally redefined.
452 * [166650] Fixed a regression from 4.2.3 where calling QWidget::move()
453 in a reimplementation of QWidget::showEvent() did not work.
454 * [166097] QWidget::show() no longer overwrites the _NET_WM_STATE
455 property. Instead, QWidget now merges any existing _NET_WM_STATE
456 property together with its own state.
457 * Fixed the QAtomic implementation on the Alpha, which previously
458 caused all applications to hang on start-up.
459 * [165229] Changed the linux-lsb-g++ specification to avoid linking with
460 libGLU (which is not part of the LSB specification).
461 * [155083, 146833] Ensure that all font substitutions from fontconfig
462 are obeyed by using a strong binding for QFont's family with
468 * [169105] Fixed a regression where calling resize() on a minimized
470 * [169376] Fixed a race condition that would cause a crash when
471 stopping timers in a thread.
472 * [165440] Fixed a crash that could occur when using Google's Pinyin
473 input method with Qt.
478 * QMake's Xcode generator is now more robust when determining which
479 version of Xcode projects it should generate. It also uses launch
480 services to determine Xcode's location as well.
481 * Small changes to be more Leopard compatible
482 * [167020] Ensured that the translations are really included in the
484 * [164530] Ensured that the DPI for fonts don't change when the
486 * [165530] Fixed a bug that caused Q_DECLARE_METATYPE() in a
487 precompiled header to interfere with the Objective-C 'id' keyword.
488 * [165659] Fixed bold/italic font rendering for some fonts.
493 * Fixed support for bitmap fonts.
494 * [164297] Fixed a potential crash in accelerated paint engines.
495 * [160970] Fixed support for 1-bit black and white screens.
496 * [164783] Fixed bug in 4-bit grayscale support which resulted in pink
497 colors under certain circumstances.
498 * [164955] Fixed painting error when using QWidget::move().
499 * [166368] Fixed bug in QWidget::setFixedSize() when using multiple
501 * [165686] Fixed bug in QPixmap::grabWindow() when using multiple
503 * [130925] Fixed use of QWSWindowSurface::move() when acceleration is
505 * [143865] Implemented QWSCalibratedMouseHandler::getCalibration()
506 properly to fill all return values.
507 * [161820] Fixed incorrect detection of glib libraries when cross-
509 * [152914] Improved the framebuffer test example.
510 * [171454] Fixed painting errors when zooming in QVFb.
513 ****************************************************************************
514 * Important Behavior Changes
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518 * [167838] Use micro focus rectangle (if "active") instead of the entire
519 widget in ensureWidgetVisible().