What's New in Qt 5.1▲
Qt 5.1 introduces many changes for helping developers continue creating wonderful applications, easily and with less code. As well in this release, focus is placed on bug fixing and new features, while maintaining compatibility with Qt 5.0.
This page is a summary of new features. For specific API changes, the https:// section contains links to new and obsolete classes.
New Modules▲
New modules add more functionality for developers to use on various platforms.
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https:// - a set of reusable UI controls. Qt 5.1 targets desktop platforms, while future releases will include more features useful on touch devices.
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https:// - provides layouts for https://
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https:// - contains types for creating and interacting with system dialogs
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https:// - adds platform specific APIs for X11
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https:// - provides access to sensor hardware and motion gesture recognition both via QML and C++ interfaces. Supports https://, BlackBerry, https://, and Mer platforms.
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https:// - provides an interface for hardware and virtual serial ports
The https:// page contains a list of all modules in Qt 5.1.
New Supported Platforms▲
Qt 5.1 introduces support for following new platforms with technology preview status:
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https:// (Technology Preview)
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https:// (Technology Preview)
Summary of Changes▲
moc Changes▲
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New keyword in https://(), MEMBER, lets you bind a property to a class member without requiring to have a getter or a setter.
qmake Changes▲
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On Windows: Added support for specifying application icon (via RC_ICONS).
Qt Core Changes▲
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Added support for SHA3 to https://
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Added toInt(), toUInt(), and similar functions to https://
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A new threadsafe initialization of global statics through refactored https://.
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A new class, https://, provides locking between processes using a file. This lock enables applications to check that there is only one instance of it running.
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A new class, https://, provides transaction such as file writing.
Qt GUI Changes▲
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Support for embedding and reparenting of windows created from other processes, via https://().
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https://() adds the capability to embed https:// instances, such as https:// or a https:// using https://, into a https:// hierarchy.
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Support for kerning advances in https://.
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https:// and https:// adds the ability to report supported MimeTypes.
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New input method plugin, QComposeInputContext.
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New GTK+ 2.x platformtheme plugin that provides native file, font, and color dialogs.
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New class, https://(), provides access to all OpenGL functions.
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New https:// and https:// classes.
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New https:// class expose KHR_debug extension for easy debugging.
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Added support for Geometry, Tessellation Control, Tessellation Evaluation, and Compute shaders to https:// and https://.
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New https:// class.
Qt Network Changes▲
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New encrypted() signal to https:// and https:// so that applications can perform additional checks on the certificate chain.
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Support for sending intermediate certificates when https:// is used as a server and when using client certificates.
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Support for SSL session reuse allowing much faster connections to servers.
Qt QML Changes▲
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New https:// convenience class for QML applications.
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New Instantiatior type for generic, dynamic object creation.
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New https:// module containing https://, https://, https://, https://, and https://.
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New properties for https://: arguments, name, and version.
Qt Quick Changes▲
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New threaded render loop for Mac, Linux, and Embedded.
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New render loop for windows for smoother animations.
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New https:// submodule with https:// and https:// types.
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New https:// properties: activeFocusItem, minimumWidth, minimumHeight, maximumWidth, maximumHeight, visibility, contentOrientation, and opacity.
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New https:// property: activeFocusOnTab.
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New https:// properties: horizontalAlignment, verticalAlignment, and effectiveHorizontalAlignment.
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New https:// properties: selectByKeyboard and textDocument
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A https:// declared inside another Window or https:// will automatically be transient for (centered upon) the outer window.
Qt WebKit Changes▲
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JavaScript JIT on Windows 64 bit.
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Improved font rendering, kerning enabled by default.
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Improved garbage collection.
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Support for WOFF fonts.
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Support for WebGL without accelerated compositing.
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Support for GStreamer 1.0.
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Improved perceived page load performance and support for Link prefetch.
Qt Widgets Changes▲
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Added property toolTipsVisible in https://.
Qt Creator Compatibility▲
http:// 2.7 complements this Qt release with the most prominent new features:
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Improved C++11 code editing support
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Qt Quick Designer with full support for Qt Quick
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Android http://
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Experimental QBS and diff integration
Other New Features▲
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Restored support for static Qt builds
List of API Changes▲
The pages below contain a list of API changes in Qt 5.1
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Additions to Other Qt 5 Releases▲
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