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February 19, 2018 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce a new
December 10, 2018 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce a new
release of our open source framework for the development of native
cross-platform applications in C++.
wxWidgets 3.1.1 is the second release in the 3.1 development
wxWidgets 3.1.2 is the latest release in the 3.1 development
branch and is now available at
https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.1.1
https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.1.2
Compared to the stable 3.0.x series, this version brings many
improvements and even more bug fixes, please see the change log
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/v3.1.1/docs/changes.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/v3.1.2/docs/changes.txt
for the incomplete list of the most important ones. Here is the
maximally condensed summary of the changes compared to 3.0:
- Build system improvements: support for new compilers (MSVS 2017, g++ 8) and
OS versions (macOS 10.14 and its dark mode) as well as an entirely new new
CMake build system.
- New features: support for mouse gesture events (GSoC 2017 project);
fractional pen widths in wxGraphicsContext; arbitrary label windows in
wxStaticBox; markup in wxDataViewCtrl items text; better support for high DPI
monitors; support for ZIP 64 files; much improved accessibility support under
non-integer font sizes and arbitrary font weights in wxFont; fractional pen
widths in wxGraphicsContext; arbitrary label windows in wxStaticBox; markup
in wxDataViewCtrl items text; better support for high DPI monitors; support
for ZIP 64 files; LZMA compression; much improved accessibility support under
MSW.
- New classes: wxActivityIndicator, wxAddRemoveCtrl,
wxAppProgressIndicator, wxNativeWindow, wxPowerResourceBlocker,
wxSecretStore.
- And methods: wxDateTime::GetWeekBasedYear(), wxListBox::GetTopItem(),
wxProcess::Activate(), wxTextEntry::ForceUpper(), several ones in
wxRendererNative, wxStandardPaths::GetUserDir(), wxUIActionSimulator
::Select() and many others.
- Significant improvements to: wxBusyInfo, wxNotificationMessage.
- And methods: wxDataViewToggleRenderer::ShowAsRadio(), wxDateTime::
GetWeekBasedYear(), wxDisplay::GetPPI(), wxGrid::SetCornerLabelValue(),
wxHtmlEasyPrinting::SetPromptMode(), wxJoystickEvent::GetButtonOrdinal(),
wxListBox::GetTopItem(), wxProcess::Activate(), wxTextEntry::ForceUpper(),
several ones in wxRendererNative, wxStandardPaths::GetUserDir(),
wxToolbook::EnablePage(), wxUIActionSimulator::Select() and many others.
- Significant improvements to: wxBusyInfo, wxDataViewCtrl,
wxNotificationMessage, wxStaticBox, wxStyledTextCtrl.
- Latest versions of all bundled 3rd party libraries, including all the
security fixed and support for WebKit 2 and GStreamer 1.7 under Unix.
- Revamped OpenGL support better suited to modern OpenGL (3.2+).
- Further C++11 support improvements.
- New CMake-based alternative build system.
- Support for latest compilers: MSVS 2017, g++ 7, clang 6.
- A lot of bug fixes, especially in wxGTK3 and wxOSX/Cocoa ports.
- New experimental wxQt port.
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incompatible API changes compared to 3.0 and does not guarantee the
ABI stability, unlike the 3.0.x series. It is not inherently more
buggy or less stable than the "stable" releases and you're encouraged
to use it. If you're already using 3.0, upgrading shouldn't require
any special effort, so please try it out.
to use it, including in production. If you're already using 3.0, upgrading
shouldn't require any special effort, so please try it out.
We hope that you will enjoy using the new release!

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* https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.1.2/
Changes since 3.1.0
Changes since 3.1.1
-------------------
There have been more than 2800 commits from more than 160 contributors (79 with
multiple contributions) since 3.1.0 release. New features added since then
include:
There have been more than 1200 commits from 75 contributors (41 with multiple
contributions) since 3.1.1 release. This release primarily contains bug fixes
(closing more than 100 bugs from wxTrac) and incremental improvements in
preparation for the next stable 3.2.0 release, however there is a usual lot of
new features as well, including:
- Support for gesture events has been added (GSoC 2017 project).
- wxWebView can now return JavaScript results to the C++ code (GSoC 2017).
- New wxSecretStore class for securely storing user passwords.
- Initial support for macOS 10.14 and its dark mode.
- Support for non-integer font sizes and arbitrary font weights.
- New wxLZMA{Input,Output}Stream classes.
- Add wxDataViewToggleRenderer::ShowAsRadio(), wxDisplay::GetPPI(),
wxGrid::SetCornerLabelValue(), wxHtmlEasyPrinting::SetPromptMode(),
wxJoystickEvent::GetButtonOrdinal(), wxToolbook::EnablePage().
Some of the other improvements:
- wxWidgets can now be built with CMake too.
- Strings can now be translated differently depending on their context.
- Converting between wxString and UTF-8 encoded std::string is now
simpler and unsafe wxString can now be disabled on the opt-in basis
(see http://wxwidgets.blogspot.com/2017/02/safer-s.html)
- It is possible to use any window (e.g. wxCheckBox) as wxStaticBox label now.
- Many improvements to accessibility support under MSW.
- wxGraphicsContext now supports pens with fractional widths.
- Support for XDG file layout under Unix.
- Many bug fixes to the behaviour (including TAB navigation) and appearances,
especially in wxGTK3 and wxOSX ports.
- wxDataViewCtrl items and headers can be formatted using simple markup
and it is simpler to combine to put items with checkboxes into it. Many bugs
and inconsistencies between platforms in this control have been fixed too.
- Several enhancements to wxStyledTextCtrl including better support for
custom lexers and auto-completion.
- Many improvements to the (still experimental) wxQt port.
Additionally, the latest versions of compilers (e.g. MSVS 2017) and
operating systems (macOS 10.12) are now supported and all the third
party libraries have been updated to their latest versions.
- There were again many improvements to the (still experimental) wxQt port.
- Fix several bugs related to focus handling and TAB navigation in wxGTK.
- Make it possible to control pagination in wxHTML more precisely.
- Fix several problems with high-DPI displays.
- wxOSX now uses native NSImage/UIImage representation for wxBitmap.
- Support strike-through font attribute in XRC and wxDataViewCtrl markup too.
- Support more than 4 buttons in wxJoystick.
- Add wxwidgets.props property sheet file for MSVS users.
Please refer to the detailed change log for the full list of changes:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/v3.1.2/docs/changes.txt
Notice that this release is almost completely compatible with 3.1.1 at the API
level, so upgrading to it if you're already using wxWidgets 3 should be
straightforward.
Changes since 3.0
-----------------
Compared to the stable 3.0.x series, this version brings too many
improvements and even more bug fixes to list them them all. Here is the
improvements and even more bug fixes to list them all, but here is the
maximally condensed summary:
- Build system improvements: support for new compilers (MSVS 2017, g++ 8) and
OS versions as well as an entirely new new CMake build system.
- New features: support for mouse gesture events (GSoC 2017 project);
fractional pen widths in wxGraphicsContext; arbitrary label windows in
wxStaticBox; markup in wxDataViewCtrl items text; better support for high DPI
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wxProcess::Activate(), wxTextEntry::ForceUpper(), several ones in
wxRendererNative, wxStandardPaths::GetUserDir(), wxUIActionSimulator
::Select() and many others.
- Significant improvements to: wxBusyInfo, wxNotificationMessage.
- Significant improvements to: wxBusyInfo, wxDataViewCtrl,
wxNotificationMessage, wxStaticBox, wxStyledTextCtrl.
- Latest versions of all bundled 3rd party libraries, including all the
security fixed and support for WebKit 2 and GStreamer 1.7 under Unix.
- Revamped OpenGL support better suited to modern OpenGL (3.2+).
- Further C++11 support improvements.
- New CMake-based alternative build system.
- Support for latest compilers: MSVS 2017, g++ 7, clang 6.
- A lot of bug fixes, especially in wxGTK3 and wxOSX/Cocoa ports.
- New experimental wxQt port.
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Platforms Supported
-------------------
wxWidgets currently supports the following primary platforms:
This version of wxWidgets supports the following primary platforms:
* Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10 (32/64 bits).
* Most Unix variants using the GTK+ toolkit (version 2.6 or newer)
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Further Information
-------------------
If you are looking for support, you can get it from
If you are looking for community support, you can get it from
* Mailing Lists: https://www.wxwidgets.org/support/mailing-lists/
* Discussion Forums: https://forums.wxwidgets.org/
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* Stack Overflow (tag your questions with "wxwidgets"):
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/wxwidgets
Commercial support is also available, please see
https://www.wxwidgets.org/support/commercial/
Finally, keep in mind that wxWidgets is an open source project collaboratively
developed by its users and your contributions to it are always welcome!
Have fun!
The wxWidgets Team, February 2018
The wxWidgets Team, December 2018