Qt 5.2 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes over the 5.1.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.2 The Qt version 5.2 series is binary compatible with the 5.1.x series. Applications compiled for 5.1 will continue to run with 5.2. Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: http://bugreports.qt-project.org/ Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more information about a particular change. **************************************************************************** * General * **************************************************************************** - Improve support for Right To Left layout (RTL) - Add support for StandardKeys in Actions and MenuItem::shortcut - Add text alignment property to SpinBox and SpinBoxStyle - QML Base style: support transient scrollbars - Enable TableView multi-row selection New Controls --------------- - Add a BusyIndicator control - Add a Switch control **************************************************************************** * Styles * **************************************************************************** - Add styles: BusyIndicatorStyle, SwitchStyle and TextAreaStyle - Expose styles: SpinBoxStyle, StatusBarStyle, ToolBarStyle - More styling improvements for Base Style: - Better scalability - Retina support - Added focus rects **************************************************************************** * Layouts * **************************************************************************** - Add baseline support for Qt Quick Layouts **************************************************************************** * Platform Specific Changes * **************************************************************************** - Remove widgets dependency on touch platforms - Enable flicking on touch based devices for ScrollView and TableView **************************************************************************** * Plugins * **************************************************************************** - [QTBUG-31565] Make the deployment of Qt Quick Controls applications easier The QtQuickControls plugin now embeds its qml files and the Styles and Private submodules files using the resource system. While the qml and js files are still available for development convenience (for Controls, Controls.Styles and Controls.Private), only the qtquickcontrols plugin and the qmldir file are needed while deploying the QtQuick.Controls module and its submodules.