Qt 5.8 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes over the 5.7.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html The Qt version 5.8 series is binary compatible with the 5.7.x series. Applications compiled for 5.7 will continue to run with 5.8. Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: https://bugreports.qt.io/ Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more information about a particular change. **************************************************************************** * General * **************************************************************************** General Improvements -------------------- - [QTBUG-48198] C++ functions taking arguments of type QJsonValue, QJsonArray or QJsonObject can now be called via the Qt WebChannel. - [QTBUG-48198] QObject properties of type QJsonValue, QJsonArray or QJsonObject can now be set via the Qt WebChannel.