View Source Wx Release Notes
This document describes the changes made to the Wx application.
Wx 2.4.2
Improvements and New Features
- The documentation has been migrated to use Markdown and ExDoc. - Own Id: OTP-18955 Aux Id: PR-8026 
Wx 2.4.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Add option to silence wx depracation macros. - Own Id: OTP-18988 Aux Id: PR-7750 
Wx 2.4
Improvements and New Features
- Guards have been added to - gen_*:start*API functions to catch bad arguments earlier. Before this change, in some cases, a bad argument could tag along and cause the server to fail later, right after start.- Own Id: OTP-18857 Aux Id: GH-7685 
Wx 2.3.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- The - wxapplication would fail to build on macOS with Xcode 15.- Own Id: OTP-18768 Aux Id: PR-7670 
Wx 2.3
Improvements and New Features
- Runtime dependencies have been updated. - Own Id: OTP-18350 
- The implementation has been fixed to use - proc_lib:init_fail/2,3where appropriate, instead of- proc_lib:init_ack/1,2.- * POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY * - Own Id: OTP-18490 Aux Id: OTP-18471, GH-6339, PR-6843 
Wx 2.2.2.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- The - wxapplication would fail to build on macOS with Xcode 15.- Own Id: OTP-18768 Aux Id: PR-7670 
Wx 2.2.2
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Improve debug prints from the nifs. Some minor fixes for wxWidgets-3.2. Fixed OpenGL debug functions. - Own Id: OTP-18512 
Wx 2.2.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Added environment variable - WX_MACOS_NON_GUI_APPto allow user to override- OSXIsGUIApplicationbehavior.- Own Id: OTP-18213 Aux Id: PR-6113 
Wx 2.2
Improvements and New Features
- Input for - configurescripts adapted to- autoconf2.71.- Own Id: OTP-17414 Aux Id: PR-4967 
- Added - aux1Downand- aux2Downfields to the- wxMouseStaterecord. Since one record have been changed a recompilation of user code might be required.- * POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY * - Own Id: OTP-17950 
- Add mac specific menubar functions. - Own Id: OTP-18008 Aux Id: PR-5816 
Wx 2.1.4
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fix build failure with wxWidgets-3.1.6. - Own Id: OTP-18064 Aux Id: GH-5893 
Improvements and New Features
- Enable the possibility to build wx on windows with wxWidgets-3.1.6. - Own Id: OTP-18061 Aux Id: GH-5883 
Wx 2.1.3
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fixed a bug in callback handling which could lead to a unresponsive gui. - Own Id: OTP-17982 Aux Id: GH-5758 
Wx 2.1.2
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Removed the - static_dataoption from- wxImagecreation functions, as it was broken and could lead to crashes. Now image data is always copied to wxWidgets as was the default behavior.- Removed some non working - wxGridEventevent types, which have there own events in newer- wxWidgetsversions, and added a couple of event types that where missing in- wx.- Own Id: OTP-17947 
Wx 2.1.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fix crash in cleanup code when a gui application is exiting. - Fix errors in the OpenGL wrapper that could cause crashes and improve the documentation. - Own Id: OTP-17745 
Wx 2.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fix crash when closing an application. - Own Id: OTP-17507 
- Some functions with overloaded color arguments could not be used. For example the copy constructor - wxTextAttr:new(TextAttr)did not work.- Own Id: OTP-17577 Aux Id: GH-4999 
Improvements and New Features
- Added the Microsoft Edge WebView loader dll to the installer on windows. - Own Id: OTP-17325 
- Handle specific Mac gui application events. - Own Id: OTP-17438 Aux Id: PR-4780 
Wx 2.0.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fix build problems when wxWidgets are built with -enable-std. - Own Id: OTP-17407 Aux Id: GH-4834 
- Commit of generated - configurescript.- Own Id: OTP-17420 Aux Id: OTP-17398, GH-4821 
Wx 2.0
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fix compiler warnings produced by the clang compiler. - Own Id: OTP-17105 Aux Id: PR-2872 
Improvements and New Features
- The application has been completely rewritten in order to use wxWidgets version 3 as its base. - Add basic documentation generated from the wxWidgets project. - Own Id: OTP-16800 
- The experimental HiPE application has been removed, together with all related functionality in other applications. - * POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY * - Own Id: OTP-16963 
- Added support for wxWebView. - Own Id: OTP-17213 Aux Id: PR-3027 
- Due to the support of the new backend versions some API incompatibilities have been introduced. Examples of changes are: 
 wxWindowDC default creators have been removed
 wxClientDC default creators have been removed
 wxPaintDC default creators have been removed
 wxWindow:setVirtualSizeHints() has been deprecated in wxWidgets and removed
 wxWindow:makeModal() has been deprecated in wxWidgets and removed
 wxToolBar:add/insertTool without label have been deprecated in wxWidgets and removed
 wxStyledTextCtrl some functions have changed arguments from boolean to int
 wxSizerItem:new() Some arguments have become options
 Removed deprecated wxSizerItem:setWindow() use assignWindow()
 Removed deprecated wxSizerItem:setSpacer() use assignSpacer()
 Removed deprecated wxSizerItem:setSpacer() use assignSpacer()
 Removed deprecated wxSizerItem:setSizer() use assignSizer()
 wxMenu append/insert/prepend have changed return value and lost IsCheckable argument
 wxListCtrl:setItem/4 changed return value
 wxImage:convertToGreyscale() options have changed
 wxGridSizer:wxGridSizer() options have changed
 wxGrid API have many changes
 wxGraphicsRenderer:createGradientBrush() uses GradientStops now
 wxGraphicsRenderer:createPen() have been removed
 wxGraphicsRenderer:createGradientBrush() uses GradientStops now
 wxGLCanvas API is incompatible
 wxFlexGridSizer:wxFlexGridSizer() options have changed
 wxDisplay:new() options have changed
 wxCalendarDateAttr:new(ColText [,OptList]) have been removed
 wxBitmapButton:set/getBitmapSelected() have been removed- * POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY * - Own Id: OTP-17219 Aux Id: OTP-16800 
Wx 1.9.3.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Commit of generated - configurescript.- Own Id: OTP-17420 Aux Id: OTP-17398, GH-4821 
Wx 1.9.3
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fixed wx initialization on mac, top level menus did not always work on newer MacOS versions. The menus will not work until wxWidgets-3.1.5 is released and used on these MacOS versions. - Own Id: OTP-17187 
Wx 1.9.2
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Add popup menu callback to - wxTaskBarIcon:new/1.- Own Id: OTP-16983 Aux Id: PR-2743 
Wx 1.9.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fix various compiler warnings on 64-bit Windows. - Own Id: OTP-15800 
Improvements and New Features
- Refactored the internal handling of deprecated and removed functions. - Own Id: OTP-16469 
Wx 1.9.0.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Commit of generated - configurescript.- Own Id: OTP-17420 Aux Id: OTP-17398, GH-4821 
Wx 1.9
Improvements and New Features
- Added - wxWindow:isShownOnScreen/1,- wxMouseEvent:getWheelAxisand mac specific menubar functions. Fixed defines that have changed in newer wxWidgets versions, that caused some literals to become run-time dependent on wxWidgets version.- Own Id: OTP-16285 
Wx 1.8.9
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fix a driver bug that could crashes when allocating memory. - Own Id: OTP-15883 Aux Id: PR-2261 
Wx 1.8.8
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- All incorrect (that is, all) uses of "can not" has been corrected to "cannot" in source code comments, documentation, examples, and so on. - Own Id: OTP-14282 Aux Id: PR-1891 
Wx 1.8.7
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Improved support for wxWidgets 3.1.3 which have changed - wxFONTWEIGTH, also added- wxGCDCand- wxDisplaymodules.- Fixed a crash on Mojave and check for events more often. - Own Id: OTP-15587 
Wx 1.8.6
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fixed delayed delete bug which caused wx applications to crash on Mojave. - Own Id: OTP-15426 Aux Id: ERL-755 
Wx 1.8.5
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fixed compilation warning on Darwin. - Own Id: OTP-15230 Aux Id: PR-1860 
Wx 1.8.4
Improvements and New Features
- Changed implementation so wx can now be built towards wxWidgets-3.1.1. - Own Id: OTP-15027 
Wx 1.8.3
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- wx crashes in otp 20.1 if empty binaries was sent down as arguments. - Own Id: OTP-14688 
Wx 1.8.2
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Do not deprecate - wxGraphicsContext:createLinearGradientBrush/7and- wxGraphicsContext:createRadialGradientBrush/8which are still available in wxWidgets-3.0.- Own Id: OTP-14539 
Improvements and New Features
- General Unicode improvements. - Own Id: OTP-14462 
Wx 1.8.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fix a livelock that could be caused by - wx:batch/1.- Own Id: OTP-14289 
Wx 1.8
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Allow string arguments to be binaries as specified, i.e. unicode:chardata(). - Own Id: OTP-13934 Aux Id: ERL-270 
Improvements and New Features
- Add wxWindow:dragAcceptFiles/2 and wxDropFilesEvent to support simple drag and drop from file browser. - Own Id: OTP-13933 
Wx 1.7.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Increased the stacksize for the wx thread. The default stacksize on Windows is 1MB which is not enough if the user created many nested dialogs. - Own Id: OTP-13816 
Wx 1.7
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fixed bugs which could cause called functions to be invoked twice or not at all when callbacks where invoked at the same time. - Own Id: OTP-13491 
Improvements and New Features
- Changed atom 'boolean' fields in #wxMouseState{} to 'boolean()'. - Moved out arguments in wxListCtrl:hitTest to result. - Removed no-op functions in wxGauge that have been removed from wxWidgets-3.1. - * POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY * - Own Id: OTP-13553 
Wx 1.6.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fixed commands with multiple binaries, such as - wxImage:new/4. Added- wxWindow:SetDoubleBuffered/1,- wxWindow:isDoubleBuffered/1,- wxWindow:setTransparent/2and- wxWindow:canSetTransparent/1. Fixed timing issues.- Own Id: OTP-13404 
Wx 1.6
Improvements and New Features
- Add wxOverlay and make wxPostScripDC optional to make it easier to build on windows. - Correct some function specifications. - The driver implementation have been optimized and now invokes commands after events have been sent to erlang. - Own Id: OTP-13160 
Wx 1.5
Improvements and New Features
- Extend AUI functionality. - Own Id: OTP-12961 
Wx 1.4
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- The undocumented option - generic_debugfor- gen_serverhas been removed.- Own Id: OTP-12183 
- Remove raise condition where - wxcould crash during emulator stoppage.- Own Id: OTP-12734 
Improvements and New Features
- Use wxWidgets-3.0, if found, as default backend on windows. - Own Id: OTP-12632 
- Add missing fields in some events records. May require a recompilation of user applications. - Own Id: OTP-12660 
Wx 1.3.3
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fix timing related crash during wx application stop. - Own Id: OTP-12374 
Wx 1.3.2
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fixed a minor typo in the graphicsContext example. - Own Id: OTP-12259 
Improvements and New Features
- Distribute - autoconfhelpers to applications at build time instead of having multiple identical copies committed in the repository.- Own Id: OTP-12348 
Wx 1.3.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Implement --enable-sanitizers[=sanitizers]. Similar to debugging with Valgrind, it's very useful to enable -fsanitize= switches to catch bugs at runtime. - Own Id: OTP-12153 
Wx 1.3
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fix delayed destroy for wxPaintDC objects which could cause an eternal loop for modal dialogs. - Fix wxSL_LABELS compatibility between wxWidgets-2.8 and wxWidgets-3.0 versions - Own Id: OTP-11985 
Improvements and New Features
- Add missing classes wxPopup[Transient]Window, wxActivateEvent and wxTextCtrl:cahngeValue/2 function. - Own Id: OTP-11986 
Wx 1.2
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Refactored C++ code, fixed crashes and a deadlock on linux. - Own Id: OTP-11586 
- Some local implementations of removing the last element from a list are replaced by - lists:droplast/1. Note that this requires at least- stdlib-2.0, which is the stdlib version delivered in OTP 17.0. (Thanks to Hans Svensson)- Own Id: OTP-11678 
- Reworked the internal event handling to avoid crashes in destroy objects. Thanks Tom for the bug report. - Own Id: OTP-11699 
- Application upgrade (appup) files are corrected for the following applications: - asn1, common_test, compiler, crypto, debugger, dialyzer, edoc, eldap, erl_docgen, et, eunit, gs, hipe, inets, observer, odbc, os_mon, otp_mibs, parsetools, percept, public_key, reltool, runtime_tools, ssh, syntax_tools, test_server, tools, typer, webtool, wx, xmerl- A new test utility for testing appup files is added to test_server. This is now used by most applications in OTP. - (Thanks to Tobias Schlager) - Own Id: OTP-11744 
Wx 1.1.2
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fixed a problem which caused the debugger to crash when closing a window. Fixed static linking on mac. - Own Id: OTP-11444 
Wx 1.1.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- wx initialization hanged with wxWidgets-3.0 on mac. Fixed a crash with wxListBox on wxWidgets-3.0 (thanks Sergei Golovan) Fixed documentation links. Fixed event callbacks cleanup. - Own Id: OTP-11393 
- Improve documentation (Thanks to Boris Mühmer) - Own Id: OTP-11505 
Improvements and New Features
- Fix silent make rules (Thanks to Anthony Ramine) - Own Id: OTP-11515 
Wx 1.0
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Add {silent_start, boolean()} option to wx:new/1 in order to be able to suppress error messages during startup of wx. (Thanks to Håkan Mattsson) - Own Id: OTP-10585 
- Fix wxTreeCtrl:getBoundingRect/2 and wxTreeCtrl:hitTest/1. wxTreeCtrl:hitTest now returns a tuple not bug compatible with previous releases but needed. - Own Id: OTP-10743 
Improvements and New Features
- The wx application now compiles and is usable with the unstable development branch of wxWidgets-2.9. Some functions are currently not available in wxWidgets-2.9 and their erlang counterparts are marked as deprecated. They will generate an error if called when linked against wxWidgets-2.9 libraries. This means that wx can now be built on 64bit MacOsX, but keep in mind that wxWidgets-2.9 is still a development branch and needs (a lot) more work before it becomes stable. - Own Id: OTP-10407 Aux Id: kunagi-262 [173] 
Wx 0.99.2
Improvements and New Features
- Fix errors in wxDC and wxGraphicsContext api. - Add wxTaskBarIcon. - Add wxStyledTextControl:setEdgeMode/2. - Add type and specs for all functions and records. - Own Id: OTP-9947 
Wx 0.99.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fixed a deadlock in the driver, which could happen if a callback caused another callback to be invoked. - Own Id: OTP-9725 
Improvements and New Features
- Implemented wxSystemOptions. - Load Opengl from libGL.so.1 instead libGL.so to work around linux problems. - Own Id: OTP-9702 
Wx 0.99
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- wx: fix obsolete guard warning (list/1) (Thanks to Tuncer Ayaz) - Own Id: OTP-9513 
- XML files have been corrected. - Own Id: OTP-9550 Aux Id: OTP-9541 
Improvements and New Features
- Support virtual tables in wxListCtrl. - Own Id: OTP-9415 
Wx 0.98.10
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fixed wx app files on mac and solaris. Thanks Jachym Holecek and Joe Williams. - Own Id: OTP-9324 
Wx 0.98.9
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Wx crashed if graphics could not be initiated, for instance if DISPLAY was not available. - Wx could crash during startup, thanks Boris Muhmer for extra ordinary testing. - Own Id: OTP-9080 
- Wx on MacOS X generated complains on stderr about certain cocoa functions not being called from the "Main thread". This is now corrected. - Own Id: OTP-9081 
Wx 0.98.8
Improvements and New Features
- Add wxSystemSettings which was missing in the previous release, despite previous comments. - Fix an external loop when stopping erlang nicely. - Separate OpenGL to it's own dynamic loaded library, so other graphic libraries can reuse the gl module and it will not waste memory if not used. - Own Id: OTP-8951 
Wx 0.98.7
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Fix crash (segmentation fault) in callback handling. - Own Id: OTP-8766 
Improvements and New Features
- Add wxSystemSettings module. - Add wxTreeCtrl:editLabel/2. - Own Id: OTP-8767 
Wx 0.98.6
Improvements and New Features
- Calling - sys:get_status()for processes that have globally registered names that were not atoms would cause a crash. Corrected. (Thanks to Steve Vinoski.)- Own Id: OTP-8656 
Wx 0.98.5
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Corrected incorrectly generated wxFileDialog:getPaths/1. Reported by Jason/hornja. - Own Id: OTP-8330 
- Fixed a memory reference bug which caused unexplained {badarg, Int} exits when running multiple wx applications. - Own Id: OTP-8461 
Improvements and New Features
- Added - wxListCtrl:getEditCtrl/1(not available on Mac).- Own Id: OTP-8408 
- Cleanups suggested by tidier and modernization of types and specs. - Own Id: OTP-8455 
- Changed representation of wxTreeItem to be an integer. This saves memory, where the driver do not need to keep a object reference to each tree item. - Added getFirstChild and getNextChild to wxTreeCtrl. - Own Id: OTP-8462 
Wx 0.98.4
Improvements and New Features
- Added wx_object improvements from Mazen. - Fixed pid issues, reported by Mazen. - Added wxLogNull class, reported by Amit Murthy. - Various configure fixes. - Own Id: OTP-8243 Aux Id: seq11418 
- The documentation is now built with open source tools (xsltproc and fop) that exists on most platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed. - Own Id: OTP-8250 
- wx now builds with wxWidgets 2.8.4 or a later 2.8 release, thanks Nico Kruber. - Own Id: OTP-8292 
Wx 0.98.3
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- Added wxListCtrl sorting and build fixes supplied by Paul Hampson. Thanks. - Own Id: OTP-8126 
Improvements and New Features
- wxHtmlWindow class implemented. - All exceptions from callbacks are now caught and written to the log. - Some defines where wrong in 'wx.hrl'. - wx:batch/1and friends could hang forever if for instance a breakpoint was set inside the fun. That caused all wx applications to hang.- Added missing wxAuiPaneInfo constructor and destructor. - Added wxAuiNotebookEvent and wxAuiManagerEvent. - Calling non supported wxWidgets functions hanged instead of crashed. - Update OpenGL to version 3.1 and added some of the missing glu functions. - Fixed wxRadioBox which inherited the wrong class, thanks Atilla Erdodi. - Own Id: OTP-8083 
- Removed some of the automatic garbage collecting after application exit, user will get a warning instead so he can correct the code. - Own Id: OTP-8138 
Wx 0.98.2
Improvements and New Features
- Olle Mattson have made a large demo, see - examples/demo/, that triggered the following bugs and new features:- New book controls. - Added wxToolbar:addTool/6. - Empty binaries will be used to indicate NULL where applicable. - Own Id: OTP-7943 
- Applied patch from Nico Kruber, which fixes building on some wxwidgets installations. - Open source 
Wx 0.98.1
Improvements and New Features
- Added - xrcctrl/3to wxXmlResource and added a resource example.- Added several event types and events records and fixed a couple of event related bugs. - Event callbacks can now use - wxEvtHandler:connect/2.- Error handling and debugging aid have been improved. - Added wxSplitterWindow and wxGauge:pulse and a couple of missing macros in - wx.hrl.- Thanks to Steve Davis for feedback and bug reports. - Own Id: OTP-7875 
Wx 0.98
Improvements and New Features
- A first beta release of wxErlang. - Own Id: OTP-7859