History

History of Changes

Version 3.0  (NOT Commited YET)

General

• Now attributes are stored in the element environment only if not processed by the element specific implementation.
• IupGetAttribute, IupSetAttribute and IupStoreAttribute can also be used to access global attributes using NULL as element.
• IMPORTANT: Changed IupOpen API to include command line arguments used by X-Windows and GTK.
• New Layout Guide in the documentation.
• New GTK driver, available in UNIX and Windows.
• TIP and ZORDER attributes are now non inheritable.
• New global attributes APPSHELL, XDISPLAY, XSCREEN, XSERVERVENDOR, XVENDORRELEASE in Motif.
• The global attributes TRUECOLORCANVAS, SYSTEMLANGUAGE, SHIFTKEY and CONTROLKEY are now available in all drivers.
• New MODKEYSTATE global attribute in all drivers.
• Removed the conflicts: K_BS=K_cH, K_TAB=K_cI and K_CR=K_cM.
• New key definitions: K_acute, K_ccedilla, K_Print, K_Menu.
• New key definitions for the system key modifier K_y*. In Windows this is the Windows key and in Mac this is the Apple key.
• IMPORTANT: "IUP" cursor replaced by "HELP" cursor.
• New "UPARROW" cursor in Motif. New cursors "RESIZE_NS"  and "RESIZE_WE". Updated cursor documentation with pictures of all pre-defined cursors.
• New dialog attributes: MINSIZE and MAXSIZE. InWindows MINSIZE is ignored for systems with multiple monitors. The Windowing system may impose a minimum default limit for the dialog that includes the title bar with all it buttons.
• New common attribute CLIENTSIZE. Returns the size of containers excluding their decoration.
• New ENTERWINDOW_CB, LEAVEWINDOW_CB for all controls.
• New DROPFILES_CB, RESIZE_CB callbacks for the IupDialog.
• DROPFILES_CB callback is now available for all controls. It is only activated using DRAGDROP attribute. It is activated by default only for IupCanvas and IupDialog.
• New IUP_CURRENT position for IupShowXY and IupPopup.
• New IUP_HIDE and IUP_MAXIMIZE flag for SHOW_CB callback.
• New MODAL attribute for the IupDialog.
• IMPORTANT: WIN_SAVEBITS renamed to SAVEUNDER. And now is also available in Motif.
• IMPORTANT: removed old MOTIF_FONT and WIN_FONT definitions. Use only the FONT attribute.
• MAP_CB is now available for all controls.
• New function IupUpdate to force a redraw of the element and its children.
• New function IupExitLoop to exit the current message loop. It is equivalent of returning IUP_CLOSE in a callback.
• Fixed child dialogs were automatically destroyed by the system but not by IUP. IupDestroy is now automatically called for child dialogs when the parent is destroyed.
• IMPORTANT: IupGetType renamed to IupGetClassName.
• New function IupGetClassType.
• New IupGetIntInt utility function.
• New IUP_ASSERT compile flag.
• New internal documentation and Guide to create new controls. Now all the controls use the same architecture using the same base class.
• New internal code reorganization. More clear and simple to create controls and drivers. All comments are now in English.
• New TIP additional attributes: TIPDELAY, TIPBGCOLOR, TIPFGCOLOR, TIPBALLON (Windows Only), TIPBALLONTITLE (Windows Only), TIPBALLONTITLEICON (Windows Only), TIPVISIBLE. Not available in GTK.
• New IupMessageDlg native pre-defined dialog as an element.