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| GtkInfoBar
- A new widget to show a transient 'message area' inside a content
pane. The API is similar to GtkDialog and supports theming for
different message types (warnings, errors, etc)
Changes in GtkBuilder
- Scale marks can be specified in builder markup
- GtkAssistant action widgets can be added in builder markup
Changes in GtkLabel
- GtkLabel can show embedded URLs, much like SexyUrlLabel
Changes in GtkEntry
- GtkEntry has been refactored to follow the model-view pattern,
with GtkEntryBuffer as model. One intended use case for this is
to support 'secure memory' for password entries
Changes in the file chooser
- Backup files are hidden by default
- GTK+ remembers the sorting state of the file list
- File sizes are shown by default
- The 'Create Folder' button can be disabled with the the
::create-folders property
Changes in printing support
- GTK+ supports authentication against CUPS servers
- A backend for the PAPI printing system has been added
- The file and lpr backends can print multiple pages per sheet
- The file backend can produce svg files
- GTK+ supports printing an application-defined 'selection' in
addition to the usual page ranges
- The print dialog can optinally include the page setup controls,
avoiding the need for a separate page setup dialog in many
situations
Changes in theming support
- The bullet character used in invisible entries can
be set by themes with the ::invisible-char style property
- The file chooser can show different icons for xdg user dirs.
The icon names are folder-documents, folder-download, folder-music,
folder-pictures, folder-publicshare, folder-templates and
folder-video
- The GtkInfoBar uses symbolic colors for theming its background color
depending on the message type. The color names are info_fg_color,
info_bg_color, warning_fg_color", warning_bg_color, etc.
GDK changes
- GDK has been rewritten to use 'client-side windows'. This means
that GDK maintains its own window hierarchy and only uses X windows
where it is necessary or explicitly requested. Some of the benefits
of this change are
* Reduced flicker
* The ability to do transformed and animated rendering of widgets
* Easier embedding of GTK+ widgets, e.g. into Clutter scene graphs
See gdk-demo for some simple examples of client-side windows in
action. See
http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/2...deWindows.html
for information about possible problems when moving to
client-side windows. |
