After eight months of development published the release of a multifordial Tulkit to create a graphic user interface – gtk 4.8.0 . GTK 4 is developing within the framework of the new development process, which is trying to provide application developers with stable and supported for several years of the API, which can be used without fear that every six months you will have to remake applications due to changes in the API in the next GTK branch.
Among the most noticeable Improvements in gtk 4.8:
- In the widget gtktextView the number of situations leading to repeated redrawings and the function of
- In the class gtkViewport , used to organize scrolling in widgets, the default mode “Scroll-to -focus “, in which the contents are automatically scrolled to maintain the element on which the input focus is installed.
- In the widget gtksearchentry , which display the area for entering the search query, the possibility of setting the delay between the last click of the key and sending the contents change signal (GTKSEARCHENTRY :: Search-Changed
- In the widget gtkcheckbututon The ability to appoint your subsidiary with the button.
- In the widget gtkpicture the property “ content-fit ” to adapt the contents to the size of a given area.
- In the GTKCOLUMNVIEW widget, scroll performance is optimized.
- In the GTKTRestore widget, it is allowed to extract tree -like data from files in UI format.
- In the class gtkinscript a new widget for displaying lists has been added. Added demonstration application with an example of using gtkinscript.
- In the widget GTKTREPOPOVER added promotion support.
- In the widget gtklabel Supporting tabs and the possibility of activating the marks by pressing the symbols tied to the marks of keyboard.
- In the widget gtklistView Property support “:: n -items” and
“:: item-thepe”. - The style of the color selection interface has been changed ( gtkcolorchooser ).
- In the font selection interface ( gtkfontchooser ) Improved support for the capabilities of the Opentype.
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