KDDockWidgets 1.3.0 Released QtQuick and PySide6 support, and more minor fixes

19.02.2021 Ann Fernandes No comments

We’ve released KDDockWidgets 1.3.0! KDDockWidgets is a framework for custom-tailored docking systems in Qt.

The main highlights for this release are PySide6 and experimental QtQuick support.

The QtQuick backend isn’t production ready, but you can already build with -DKDDockWidgets_QTQUICK=ON, run the examples under examples/qtquick/dockwidgets/ and start reporting issues.

Here’s the full list of changes:

• Experimental QtQuick support (#49)
• PySide6 support
• Added static DockWidgetBase::byName() (#126)
• The enum KDDockWidgets::AddingOption has been deprecated, use KDDockWidgets::InitialVisibilityOption instead
• You can now pass a preferred initial size to MainWindow::addDockWidget() (#95)
• Added DockWidgetBase::Option_DeleteOnClose
• Added Config::Flag_CloseOnlyCurrentTab
• Layout restorer now restores maximized/minimized state too (#81)
• Fixed dock indicators sometimes not appearing on Windows (#103)
• Fixed Flag_NativeTitleBar not working
• Fixed drag offset when dragging too fast with mouse
• Fixed bug where last tab index position wouldn’t be remembered in case user had manually reordered tabs (#154)
• Fixed crash when hosting a QQuickWidget (#150)
• Fixed CMake Visual Studio generator not working
• Sidebar overlays now maintain their size when toggled (#155)
• Added DockWidget::setFloatingGeometry() (#144)

Additionally, we’ve released version 1.2.1. It’s just a bug fix release over the 1.2 branch, which is now closed.

• Support for resizing dock widgets when they are in overlay/popup mode (autohide/sidebar feature)
• Fixed title bar close button enabled state not being restored with Layout saver (#137)
• Installs a version header (kddockwidgets_version.h) that defines a version string and other useful versioning macros (#138)
• DockWidgetBase::eventFilter() is protected instead of private (regression vs v1.1) (#148) It’s recommended that you rebuild your application when updating KDDW, as MSVC encodes private/protected in the name mangling.
• Fixed WASM build on Windows (#163)
• Fixed sidebar overlay not getting hidden when clicking on the main window docking area (#157)

You can find 1.3.0 here and 1.2.1 here.

Prebuilt packages for some popular Linux distributions are here: https://build.opensuse.org/project/repositories/isv:KDAB