Qt 5.6 | New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.5

Qt 5.6.3 Reference Documentation

# New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.5

This page contains a comprehensive list of all new classes and functions introduced in Qt 5.5. Links to new APIs in previous Qt 5 releases are found at the bottom of this page.

- New Classes
- New Member Functions
- New Functions in Namespaces
- New Global Functions
- New Macros
- New Enum Types
- New Properties
- New QML Types
- New QML Properties
- New QML Signals
- New QML Methods

### New Classes

A
  QAbstractVideoFilter
  QActionInput (Qt3DInput)
  QAxis (Qt3DInput)
  QAxisActionHandler (Qt3DInput)
  QAxisInput (Qt3DInput)
  QAxisSetting (Qt3DInput)
  AssimpParser (Qt3DRender)
  QAbstractTextureImage (Qt3DRender)
  QAbstractTextureProvider (Qt3DRender)
  QAnnotation (Qt3DRender)

B
  QBlendState (Qt3DRender)
  QBlendStateSeparate (Qt3DRender)

C
  QCameraViewfinderSettings
  QCameraViewfinderSettingsControl2
  QCameraLens (Qt3DCore)
  QComponent (Qt3DCore)
  QClipPlane (Qt3DRender)

D
  QDiffuseMapMaterial (Qt3DRender)
  QDiffuseSpecularMapMaterial (Qt3DRender)

E
  QEntity (Qt3DCore)

F
  FrameRateRange (QCamera)
  QForwardRenderer (Qt3DRender)
  QFrameGraphNode (Qt3DRender)

G
  QGoochMaterial (Qt3DRender)
  QGraphicsApiFilter (Qt3DRender)

I
  QInputAspect (Qt3DInput)

K
  QKeyEvent (Qt3DInput)
  QKeyboardController (Qt3DInput)
  QKeyboardInput (Qt3DInput)

L
  QLogicalDevice (Qt3DInput)
  QLogicComponent (Qt3DLogic)
  QLayer (Qt3DRender)
  QLayerFilter (Qt3DRender)

M
  QMouseController (Qt3DInput)
  QMouseEvent (Qt3DInput)
  QMouseInput (Qt3DInput)

N
  QNode (Qt3DCore)
  QNoDraw (Qt3DRender)
  QNormalDiffuseMapAlphaMaterial (Qt3DRender)
  QNormalDiffuseMapMaterial (Qt3DRender)
  QNormalDiffuseSpecularMapMaterial (Qt3DRender)

O
  QOpenGLFunctions_4_4_Compatibility
  QOpenGLFunctions_4_4_Core
  QOpenGLFunctions_4_5_Compatibility
  QOpenGLFunctions_4_5_Core

P
  QPlatformGraphicsBuffer
  QPlatformSurfaceEvent
  QParameterMapping (Qt3DRender)
  QPerVertexColorMaterial (Qt3DRender)
  QPhongAlphaMaterial (Qt3DRender)
  QPhongMaterial (Qt3DRender)
  QPointLight (Qt3DRender)

R
  QRay3D (Qt3DCore)

S
  QSslEllipticCurve
  QSslPreSharedKeyAuthenticator
  QShaderData (Qt3DRender)
  QSkyboxEntity (Qt3DRender)
  QSpotLight (Qt3DRender)
  QStateSet (Qt3DRender)

T
  QTexture1D (Qt3DRender)
  QTexture1DArray (Qt3DRender)
  QTexture2D (Qt3DRender)
  QTexture2DArray (Qt3DRender)
  QTexture2DMultisample (Qt3DRender)
  QTexture2DMultisampleArray (Qt3DRender)
  QTexture3D (Qt3DRender)
  QTextureBuffer (Qt3DRender)
  QTextureCubeMap (Qt3DRender)
  QTextureCubeMapArray (Qt3DRender)
  QTextureImage (Qt3DRender)
  QTextureRectangle (Qt3DRender)
  QTextureWrapMode (Qt3DRender)

V
  QVideoFilterRunnable

W
  QWebEngineDownloadItem
  QWebEngineProfile
  QWebEngineScript
  QWebEngineScriptCollection
  QWindowsWindowFunctions
  QWheelEvent (Qt3DInput)

### New Member Functions

Class QBluetoothDeviceInfo:

| deviceUuid() const
| setDeviceUuid(const QBluetoothUuid &uuid)

Class QBluetoothHostInfo:

| operator!=(const QBluetoothHostInfo &other) const
| operator==(const QBluetoothHostInfo &other) const

Class QLowEnergyController:

| remoteName() const

Class QLowEnergyService:

| characteristicRead(const QLowEnergyCharacteristic &characteristic, const QByteArray &value)
| descriptorRead(const QLowEnergyDescriptor &descriptor, const QByteArray &value)
| readCharacteristic(const QLowEnergyCharacteristic &characteristic)
| readDescriptor(const QLowEnergyDescriptor &descriptor)

Class QMessageLogger:

| info() const
| info(CategoryFunction catFunc) const
| info(const QLoggingCategory &cat) const
| info(CategoryFunction catFunc, const char *msg, ...) const
| info(const QLoggingCategory &cat, const char *msg, ...) const
| info(const char *msg, ...) const

Class QLoggingCategory:

| isInfoEnabled() const

Class QTextStream:

| readLineInto(QString *line, qint64 maxlen)

Class QItemSelectionModel:

| model()
| modelChanged(QAbstractItemModel *model)
| setModel(QAbstractItemModel *model)

Class QJsonObject:

| fromVariantHash(const QVariantHash &hash)
| toVariantHash() const

Class QMetaEnum:

| fromType()

Class QMetaMethod:

| invokeOnGadget(void *gadget, QGenericArgument val0, QGenericArgument val1, QGenericArgument val2, QGenericArgument val3, QGenericArgument val4, QGenericArgument val5, QGenericArgument val6, QGenericArgument val7, QGenericArgument val8, QGenericArgument val9) const
| invokeOnGadget(void *gadget, QGenericReturnArgument returnValue, QGenericArgument val0, QGenericArgument val1, QGenericArgument val2, QGenericArgument val3, QGenericArgument val4, QGenericArgument val5, QGenericArgument val6, QGenericArgument val7, QGenericArgument val8, QGenericArgument val9) const

Class QMetaProperty:

| readOnGadget(const void *gadget) const
| resetOnGadget(void *gadget) const
| writeOnGadget(void *gadget, const QVariant &value) const

Class QMetaType:

| equals(const void *lhs, const void *rhs, int typeId, int *result)
| metaObject() const
| registerEqualsComparator()
| type(const QByteArray &typeName)

Class QAssociativeIterable:

| find(const QVariant &key) const

Class QVariant:

| toPersistentModelIndex() const

Class QState:

| addTransition(const QObject *sender, PointerToMemberFunction signal, QAbstractState *target)

Class QThread:

| loopLevel() const

Class QThreadPool:

| cancel(QRunnable *runnable)

Class QDateTime:

| fromCFDate(CFDateRef date)
| fromNSDate(const NSDate *date)
| toCFDate() const
| toNSDate() const

Class QPair:

| swap(QPair &other)

Class QRegularExpression:

| globalMatch(const QStringRef &subjectRef, int offset, MatchType matchType, MatchOptions matchOptions) const
| match(const QStringRef &subjectRef, int offset, MatchType matchType, MatchOptions matchOptions) const

Class QString:

| asprintf(const char *cformat, ...)
| fromStdU16String(const std::u16string &str)
| fromStdU32String(const std::u32string &str)
| indexOf(const QRegularExpression &re, int from, QRegularExpressionMatch *rmatch) const
| insert(int position, const QByteArray &str)
| insert(int position, const QStringRef &str)
| insert(int position, const char *str)
| lastIndexOf(const QRegularExpression &re, int from, QRegularExpressionMatch *rmatch) const
| prepend(const QChar *str, int len)
| prepend(const QStringRef &str)
| toStdU16String() const
| toStdU32String() const
| vasprintf(const char *cformat, va_list ap)

Class QTimeZone:

| systemTimeZone()
| utc()

Class QVarLengthArray:

| operator=(std::initializer_list<T> list)

Class QVector:

| append(const QVector<T> &value)

Class QDBusConnection:

| registerObject(const QString &path, const QString &interface, QObject *object, RegisterOptions options)

Class QImageReader:

| autoTransform() const
| setAutoTransform(bool enabled)
| transformation() const

Class QImageWriter:

| optimizedWrite() const
| progressiveScanWrite() const
| setOptimizedWrite(bool optimize)
| setProgressiveScanWrite(bool progressive)
| setTransformation(QImageIOHandler::Transformations transform)
| transformation() const

Class QWheelEvent:

| source() const

Class QOpenGLContext:

| globalShareContext()
| supportsThreadedOpenGL()

Class QPlatformIntegration:

virtual | destroy()
virtual | setApplicationIcon(const QIcon &icon) const

Class QWindow:

| requestUpdate()

Class QMatrix4x4:

| isAffine() const

Class QQuaternion:

| conjugated() const
| dotProduct(const QQuaternion &q1, const QQuaternion &q2)
| fromAxes(const QVector3D &xAxis, const QVector3D &yAxis, const QVector3D &zAxis)
| fromDirection(const QVector3D &direction, const QVector3D &up)
| fromEulerAngles(const QVector3D &eulerAngles)
| fromEulerAngles(float pitch, float yaw, float roll)
| fromRotationMatrix(const QMatrix3x3 &rot3x3)
| getAxes(QVector3D *xAxis, QVector3D *yAxis, QVector3D *zAxis) const
| getAxisAndAngle(QVector3D *axis, float *angle) const
| getAxisAndAngle(float *x, float *y, float *z, float *angle) const
| getEulerAngles(float *pitch, float *yaw, float *roll) const
| inverted() const
| rotationTo(const QVector3D &from, const QVector3D &to)
| toEulerAngles() const
| toRotationMatrix() const

Class QVector2D:

| operator/=(const QVector2D &vector)

Class QVector3D:

| operator/=(const QVector3D &vector)
| project(const QMatrix4x4 &modelView, const QMatrix4x4 &projection, const QRect &viewport) const
| unproject(const QMatrix4x4 &modelView, const QMatrix4x4 &projection, const QRect &viewport) const

Class QVector4D:

| operator/=(const QVector4D &vector)

Class QOpenGLTexture:

| allocateStorage(PixelFormat pixelFormat, PixelType pixelType)
| comparisonFunction() const
| comparisonMode() const
| setComparisonMode(ComparisonMode mode)

Class QFontDatabase:

| isPrivateFamily(const QString &family) const

Class QPlatformFontDatabase:

| weightFromInteger(int weight)

Class QTextDocument:

| find(const QRegularExpression &expr, const QTextCursor &cursor, FindFlags options) const
| find(const QRegularExpression &expr, int from, FindFlags options) const

Class QCamera:

| setViewfinderSettings(const QCameraViewfinderSettings &settings)
| supportedViewfinderFrameRateRanges(const QCameraViewfinderSettings &settings) const
| supportedViewfinderPixelFormats(const QCameraViewfinderSettings &settings) const
| supportedViewfinderResolutions(const QCameraViewfinderSettings &settings) const
| supportedViewfinderSettings(const QCameraViewfinderSettings &settings) const
| viewfinderSettings() const

Class QCameraImageProcessing:

| colorFilter() const
| isColorFilterSupported(ColorFilter filter) const
| setColorFilter(ColorFilter filter)

Class QNetworkAccessManager:

| preSharedKeyAuthenticationRequired(QNetworkReply *reply, QSslPreSharedKeyAuthenticator *authenticator)

Class QNetworkReply:

| preSharedKeyAuthenticationRequired(QSslPreSharedKeyAuthenticator *authenticator)

Class QHostAddress:

| setAddress(const quint8 *ip6Addr)

Class QSslConfiguration:

| ellipticCurves() const
| setEllipticCurves(const QVector<QSslEllipticCurve> &curves)
| supportedCiphers()
| supportedEllipticCurves()
| systemCaCertificates()

Class QSslSocket:

| preSharedKeyAuthenticationRequired(QSslPreSharedKeyAuthenticator *authenticator)

Class QGeoCircle:

| toString() const

Class QGeoRectangle:

| toString() const

Class QGeoShape:

| center() const
| toString() const

Class QSGSimpleTextureNode:

| setSourceRect(const QRectF &r)
| setSourceRect(qreal x, qreal y, qreal w, qreal h)
| sourceRect() const

Class QQuickWidget:

| quickWindow() const

Class QWebEnginePage:

virtual | acceptNavigationRequest(const QUrl &url, NavigationType type, bool isMainFrame)
| profile() const
| setWebChannel(QWebChannel *channel)
| webChannel() const

Class QWebEngineProfile:

| downloadRequested(QWebEngineDownloadItem *download)

Class QGraphicsScene:

| setSelectionArea(const QPainterPath &path, Qt::ItemSelectionOperation selectionOperation, Qt::ItemSelectionMode mode, const QTransform &deviceTransform)

Class QSpacerItem:

| sizePolicy() const

Class QOpenGLWidget:

| setUpdateBehavior(UpdateBehavior updateBehavior)
| updateBehavior() const

Class QAbstractScrollArea:

| viewportMargins() const

Class QFrame:

| initStyleOption(QStyleOptionFrame *option) const

Class QPlainTextEdit:

| createStandardContextMenu(const QPoint &position)

Class QWebHitTestResult:

| linkTitleString() const

### New Functions in Namespaces

| toString(QSizePolicy::Policy p)
| toString(QSizePolicy::ControlTypes cts)
| toString(QSizePolicy::ControlType ct)
| toString(QSizePolicy sp)

### New Global Functions

| operator!=(const QSslPreSharedKeyAuthenticator &lhs, const QSslPreSharedKeyAuthenticator &rhs)
| operator!=(QSslEllipticCurve lhs, QSslEllipticCurve rhs)
| operator!=(const QCameraViewfinderSettings &lhs, const QCameraViewfinderSettings &rhs)
| operator*(const QQuaternion &quaternion, const QVector3D &vec)
| operator/(const QVector4D &vector, const QVector4D &divisor)
| operator/(const QVector3D &vector, const QVector3D &divisor)
| operator/(const QVector2D &vector, const QVector2D &divisor)
| operator<<(QDebug debug, QSslEllipticCurve curve)
| operator<=(const QUuid &lhs, const QUuid &rhs)
| operator==(QSslEllipticCurve lhs, QSslEllipticCurve rhs)
| operator>=(const QUuid &lhs, const QUuid &rhs)
| qEnvironmentVariableIntValue(const char *varName, bool *ok)
| qHash(QSslEllipticCurve curve, uint seed)
| qHash(const QSet<T> &key, uint seed)
| qHashRange(InputIterator first, InputIterator last, uint seed)
| qHashRangeCommutative(InputIterator first, InputIterator last, uint seed)
| qPixelFormatAlpha(uchar channelSize, QPixelFormat::TypeInterpretation typeInterpretation)
| qjsEngine(const QObject *object)
| swap(QPair<T1, T2> &lhs, QPair<T1, T2> &rhs)

### New Macros

| Q_ENUM(...)
| Q_FLAG(...)
| qCInfo(category, const char *message, ...)
| qCInfo(category)
| qInfo(const char *message, ...)

### New Enum Types

enum | ColorFilter { ColorFilterNone, ColorFilterGrayscale, ColorFilterNegative, ColorFilterSolarize, ..., ColorFilterVendor }
enum | Transformation { TransformationNone, TransformationMirror, TransformationFlip, TransformationRotate180, ..., TransformationRotate270 }
enum | ComparisonFunction { CompareLessEqual, CompareGreaterEqual, CompareLess, CompareGreater, ..., CompareNever }
enum | ComparisonMode { CompareRefToTexture, CompareNone }
enum | UpdateBehavior { NoPartialUpdate, PartialUpdate }
enum | TabFocusBehavior { NoTabFocus, TabFocusTextControls, TabFocusListControls, TabFocusAllControls }

### New Properties

center : const radius : const altitude : const isValid : const latitude : const longitude : const bottomLeft : const bottomRight : const center : const height : const topLeft : const | topRight : const width : const isEmpty : const isValid : const type : const selectedIndexes : const devicePixelRatio : const breakEnabled : const singleClickActivation : const tabFocusBehavior : const

### New QML Types

A
  AbstractTextureImage
  ActionInput
  Annotation
  Axis
  AxisActionHandler
  AxisInput
  AxisSetting

B
  BlendState
  BlendStateSeparate

C
  Camera
  CameraLens
  CircularGauge
  CircularGaugeStyle
  ClipPlane
  Component3D
  Configuration

D
  DelayButton
  DelayButtonStyle
  Dial
  DialStyle

E
  Entity
  EntityLoader

F
  FrameGraph
  FrameGraphNode

G
  Gauge
  GaugeStyle
  GraphicsApiFilter

I
  ItemSelectionModel

K
  KeyEvent
  KeyboardController
  KeyboardInput

L
  Layer
  LayerFilter
  LogicComponent
  LogicalDevice

M
  MouseController
  MouseEvent
  MouseInput

N
  Node
  NodeInstantiator

P
  ParameterMapping
  PieMenu
  PieMenuStyle
  PointLight

S
  Shortcut
  SpotLight
  StatusIndicator
  StatusIndicatorStyle

T
  TextureImage
  ToggleButton
  ToggleButtonStyle
  TreeView
  TreeViewStyle
  Tumbler
  TumblerColumn
  TumblerStyle

W
  WheelEvent

### New QML Properties

| autoTransform
| colorFilter
| direction
| height
| polling
| scrollGestureEnabled
| shortcuts
| styleHints
| width

### New QML Signals

| tagFound()
| tagRemoved()
| smartZoom()

### New QML Methods

| supportedViewfinderFrameRateRanges()
| supportedViewfinderResolutions()
| getDataAsArrayBuffer()
| hsva()
| shapeToCircle()
| shapeToRectangle()

## Additions to Other Qt 5 Releases

- What's New in Qt 5.6
- What's New in Qt 5.4
- What's New in Qt 5.3
- What's New in Qt 5.2
- What's New in Qt 5.1
- What's New in Qt 5.0