New Features in Qt 5.11

Note that this page is work in progress until the Qt 5.11 Beta release.

New Features (within existing modules)

• Qt Core
  • QVarLengthArray now has rvalue reference versions of prepend and insert, and can hold movable-only datatypes such as std::unique_ptr.
  • QVector now has rvalue reference versions of prepend and insert.

• Qt WebEngine
  • Updated to Chromium 64 or 65.
  • Embedded DevTools without using a port and separate browser.
  • Installable cookie filter.
  • Quota permissions.

• Qt Designer
  • Added support for ID-based translations ( QTBUG-34610 )

• Qt GUI
  • On Windows Desktop, the accessibility back end, formerly based on Microsoft Active Accessibility, was replaced with a new implementation based on Microsoft UI Automation ( QTBUG-53024, QTBUG-43190, QTBUG-61926, QTBUG-38499, QTBUG-38337, QTBUG-38501, QTBUG-38502, QTBUG-38504, QTBUG-38505, QTBUG-38507, QTPM-487 ).

New Modules

Platform Changes

• Jira tracking for 5.11 changes:

• XCB
  • Support for missing 'dead keys' such as dasia and diaeresis.

Technology Preview Modules

• Qt Remote Objects (TP3) - A module that allows you to easily share QObject interfaces (Signals/Slots/Properties) between processes or devices.
• Qt WebGL Streaming Plugin (TP2) - Stream applications to browsers over the network

Deprecated Modules

The following modules are part of Qt 5.10 release, but deprecated and considered for removal in subsequent releases of Qt:

• Qt Script

Configurations