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Kexi/Releases/Kexi 2.8.6

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List of changes

  • Fix logic behind visibility of editing indicator in tabular and form views
  • Make Next and Last button in Page selector of Report data view to be disabled on last page.
  • Fix build error on OpenBSD operating system (missing include directory for ICU).
  • Fix row selection/highlighting when clicking/hovering over record marker. (bug 337914)
  • Fix an issue with resolving version of plugins (at least) on Linux.
  • Improve behaviour of tabbed toolbar when Design Tab is present.
  • Avoid displaying actions for parts that do not create objects.
  • Set labels to right in the Find dialog.
  • Fix a crash when pressed Tab on a form with one date picker. (bug 338766)
  • Avoid crashes when closing Kexi views.
  • Allow to create report items of specific size using mouse drag. (bug 334967)
  • Fix crash in Report designer.
  • Fix possible crash on opening report with a barcode element.
  • Fix icon alignment in Kexi record navigator buttons.
  • Add running desktop name and version to the feedback agent. Recognizes Plasma 4 and 5 at least.
  • Position pasted report element with an offset to the active element or to the corner. (bug 334967)
  • Add donations info to Kexi's status bar. Currently only opens a BountySource page.
  • Improve experience by adding a dedicated database password dialog.
  • Avoid keeping potentially wrong password entered in the password dialog. We don't want to re-use it.
  • Improve default size of modal assistant dialogs.
  • Hide system PostgreSQL (postgres) and MySQL (performance_schema) databases from the visible database list.
  • Use consistent sorting of unicode text values. (bug 338808)
  • Fix background opacity handling and new background/foreground's defaults for report elements.
  • Many fixes for Kexi's Database Import assistant (bugs 336556, 336557, 336558):
    • When needed ask for password to access source or destination servers.
    • Reload source database list if user pressed back and selected different connection.
    • Improve saving recent directories.
    • Do not ask twice about destination filename.
    • In addition to title, properly ask for database name for server destination databases.
    • Properly open imported database (file).

See https://calligra.org/news/calligra-2-8-6-released/