Kexi/Releases/Kexi 2.8

List of changes

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General

• Windows version

Main Window

• Make shortcuts work in table and form data views. Bug #330138. [1]
  • Shift+Return: Save changes made to the current record.
  • Escape: Cancel changes made to the current field or record.
• Welcome view: hide placeholder for templates by default so users won't be confused.
• Fix some untranslated strings. Bug #320168.
• Use KDE4's "new" emblem for "create" icons, improve query and report icon.

Table Views

• Fix misplaced combobox editor and unnecessary scroll bars:
  • Misplaced editor in table view's combo box for right alignment. Bug #330885.
  • Scrollbars sometimes appear in combo box popup even when they are not needed. Bug #330886.
• Re-add missing "Clear Table Contents" action (regression in Kexi 2.x). Bug #331039.

Queries

• Track changes better when switching from visual to SQL view. Query statement is now updated when needed in the SQL view.
• Make queries with lookup field and table alias work. Bug #330910.
• Do not add tablename in a generated SQL when not needed. Bug #331259.

Forms

• Add support for opening hyperlink via a form button. Bug #308832.
• Make text in form combo box not trimmed. Bug #329716.
• Fix bug: data is not saved in form combo boxes. Bug #329141.
• Make Shift+Return (save record edit) and Escape (cancel field/record edit) shortcuts work in table and form data views (regression in Kexi 2.x). Bug #330138.
• Improve focus, keyboard interaction and painting in table and form views. Bug #304989, {{bug|329892}:
  • Focus combo box after accepting or cancelling selection in combo popup
  • Show focus in combo box after accepting or cancelling row changes
  • Remove focus from combo box after clicking outside of its popup
  • Improve appearance of combo box' button in table view
  • Fix missing re-display of table view combo box popup
  • Fix focus in table view combo box popup
  • Make clipboard shortcuts work again in table view cells
  • Properly set focus inside table view after activation

Reports

• Fix tooltips of the page navigator of Kexi's report view.
• Make certain warning messages translatable. Bug #320168.
• Disable custom page sizes for reports to avoid crashing. Will be fully re-enabled after 2.8.0.

Database drivers

• PostgreSQL: enable use of a pqxx 4.x library. This makes the driver more available in some Linux distributions. Bug #328380.

List of missing or discontinued features compared to previous version is also available.

Screenshots

None so far.

Missing or discontinued features in 2.8

None identified compared to 2.7.