Rejoice! Once https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/443474 has merged succesfully there’ll be a public API again that allows applications to extend the list of supported clipboard formats with Windows and mac/iOS specific converter implementations.
Feedback very much welcome. Volker > On 23 Oct 2022, at 21:29, Volker Hilsheimer via Interest > <interest@qt-project.org> wrote: > > Thanks for pointing those out Bill, I did not have those helpers from the Qt > 5 Extras on my radar. Will check where we are with those. > > > Volker > > >> On 21 Oct 2022, at 23:18, Bill Jones <jo...@synergy.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Volker, >> >> Another missing module in Qt 6.x that is very important to desktop >> applications is clipboard support. >> >> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-93632 >> >> Without cross platform (at least MacOS and Windows) we will never be able to >> move from 5.15.x to Qt 6. This is an absolute necessity for us and I have >> not seen any progress on this issue. I apologize if I seem a little >> strident, but my questions to support have not gotten any movement on this. >> >> Bill >> >> >>> On Oct 21, 2022, at 10:00 AM, Volker Hilsheimer via Interest >>> <interest@qt-project.org> wrote: >>> >>>> On 20 Oct 2022, at 22:35, Scott Bloom <sc...@towel42.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I haven’t been following the 6.x progress very much. Only because it was >>>> clear 6.0 and 6.1 were not ready to replace all the functionality of 5.x >>>> >>>> However, with 6.4 it appears that all functionality that is going to be >>>> brought forward, has been completed. Is that true? Or is there sill >>>> chunks of 5.x missing (that will be brought forward) ? >>>> >>>> Scott >>> >>> Hi Scott, >>> >>> >>> The only module that is not officially available in Qt 6 yet, and that we >>> still want to bring back in some form, is Qt Location. Work is progressing >>> on that module [1]. >>> >>> [1] https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-96795 >>> >>> There are some modules that currently live only in Qt5Compat, such as Qt >>> Graphical Effects. We’re working on a replacement for that as well [2], >>> addressing some of the deficiencies of it Qt Graphical Effects, but if you >>> were happy with things in Qt 5, then the types in Qt5Compat as they are are >>> perfectly fine to use. >>> >>> [2] https://www.qt.io/blog/introducing-qt-quick-effect-maker >>> >>> >>> So, unless you depend on Qt Location, there’s no point in waiting. And if >>> you do - we’ll soon share more updates on our blog. >>> >>> Volker >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Interest mailing list >>> Interest@qt-project.org >>> https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/interest >> > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/interest _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/interest
