New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.15 | Qt 5.15

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# New Classes and Functions in Qt 5.15

This page contains a comprehensive list of all new classes and functions introduced in Qt 5.15. Links to new APIs in previous Qt 5 releases are found at the bottom of this page.

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

### New Classes

F
  FromBase64Result (QByteArray)

H
  QHelpFilterSettingsWidget
  QHelpLink

N
  NativeTexture (QSGTexture)

P
  QPdfDestination
  QPdfSelection

Q
  QQuick3D
  QQuick3DGeometry
  QQuick3DObject

R
  QRenderCapabilities (Qt3DRender)

### New Member Functions

Class FromBase64Result:

bool | operator!=(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)
bool | operator==(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)

Class QChar:

bool | operator!=(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)
bool | operator==(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)

Class QConcatenateTablesProxyModel:

QList<QAbstractItemModel *> | sourceModels() const

Class QFile:

bool | moveToTrash()
bool | moveToTrash(const QString &fileName, QString *pathInTrash)

Class QFileInfo:

bool | isJunction() const

Class QHash:

void | insert(const QHash<K, V> &other)

Class QIdentityProxyModel:

virtual bool | moveColumns(const QModelIndex &sourceParent, int sourceColumn, int count, const QModelIndex &destinationParent, int destinationChild) override
virtual bool | moveRows(const QModelIndex &sourceParent, int sourceRow, int count, const QModelIndex &destinationParent, int destinationChild) override

Class QKeyValueIterator:

bool | operator!=(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)
QKeyValueIterator::pointer | operator->() const
bool | operator==(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)

Class QMap:

void | insert(const QMap<Key, T> &map)

Class QMetaProperty:

bool | isRequired() const

Class QMetaType:

QMetaType | fromType()
::QByteArray | name() const
bool | operator!=(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)
bool | operator==(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)

Class QPair:

bool | operator!=(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)
bool | operator==(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)

Class QProcess:

QStringList | splitCommand(QStringView command)

Class QRegularExpression:

QString | anchoredPattern(QStringView expression)
QString | escape(QStringView str)
QString | wildcardToRegularExpression(QStringView pattern)

Class QResource:

QByteArray | uncompressedData() const
qint64 | uncompressedSize() const

Class QRunnable:

QRunnable * | create(std::function<void ()> functionToRun)

Class QScopedPointer:

bool | operator!=(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)
bool | operator==(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)

Class QSignalMapper:

void | mappedInt(int i)
void | mappedObject(QObject *object)
void | mappedString(const QString &text)
void | mappedWidget(QWidget *widget)

Class QSocketNotifier:

void | activated(QSocketDescriptor socket, QSocketNotifier::Type type)

Class QSortFilterProxyModel:

void | filterCaseSensitivityChanged(Qt::CaseSensitivity filterCaseSensitivity)
void | filterRoleChanged(int filterRole)
void | recursiveFilteringEnabledChanged(bool recursiveFilteringEnabled)
void | sortCaseSensitivityChanged(Qt::CaseSensitivity sortCaseSensitivity)
void | sortLocaleAwareChanged(bool sortLocaleAware)
void | sortRoleChanged(int sortRole)

Class QStateMachine:

int | postDelayedEvent(QEvent *event, std::chrono::milliseconds delay)

Class QString:

bool | isValidUtf16() const

Class QStringView:

bool | isValidUtf16() const

Class QThread:

bool | wait(QDeadlineTimer deadline)

Class QThreadPool:

void | start(std::function<void ()> functionToRun, int priority)
bool | tryStart(std::function<void ()> functionToRun)

Class QTranslator:

QString | filePath() const
QString | language() const

Class QVarLengthArray:

bool | operator!=(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)
bool | operator==(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)

Class QXmlStreamReader:

int | entityExpansionLimit() const
void | setEntityExpansionLimit(int limit)

Class qfloat16:

qfloat16 | copySign(qfloat16 sign) const

Class QCursor:

QBitmap | bitmap(Qt::ReturnByValueConstant) const
QBitmap | mask(Qt::ReturnByValueConstant) const

Class QColorSpace:

QVariant | operator QVariant() const

Class QPdfWriter:

void | addFileAttachment(const QString &fileName, const QByteArray &data, const QString &mimeType)
QByteArray | documentXmpMetadata() const
void | setDocumentXmpMetadata(const QByteArray &xmpMetadata)

Class QPlatformWindow:

virtual bool | startSystemMove()
virtual bool | startSystemResize(Qt::Edges edges)

Class QScreen:

QScreen * | virtualSiblingAt(QPoint point)

Class QVulkanInstance:

void | presentAboutToBeQueued(QWindow *window)

Class QVulkanWindow:

uint32_t | graphicsQueueFamilyIndex() const
void | setQueueCreateInfoModifier(const QVulkanWindow::QueueCreateInfoModifier &modifier)

Class QWindow:

bool | startSystemMove()
bool | startSystemResize(Qt::Edges edges)

Class QHelpEngineCore:

QList<QHelpLink> | documentsForIdentifier(const QString &id) const
QList<QHelpLink> | documentsForIdentifier(const QString &id, const QString &filterName) const
QList<QHelpLink> | documentsForKeyword(const QString &keyword) const
QList<QHelpLink> | documentsForKeyword(const QString &keyword, const QString &filterName) const

Class QHelpFilterEngine:

QList<QVersionNumber> | availableVersions() const
QStringList | indices() const
QStringList | indices(const QString &filterName) const

Class QHelpIndexWidget:

void | documentActivated(const QHelpLink &document, const QString &keyword)
void | documentsActivated(const QList<QHelpLink> &documents, const QString &keyword)

Class QHelpIndexModel:

QHelpEngineCore * | helpEngine() const

Class QCamera:

void | errorOccurred(QCamera::Error value)

Class QMediaPlayer:

void | setVideoOutput(const QVector<QAbstractVideoSurface *> &surfaces)

Class QVideoFrame:

QImage | image() const

Class QAbstractSocket:

void | errorOccurred(QAbstractSocket::SocketError socketError)

Class QLocalSocket:

void | errorOccurred(QLocalSocket::LocalSocketError socketError)

Class QNetworkAccessManager:

void | setTransferTimeout(int timeout)
int | transferTimeout() const

Class QNetworkReply:

void | errorOccurred(QNetworkReply::NetworkError code)

Class QNetworkRequest:

void | setTransferTimeout(int timeout)
int | transferTimeout() const

Class QSslCertificate:

QList<QSslCertificate> | fromPath(const QString &path, QSsl::EncodingFormat format, QSslCertificate::PatternSyntax syntax)

Class QSslConfiguration:

void | addCaCertificate(const QSslCertificate &certificate)
bool | addCaCertificates(const QString &path, QSsl::EncodingFormat format, QSslCertificate::PatternSyntax syntax)
void | addCaCertificates(const QList<QSslCertificate> &certificates)

Class QSslSocket:

void | newSessionTicketReceived()
QList<QSslError> | sslHandshakeErrors() const

Class QQmlIncubationController:

void | incubateWhile(std::atomic<bool> *flag, int msecs)

Class QQmlIncubator:

void | setInitialProperties(const QVariantMap &initialProperties)

Class QQmlIncubatorPrivate:

RequiredProperties & | requiredProperties()

Class QSGTexture:

QSGTexture::NativeTexture | nativeTexture() const

Class QSvgRenderer:

QTransform | transformForElement(const QString &id) const

Class QWebSocket:

quint64 | maxAllowedIncomingFrameSize() const
quint64 | maxAllowedIncomingMessageSize() const
quint64 | maxIncomingFrameSize()
quint64 | maxIncomingMessageSize()
quint64 | maxOutgoingFrameSize()
quint64 | outgoingFrameSize() const
void | setMaxAllowedIncomingFrameSize(quint64 maxAllowedIncomingFrameSize)
void | setMaxAllowedIncomingMessageSize(quint64 maxAllowedIncomingMessageSize)
void | setOutgoingFrameSize(quint64 outgoingFrameSize)

Class QButtonGroup:

void | idClicked(int id)
void | idPressed(int id)
void | idReleased(int id)
void | idToggled(int id, bool checked)

Class QLabel:

QPicture | picture(Qt::ReturnByValueConstant) const
QPixmap | pixmap(Qt::ReturnByValueConstant) const

Class QTabBar:

bool | isTabVisible(int index) const
void | setTabVisible(int index, bool visible)

Class QTabWidget:

bool | isTabVisible(int index) const
void | setTabVisible(int index, bool visible)

Class QWizard:

QList<int> | visitedIds() const

Class QDomDocument:

bool | setContent(QXmlStreamReader *reader, bool namespaceProcessing, QString *errorMsg, int *errorLine, int *errorColumn)

### New Global Functions

bool | operator!=(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)
bool | operator==(const QMetaType &a, const QMetaType &b)

### New Enum Types

enum | TransferTimeoutConstant { DefaultTransferTimeoutConstant }
enum | Format { GLSL, SPIRV }
enum class | PatternSyntax { RegularExpression, Wildcard, FixedString }
enum | ReturnByValueConstant { ReturnByValue }

### New Properties

- placeholderText : const
- showDebugOverlay : const
- uiLanguage : const
- updateAxesContinuously : const

- renderCapabilities : const
- format : const
- aspectRatioMode : const
- videoSurface : const

### New QML Types

B
  Bounds

C
  CullMode

D
  DepthInput

P
  PdfDocument
  PdfLinkModel
  PdfNavigationStack
  PdfSearchModel
  PdfSelection

Q
  QuaternionAnimation

R
  RenderCapabilities

S
  SetUniformValue
  SpotLight

### New QML Properties

| antialiasingMode
| antialiasingQuality
| backend
| backend
| backend
| backend
| cursorShape
| cursorShape
| dragThreshold
| effects
| flushMode
| format
| renderCapabilities
| reuseItems
| showDebugOverlay
| sourceClipRect
| staticFlags
| temporalAAStrength
| uiLanguage
| updateAxesContinuously
| videoOutput
| videoSurface

### New QML Signals

| errorOccurred()

### New QML Methods

| lookAt()
| lookAt()
| start()
| stop()

## Additions to Other Qt 5 Releases

- What's New in Qt 5.14
- What's New in Qt 5.13
- What's New in Qt 5.12
- What's New in Qt 5.11
- What's New in Qt 5.10
- What's New in Qt 5.9
- What's New in Qt 5.8
- What's New in Qt 5.7
- What's New in Qt 5.6
- What's New in Qt 5.5
- 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