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

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)
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 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 QColorSpace:

QVariant operator QVariant() const

Class QCursor:

QBitmap bitmap(Qt::ReturnByValueConstant) const
QBitmap mask(Qt::ReturnByValueConstant) 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 QueueCreateInfoModifier &modifier)

Class QWindow:

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

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, 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 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)

Class QSvgRenderer:

QTransform transformForElement(const QString &id) const

Class QQmlIncubationController:

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

Class QQmlIncubator:

void setInitialProperties(const QVariantMap &initialProperties)

Class QQmlIncubatorPrivate:

RequiredProperties &requiredProperties()

Class QSGTexture:

NativeTexture nativeTexture() 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 QCamera:

void errorOccurred(QCamera::Error value)

Class QMediaPlayer:

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

Class QVideoFrame:

QImage image() const

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 QHelpIndexModel:

QHelpEngineCore *helpEngine() const

Class QHelpIndexWidget:

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

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

New QML Types

New QML Properties

New QML Signals

New QML Methods

Additions to Other Qt 5 Releases