Qt Visual Graph Editor Changelog

What's new in Qt Visual Graph Editor 0.6.3

May 26, 2021
  • Bugfix release (merged from 0.7.dev).

New in Qt Visual Graph Editor 0.6.2 (Dec 12, 2020)

  • Mainly bugfix release with some number of improvements:
  • Import of GraphML in SocNetV format supported
  • GraphViz accessibility and version can be checked out of the Options dialog
  • If GraphViz layout engine happens to freeze, it can be aborted by user via GUI (no need to call Task Manager anymore)
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed crash when pressing Escape after creating of a node and immediately editing of a text label (#123)
  • Fixed issue with forwarding keyboard events during editing of a text label (#124)
  • Fixed importing default GraphML attributes
  • Fixed a typo in the default attribute name (#125)
  • Fixed loading edge id from DOT format
  • Fixed moving nodes via keyboard
  • Fixed nodes snapping after transformation
  • Fixed restoring windows & panels layout
  • Fedora 32, Qt 5.14: too big font on startup buttons (#120)
  • Windows:
  • GraphViz 2.44 binaries are shipped together

New in Qt Visual Graph Editor 0.6.1 (Nov 10, 2020)

  • Tighter integration with GraphViz (reading of DOT format, layout via GraphViz engines)
  • OGDF is no more shipped together due to its instability (can be linked as 3rdparty-library hovewer)
  • boost is no more shipped together (can be linked as 3rdparty-library hovewer)
  • Various bugfixes and minor improvements

New in Qt Visual Graph Editor 0.6.0 (Sep 10, 2020)

  • Support of polyline edges
  • Export to SVG format
  • Better support of DOT/GraphVIZ format
  • Improved selection & drawing of the edges
  • Improved nodes transformation mode
  • Portable distributions for Windows platform
  • OGDF updated to the most recent version (v.2020-02)
  • read_proc replaced by QProcessInf

New in Qt Visual Graph Editor 0.5.5 (Jun 22, 2020)

  • New minor release of QVGE introduces bug fixes and some new functionality and improvements.
  • Significant changes are:
  • support of Qt 5.13
  • support of MSVC 2017
  • support of MinGW 7
  • label editing can be finished with Enter (#77)
  • when exporting to image, a resolution can be customized (#73)
  • added export to GraphML format; node ports supported now (#28)
  • nodes & edges editor UI improved
  • "tooltip" attribute is shown as a popup tooltip

New in Qt Visual Graph Editor 0.5.3 (Feb 5, 2019)

  • default paste behavior modified: items will be preferably pasted into a visible scene's area
  • selection copied to clipboard can be pasted as an image to any software
  • DOT export: scene background attribute exported as well
  • DOT export: extended to optionally export only the topology (#63)
  • added more action hints
  • added fast movement of the selected items by Shift + Arrow keys
  • added start page with common file actions (#59)
  • added exit out of the complete application (with all windows)
  • fixed crash on deleting items via Cut or Delete actions (#55)
  • fixed some item selection issues
  • fixed export of image and PDF documents (auto crop added as well)

New in Qt Visual Graph Editor 0.5.2 (Jan 22, 2019)

  • View Menu: added Toolbars & Panels submenu (#52)
  • View Menu: item ids can be shown/hidded separately from labels (#47)
  • added in-place label editing (by double click)
  • added node port colors
  • added timed auto backups (#60)
  • added basic import from GraphViz/DOT format via OGDF (#53)
  • added Sugiyama graph layout (via OGDF)
  • more diagnostic shown if file reading failed
  • selection of global attributes made more convenient
  • logic of movement of the selected items made more intuitive (#48)
  • snap to grid enabled by default (#45)
  • label font editor extended a little
  • item painting optimizations and corrections
  • item ids are now editable via context menu only (by right click)
  • double click on a node port shows its properties
  • newly started application instance now overtakes the parent's instance settings
  • Commutation Table: when adding a column, a list with available attribute ids is shown
  • Commutation Table: added button bar
  • fixed font reading/setting issue
  • fixed bug with changing style of selected items after applying a new scheme
  • fixed drawing of transparent items
  • fixed storing/applying of grid snap properties (#49)
  • fixed placement of edge labels (#50)
  • fixed some GEXF-related issues (#51)
  • fixed canvas expansion after changing item IDs (#44)
  • (32-bit-version): fixed crash while cloning the selection
  • fixed issue with storing DOT format if ids include spaces

New in Qt Visual Graph Editor 0.5.1 (Jan 22, 2019)

  • A bugfix release

New in Qt Visual Graph Editor 0.5.0 (Jan 22, 2019)

  • changed project directory structure
  • globally renamed: CConnection -> CEdge etc.
  • some menu texts corrected & tooltips added
  • added basic support of node ports
  • added buttons to change attribute's name & type
  • color schemes menu moved into Edit
  • added "Factor Nodes" dialog
  • added zoom/fit to selection
  • added custom columns to the Topology editor
  • added "Search" feature
  • fixed issue with document change notification when a new document is created
  • fixed issue with putting empty states into the undo/redo stack after editing
  • of complex attributes (color, font etc)
  • fixed generation of the default ids for nodes/edges
  • fixed opening of documents with unicode names
  • fixed writing non-latin symbols to GEXF files as well as description & version number (#33)
  • fixed writing graph attributes to GEXF files
  • fixed storing of default class attributes

New in Qt Visual Graph Editor 0.4.3 Beta (Jan 22, 2019)

  • A bugfix release:
  • item tooltips visually improved
  • fixed issue with moving the mouse over the Mini Navigator when invoked by the corner button
  • fixed issue with restoring of scene interactive state after panning
  • fixed a crash when leaving property editor after changing a value
  • fixed editing of string and numerical values after typing next character
  • fixed a couple of editing & display issues of double values

New in Qt Visual Graph Editor 0.4.2 Beta (Jan 22, 2019)

  • added new color scheme (Sunny Spring)
  • added common editor modes to simplify the editing
  • default node & edge properties set to UI when new scene is attached
  • auto-assign of currently selected node & edge properties to the newly created items
  • more tool- & status tips displayed
  • some common operations made more intuitive (clone items with pressed Ctrl etc.)
  • fixed issue with dragging items over their labels
  • (Linux) fixed issue with default IO directory
  • (FreeBSD) fixed restoring of maximized windows (Qt issue)