gtk-builder-tool simplify --3to4 now produces a
<requires lib="gtk" version="4.0"/>.
Adapt for that, and also add some tests that check that we
actually verify the requires, and accept 3.99 and 4.0, but
not 5.x.
Use a single environment variable for everything:
- select the ATContext implementation
- select the test ATContext
- disable ATContext entirely
We use the same pattern as GSK_RENDERER, GTK_DEBUG, etc.
The documentation needs to be updated to include the environment
variable.
This is rarely what you want, so lets turn it off
by default.
Update the one place in our demos where we want to
draw a value, add support for this to gtk-builder-tool,
add a test and mention this change in the migration
guide.
For --3to4, replace GtkRadioButton by either GtkCheckButton
or GtkToggleButton, depending on the value of :draw-indicator.
Update the testsuite to cover this.
Rewrite expand/fill properties on GtkBox to
hexpand/halign/vexpand/valign on the child widget.
Rewrite GtkVBox and GtkHBox to GtkBox, setting the orientation
property.
Added a test for boxes.
To build a better world sometimes means having to tear the old one down.
-- Alexander Pierce, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier"
ATK served us well for nearly 20 years, but the world has changed, and
GTK has changed with it. Now ATK is mostly a hindrance towards improving
the accessibility stack:
- it maps to a very specific implementation, AT-SPI, which is Linux and
Unix specific
- it requires implementing the same functionality in three different
layers of the stack: AT-SPI, ATK, and GTK
- only GTK uses it; every other Linux and Unix toolkit and application
talks to AT-SPI directly, including assistive technologies
Sadly, we cannot incrementally port GTK to a new accessibility stack;
since ATK insulates us entirely from the underlying implementation, we
cannot replace it piecemeal. Instead, we're going to remove everything
and then incrementally build on a clean slate:
- add an "accessible" interface, implemented by GTK objects directly,
which describe the accessible role and state changes for every UI
element
- add an "assistive technology context" to proxy a native accessibility
API, and assign it to every widget
- implement the AT context depending on the platform
For more information, see: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/2833
