JetBrains/compose-multiplatform v1.4.0

1.4.0

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Common

• Added support for Kotlin 1.8.20

Features

• Support perspective projection and cameraDistance parameter in graphicsLayer
• Support brush parameter in TextStyle for complex coloring
• Support drawStyle parameter in TextStyle for drawing outlined text
• Support blendMode parameter when drawing text on Canvas
• Support compositing strategy on graphicsLayer
• Add minLines parameter to BasicTextField
• Support painterResource function in common source set

Fixes

• Actually remember provider in rememberComponentRectPositionProvider
• Fix merging multiple selection areas inside SelectionContainer
• Fix crash on selecting text if layout result is invalid
• Fix error on call an expect/actual function with default arguments and a Composable argument

iOS

iOS support is in Alpha now

Desktop

Features

• Support external drag and drop
• Animate scroll initiated by mouse wheel input
• Remove AWT dependency in rememberCursorPositionProvider
• Major scrollbar overhaul
  • Scrollbar now works correctly in lazy lists when items vary in size
  • Scrollbar now works correctly with lazy list contentPadding
  • Scrollbar now works correctly in lazy list with spacing between items
  • Scrollbar now works correctly if the size of the scrollbar doesn't match the size of the widget it scrolls
  • Pressing the scrollbar track now works correctly
  • Added scrollbar support for lazy grids and text fields

Fixes

• Fix using a custom shape for an AlertDialog
• Fix AlertDialog width to match the maximum of its content
• Change ContextMenuArea to emit a single element, rather than two elements
• Use state hoisting instead of global mouse position to determine where context menus, dropdown menus and tooltips should be displayed
• Limit error dialog width in case of long error message
• Fix window flashing background with unspecified size
• Fix crash SplitPane with a modifier
• Fix applying ComposePanel visibility

Web

• Compose for Web is renamed to Compose HTML Library
• The new experimental Compose for Web based on Kotlin/Wasm is available

Tools

• Packaging native distributions now requires at least JDK 17

Features

• Provide relative path to jpackage --main-jar
• Provide some entitlements on macOS by default

Fixes

• Unzip wix to build directory

API Changes

• Remove deprecated SkiaRootForTest.processPointerInput
• Remove deprecated PointerEvent.awtEvent, KeyEvent.awtEvent
• Make accidentally exposed to public ParagraphLayouter class internal as designed
• androidx.compose.foundation.v2.ScrollbarAdapter is introduced in order to allow scrollbars of a size different from the scrolled widget

Dependencies

This version of Compose Multiplatform is based on the next Jetpack Compose libraries:

• Compiler 1.4.4
• Runtime 1.4.0
• UI 1.4.0
• Foundation 1.4.0
• Material 1.4.0
• Material3 1.0.1