====== ChangeLog from 0.22 to 0.3a ======

Note: this page aims at providing a summary of all modifications from version 0.22 to version 0.3a of QElectroTech.

===== Application =====
  * Elements collection: QElectroTech now provides **1465 elements** within 233 categories (0.22 provided **153** elements within 51 categories). Most elements are related to electricity though some relate to chillers, solar, hydraulic and pneumatic  engineering.
  * A new kind of collections appeared to store title block templates; as for elements, there is a distinction between common (system-wide) templates and custom (user-wide) templates.
  * Translations:
    * English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Czech translations have been maintained.
    * Russian translations have been removed because they are not maintained anymore.
    * Polish, German, Italian, Arabic and Croatian translations have been added.
    * Following translation to Arabic, some work was done to improve Right-To-Left languages support.
    * Elements names are fully translated to English, French, Czech and Polish.
  * Main windows: added a "What's this?" action.
  * QElectroTech now handles *.titleblock files.

===== Diagram editor =====
  * It is now possible to move and rotate all texts on a diagram : element texts, conductor texts and independent texts.
    * When moving a text related to an electrical element, this element is highlighted.
    * Texts related to a conductor cannot be moved too far away from it.
  * It is now possible to create diagrams with more than 100 rows/columns.
  * Elements panel:
    * During a drag and drop operation, the hovered item is now expanded after a short time not moving the mouse.
    * Items are now expanded/collapsed by a double click.
    * Common, custom and embedded collections of title block templates are displayed within the elements panel.
    * Elements previews and names are now cached into a SQLite database stored in the user configuration directory, thus speeding up the elements panel (re)loading
    * The elements panel now displays the folio index before each diagram title.
    * UI consistency: renamed "Import element" to "Open an element file", separated this action from those related to the current selection, and ensured elements-related actions are disabled when selecting a project/diagram/title block template.
    * Freshly integrated elements are now highlighted in the elements panel -- this behaviour can be disabled though.
    * When clearing the search field, the panel state is restored to its previous state.
  * Title blocks are now rendered using //templates//:
    * For each diagram, users can choose the template to be used in the diagram properties.
    * They may also drag and drop it from the elements panel to the diagram.
    * Title block templates are always integrated within the parent project.
  * Fixed a bug in the print preview dialog.
  * Added a F2 shortcut for the widget "Edit the color of the given conductor".
  * As elements, diagrams now have a "version" attribute for compatibility purposes.
  * Better handling of file opening for documents saved with newer versions of QElectroTech.
  * Diagram loading: removed an optimization that could lead to conductors not being loaded when several terminals share the same coordinates.
  * Users may now enter visualisation mode by pressing Ctrl and Shift.
  * Printing: when printing diagrams with no title block, use the space left by the title block.
  * Added a few status and "What's this?" tips.
  * Got rid of the green icon used for projects, changed a few other icons.

===== Element editor ======
  * Both static and dynamic texts can now be rotated
  * Added "dotted" line style
  * Added white color for texts
  * Newly added parts are placed above existing ones.

===== Title block template editor =====
A third kind of editor was implemented so users can create their own title block templates:
  * It allows users to customize the layout and content of cells that constitute the title block.
  * Cells can be merged and splitted.
  * Their width can be fixed, relative to the total width or relative to the remaining widths.
  * Their height is a simple fixed length.
  * They contain either a logo (be it in SVG or a usual bitmap format) or some text.
  * The text value is optionally preceded by a label.
  * As other texts within QElectroTech, labels and texts can be translated to other languages.
  * Texts and labels may contain variables (e.g. %company-name); these variables are replaced by real world values once the template is applied to a diagram.
  * Those real-world values can be set among the diagram properties.