Qt 6.9 beta is out today as the first test release for this updated Qt6 toolkit.

Qt 6.9 is still baking but already for today's Qt 6.9 Beta 1 there are many changes in tow. Some of the work to find with Qt 6.9 includes:

- Qt 6.9 on Linux under Wayland now allows supporting the xdg-toplevel-icon-v1 protocol

- For Qt 6.9 on Wayland too, the underlying wl_surface of a window now shares its lifetime and is no longer destroyed when the window is hidden.

- The Qt Quick module adds a "Shear" component for applying shearing transforms to items.

- The Qt Quick Effects module adds a "RectangularShadow" element for fast rounded rectangle shaped shadow/glow similar to CSS box-shadow.

- The Qt VirtualKeyboard module now allows adjusting the key sound volume.

Next up two more beta releases of Qt 6.9 are expected over January and February. A release candidate of Qt 6.9 should come out at the end of February while Qt 6.9 stable should beh ere around mid-March.

More details on the Qt 6.9 Beta 1 release via [1]Qt.io .



[1] https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.9-beta-1-released