<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
(	O
formerly	O
wxWindows	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
widget	B-Library
toolkit	I-Library
and	O
tools	O
library	B-Library
for	O
creating	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
GUIs	B-Application
)	O
for	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
enables	O
a	O
program	O
's	O
GUI	B-Application
code	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
and	O
run	O
on	O
several	O
computer	O
platforms	O
with	O
minimal	O
or	O
no	O
code	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
wide	O
choice	O
of	O
compilers	B-Language
and	O
other	O
tools	O
to	O
use	O
with	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
facilitates	O
development	O
of	O
sophisticated	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
supports	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
range	O
of	O
popular	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
and	O
graphical	O
libraries	O
,	O
both	O
proprietary	B-Application
and	O
free	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
widely	O
deployed	O
in	O
prominent	O
organizations	O
(	O
see	O
text	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
started	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
wxWindows	B-Language
in	O
1992	O
by	O
Julian	O
Smart	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Edinburgh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
renamed	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
in	O
2004	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
a	O
trademark	O
claim	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
software	I-License
,	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
Licence	O
,	O
which	O
satisfies	O
those	O
who	O
wish	O
to	O
produce	O
for	O
GPL	B-License
and	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
covers	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
(	O
Carbon	B-Operating_System
and	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
iOS	B-Application
(	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
Touch	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
Linux/Unix	O
(	O
X11	B-Operating_System
,	O
Motif	B-Application
,	O
and	O
GTK	B-Application
)	O
,	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
and	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
is	O
under	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
is	O
used	O
across	O
many	O
industry	O
sectors	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
by	O
Xerox	O
,	O
Advanced	O
Micro	O
Devices	O
(	O
AMD	O
)	O
,	O
Lockheed	O
Martin	O
,	O
NASA	O
and	O
the	O
Center	O
for	O
Naval	O
Analyses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
is	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
projects	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
individual	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
(	O
initially	O
wxWindows	B-Language
;	O
"	O
w	O
"	O
is	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
x	B-Operating_System
"	O
is	O
for	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
)	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
1992	O
by	O
Julian	O
Smart	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Edinburgh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
20	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
wxWindows	B-Language
announced	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
changing	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
,	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
requesting	O
Julian	O
Smart	O
to	O
respect	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
trademark	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
has	O
participated	O
in	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
since	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
table	O
contains	O
the	O
release	O
history	O
of	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
,	O
showing	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
major	O
release	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
number	O
Date	O
Notable	O
changes	O
Project	O
started	O
by	O
Julian	O
Smart	O
1992wxWindows	O
1	O
Alpha	O
1	O
5	O
April	O
1997	O
Beta	O
1	O
24	O
December	O
1998	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
2	O
2.0.1	O
1	O
March	O
1999	O
2.2.0	O
9	O
July	O
2000	O
2.4.0	O
6	O
January	O
2003	O
2.6.0	O
21	O
April	O
2005	O
2.8.0	O
14	O
December	O
2006	O
wxAUI	O
library	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
latest	O
compilers	B-Language
including	O
MSVS	O
2015	O
,	O
g++	O
5.3	O
and	O
clang	O
3.8	O
,	O
including	O
in	O
C++11	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Updated	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
bundled	O
third	O
party	O
libraries	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
GStreamer	O
1.0	O
under	O
Unix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
3.1.1	O
19	O
February	O
2018	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
3.1.1	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
3.1	O
development	O
branch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
development	O
"	O
one	O
as	O
it	O
makes	O
(	O
very	O
few	O
)	O
incompatible	O
API	O
changes	O
compared	O
to	O
3.0	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
guarantee	O
the	O
ABI	O
stability	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
3.0.x	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3.1.2	O
10	O
December	O
2018	O
Initial	O
support	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
10.14	O
and	O
its	O
dark	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extended	O
compiler	B-Language
(	O
MSVS	O
2019	O
)	O
and	O
platforms	O
(	O
macOS	B-Application
10.14	O
+	O
)	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3.1.4	O
22	O
July	O
2020	O
wxOSX	O
port	O
now	O
supports	O
the	O
latest	O
macOS	B-Application
11	O
on	O
ARM	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AUI	O
appearance	O
enhancements	O
for	O
non-default	O
GTK	B-Application
themes	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
dark	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
may	O
now	O
be	O
built	O
with	O
C++20	O
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
3.1.5	O
14	O
April	O
2021	O
New	O
wxWebRequest	O
and	O
related	O
classes	O
provide	O
a	O
simple	O
way	O
to	O
use	O
HTTPS	O
and	O
HTTP/2	O
from	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
applications	O
using	O
native	B-Library
libraries	I-Library
or	O
libcurl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
EGL	O
in	O
wxGLCanvas	O
and	O
Wayland	O
in	O
wxMediaCtrl	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
appearance	O
and	O
other	O
fixes	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drop	O
Borland	B-Application
C++	I-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
improvements	O
and	O
bug	O
fixes	O
for	O
Wayland	O
support	O
in	O
wxGTK	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
the	O
latest	O
OS	O
versions	O
(	O
Windows	O
11	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
12	O
)	O
and	O
compilers	B-Language
(	O
MSVS	O
2022	O
,	O
gcc	O
12	O
,	O
clang	O
13	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fixes	O
for	O
bad	O
interactions	O
with	O
new	O
macOS	B-Application
12	O
features	O
in	O
wxOSX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
to	O
suppress	O
selected	O
(	O
or	O
all	O
)	O
GTK	B-Application
warning	O
messages	O
in	O
wxGTK	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drop	O
Microsoft	O
Visual	O
C++	B-Language
6.0	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacOS	B-Application
native	O
dark	O
mode	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
ARM	O
versions	O
of	O
MacOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
a	O
custom	O
made	O
wxWindows	B-Language
Licence	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
exception	O
stating	O
that	O
derived	O
works	O
in	O
binary	O
form	O
may	O
be	O
distributed	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
own	O
terms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
license	B-License
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
software	I-License
license	I-License
approved	O
by	O
the	O
FSF	O
,	O
making	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
approved	O
by	O
the	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
Initiative	O
(	O
OSI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
is	O
supported	O
on	O
the	O
following	O
platforms	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
is	O
officially	O
confirmed	O
to	O
work	O
properly	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
compilers	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
library	B-Library
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
with	O
bindings	B-Application
available	O
for	O
many	O
commonly	O
used	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxWidgets	B-Language
is	O
best	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
native	B-Language
mode	I-Language
toolkit	O
as	O
it	O
provides	O
a	O
thin	O
abstraction	O
to	O
a	O
platform	O
's	O
native	O
widgets	O
,	O
contrary	O
to	O
emulating	O
the	O
display	O
of	O
widgets	O
using	O
graphic	O
primitives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Calling	O
a	O
native	O
widget	O
on	O
the	O
target	O
platform	O
results	O
in	O
a	O
more	O
native	O
looking	O
interface	O
than	O
toolkits	O
such	O
as	O
Swing	B-Language
(	O
for	O
Java	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
offering	O
performance	O
and	O
other	O
benefits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
toolkit	O
is	O
also	O
not	O
restricted	O
to	O
GUI	B-Application
development	O
,	O
having	O
an	O
inter-process	B-Operating_System
communication	I-Operating_System
layer	O
,	O
socket	B-Protocol
networking	O
functionality	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
Rapid	O
Application	O
Development	O
(	O
RAD	O
)	O
and	O
Integrated	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
tools	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
applications	O
that	O
use	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
:	O
</s>
