WebKitGTK+ 2.8.5 released!

This is a bug fix release in the stable 2.8 series.

What’s new in the WebKitGTK+ 2.8.5 release?

  • Fix the window size reported when the web view isn’t realized yet. This fixes the layout of some websites when opening new tabs in the browser and anchor links when opened in new tabs too.
  • Prevent clipboard contents from being lost when web process finishes.
  • Always allow font matching for strong aliases.
  • Move GStreamer missing plugins installer to the UI process.
  • Fix a crash when spell checker returns no guesses.
  • Fix a crash when SoupSession is destroyed in exit handler.
  • Fix a crash closing a page when default context menu is open.
  • Several crashes and rendering issues fixed.
  • Translation updates: Swedish.

Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release.