# Migration guide

This migration guide will get you through to make your code work
with latest CEF Python. This document includes notable changes
that were introduced to cefpython and each topic is prefixed
with version number in which a change was introduced.
This migration guide doesn't cover all changes required for your
software to run smoothly. Some changes depend on the GUI framework
you are using and this guide doesn't cover these. You will have
to go to the examples/ root directory and see the example for your
GUI framework. The new examples are very straightforward and include
many useful comments explaining whys. You will have to get through
its code and see if anything changed that also requires changes
in your application.


Table of contents:
* [v50+ Distribution packages](#v50-distribution-packages)
* [v50+ Importing the cefpython3 package on Linux](#v50-importing-the-cefpython3-package-on-linux)
* [v50+ Install X11 error handlers on Linux](#v50-install-x11-error-handlers-on-linux)
* [v50+ Set window bounds on Linux](#v50-set-window-bounds-on-linux)
* [v50+ Notify CEF on move or resize events](#v50-notify-cef-on-move-or-resize-events)
* [v50+ Keyboard focus issues on Linux](#v50-keyboard-focus-issues-on-linux)
* [v50+ Windows XP and Vista are no more supported](#v50-windows-xp-and-vista-are-no-more-supported)
* [v50+ Mac 32-bit is no more supported](#v50-mac-32-bit-is-no-more-supported)
* [v50+ cefbuilds.com is deprected, use Spotify Automated CEF Builds](#v50-cefbuildscom-is-deprected-use-spotify-automated-cef-builds)
* [v50+ Build instructions and build tools](#v50-build-instructions-and-build-tools)
* [v51+ Off-screen-rendering: new option "windowless_rendering_enabled"](#v51-off-screen-rendering-new-option-windowless_rendering_enabled)
* [v51+ Remove LifespanHandler.RunModal](#v51-remove-lifespanhandlerrunmodal)
* [v51+ BrowserSettings options removed](#v51-browsersettings-options-removed)
* [v51+ cef.Request.Flags changed](#v51-cefrequestflags-changed)
* [v51+ Request.GetHeaderMap and SetHeaderMap change](#v51-requestgetheadermap-and-setheadermap-change)
* [v54+ GTK 3 example doesn't work anymore on Linux](#v54-gtk-3-example-doesnt-work-anymore-on-linux)
* [v54+ libcef.so library is stripped from symbols on Linux](#v54-libcefso-library-is-stripped-from-symbols-on-linux)
* [v55+ HTTPS cache problems on pages with certificate errors](#v55-https-cache-problems-on-pages-with-certificate-errors)
* [v55.3+ Handlers' callbacks and other interfaces](#v553-handlers-callbacks-and-other-interfaces)
* [v56+ MacOS 10.9+ required to run](#v56-macos-109-required-to-run)



## v50+ Distribution packages

In latest CEF Python there is only one distribution package
available: a wheel package. Wheel packages are distributed on
[PyPI](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cefpython3) and you can
install it using the pip tool (8.1+ required on Linux). You
can also download wheel packages from [GitHub Releases](../../../releases).

**Windows**

On Windows many of the distribution packages such as MSI, EXE,
ZIP and InnoSetup files, are no more available. It is too much
hassle to support these.

**Linux debian package**

On Linux the debian package is not supported anymore. Since
pip 8.1+ added support for manylinux1 wheel packages, you can
now easily install cefpython on Linux using the pip tool.
Installing cefpython on Ubuntu using pip should work out of
the box, all OS dependencies on Ubuntu should be satisfied
by default. However since upstream CEF has OS dependencies
that might not be installed by default on other OSes like e.g.
Fedora, and since debian packages allow to list these and install
in an automated manner, it might be reconsidered in the future
to provide debian packages again.


## v50+ Importing the cefpython3 package on Linux

In the past on Linux it was required for the cefpython3 package
to be imported before any other packages due to tcmalloc global
hook being loaded. This is not required anymore, tcmalloc is
disabled by default.


## v50+ Install X11 error handlers on Linux

It is required to install X11 error handlers on Linux, otherwise
you will see 'BadWindow' errors happening - sometimes randomly -
which will cause application to terminate. Since v56+ x11 error
handlers are installed automatically by default during the call
to cef.Initialize(). However sometimes that is not enough like
for example in the wxpython.py example which requires the x11
error handlers to be installed manually after wx was initialized,
and that is because wx initialization had reset x11 error handlers
that were installed earlier during cef initialization (Issue [#334](../../../issues/334)).

You can install X11 error handlers by calling:
```
WindowUtils = cef.WindowUtils()
WindowUtils.InstallX11ErrorHandlers()
```

API ref: WindowUtils.[InstallX11ErrorHandlers()](../api/WindowUtils.md#installx11errorhandlers-linux)


## v50+ Set window bounds on Linux

It is now required to set window bounds during window "resize",
"move" and "configure" events on Linux. You can do so by calling:

```
browser.SetBounds(x, y, width, height)
```

API ref: Browser.[SetBounds()](../api/Browser.md#setbounds)


## v50+ Notify CEF on move or resize events

It is required to notify the browser on move or resize events
so that popup widgets (e.g. \<select\>) are displayed in the correct
location and dismissed when the window moves. Also so that
drag & drop areas are updated accordingly.

```
browser.NotifyMoveOrResizeStarted()
```

API ref: Browser.[NotifyMoveOrResizeStarted()](../api/Browser.md#notifymoveorresizestarted)


## v50+ Keyboard focus issues on Linux

There several keyboard focus issues on Linux since CEF library
replaced GTK library with X11 library. Most of these issues are
fixed in examples by calling SetFocus in LoadHandler.OnLoadStart
during initial app loading and/or by calling SetFocus in
FocusHandler.OnGotFocus. This keyboard focus issues need to be
fixed in usptream CEF. For more details see Issue [#284](../../../issues/284).


## v50+ Windows XP and Vista are no more supported

CEF Python v31.2 was the last version to support Windows XP.
This is due to Chromium/CEF dropping XP support, last version
that supported XP was CEF v49.


## v50+ Mac 32-bit is no more supported

CEF Python v31.2 was the last version to support Mac 32-bit.
This is due to CEF/Chromium dropping 32-bit support, last version
that supported 32-bit was CEF v38.


## v50+ cefbuilds.com is deprected, use Spotify Automated CEF Builds

The cefbuilds.com site with CEF prebuilt binaries is now deprecated.
From now on download prebuilt CEF binaries from the Spotify Automated
CEF Builds:

http://opensource.spotify.com/cefbuilds/index.html


## v50+ Build instructions and build tools

There were many changes in regards to building CEF and CEF Python.
There are now new tools in the tools/ root directory that fully
automate building CEF and CEF Python. CEF Python now provides
upstream CEF prebuilt binaries and libraries on GitHub Releases
tagged eg. "v56-upstream". With these binaries you can build
CEF Python from sources in less than 10 minutes. See the new
[Build instructions](Build-instructions.md) document.


## v51+ Off-screen-rendering: new option "windowless_rendering_enabled"

When using off-screen-rendering you must set the ApplicationSettings
"windowless_rendering_enabled" option to True. This applies to
examples such as: Kivy, Panda3D and screenshot example.

API ref: ApplicationSettings.[windowless_rendering_enabled](../api/ApplicationSettings.md#windowless_rendering_enabled)


## v51+ Remove LifespanHandler.RunModal

LifespanHandler.RunModal callback is no more available.


## v51+ BrowserSettings options removed

The following options were removed from BrowserSettings:
- user_style_sheet_location
- java_disabled
- accelerated_compositing
- author_and_user_styles_disabled


## v51+ cef.Request.Flags changed

The following flags were removed from cef.Request.Flags:
- AllowCookies
- ReportLoadTiming
- ReportRawHeaders

API ref: Request.[GetFlags](../api/Request.md#getflags)


## v51+ Request.GetHeaderMap and SetHeaderMap change

GetHeaderMap() will not include the Referer value if any
and SetHeaderMap() will ignore the Referer value.

API ref: Request.[GetHeaderMap](../api/Request.md#getheadermap)


## v54+ GTK 3 example doesn't work anymore on Linux

Currently GTK 3 example is broken on Linux. You can either
downgrade to an old cefpython v53 (available on GitHub release
page) or use GTK 2 example. For more details on the problem see
Issue [#261](../../../issues/261).


## v54+ libcef.so library is stripped from symbols on Linux

Symbols useful for debugging are no more available in libcef.so
shipped with distribution packages on Linux. This is explained
in details in Issue [#262](../../../issues/262).


## v55+ HTTPS cache problems on pages with certificate errors

The fix for HTTPS cache problems on pages with certificate errors
is no more applied on Windows.

Soon this will fix also won't be applied on Linux anymore when
cefpython starts using CEF prebuilt binaries from Spotify.

See Issue [#125](../../../issues/125) for more details.


## v55.3+ Handlers' callbacks and other interfaces

Since v55.3 all handlers' callbacks and other interfaces such as
CookieVisitor, StringVisitor and WebRequestClient, are now called
using keyword arguments (Issue [#291](../../../issues/291)).
This will cause many of existing code to break. This is how you
should declare callbacks using the new style:

```
def OnLoadStart(self, browser, **_):
	pass

def OnLoadStart(self, **kwargs):
	browser = kwargs["browser"]
```

In the first declaration you see that only one argument is
declared, the browser, the others unused will be in the "_"
variable (the name of the variable is so that PyCharm doesn't
warn about unused variable).

Even if you specify and use all arguments, always add the
unused kwargs (`**_`) at the end:

```
def OnLoadStart(self, browser, frame, **_):
	pass
```

This will be handy in the future, in a case when upstream CEF
adds a new argument to the API, your code won't break. When
an argument is removed in upstream CEF API, if it's possible
CEF Python will try to keep backward compatibility by
emulating behavior of the old argument.

In case of OnLoadStart, when you've used "browser" and "frame"
names for the arguments, your code won't break. However in
many other callbacks, where you've used argument names that
differed from how they were named in API docs, your code will
break. Also argument names were changed from camelCase
to underscores. For example the OnLoadEnd callback has renamed
the `httpStatusCode` argument to `http_code`. So in this case
your code will definitely break, unless you've also used
"http_code" for argument name.


## v56+ MacOS 10.9+ required to run

CEF v55 was the last version to support MacOS 10.7.
