diff --git a/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile b/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile
index 7629dd4286..9c07cd7b1a 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile
+++ b/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Doxyfile 1.8.2
+# Doxyfile 1.8.8
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Project Options
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ PROJECT_BRIEF          =
 PROJECT_LOGO           = logo.png
 OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = out
 CREATE_SUBDIRS         = NO
+ALLOW_UNICODE_NAMES    = NO
 OUTPUT_LANGUAGE        = English
 BRIEF_MEMBER_DESC      = YES
 REPEAT_BRIEF           = YES
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ SUBGROUPING            = YES
 INLINE_GROUPED_CLASSES = NO # TODO: Examine this setting.
 INLINE_SIMPLE_STRUCTS  = NO # TODO: Examine this setting.
 TYPEDEF_HIDES_STRUCT   = NO
-SYMBOL_CACHE_SIZE      = 0
 LOOKUP_CACHE_SIZE      = 0
 
 
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ INTERNAL_DOCS          = NO
 CASE_SENSE_NAMES       = NO # Default: YES
 HIDE_SCOPE_NAMES       = NO
 SHOW_INCLUDE_FILES     = YES
+SHOW_GROUPED_MEMB_INC  = NO # TODO: YES
 FORCE_LOCAL_INCLUDES   = NO
 INLINE_INFO            = YES
 SORT_MEMBER_DOCS       = YES
@@ -260,10 +261,8 @@ GENERATE_TODOLIST      = YES
 GENERATE_TESTLIST      = YES
 GENERATE_BUGLIST       = YES
 GENERATE_DEPRECATEDLIST= YES
-
-# can contain WXPERL_MANUAL, WXPYTHON_MANUAL keywords
-ENABLED_SECTIONS       = WXPERL_MANUAL WXPYTHON_MANUAL
-
+ENABLED_SECTIONS       = WXPERL_MANUAL \
+                         WXPYTHON_MANUAL
 MAX_INITIALIZER_LINES  = 30
 SHOW_USED_FILES        = NO # Default: YES
 SHOW_FILES             = YES
@@ -290,7 +289,10 @@ WARN_LOGFILE           = doxygen.log
 # Input File Options
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-INPUT                  = mainpages groups overviews ../../interface
+INPUT                  = mainpages \
+                         groups \
+                         overviews \
+                         ../../interface
 INPUT_ENCODING         = UTF-8
 FILE_PATTERNS          = *.h
 RECURSIVE              = YES # Default: NO
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ INPUT_FILTER           =
 FILTER_PATTERNS        =
 FILTER_SOURCE_FILES    = NO
 FILTER_SOURCE_PATTERNS =
+USE_MDFILE_AS_MAINPAGE =
 
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -318,6 +321,7 @@ STRIP_CODE_COMMENTS    = YES
 REFERENCED_BY_RELATION = NO
 REFERENCES_RELATION    = NO
 REFERENCES_LINK_SOURCE = YES
+SOURCE_TOOLTIPS        = YES
 USE_HTAGS              = NO
 VERBATIM_HEADERS       = NO # Default: YES
 
@@ -349,18 +353,6 @@ HTML_COLORSTYLE_GAMMA  = 100 # Default: 80
 HTML_TIMESTAMP         = YES
 HTML_DYNAMIC_SECTIONS  = YES # Default: NO
 HTML_INDEX_NUM_ENTRIES = 100
-DISABLE_INDEX          = NO
-ENUM_VALUES_PER_LINE   = 1 # Default: 4
-GENERATE_TREEVIEW      = NO
-TREEVIEW_WIDTH         = 250
-EXT_LINKS_IN_WINDOW    = YES # Default: NO
-FORMULA_FONTSIZE       = 10
-FORMULA_TRANSPARENT    = YES
-USE_MATHJAX            = NO
-MATHJAX_RELPATH        = http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest
-MATHJAX_EXTENSIONS     =
-SEARCHENGINE           = $(SEARCHENGINE)
-SERVER_BASED_SEARCH    = $(SERVER_BASED_SEARCH)
 
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -371,7 +363,7 @@ GENERATE_DOCSET        = $(GENERATE_DOCSET)
 DOCSET_FEEDNAME        = "wxWidgets 3.1"
 DOCSET_BUNDLE_ID       = org.wxwidgets.doxygen.wx31
 DOCSET_PUBLISHER_ID    = org.wxwidgets.doxygen
-DOCSET_PUBLISHER_NAME  = wxWidgets Team
+DOCSET_PUBLISHER_NAME  = wxWidgets
 
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -409,6 +401,31 @@ GENERATE_ECLIPSEHELP   = NO
 ECLIPSE_DOC_ID         = org.wxwidgets.doxygen
 
 
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Other Output Options
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+DISABLE_INDEX          = NO
+GENERATE_TREEVIEW      = NO
+ENUM_VALUES_PER_LINE   = 1 # Default: 4
+TREEVIEW_WIDTH         = 250
+EXT_LINKS_IN_WINDOW    = YES # Default: NO
+FORMULA_FONTSIZE       = 10
+FORMULA_TRANSPARENT    = YES
+USE_MATHJAX            = NO
+MATHJAX_FORMAT         = HTML-CSS
+MATHJAX_RELPATH        = http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest
+MATHJAX_EXTENSIONS     =
+MATHJAX_CODEFILE       =
+SEARCHENGINE           = $(SEARCHENGINE)
+SERVER_BASED_SEARCH    = $(SERVER_BASED_SEARCH)
+EXTERNAL_SEARCH        = NO
+SEARCHENGINE_URL       =
+SEARCHDATA_FILE        = searchdata.xml
+EXTERNAL_SEARCH_ID     =
+EXTRA_SEARCH_MAPPINGS  =
+
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # LaTeX Output Options
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -422,6 +439,7 @@ PAPER_TYPE             = a4wide
 EXTRA_PACKAGES         =
 LATEX_HEADER           = latexdocstart.inc
 LATEX_FOOTER           =
+LATEX_EXTRA_FILES      =
 PDF_HYPERLINKS         = YES
 USE_PDFLATEX           = YES
 LATEX_BATCHMODE        = YES # Default: NO
@@ -449,6 +467,7 @@ RTF_EXTENSIONS_FILE    =
 GENERATE_MAN           = NO
 MAN_OUTPUT             = man
 MAN_EXTENSION          = .3
+MAN_SUBDIR             =
 MAN_LINKS              = NO
 
 
@@ -458,11 +477,18 @@ MAN_LINKS              = NO
 
 GENERATE_XML           = $(GENERATE_XML)
 XML_OUTPUT             = xml
-XML_SCHEMA             =
-XML_DTD                =
 XML_PROGRAMLISTING     = NO # Default: YES
 
 
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# DOCBOOK Output Options
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+GENERATE_DOCBOOK       = NO
+DOCBOOK_OUTPUT         = docbook
+DOCBOOK_PROGRAMLISTING = NO
+
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # AutoGen Definitions Output Options
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -490,7 +516,8 @@ EXPAND_ONLY_PREDEF     = NO
 SEARCH_INCLUDES        = YES
 INCLUDE_PATH           =
 INCLUDE_FILE_PATTERNS  =
-PREDEFINED             = wxUSE_BASE wxUSE_GUI
+PREDEFINED             = wxUSE_BASE \
+                         wxUSE_GUI
 EXPAND_AS_DEFINED      =
 SKIP_FUNCTION_MACROS   = YES
 
@@ -503,6 +530,7 @@ TAGFILES               =
 GENERATE_TAGFILE       =
 ALLEXTERNALS           = NO
 EXTERNAL_GROUPS        = YES
+EXTERNAL_PAGES         = YES
 PERL_PATH              = /usr/bin/perl
 
 
@@ -512,10 +540,11 @@ PERL_PATH              = /usr/bin/perl
 
 CLASS_DIAGRAMS         = YES
 MSCGEN_PATH            =
+DIA_PATH               =
 HIDE_UNDOC_RELATIONS   = YES
 HAVE_DOT               = YES # Default: NO
 DOT_NUM_THREADS        = 0
-DOT_FONTNAME           = FreeSans # Default: Helvetica
+DOT_FONTNAME           =
 DOT_FONTSIZE           = 10
 DOT_FONTPATH           =
 CLASS_GRAPH            = YES
@@ -532,16 +561,14 @@ GRAPHICAL_HIERARCHY    = NO # TODO: Default: YES
 DIRECTORY_GRAPH        = NO # Default: YES
 DOT_IMAGE_FORMAT       = png
 INTERACTIVE_SVG        = NO
+DOT_PATH               =
 DOTFILE_DIRS           =
 MSCFILE_DIRS           =
+DIAFILE_DIRS           =
+PLANTUML_JAR_PATH      =
 DOT_GRAPH_MAX_NODES    = 50
 MAX_DOT_GRAPH_DEPTH    = 1000 # Default: 0
 DOT_TRANSPARENT        = NO
 DOT_MULTI_TARGETS      = NO
 GENERATE_LEGEND        = YES
 DOT_CLEANUP            = YES
-
-# Instead of setting a value for DOT_PATH it's easier and more portable to
-# put your dot utility in the PATH. On Windows you'll need to install GraphViz
-# tools, and then manually add it to the PATH environment variable.
-DOT_PATH               =
diff --git a/docs/doxygen/extra_stylesheet.css b/docs/doxygen/extra_stylesheet.css
index 99e2cb67a2..59fd6ba3a1 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/extra_stylesheet.css
+++ b/docs/doxygen/extra_stylesheet.css
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ div.contents, div.searchresults {
 }
 
 #projectnumber {
-    font: 120% Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;
+    font-size: 120%;
+    font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;
     text-align: right;
     padding: 0.5em 1em;
 }
@@ -99,6 +100,14 @@ div.logo {
     margin: 20px;
 }
 
+table.directory {
+    line-height: 1.5;
+}
+
+.icon {
+    line-height: 1.25;
+}
+
 div.appearance {
     margin: 1em 0em;
 }
diff --git a/docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h b/docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h
index 21fc4c1f23..ef8028addc 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h
+++ b/docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @author Julian Smart, Vadim Zeitlin, Robin Dunn, Stefan Csomor,
         Bryan Petty, Francesco Montorsi, Robert Roebling et al
 
-@date November 11, 2013
+@date November 19, 2014
 
 @n
 
diff --git a/docs/doxygen/regen.sh b/docs/doxygen/regen.sh
index a287ee06f7..f644ef0f41 100755
--- a/docs/doxygen/regen.sh
+++ b/docs/doxygen/regen.sh
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@ fi
 # Check that doxygen has the correct version as different versions of it are
 # unfortunately not always (in fact, practically never) compatible.
 #
-# Still allow using incompatible version for some quick local testing if really
-# needed and 1.8.2 can't be installed for whatever reason.
+# Still allow using incompatible version if explicitly requested.
 if [[ -z $WX_SKIP_DOXYGEN_VERSION_CHECK ]]; then
     doxygen_version=`$DOXYGEN --version`
-    doxygen_version_required=1.8.2
+    doxygen_version_required=1.8.8
     if [[ $doxygen_version != $doxygen_version_required ]]; then
         echo "Doxygen version $doxygen_version is not supported."
         echo "Please use Doxygen $doxygen_version_required or export WX_SKIP_DOXYGEN_VERSION_CHECK."