diff --git a/Improvements-in-v3.2.0.md b/Improvements-in-v3.2.0.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b75fdb7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Improvements-in-v3.2.0.md @@ -0,0 +1,216 @@ +## v3.2.0 + +_Released September 25, 2017._ + +**24 bug fixes and improvements** + +* In AvalonDock, dragging a FloatingWindow to the top of the screen will now maximize it. +* In all controls, when a ControlTemplate is redefined with a missing templated part name, the application will no longer cause a crash. +* In all UpDown controls, setting the "MouseWheelActiveTrigger" property to "MouseOver" will now work as expected. +* In ChildWindow, MessageBox, StyleableWindow and WindowControl, the new event "Activated" will now be raised when the "IsActive" property becomes true. +* In DateTimePicker, TimePicker and DateTimeUpDown, the modification of "UpdateValueOnEnterKey" property will no longer be supported. It will always be "True" to simplify input validation. +* In the TimeSpanUpDown, typing a large value for hours, minutes or seconds will no longer reset the "Value" property. +* In the Zoombox, when using the scrollBars, clicking on the scrollBar's tracks will now scroll by a page. +* In AvalonDock, the new property "AllowDuplicateContent" will now prevent from having 2 identical LayoutDocuments/LayoutAnchorables in a single pane. +* In the PropertyGrid, using the property "PropertyDefinitions" on an expanded PropertyItem(to display specific sub-propertyItems) will now work properly. +* In AvalonDock, serializing a custom LayoutDocument (or LayoutAnchorable) in a LayoutFloatingWindow will now be possible. +* In DateTimePicker, when modifying the template of the DateTimePicker to use a MaskedTextBox as the "PART_TextBox" templated part, the caret position will now be correctly updated while typing. +* In PropertyGrid, a horizontal scrollBar will now be displayed when needed. +* In SplitButton and DropDownButton, the property "IsDefault" is now available. +* In PropertyGrid, defining a custom editor as an attribute in another assembly will now be found properly. +* In PropertyGrid, when using grouping, the outOfRangeException will no longer be thrown when typing text in the SearchTextBox. +* In SplitButton and DropDownButton, using an implicit style on type "Button" will no longer affect them. +* In PropertyGrid, the "DataContext" of a custom editor will no longer be overwritten. +* In PropertyGrid, the attribute "DefaultValue" will now set in bold the "Value" of the corresponding PropertyItem when equal. +* In PropertyGrid, the "Update()" method will no longer throw a null reference exception. +* In MaskedTextBox, if the "Mask" property is ">"( or "<"), all the input characters will be converted to upper case(or lower case). +* In PropertyGrid, the "DisplayName" attribute of a fake type, used by an ICustomTypeProvider, will now be displayed as the SelectedObject's type. +* In PropertyGrid, the new property "IsVirtualizing" can now be used to virtualize the PropertyItems. +* In Zoombox, the property ViewFinder will now have a setter to add your own Zoombox's ViewFinder. +* In ColorPicker, tabs are now used to switch from "standard" to "advanced" view. + +## v3.2.0 Plus Edition + +_Released to registered users of the Plus Edition on November 21, 2016._ + +**New controls** + +* IconButton control. Lets you easily add an icon and some data to a button’s content. Also makes it easier to customize the “Background”, “BorderBrush” and “Foreground” properties on “MouseOver” and “MousePressed” events. +* MaterialHamburger control. Hamburger menu control for building apps with the Material Design look. + +**44 improvements and bug fixes** + +24 improvements and bug fixes from the free edition (see above) plus 20 additional improvements and bug fixes: + +* In MaterialSwitch, when unchecked, the "CheckBackground" will no longer be visible behind the thumb. +* In Chart, when "loaded" and "displayed", adding dataPoints will now correctly align the dataPoints and the grid lines. +* In AvalonDock, the MetroAccent theme can now be set from XAML. +* In ChildWindow, double-clicking on the caption bar will no longer maximize it when the "ResizeMode" is set to "NoResize" or "CanMinimize" +* In MaterialToast, the MaterialToast defined in XAML will no longer throw an exception when its property "IsOpen" becomes true. +* In MaterialToast, if the MaterialToast is defined in XAML and its "IsOpen" property is changed while the sliding in/out animation is still active, the MaterialToast will no longer become invisible. +* In MaterialToast, calling the "HideToast()" and "ShowToast()" methods will no longer destroy a binding on the "IsOpen" property. +* In MaterialToast, the close button will now always be enabled when calling the default constructor. +* In MaterialToast, the new events "Showing" and "Hiding" are now raised when the control starts to show/hide. +* In DateTimeUpDown, DateTimePicker and TimePicker, an exception will now be raised to remind the user to set a "FormatString" when the format is set to custom. +* In MaterialToast, setting the "VerticalContentAlignment" and "HorizontalContentAlignment" properties are now templatebound properly. +* In MaterialTabControl, starting with a null "SelectedItem" and clicking on a new MaterialTabItem will no longer cause a crash. +* In MaterialTabControl, when the "SelectedItem" is null, the first MaterialTabItem will no longer have a null Foreground. +* In Magnifier, when the mouse is not moving, modifying the "ZoomFactor" property will now keep its content centered. +* In MaterialTextField, setting a "Text" without a "Watermark" will no longer cause a crash upon loading. +* In ChildWindow, MessageBox, StyleableWindow and WindowControl, the new event "Activated" will now be raised when the "IsActive" property becomes true. +* In Expander, when using with "ExpanderDirection" set to  "Left" or "Right" under the Metro/Office2007 themes, the arrow and the text will now correctly be aligned. +* In TokenizedTextBox, using the "SelectedItemsOverride" property while the TokenizedTextBox is placed inside a DataTemplate will no longer crash. +* In TokenizedTextBox, when the "ItemsSource" is a CollectionViewSource and this CollectionViewSource is modified, typing(or removing text) in the TokenizedTextBox will no longer cause a crash. +* In DataGridControl, the DataGridCheckBoxes will no longer have a blue Background. + +## v3.3.0 Plus Edition + +_Released to registered users of the Plus Edition on March 1, 2017._ + +**45 improvements and bug fixes** + +* All the toolkit’s controls now support UI Automation. +* Major update to DataGrid control providing significantly improved performance, reliability and functionality. +* In PropertyGrid, searching propertyItem names in expandable Properties is now available. (Plus Only) +* In TokenizedTextBox, the event ItemSelectionChanged is now raised when TokenizedTextBox.SelectedItems adds or removes items(visually or in code-behind). (Plus Only) +* In the Windows 10 theme, windows will now have the proper default Foreground brush. (Plus Only) +* In PropertyGrid, the new property IsExpanded on CategoryDefinition can now be used to define the expanded/collapsed status of a category at loading time. (Plus Only) +* In PropertyGrid, using the attribute “RefreshProperties” on a property and modifying this Property, will now refresh the PropertyGrid and restore the categories states (expanded/collapsed). (Plus Only) +* In Chart, a binding on the Area.Title property will now work if the Chart is located in a DataTemplate. (Plus Only) +* In MaterialTabControl, when space is limited, the MaterialTabItems will no longer be displayed on multi-lines. Instead, you will now be able to scroll between tabitems. (Plus Only) +* In MaterialSlider, setting the orientation to vertical and modifying the thumb’s position will no longer crash or set a wrong final position. (Plus Only) +* In PropertyGrid, Advanced option icons will now be visible when using multi-selected objects. (Plus Only) +* In MessageBox, setting the owner with a window handle is now possible when using the new public methods “Show”. +* In CollectionControl, when the ItemsSource is null and items are added to a new list, changes will now be persisted. +* In CollectionControl, when the ItemsSource is null and items are added to a new array, changes will now be persisted. +* In PropertyGrid, the new event IsPropertyExpandable will now be raised for every PropertyItem in order to set the expandable status of each propertyItem. +* In AvalonDock, an AutoHide LayoutAnchorable will now always appear on top of other controls. +* In Zoombox, the viewbox factor will now be properly updated when the content of the zoombox changes its size. +* In Wizard, the “Cancel” button is now on right as in standard controls. Also, the “Finish” button will now appear in place of the “Next” button when the property “CanFinish” becomes true. +* In DateTimePicker, modifying the date will now keep the previously set time. +* In RichTextBox, binding the Text property one-way will now work as expected. +* In DropDownButton and SplitButton, the new property DropDownContentBackground can now be used to set the popup content’s Background. +* In ColorCanvas, omitting the ‘#’ character while setting a new Hexadecimal color will no longer reset to the old color. Instead, the ‘#’ will automatically be applied. +* In ColorCanvas, ByteUpDowns are now used to edit the ARGB values. +* In AvalonDock, LayoutAnchorables can now be closed when their CanClose property is set to true. Or, they can now be hidden when their CanHide property is true. +* In AvalonDock, pinning a LayoutAnchorable to a LayoutAnchorSide will no longer crash after loading a Layout. +* In AvalonDock, Deserializing a layout with AutoHidden LayoutAnchorables will no longer crash. +* In AvalonDock, un-hiding a LayoutAnchorable after deserialization will no longer make the Layoutanchorable disappear. +* In PropertyGrid, the new property ShowHorizontalScrollBar can now be set to show/hide the horizontal scrollbar. +* In ColorPicker, the new property DisplayColorTooltip can now be set to show/hide the popup preset color name tooltips. +* In PropertyGrid, properties of type TextBlock will now use a characterEllipsis text trimming. +* In CollectionControlDialog, cloning an object with no default constructor and clicking the Cancel button will no longer crash. +* In ColorCanvas, the conversion RGB to HSV is now correctly done. +* In DropDownButton, setting an ItemsControl as the DropDownContent will now show its items. +* In Magnifier, the new method “Freeze” is now available to stop/restart the magnifier from following the mouse position. +* In PropertyGrid, the propertyItem names that passes the filter will now be highlighted in yellow. +* In PropertyGrid, exceptions will no longer be thrown when trying to get the type of the editor attribute. +* In PropertyGrid, resetting a value will now be possible when the DefaultValue attribute is used. +* In DateTimePicker, TimePicker and DateTimeUpDown, clicking the spinner buttons will now immediately update the “Value” property. +* In CollectionControlDialog, opening a 2 dimensions array will no longer cause a crash. +* In CollectionControl, a TargetParameterCountException will no longer be thrown when the ItemsSource is a Collection of Collections. +* In AvalonDock, using a style selector (property DockingManager.LayoutItemContainerStyleSelector) with the DockingManager.DocumentsSource property will now apply the desired style. +* In AvalonDock, resizing a LayoutAnchorable after a theme change will no longer cause a crash. +* In AvalonDock, using a FloatingWindow will no longer display only parts of the content. +* In CollectionControl, modifying a value in a multi-dimensional array will no longer cause a crash or resets to a value of 0. +* In CollectionControl, cancelling the edition on multi-dimensional arrays will now work by reverting the values. + +## v3.4.0 Plus Edition + +_Released to registered users of the Plus Edition on June 5, 2017._ + +**52 improvements and bug fixes** + +* In AvalonDock, theming for Windows10 will now be possible through MergedDictionaries. (Plus Only) +* In AvalonDock, LayoutDocuments now have the possibility to be ‘pinned’ in a LayoutDocumentPane. (Plus Only) +* In Chart, the axis will now include a tick for the maximum value of a series. (Plus Only) +* In CheckCombox (themed for Windows 10), setting the IsEnabled property to false no longer causes a crash. (Plus Only) +* In ListBox, doing a large scrolling with an async data source provider, containing a CanCount property set to False, will no longer cause a crash. (Plus Only) +* In MaterialProgressBarCircular, modifying the IsIndeterminate property will now stop/play the circular animation properly. (Plus Only) +* In MultiCalendar, when used in a Grid, the calendars will now be correctly displayed. (Plus Only) +* In MultiCalendar, setting the SelectedDate to null will no longer cause a crash. (Plus Only) +* In PropertyGrid, dictionary items will now be displayed as expandable objects when setting the property IsExpandingNonPrimitiveTypes to true. (Plus Only) +* In ToggleButton themed under Windows10, the padding will now be applied. (Plus Only) +* In AvalonDock, Deserialization using a StringReader no longer throws an exception. +* In AvalonDock, when no LayoutDocumentPane is defined, auto-hiding a LayoutAnchorable no longer automatically docks it to the right. +* In AvalonDock, the NavigatorWindow now accepts the Tab key to select LayoutAnchorable or LayoutDocument items. +* In AvalonDock, using Ctrl + Tab to select a new LayoutAnchorable/LayoutDocument now properly sets the focus on the selected item. +* In AvalonDock, docking a LayoutAnchorable in a LayoutDocumentPane now shows its close button. +* In AvalonDock, the orientation of the RootPanel is now correctly set after de-serialization. +* In AvalonDock, deserializing no longer makes the LayoutDocuments icons disappear. +* In AvalonDock, serializing with hidden LayoutAnchorables no longer causes a crash. +* In AvalonDock, LayoutAnchorables no longer remain hidden after calling LayoutAnchorable.Show(). +* In AvalonDock, LayoutDocumentPanes are now hidden when all its children become invisible. +* In CheckComboBox, 2 new events will now be raised (Opened/Closed) when the popup is opened/closed. +* In CheckListBox/CheckComboBox, the Command property will now be raised for every item selection/unselection, even if the item was never displayed. +* In CheckListBox/CheckComboBox, the ItemSelectionChanged event will now be raised for every item selection/unselection, even if the item was never displayed. +* In CheckComboBox and CheckListBox, a “Select All” option will now be supported. +* In CheckListBox/CheckComboBox, removing a selected item will now also remove it from the SelectedItems collection. +* In CollectionControl, the new properties PropertiesLabel and TypeSelectionLabel are now available to customize the layout labels. +* In CollectionControl, selecting a new ListBoxItem after editing a PropertyItem from the PropertyGrid will now correctly select the clicked ListBoxItem. +* In CollectionControl, the new “Duplicate” button will now be available to clone a ListBoxItem. +* In CollectionControl, when the DisplayName attribute is defined for a user object, it will now be used as the object name in the ComboBox and ListBox. +* In DataGridControl, using a filter predicate on a DataGridCollectionView will now correctly filter items. +* In DataGridControl, updating an item in code-behind will now correctly display the modification in the DataGridControl. +* In DataGridControl, DataGridVirtualizingQueryableCollectionView will no longer throw exceptions. +* In DataGridControl, using a TableView will no longer throw an exception. +* In DataGridControl, the shared theme resource dictionary uri creation will now provide the full assembly information to load the system themes. +* In DateTimeUpDown, DateTimePicker and TimePicker, incrementing or decrementing the value with the spinner buttons will now act on the selected date part. +* In NumericUpDowns, the new property MaxLength will now be available to set the maximum number of characters that can be entered. +* In PropertyGrid, numeric up down editors will now display a red border when the value cannot be converted. +* In PropertyGrid, the ItemsSourceAttributeEditor will now be disabled when the associated propertyItem is read only. +* In PropertyGrid, opening a CollectionControl editor will no longer crash when the items of the Collection contains List properties. +* In PropertyGrid, defining EditorDefnitions will now apply them to the custom editors of the CollectionControl’s PropertyGrid. +* In PropertyGrid, the Name column resizing thumb will no longer be draggable passed the PropertyGrid’s width. +* In PropertyGrid, the propertyItem’s “Reset” option will now be disabled when clicking on an advanced options icon from a propertyItem where its value is equal to its default value. +* In PropertyGrid, the “Reset” option from the advanced option icons will no longer be disabled at startup. +* In PropertyGrid, when the ShowAdvancedOptions property is true, clicking an advanced option icon to reset its associated propertyItem’s value will now reset the correct value. +* In PropertyGrid, the propertyItem’s advanced option icons will now be updated when the PropertyItem’s value is different from its default value. +* In PropertyGrid, resetting a propertyItem to its default value will now correctly update its value. +* In PropertyGrid, the new property IsScrollingToTopAfterRefresh is now available to prevent or force a scrolling to top after a refresh of the PropertyItems. +* In PropertyGrid, when the IsReadOnly property is true, the copy to the clipboard of numeric/text values will now be available. +* In PropertyGrid, when the IsReadOnly property is true, the propertyItems with a CollectionEditor will no longer get blocked from viewing their content. +* In TimelinePanel, the new property VisibleElements is now available to query the date elements in the order they appear. +* In TimeSpanUpDown, deleting a time part will no longer cause a crash. +* All the controls contained in the Nuget packages now check for a valid license key (entered manually or in registries) + +## v3.5.0 Plus Edition + +_Released to registered users of the Plus Edition on Sept 12, 2017._ + +**29 improvements and bug fixes** + +* In ListBox, dragging a ListBoxItem over a non-visual control will no longer throw an exception. (Plus Only) +* In MaterialComboBox, the new DropDownContentBackground property is now available to customize the background of the popup. (Plus Only) +* In MaterialDropDownButton, the DropDownContentBackground property will now update the popup background. (Plus Only) +* In PropertyGrid, the UI will no longer freeze when adding/removing selected objects, and performance optimizations will now improve the response time for common property searches. (Plus Only) +* In AvalonDock, dropping a LayoutDocument or LayoutAnchorable from a DockingManager to a nested DockingManager will no longer be allowed. +* In AvalonDock, changing the theme while a Layout floating window is active will no longer cause a crash. +* In AvalonDock, setting a Background on an implicit style for a LayoutAnchorSideControl will now work. +* In AvalonDock, side panels will now be extended to the DockingManager's control limits. +* In AvalonDock, the Alt key adornments will now work when items are defined in a DataTemplate of a resource dictionary. +* In AvalonDock, the new CreateFloatingWindow method will now be available to create a new LayoutAnchorableFloatingWindow or LayoutDocumentFloatingWindow with a content that can be immutable. +* In AvalonDock, modifying the content of a floating window will now resize the window according to its SizeToContent property. +* In AvalonDock, auto-hiding a LayoutAnchorable will no longer anchor it on the opposite side. +* In AvalonDock, re-ordering LayoutAnchorable TabItems will no longer cause a crash. +* In AvalonDock, the new LayoutAnchorable.CanDockAsTabbedDocument property is now available to prevent docking a LayoutAnchorable in a LayoutDocumentPane. +* In AvalonDock, the new LayoutDocument.CanMove property is now available to prevent moving a LayoutDocument. +* In AvalonDock, auto-hidden LayoutAnchorables will now be draggable to a floating window. +* In AvalonDock Metro Theme, un-selecting a LayoutAnchorable will no longer create a jump of 3 pixels. +* In AvalonDock, opening an auto-hide window while the "Visual Studio UI Debugging Tools for XAML" is enabled will no longer cause a crash. +* In ColorCanvas, using the keyboard up/down keys will now move the vertical slider thumb faster. +* In ColorCanvas, the vertical slider thumb will now be easier to hit with the mouse. +* In ColorPicker, the color spectrum will now be visible in the Advanced tab. +* In DateTimeUpDown, pressing the escape key will now reset the text to the last valid value. +* In DateTimeUpDown, DateTimePicker and TimeSpanUpDown, incrementing a datetime part containing special characters will no longer cause a crash. +* In PropertyGrid, when a custom editor is defined, its IsReadOnly and IsEnabled properties will no longer be overwritten. +* In PropertyGrid, setting the SelectedObject to null will now remove all propertyItems. +* In RangeSlider, clicking on the track will now move the associated thumb by "Step" value. +* In SplitButton, the tab key can now be used to navigate to the toggle button inside the SplitButton. +* In SplitButton, setting a transparent BorderBrush will now remove the border brush. +* In TimeSpanUpDown, the new ShowDays property can now be set to false to hide days and display hours greater than 24h. + +We hope you love this release and decide to support the project by getting a license to Xceed Toolkit Plus for WPF. +-- Xceed Team + +----- \ No newline at end of file