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     <h1>AJDT 1.2.0 M1 - New and Noteworthy</h1>


 <p>
 <a href="index.html">Part 1: Aspect structure</a><br>
 Part 2: Visualiser enhancements<br>
 <a href="index3.html">Part 3: Other changes</a>
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       <p align="right"><b>Visualiser rendering improvements</b></td>
     <td width="70%" valign="top">

       <p>The graphical rendering of the visualiser has been
       overhauled, to be faster, more flexible, and make more efficient
       use of image resources so that larger projects can be
       visualized. Further details of this are available in the
       following five sections.</p>

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     <td colspan="2">
       <hr>
     </td>
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     <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
       <p align="right"><b>New default look</b></td>
     <td width="70%" valign="top">

        <p>The bars in the visualiser have a new look, with colours and
        titles more in keeping with the Eclipse 3 style.</p>

        <img src="visdefault.png" width="387" height="194">
      </td>
   </tr>

   <tr>

     <td colspan="2">
       <hr>
     </td>
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   <tr>
     <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
       <p align="right"><b>Extensible drawing styles and palettes</b></td>
     <td width="70%" valign="top">

       <p>In addition to the default visualiser appearance, there are
       several drawing styles to chose from:</p>

       <ul>
         <li>Classic: Preserving the appearance from earlier versions</li>
         <li>Default: Rounded corners and shaded titles</li>
         <li>Gradient bars: As default plus shaded bars</li>
         <li>Cylinder shading: Like gradient bars, but with vertical shading</li>
       </ul>

       <p>There are also several different colour palettes available,
       such as one with bold colours which is good for displaying on
       projectors. The palette can be chosen separately from the
       drawing style, and visualiser providers can specify a default
       palette.</p>

       <img src="gradientbars.png" width="196" height="122">

       <p>You can even write your own drawing styles and palettes. The
       extension points ids are <code>renderers</code> and
       <code>palettes</code> respectively, in the
       <code>org.eclipse.contribution.visualiser</code> plugin.  See
       the plugin.xml file for more details, and ask on the developers
       mailing list if you have any questions about doing this. Let us
       know if you create any good extensions that you'd like to
       contribute to a future release!</p>


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       <hr>
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   <tr>
     <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
       <p align="right"><b>Improved preferences page</b></td>
     <td width="70%" valign="top">

       <p>The various drawing options of the visualiser, including the
       above drawing style and palette options, can be set from the
       visualiser preferences page, which also previews the selected
       choices.</p>

       <img src="visprefs.png" width="356" height="362">

      </td>
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   <tr>

     <td colspan="2">
       <hr>
     </td>
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     <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
       <p align="right"><b>Improved selection and keyboard traversal</b></td>
     <td width="70%" valign="top">

       <p>Support for keyboard navigation within the visualiser has
       been improved. The tab and shift-tab keys can be used to
       traverse all of the selectable components, which are complete
       columns, bars within columns (in group mode there is typically
       more than one bar in a column), and the individual stripes. The
       arrow keys can also be used to select the nearest selectable
       component. The view scrolls to show the current selection. The
       same components can also be selected with the mouse.</p>

       <img src="visselection.png" width="304" height="170">

      </td>
   </tr>

   <tr>
     <td colspan="2">
       <hr>
     </td>
   </tr>

   <tr>
     <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
       <p align="right"><b>Improved scaling</b></td>
     <td width="70%" valign="top">

       <p>The first two buttons on the visualiser toolbar allow you to
       zoom in and out (both horizontally and vertically), and the next
       button scales the bars to fit everything within the view,
       subject to certain minimum dimensions. </p>

       <img src="visscaling.png" width="393" height="255">

      </td>
   </tr>

   <tr>

     <td colspan="2">
       <hr>
     </td>
   </tr>

   <tr>
     <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
       <p align="right"><b>Errors and warnings shown in visualiser</b></td>
     <td width="70%" valign="top">

       <p>The results of any AspectJ declare error and declare warning
       statements are now shown as stripes in the visualiser, in
       colours matching the usual Eclipse colours for errors and
       warnings. There are toggles on the visualiser menu toolbar to
       hide these stripes.</p>

       <img src="visdeow.png" width="349" height="250">

      </td>
   </tr>

   <tr>
     <td colspan="2">
       <hr>
     </td>
   </tr>

   <tr>
     <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
       <p align="right"><b>Colour memory for AJDT provider</b></td>
     <td width="70%" valign="top">

       <p>If you change the colour of a stripe in the visualiser, then
       that setting will be preserved, such that an aspect of that
       name, in the same project, will continue to use that colour,
       even across workbench sessions. There is a menu option to reset
       this colour memory back to the default of the current
       palette.</p>

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   <tr>
     <td colspan="2">
       <hr>
     </td>
   </tr>

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     <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
       <p align="right"><b>New provider for Eclipse markers</b></td>
     <td width="70%" valign="top">

       <p>A new provider has been added to the visualiser to show the
       location of Eclipse markers.</p>

       <img src="visresources.png" width="400" height="222">

      </td>
   </tr>

   <tr>

     <td colspan="2">
       <hr>
     </td>
   </tr>

 </table>

 <p align="center">
 Next section:<br>
 <a href="index3.html">Part 3: Other changes</a>
 </p>

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	<head>
	<link rel="STYLESHEET" href="http://www.eclipse.org/default_style.css" charset="ISO-8859-1" type="text/css">
	<title>AJDT 1.2.0 M1 - New and Noteworthy</title>
	</head>

	<body>
	<h1>AJDT 1.2.0 M1 - New and Noteworthy</h1>


	<p>
	<a href="index.html">Part 1: Aspect structure</a><br>
	Part 2: Visualiser enhancements<br>
	<a href="index3.html">Part 3: Other changes</a>
	</p>

	<table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="80%">
	<tr>
	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>Visualiser rendering improvements</b></td>
	<td width="70%" valign="top">

	<p>The graphical rendering of the visualiser has been
	overhauled, to be faster, more flexible, and make more efficient
	use of image resources so that larger projects can be
	visualized. Further details of this are available in the
	following five sections.</p>

	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>

	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>New default look</b></td>
	<td width="70%" valign="top">

	<p>The bars in the visualiser have a new look, with colours and
	titles more in keeping with the Eclipse 3 style.</p>

	<img src="visdefault.png" width="387" height="194">
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>

	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>Extensible drawing styles and palettes</b></td>
	<td width="70%" valign="top">

	<p>In addition to the default visualiser appearance, there are
	several drawing styles to chose from:</p>

	<ul>
	<li>Classic: Preserving the appearance from earlier versions</li>
	<li>Default: Rounded corners and shaded titles</li>
	<li>Gradient bars: As default plus shaded bars</li>
	<li>Cylinder shading: Like gradient bars, but with vertical shading</li>
	</ul>

	<p>There are also several different colour palettes available,
	such as one with bold colours which is good for displaying on
	projectors. The palette can be chosen separately from the
	drawing style, and visualiser providers can specify a default
	palette.</p>

	<img src="gradientbars.png" width="196" height="122">

	<p>You can even write your own drawing styles and palettes. The
	extension points ids are <code>renderers</code> and
	<code>palettes</code> respectively, in the
	<code>org.eclipse.contribution.visualiser</code> plugin. See
	the plugin.xml file for more details, and ask on the developers
	mailing list if you have any questions about doing this. Let us
	know if you create any good extensions that you'd like to
	contribute to a future release!</p>


	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>

	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>Improved preferences page</b></td>
	<td width="70%" valign="top">

	<p>The various drawing options of the visualiser, including the
	above drawing style and palette options, can be set from the
	visualiser preferences page, which also previews the selected
	choices.</p>

	<img src="visprefs.png" width="356" height="362">

	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>

	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>Improved selection and keyboard traversal</b></td>
	<td width="70%" valign="top">

	<p>Support for keyboard navigation within the visualiser has
	been improved. The tab and shift-tab keys can be used to
	traverse all of the selectable components, which are complete
	columns, bars within columns (in group mode there is typically
	more than one bar in a column), and the individual stripes. The
	arrow keys can also be used to select the nearest selectable
	component. The view scrolls to show the current selection. The
	same components can also be selected with the mouse.</p>

	<img src="visselection.png" width="304" height="170">

	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>Improved scaling</b></td>
	<td width="70%" valign="top">

	<p>The first two buttons on the visualiser toolbar allow you to
	zoom in and out (both horizontally and vertically), and the next
	button scales the bars to fit everything within the view,
	subject to certain minimum dimensions. </p>

	<img src="visscaling.png" width="393" height="255">

	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>

	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>Errors and warnings shown in visualiser</b></td>
	<td width="70%" valign="top">

	<p>The results of any AspectJ declare error and declare warning
	statements are now shown as stripes in the visualiser, in
	colours matching the usual Eclipse colours for errors and
	warnings. There are toggles on the visualiser menu toolbar to
	hide these stripes.</p>

	<img src="visdeow.png" width="349" height="250">

	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>Colour memory for AJDT provider</b></td>
	<td width="70%" valign="top">

	<p>If you change the colour of a stripe in the visualiser, then
	that setting will be preserved, such that an aspect of that
	name, in the same project, will continue to use that colour,
	even across workbench sessions. There is a menu option to reset
	this colour memory back to the default of the current
	palette.</p>

	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>New provider for Eclipse markers</b></td>
	<td width="70%" valign="top">

	<p>A new provider has been added to the visualiser to show the
	location of Eclipse markers.</p>

	<img src="visresources.png" width="400" height="222">

	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>

	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

	</table>

	<p align="center">
	Next section:<br>
	<a href="index3.html">Part 3: Other changes</a>
	</p>

	</body>
	</html>