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| <h1>RAP 1.2 New and Noteworthy</h1> |
| <p>Here are some of the more noteworthy things available in |
| RAP 1.2 (June 24<sup>th</sup>, 2009) which is now available for |
| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/rap/downloads/index.php">download</a>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?bug_file_loc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_id=&bugidtype=include&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&classification=RT&email1=&email2=&emailtype1=substring&emailtype2=substring&field-1-0-0=classification&field-1-1-0=product&field-1-2-0=target_milestone&field-1-3-0=resolution&field0-0-0=noop&keywords=&keywords_type=allwords&long_desc=&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&product=RAP&query_format=advanced&remaction=&resolution=FIXED&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&target_milestone=1.2%20M2&target_milestone=1.2%20M3&target_milestone=1.2%20M4&target_milestone=1.2%20M5&target_milestone=1.2%20M6&target_milestone=1.2%20M7&target_milestone=1.2%20RC1&target_milestone=1.2%20RC2&target_milestone=1.2%20RC3&target_milestone=1.2%20RC4&target_milestone=1.2&type-1-0-0=anyexact&type-1-1-0=anyexact&type-1-2-0=anyexact&type-1-3-0=anyexact&type0-0-0=noop&value-1-0-0=RT&value-1-1-0=RAP&value-1-2-0=1.2%20M2%2C1.2%20M3%2C1.2%20M4%2C1.2%20M5%2C1.2%20M6%2C1.2%20M7%2C1.2%20RC1%2C1.2%20RC2%2C1.2%20RC3%2C1.2%20RC4%2C1.2&value-1-3-0=FIXED&value0-0-0=&votes=&order=bugs.bug_id&query_based_on="> |
| This list</a> shows all bugs that were fixed. |
| </p> |
| <p><ul> |
| <li><a href="#Common">Common</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#RWT">RWT</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#Forms">Forms</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#Workbench">JFace and Workbench</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#Tooling">Tooling</a></li> |
| </ul></p> |
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| <hr /> |
| <a name="Common"></a> |
| <h2>Common</h2> |
| <table> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Jetty 6.1 and Servlet API 2.5</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| The version of <a href="http://mortbay.org/jetty/">Jetty</a> that comes |
| packaged with RAP was updated from 5.1 to 6.1. With this change, the |
| <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/index.jsp">Servlet API</a> |
| (<code>javax.servlet.*</code>) was updated to version 2.5. |
| Please adjust your launch configurations accordingly and verify |
| version ranges for Import-Package and Require-Bundle directives. |
| <p>For more information please see |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/258628">bug #258628</a>.</p> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>com.ibm.icu.base</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| <a href="http://icu-project.org/">ICU4J</a> is a set of Java libraries |
| that provides comprehensive support for Unicode, software globalization, |
| and internationalization. These libraries are packaged in the plug-in |
| com.ibm.icu (about 3MB in size) |
| <p>Several plug-ins like Workbench, Forms, and JFace Databinding make |
| use of these libraries and so do the respective RAP apdoptions.</p> |
| <p>As of this milestone, RAP uses the |
| <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/ICU4J#Replacement_Plug-in"> |
| Replacement Plug-in com.ibm.icu.base</a> |
| (about 100KB in size) in order to reduce the overall size of the |
| target platform by almost 3MB.</p> |
| <p> |
| Since all dependencies on ICU4J are expressed by <code>Import-Package</code> |
| declarations, the replacement plug-in can be easily "re-replaced" |
| if necessary. |
| </p> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| <hr /> |
| <a name="RWT"></a> |
| <h2>RWT</h2> |
| <table> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>JavaScript Compression</b> |
| </td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| The new implementation of Javascript compression is now available. It |
| is enabled by default, when you use the "Standard" client-side |
| library variant. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/RuntimeConfig.png" /> |
| </p> |
| To disable Javascript compression switch to the "Debug" library variant, |
| which sets the system property <code>org.eclipse.rwt.clientLibraryVariant</code> |
| to <code>DEBUG</code> for the VM that is being launched. |
| <p> |
| The total size of the index page was reduced by more than 20%.</p> |
| <p> |
| For more information please also read the comments on |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=247791"> |
| this bug</a>.</p> |
| <p /> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Cursor Support</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| The <code>Control</code> cursor support is now available. It is fully |
| implemented in the following widgets: |
| <ul> |
| <li><code>Button</code></li> |
| <li><code>Label</code></li> |
| <li><code>CLabel</code></li> |
| <li><code>List</code></li> |
| <li><code>Composite</code></li> |
| <li><code>Canvas</code></li> |
| <li><code>Combo</code></li> |
| <li><code>Text</code></li> |
| <li><code>Spinner</code></li> |
| <li><code>Scale</code></li> |
| </ul> |
| <br /> |
| To obtain an instance of <code>org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Cursor</code>, |
| you should use code like this: |
| <br/><br/> |
| <code>Cursor cursor = Graphics.getCursor( SWT.CURSOR_CROSS ); |
| <br/> |
| control.setCursor( cursor );</code> |
| <br /> |
| <img src="images/RAPCustomCursor.png" /> |
| <br /> |
| As with all resources in RWT, the <code>Cursor</code> instances are |
| shared among sessions. That's why, there is no <code>Cursor#dispose()</code> |
| method available. |
| <p /> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Scale Widget</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| Now there exists a <code>Scale</code> widget that works much the |
| same as in SWT. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/RAPScale.png" /></p> |
| <p /> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>DateTime Widget</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| The long awaited <code>DateTime</code> widget is now available. Using |
| the style flags <code>SWT.DATE</code>, <code>SWT.TIME</code>, |
| <code>SWT.CALENDAR</code> and <code>SWT.SHORT</code>, <code>SWT.MEDIUM</code>, |
| <code>SWT.LONG</code> you can switch the widget mode. Additionally |
| the <code>DateTime</code> widget goes by the locale from |
| <code>RWT#getLocale()</code> to display the day and month names in |
| your preferred language. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/RAPDateTime.png" /> |
| </p> |
| <p /> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>ExpandBar Widget</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| RWT provides an <code>ExpandBar</code> control. It can be used to |
| represent a category or group of elements. |
| You may have a look at the <code>org.eclipse.rap.demo.controls.ExpandBarTab</code> |
| class in the demo plug-in to see how to use it. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/RAPExpandBar.png" /></p> |
| <p /> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
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| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>MessageBox</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| With a standard SWT <code>MessageBox</code> you can display a message |
| dialog without using JFace. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/RAPMessageBox.png" /></p> |
| The same style flag combinations like in SWT are available: |
| <ul> |
| <li><code>SWT.OK</code></li> |
| <li><code>SWT.OK | SWT.CANCEL</code></li> |
| <li><code>SWT.YES | SWT.NO</code></li> |
| <li><code>SWT.YES | SWT.NO | SWT.CANCEL</code></li> |
| <li><code>SWT.RETRY | SWT.CANCEL</code></li> |
| <li><code>SWT.ABORT | SWT.RETRY | SWT.IGNORE</code></li> |
| </ul> |
| <p /> |
| <td/> |
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| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Generic CSS Theming Engine</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| With a new, entirely CSS-based theming infrastructure, RWT can now |
| render styles defined in CSS theme files directly. |
| CSS themes are no longer translated to properties internally and are |
| thus fully supported now. |
| As an example, for widgets that support the <code>:hover</code> state, |
| it is now possible to change <em>any</em> property on mouseover, |
| which has not been possible before: |
| <pre><code style="color: #0000ff"> |
| Button[PUSH]:hover { |
| font: bold 12px Helvetica; |
| color: white; |
| background-color: #1695d4; |
| border: 2px solid #9dd0ea; |
| } |
| </code</pre> |
| This change is an important foundation for the further improvement |
| of the themeability of RWT widgets. |
| Theming based on property files is still supported in this milestone, |
| but it will be discontinued in M4. |
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| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Improvement of Session Startup Performance</b> |
| </td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| The current version provides improvements regarding the session |
| startup performance. First the creating of the startup page is less |
| CPU intensive. Second the javascript library content is not embbeded |
| in the startup page anymore. It is delivered separately. As the |
| library content doesn't change after server start it can be zipped |
| once and buffered. This reduces CPU usage significantly. The library |
| is stored in the browser's cache and need not to be reloaded on |
| subsequent application visits. |
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| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>qooxdoo 0.7.4</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| This milestone build includes a new version of the Javascript library |
| <a href="http://qooxdoo.org">qooxdoo</a>. |
| Thanks to the great support by the RAP community, |
| most notably from Stefan Hansel |
| who tracked down a number of significant memory leaks in qooxdoo and |
| provided patches to the qooxdoo developers, |
| this version now brings a major improvement in client memory |
| consumption. |
| With this qooxdoo version, the long-standing memory leakage problems |
| of RAP escpecially in Internet Explorer are resolved. |
| <p> |
| Thanks to everyone who helped making this possible! |
| </p> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Slider widget</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| Now there exists a Slider widget that works much the same as in SWT. |
| A Slider is a control that looks like a scrollbar and represents a |
| continuous range of numeric values. |
| The range can be specified by the methods <code>#setMinimum()</code> |
| and <code>#setMaximum()</code>. |
| The current value can be obtained using <code>#getSelection()</code>. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/RAPSlider.png" /> |
| </p> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Theming</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| Since the new theming infrastructure is now in place, we worked on |
| making more aspects of widgets themeable. |
| The list below details out which aspects can now be altered. |
| <ul> |
| <li>The background image of <code>Button</code>s can be altered</li> |
| <li>This CSS code defines a <em>handle</em> for the <code>Sash</code> |
| widget. |
| <br /> |
| <pre> |
| Sash-Handle:horizontal { |
| <span style="color:blue;">background-image</span>: url( <span style="color:#568c28;">"/theme1/icons/sash/h_handle.gif"</span> ); |
| } |
| Sash-Handle:vertical { |
| <span style="color:blue;">background-image</span>: url( <span style="color:#568c28;">"/theme1/icons/sash/v_handle.gif"</span> ); |
| }</pre> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| The border style as well as the appearance of the drop-down button of a |
| Combo widget can be changed like shown below. |
| <br /> |
| <pre> |
| Combo { |
| <span style="color:blue;">border</span>: <span style="color:#568c28;">1px solid #1695d4</span>; |
| } |
| Combo-Button { |
| <span style="color:blue;">background-image</span>: url( <span style="color:#568c28;">"/theme1/icons/combo/down.gif"</span> ); |
| <span style="color:blue;">background-color</span>: <span style="color:#568c28;">#9dd0ea</span>; |
| }</pre> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| The handle image of <code>Coolbar</code>s |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| The various buttons of the <code>DateTime</code>, <code>ExpandBar</code> |
| and <code>Spinner</code> widget. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| The border color of the <code>CTabFolder</code>. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| The radio, check box and cascade images of <code>Menu</code>s |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| The check box images of the <code>Tree</code> and <code>Table</code> |
| widget. |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
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| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>ColorDialog</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| SWT's ColorDialog has been implemented for RWT. |
| <br /> |
| <pre><code> |
| ColorDialog dialog = new ColorDialog( shell ); |
| RGB result = dialog.open(); |
| </code></pre> |
| <img src="images/color-dialog.png"/> |
| <p> </p> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Button widget</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| The <code>Button</code> widget has been reworked. Now there are |
| custom implementations for check boxes and radio buttons The new |
| features are: |
| <li>The method <code>Button#setGrayed()</code> is implemented for a |
| check box behavior that works much the same as in SWT. |
| <br /> |
| <img src="images/RAPCheckGrayed.png" /> |
| </li> |
| <li>Hover state is implemented for both radio and check buttons. |
| </li> |
| <li>Images are used for check and radio icons and can be defined via |
| theming for the default, selected, hover and grayed (only check box) |
| state. |
| These are examples for setting the state images for the default |
| state of a radio button and for the combined selected and grayed |
| state of a check button: |
| <pre> |
| Button-RadioIcon { |
| <span style="color:blue;">background-image</span>: url( <span style="color:#568c28;">resource/widget/rap/button/radio-unselected.png</span> ); |
| } |
| Button-CheckIcon:selected:grayed { |
| <span style="color:blue;">background-image</span>: url( <span style="color:#568c28;">resource/widget/rap/button/check-grayed.png</span> ); |
| } |
| </pre> |
| </li> |
| <li>The <code>Button#setImage()</code> method now works as in SWT. |
| <br /> |
| <img src="images/RAPCheckImage.png" /> |
| </li> |
| </td> |
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| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Themeable System Images</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| The system images used for SWT MessageBox and JFace MessageDialog can |
| now be customized via theming. These images can also be acquired from |
| <code>Display#getSystemImage()</code>. |
| <pre><code> |
| Display { |
| rwt-error-image: url( /theme1/icons/dialog/error.png ); |
| rwt-information-image: url( /theme1/icons/dialog/information.png ); |
| rwt-warning-image: url( /theme1/icons/dialog/information.png ); |
| rwt-question-image: url( /theme1/icons/dialog/question.png ); |
| rwt-warning-image: url( /theme1/icons/dialog/warning.png ); |
| } |
| </code></pre> |
| <p><img src="images/CustomSystemImages.png"/></p> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>New API added</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| For this milestone, we concentrated on implementing SWT API that was |
| still missing in RAP. |
| This will make it easier for the community to reuse existing code or |
| to utilize new features. |
| Here is a list of API methods added in this milestone: |
| <br /> |
| <ul> |
| <li><code>TypedEvent#display</code></li> |
| <li>User data on <code>Display</code> (<code>setData( Object )</code>, |
| <code>setData( String, Object )</code>, etc.)</li> |
| <li><code>Display#timerExec()</code></li> |
| <li><code>Monitor</code> and its accessors like |
| <code>getPrimaryMonitor()</code> on <code>Display</code> and |
| <code>getMonitor()</code> on <code>Control</code></li> |
| <li><code>Device#getClientArea()</code></li> |
| <li><code>RowLayout#center</code></li> |
| <li><code>Widget#notifyListeners()</code></li> |
| <li><code>CTabFolder#getItem( Point )</code></li> |
| <li><code>DateTime#setDate( int, int, int )</code></li> |
| <li>sashWidth and <code>setMaximizedControl()</code> on |
| <code>SashForm</code></li> |
| <li><code>Shell#forceActive()</code></li> |
| <li>Selection listener on <code>Spinner</code></li> |
| <li><code>TabItem#setToolTipText( String )</code></li> |
| <li><code>Text#setLineHeight()</code></li> |
| <li><code>setDisabledImage()</code> and <code>setHotImage()</code> |
| on <code>ToolItem</code></li> |
| </ul> |
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| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>CCombo widget</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| Now there is a CCombo widget that works much the same as in SWT. |
| <p><img src="images/RAPCCombo.png" /></p> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Table improvements</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| <p> |
| The Table widget has received a lot of bugfixes and improvements |
| during this milestone. |
| Fonts, backgrounds and foreground colors are now supported properly |
| for the entire table, for table items and also for single cells. |
| Unnessesary scroll bars are not drawn anymore. |
| Together with alternating row colors and cell padding, which had |
| already been added in M6, the table fits much better into modern |
| web applications. |
| Moreover, we added some significant performance improvements. |
| </p> |
| <p><img src="images/TableImprovements.png" /></p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Label theming</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| <p> |
| The CSS property <code>text-decoration</code> has been added for the |
| Label widget. |
| Permissible values are <code>underline</code>, <code>overline</code>, |
| <code>line-through</code>, and <code>none</code>. |
| </p> |
| <p><img src="images/LabelUnderline.png" /></p> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Group theming</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| <p> |
| The foreground and background colors of the Group widget's label are |
| now separately themeable to allow a more flexibile styling. |
| </p> |
| <p><img src="images/GroupLabelTheming.png" /></p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| <hr /> |
| <a name="Forms"></a> |
| <h2>Forms</h2> |
| <table> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>FormText</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| The <code>org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.FormText</code> has been |
| implemented in RAP. FormText is a read-only text control that is |
| capable of rendering wrapped text. Text can be rendered as-is or |
| by parsing the formatting XML tags like <code><p></code>, |
| <code><li></code>, <code><a></code>, <code><img></code>, |
| <code><control></code> and <code><span></code>. |
| You can use the <code>FormToolkit</code> to create an instance: |
| <br/> |
| <pre> |
| FormText formText = toolkit.createFormText( form.getBody(), true ); |
| </pre> |
| <p><img src="images/RAPFormText.png" ></p> |
| <p>For further details please also see |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/242213">this bug</a></p> |
| <td/> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| <hr /> |
| <a name="Workbench"></a> |
| <h2>JFace and Workbench</h2> |
| <table> |
| <tr valign="top" align="left"> |
| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Cell Editors</b> |
| </td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| With the implementation of JFace cell editors, including all the |
| necessary event handling, RAP can now offer editing support for JFace |
| viewers. |
| There's still one tough issue remaining, that relates to the way the |
| Firefox browser handles key events. |
| However, the API is available and cell editors are basically working. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/RAPTableCellEditor.png" /> |
| </p> |
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| <b>Intro support</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| The <code>org.eclipse.ui.intro</code> extension point |
| provides a generic mechanism that can be used to create your own |
| intro support for your application. The main purpose of this extension |
| is to define the class that implements <code>IIntroPart</code> and to |
| specify the binding between a <b>branding</b> and an intro part. |
| As RAP does not support products as known from RCP you can use the |
| <code>org.eclipse.rap.ui.branding</code> extension point to bind your |
| intro to a specific branding. |
| For example, the following contribution defines a hypothetical intro |
| part to be shown by the workbench on startup: |
| <pre><code> |
| <extension |
| point="org.eclipse.ui.intro"> |
| <intro |
| class="com.example.SampleIntroPart" |
| id="someId" |
| icon="someIcon.png"> |
| </intro> |
| <introBrandingBinding |
| introId="someId" |
| brandingId="com.example.someBrandingId"> |
| </introBrandingBinding> |
| </extension> |
| </pre></code> |
| When starting the application for the first time the intro will appear |
| in fullscreen covering the rest of the workbench window: |
| <p><img src="images/intro_full.png"/></p> |
| In standby mode the workbench shows the regular perspective with the |
| intro on the right side: |
| <p><img src="images/intro_standby.png"/></p> |
| For more informations about how to use the intro extension, see |
| <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/ua_intro_hello_world.htm"> |
| Contributing a HelloWorld intro Part |
| </a> |
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| <b>Databinding</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| During the M6 milestone, the databinding core plug-ins were restructured. |
| Like its RCP counterpart, the RAP workbench has a dependency |
| to core databinding and thus is affected from these changes. |
| <p>Effectively, two more bundles, <code>org.eclipse.databinding.observable</code> |
| and <code>org.eclipse.databinding.property</code> are now required to |
| run the workbench. Please update your build scripts and launch |
| configurations accordingly.</p> |
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| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>New look and feel</b></td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| <p> |
| With the help of a user interface design company, we developed a new |
| look and feel that provides a professional, serious look for RAP |
| applications. |
| This implementation uses the new interaction design API, which brings |
| more flexibity to modifying the workbench presentation and allows to |
| completely separate the styling from the application code |
| (see the RAP help for details). |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The new design is meant to demonstrate the styling capabilities of |
| RAP and serve as an example and a template for your application. |
| It is included in the plug-in |
| <code>org.eclipse.rap.design.example</code> |
| and can be applied to an existing application by simply adding this |
| bundle and using <code>business</code> as the servlet name. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The development is not quite complete, some improvements will still |
| be made before the release. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/rap/demos.php"> |
| <img src="images/BusinessDesign50.png" /> |
| </a> |
| </p> |
| <p>Check out the <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/rap/demos.php">RAP |
| Examples Application</a>, to see the new look and feel in action.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
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| <h2>Tooling</h2> |
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| <td width="20%"> |
| <b>Launch without opening browser</b> |
| </td> |
| <td width="80%"> |
| The RAP launcher now allows to disable the startup of a browser on |
| every launch. This comes in handy when working with fixed ports and |
| an external browser. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/RAPLauncherOpenBrowser.png" /> |
| </p> |
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| </tr> |
| </table> |
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