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  <h2>Migrate RAP E4 Incubator runtime compontents to RAP Runtime project</h2>

  <p>
    Move the following projects from the
    <a href="http://git.eclipse.org/c/rap/incubator/org.eclipse.rap.incubator.e4.git">RAP E4 Incubator</a>
    to the main RAP Runtime project and create a separate p2 repository that can be used for building
    Eclipse 4 applications based on RAP. These artifacts are kept separate from their Eclipse Platform
    counterparts, and are <em>not</em> contributed to the aggregated Simultaneous Release p2 repository.
    <ul>
        <li>bundles/org.eclipse.e4.core.commands</li>
        <li>bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.bindings</li>
        <li>bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench</li>
        <li>bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.addons.swt</li>
        <li>bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt</li>
        <li>bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.swt</li>
        <li>bundles/org.eclipse.rap.e4</li>
        <li>examples/org.eclipse.rap.e4.demo</li>
        <li>features/org.eclipse.rap.e4.base.feature</li>
        <li>features/org.eclipse.rap.e4.target.feature</li>
    </ul>
  </p>

  <p>
    The feature structure in the new RAP E4 p2 repository follows the traditional RAP structure.
    <ul>
      <li>org.eclipse.rap.e4 with the RAP E4 bundles</li>
      <li>org.eclipse.rap.e4.sdk includes the above with source code</li>
      <li>org.eclipse.rap.e4.equinox.target for developing and starting a RAP E4 app from the workspace</li>
      <li>org.eclipse.rap.e4.examples includes exemplary and demo projects</li>
    </ul>
  </p>

  <p>
    For e4 beginners we added a "New Project Wizard" template for creating a simple RAP e4
    application.
  </p>
  <p>
    <img class="framed" title="New RAP e4 app template" src="images/e4-template.png" />
  </p>

  <h2>Replace Equinox DS with Apache Felix SCR (DS)</h2>

  <p>
    The Equinox project added the Apache Felix SCR bundle as a replacement for their old
    Equinox DS implementation. The RAP Equinox Target Feature has been updated to reflect this
    change. <em>org.eclipse.equinox.ds</em> has been replaced by <em>org.apache.felix.scr</em>,
    which required a change in the dependency chain from <em>org.eclipse.equinox.util</em> to
    <em>org.eclipse.osgi.util</em>.
  </p>

  <h2><em>org.eclipse.rap.jface</em> indirectly requires Java 8</h2>

  <p>
    The underlying platform bundle <em>org.eclipse.equinox.common</em> now requires Java 8. The
    Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment (BREE) of <em>org.eclipse.rap.jface</em> bundle has been
    updated to <em>JavaSE-1.8</em> too.
  </p>

  <h2>Theming enhancements</h2>

  <p>
    The themeablity of some widgets has been improved. The following properties have been added:
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  <ul>
    <li>
      <code>padding</code> property for Label
    </li>
    <li>
      <code>padding</code> property for Link
    </li>
  </ul>

  <h2>Markup Support for ExpandBar</h2>

  <p>
    The support for simple HTML markup has been extended to the <code>ExpandBar</code> widget.  It
    can be activated in the same way like in <code>Table</code> and <code>Label</code>, using the
    constant <code>RWT.MARKUP_ENABLED</code>. It affects the text in the <code>ExpandItem</code>
    header.
  </p>
  <p>
    <img class="framed" title="ExpandBar widget with HTML markup" src="images/Markup-ExpandBar.png" />
  </p>

  <h2>Markup Support for MessageBox</h2>

  <p>
    We also added markup support to <code>MessageBox</code> message. Use the new public method
    <code>setMarkupEnabled</code> to enable it.
  </p>
  <p>
    <img class="framed" title="MessageBox widget with HTML markup" src="images/Markup-MessageBox.png" />
  </p>

  <h2>Support for filter extensions in FileUpload widget and FileDialog</h2>

  <p>
    This is one of the most requested features, which is finally implemented. Most recent browser
    versions supported by RAP (except IE9) can filter the files shown in the browse dialog by their
    extensions. To set them, use <code>setFilterExtensions( String[] )</code> on
    <code>FileUpload</code>/<code>FileDialog</code>.
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  <h2>Make RichTextEditor language configurable</h2>

  <p>
    It's now possible to specify the <code>RichTextEditor</code> language using the new generic
    <code>RichTextEditorConfiguration</code> class.<br/>
    Big thanks to Wojtek Polcwiartek for its contribution.
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