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 <h1>What's New in SWT for 3.0</h1>
 <p>June 24, 2004</p>
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       <p align="right"><b>SWT and AWT/Swing Interoperability</b>
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 	<p>Embedding Swing/AWT widgets inside SWT widgets is now supported on Windows with JDK 1.4 and above,
 	and on GTK and Motif with recent early access versions of Sun JDK 1.5.</p>
 	<p>This screen shot shows an SWT Shell containing a Swing JTable to the right of an SWT Tree.</p>
     <p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img src="swt-swing.gif" align="CENTER" alt="swt and swing"></font></p>
     <p>Here is the <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/~checkout~/platform-swt-home/snippits/snippet135.html">
        SWT snippet</a> that was used for this example.</p>
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       <p align="right"><b>Browser Widget</b>
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 	<p>SWT has a new browser widget that can display HTML documents. This native widget is supported on Windows (using Internet Explorer 5.0 and above),
 	Linux GTK and Linux Motif (requires Mozilla 1.4 GTK2; Mozilla 1.5 GTK2 and Mozilla 1.6 GTK2 are also supported), Mac (Safari) and QNX (Voyager).</p>
       <p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img src="browser.gif" align="CENTER" alt="browser widget"></font></p>
 	<p>See the <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/snippits/snippet148.html">SWT browser snippet</a>
 	and the <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/faq.html#browserplatforms">SWT FAQ</a> for details.
 	The Eclipse Browser plug-in shown above is available from the Eclipse download page in the Example Plug-ins.</p>
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       <p align="right"><b>Mac OS X Improvements</b>
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     <td width="70%">
 	<p>The Mac OS X implementation of SWT has been significantly extended and improved, particularly in the following areas:</p>
 	<ul>
 	   <li>Eclipse Launcher support, including launcher arguments and tilde expansion for the -data parameter</li>
 	   <li>Stability and Performance</li>
 	   <li>Native Drag and Drop Support</li>
 	   <li>Printing support using the Quartz-based Mac OS X Printing Manager. Developers can now print high-quality output on raster and PostScript printers, generate PDF files, or use the standard previewer.
       	  <p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img src="osx-print.gif" align="CENTER" alt="osx print preview"></font></p></li>
 	</ul>
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       <p align="right"><b>Complex Script and Right-to-Left Language Support</b>
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     <td width="70%">
 	<p>In order to handle right-to-left and complex scripts it is necessary to deal with several problems.
 	For example, languages like Hebrew and Arabic are written from right to left, which requires the
 	text to be reordered according to the Bidi Algorithm described in Unicode annex #9, before drawing and measuring.
 	Other languages, like Arabic and Farsi, require contextual shaping, which means that the same character can assume
 	different forms according to its position in the word. Other common problems are combined characters or ligatures
 	(two characters that are joined together). Languages like Thai have special rules for word breaking and cursor navigation.
 	Windows supports all cases previously mentioned. On GTK support for Bidi is implemented but complex scripts
 	(Thai, South Asian scripts) are still not properly tested and implemented.</p>
       <p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img src="bidi.gif" align="CENTER" alt="complex scripts"></font></p>
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     <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
       <p align="right"><b>Virtual Table and Improved Table Performance</b>
     </td>
     <td width="70%">
 	<p>In addition to significant performance improvements in this release, Table now supports the SWT.VIRTUAL style.
 	This lets developers create tables with large amounts of data quickly. When TableItems are needed, they are created on-demand.</p>
       <p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img src="virtual-table.gif" align="CENTER" alt="virtual table"></font></p>
     <p>Here is the <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/~checkout~/platform-swt-home/snippits/snippet144.html">
        SWT snippet</a> that was used for this example.</p>
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     <td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
       <p align="right"><b>Other Improvements</b>
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     <td width="70%">
 	<p>There were numerous other new features and improvements in this release, including:</p>
 	<ul>
 	   <li>Multiple Monitors</li>
 	   <li>Non-Rectangular Windows</li>
 	   <li>Add Items to System Tray</li>
 	   <li>GTK Accessibility</li>
 	   <li>TIFF Image Decoding</li>
 	   <li>Color Cursors</li>
 	   <li>Colored Cells in Tables</li>
 	   <li>Italic Font in StyledText</li>
 	   <li>Linux GTK on AMD64</li>
 	   <li>Post Mouse/Keyboard Event to Event Queue</li>
 	</ul>
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	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
	<title>What's New in SWT for 3.0</title>
	</head>

	<body>

	<h1>What's New in SWT for 3.0</h1>
	<p>June 24, 2004</p>
	<table border="0" width="80%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0">
	<tr>
	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>SWT and AWT/Swing Interoperability</b>
	</td>
	<td width="70%">
	<p>Embedding Swing/AWT widgets inside SWT widgets is now supported on Windows with JDK 1.4 and above,
	and on GTK and Motif with recent early access versions of Sun JDK 1.5.</p>
	<p>This screen shot shows an SWT Shell containing a Swing JTable to the right of an SWT Tree.</p>
	<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img src="swt-swing.gif" align="CENTER" alt="swt and swing"></font></p>
	<p>Here is the <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/~checkout~/platform-swt-home/snippits/snippet135.html">
	SWT snippet</a> that was used for this example.</p>
	</td>
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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>Browser Widget</b>
	</td>
	<td width="70%">
	<p>SWT has a new browser widget that can display HTML documents. This native widget is supported on Windows (using Internet Explorer 5.0 and above),
	Linux GTK and Linux Motif (requires Mozilla 1.4 GTK2; Mozilla 1.5 GTK2 and Mozilla 1.6 GTK2 are also supported), Mac (Safari) and QNX (Voyager).</p>
	<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img src="browser.gif" align="CENTER" alt="browser widget"></font></p>
	<p>See the <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/snippits/snippet148.html">SWT browser snippet</a>
	and the <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/faq.html#browserplatforms">SWT FAQ</a> for details.
	The Eclipse Browser plug-in shown above is available from the Eclipse download page in the Example Plug-ins.</p>
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	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

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	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>Mac OS X Improvements</b>
	</td>
	<td width="70%">
	<p>The Mac OS X implementation of SWT has been significantly extended and improved, particularly in the following areas:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>Eclipse Launcher support, including launcher arguments and tilde expansion for the -data parameter</li>
	<li>Stability and Performance</li>
	<li>Native Drag and Drop Support</li>
	<li>Printing support using the Quartz-based Mac OS X Printing Manager. Developers can now print high-quality output on raster and PostScript printers, generate PDF files, or use the standard previewer.
	<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img src="osx-print.gif" align="CENTER" alt="osx print preview"></font></p></li>
	</ul>
	</td>
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	<tr>
	<td colspan="2">
	<hr>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>Complex Script and Right-to-Left Language Support</b>
	</td>
	<td width="70%">
	<p>In order to handle right-to-left and complex scripts it is necessary to deal with several problems.
	For example, languages like Hebrew and Arabic are written from right to left, which requires the
	text to be reordered according to the Bidi Algorithm described in Unicode annex #9, before drawing and measuring.
	Other languages, like Arabic and Farsi, require contextual shaping, which means that the same character can assume
	different forms according to its position in the word. Other common problems are combined characters or ligatures
	(two characters that are joined together). Languages like Thai have special rules for word breaking and cursor navigation.
	Windows supports all cases previously mentioned. On GTK support for Bidi is implemented but complex scripts
	(Thai, South Asian scripts) are still not properly tested and implemented.</p>
	<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img src="bidi.gif" align="CENTER" alt="complex scripts"></font></p>
	</td>
	</tr>

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

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>Virtual Table and Improved Table Performance</b>
	</td>
	<td width="70%">
	<p>In addition to significant performance improvements in this release, Table now supports the SWT.VIRTUAL style.
	This lets developers create tables with large amounts of data quickly. When TableItems are needed, they are created on-demand.</p>
	<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img src="virtual-table.gif" align="CENTER" alt="virtual table"></font></p>
	<p>Here is the <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/~checkout~/platform-swt-home/snippits/snippet144.html">
	SWT snippet</a> that was used for this example.</p>
	</td>
	</tr>

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

	<tr>
	<td width="30%" valign="top" align="left">
	<p align="right"><b>Other Improvements</b>
	</td>
	<td width="70%">
	<p>There were numerous other new features and improvements in this release, including:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>Multiple Monitors</li>
	<li>Non-Rectangular Windows</li>
	<li>Add Items to System Tray</li>
	<li>GTK Accessibility</li>
	<li>TIFF Image Decoding</li>
	<li>Color Cursors</li>
	<li>Colored Cells in Tables</li>
	<li>Italic Font in StyledText</li>
	<li>Linux GTK on AMD64</li>
	<li>Post Mouse/Keyboard Event to Event Queue</li>
	</ul>
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