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| <h1>Eclipse Project Oxygen (4.7) M4 - New and Noteworthy</h1> |
| <p>Here are some of the more noteworthy things available in the Oxygen milestone build M4 |
| which is now available for <a href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/#4.7_Stable_Builds" target="_top">download</a>. |
| <br/> |
| We also recommend to read the Tips and Tricks, either via <b>Help > Tips and Tricks...</b> or online for |
| <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tips/platform_tips.html">Platform</a>, |
| <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/tips/jdt_tips.html">JDT</a>, and |
| <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/topic/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/tips/pde_tips.htm">PDE</a>. |
| </p> |
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| <ul> |
| <li><a href="#Platform">Platform</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#JDT">JDT</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#PDE">PDE</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#Platform-Dev">Platform Developers</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#Equinox">Equinox</a></li> |
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| <table class="news"> |
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| <td colspan="2" class="section" id="Platform">Platform</td> |
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| |
| <tr id="quick-access-string-matching"> |
| <td class="title">Improved string matching in Quick Access</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You can now search for partial descriptions in <b>Quick Access</b> (<b>Ctrl+3</b>). |
| The search result matches space-separated words in the search string. |
| For example, searching for "clone repo", |
| will match the "Clone a Git Repository" command. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/quick-access-better-string-matching.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| The improved string matching works also in case of parenthesis, |
| or when the search string matches the category name. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/quick-access-better-string-matching-extended.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="quick-access-filter-previous-choices"> |
| <td class="title">Filter previous choices in Quick Access</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Quick Access</b> (<b>Ctrl+3</b>) result list does not show duplicate elements anymore. |
| Now, if a search result element is already in the "Previous Choices" category, |
| it is no longer shown in another category. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/quick-access-filter-previous-choices.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="window-title"> |
| <td class="title">Window title configuration</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The title window is now simpler and you can configure it from Preferences. |
| By default the title displays <b>workspace name</b>, <b>editor path</b> and <b>product name</b>. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/simplified-window-title.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| You can now use <b>Preferences > Workspace</b> to choose what to display in the window title: |
| <b>workspace name</b>, <b>perspective name</b>, <b>workspace path</b>, and <b>product name</b>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/improved-window-title.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="launch-groups"> |
| <td class="title">"Launch Group" launch configuration type</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The new <b>Launch Group</b> launch configuration type allows you to launch multiple other launch configurations |
| sequentially, with configurable actions after launching each group member: |
| <ul> |
| <li>None: Continue launching the next member right away</li> |
| <li>Wait until terminated: Continue launching the next member only after this member has terminated</li> |
| <li>Delay: Delay launching the next member for a given amount of seconds.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/launch-groups.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| New launch groups can be created via the <b>Run > Run Configurations...</b> or <b>Run > Debug Configurations...</b> dialogs. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="heap-status-colors"> |
| <td class="title">Consistent heap status colors under Linux</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The heap status had poor contrast on Linux since GTK3.04. |
| This has been resolved for the heap status to look consistent across all platforms. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/heapstatusfix.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="dark-mode-progress-bar"> |
| <td class="title">Fixed Progress view colors for the dark theme</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Progress</b> view has been adjusted for the Eclipse dark theme. |
| <p> |
| Before: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/old-progress-view.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| After: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/new-progress-view.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="breakpoints-sort-by"> |
| <td class="title">Breakpoints view: Sort By > Creation Time</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| In the <b>Breakpoints</b> view's view menu, a new <b>Sort By</b> option has been added. |
| This allows sorting by two ways: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Name</b>: Current default order, sorts by the displayed name</li> |
| <li><b>Creation Time</b>: Newly created breakpoints will be shown on top</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/breakpoints-sort-by.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2" class="section" id="JDT">JDT</td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="jdt-javadoc-color-fix"> |
| <td class="title">Consistent Javadoc colors usage under Linux</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The Javadoc color usage on Linux was inconsistent since GTK 3.04. |
| This has been resolved and support for Javadoc on the Eclipse Dark Theme has been added. |
| <p> |
| Before: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/javadocbefore.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| After: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/javadocafter.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Dark theme support: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/javadocdarktheme.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="open-implementation-of-type"> |
| <td class="title">Open Implementation of selected Type</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Open Implementation</b> hyperlink and the <b>Navigate > Open Implementation</b> action now open the implementation of the selected interface or class also. |
| In the past, <b>Open Implementation</b> was only available for methods. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/open-implementation-of-type.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| The hyperlink popup shows up when you hold <b>Ctrl</b> (on the Mac: <b>Command</b>), unless you've changed the modifier on the <b>Hyperlinking</b> preference page. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="auto-insert-braces"> |
| <td class="title">Automatically insert Braces at correct position</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Java > Editor > Typing > Automatically insert at correct position > Braces</b> preference option is now enabled by default. |
| This will automatically insert the braces where they are required. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/auto-insert-braces.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2" class="section" id="PDE">PDE</td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="nested-categories-support"> |
| <td class="title">Nested categories support</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You can now organize features into hierarchies by using the nested categories support in the <b>Category Definition</b> editor. |
| <p> |
| The created definition can be used as input for the <b>Categorize repository</b> parameter in the <b>File > Export... > Deployable features</b> wizard. |
| They are also visible in the <b>Install</b> dialog. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/pde-support-for-nested-categories.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="new-feature-project-filtered-tree"> |
| <td class="title">Feature project wizard filtered plugin selection</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You can now use a text filter when selecting plug-ins in the <b>New > Feature Project</b> wizard. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/new-feature-project-filtered-tree.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="option-for-workspace-overriding-target"> |
| <td class="title"> Option for workspace plug-ins overriding target plug-ins </td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| On the <b>Plug-in Development </b> preference page, in the <b>General settings for plug-in development</b> section, |
| there is an option to specify if workspace plug-ins should override target platform plug-ins with the same id. |
| By default, this option is enabled.When disabled, all plug-in versions from workspace and target platform will |
| be used and for a plug-in id, the best available plug-in will be chosen. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/workspace-plugins-override-target.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2" class="section" id="Platform-Dev">Platform Developers</td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="swt-lambda-style-keylistener"> |
| <td class="title">Lambda as KeyListener</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <code>KeyListener</code> interface in SWT was enhanced to provide the |
| <code>KeyListener#keyPressedAdapter(Consumer<KeyEvent> c)</code> and |
| <code>KeyListener#keyReleasedAdapter(Consumer<KeyEvent> c)</code> |
| static helper methods that accept lambdas and method references as listeners. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="api-for-decorated-images"> |
| <td class="title">Update in API for decorating images</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <code>org.eclipse.jface.viewers.DecorationOverlayIcon</code> class has received a new constructor that allows |
| to more easily define decorated images based on an <code>ImageDescriptor</code> rather than <code>Image</code>. This allows |
| to prevent API adopters to deal with creation and disposal of the underlying resource when using <em>ImageDescriptor</em>. |
| <p>Example of API usage:</p> |
| <pre> |
| ImageDescriptor descriptor = /*base image descriptor*/; |
| return new DecorationOverlayIcon( |
| descriptor, |
| PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getSharedImages().getImageDescriptor(ISharedImages.IMG_DEC_FIELD_ERROR), |
| IDecoration.BOTTOM_LEFT); |
| </pre> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="ehelpservice-released-as-api"> |
| <td class="title">EHelpService released as API</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <code>EHelpService</code> interface was released as API. |
| You can access this service via dependency injection similar to other e4 services. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2" class="section" id="Equinox">Equinox</td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="non-modal-p2-installation-dialog"> |
| <td class="title">Non-modal Install dialog</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The Install dialog available via <b>Help > Install New Software...</b> is now non-modal, |
| so that you can do something else while waiting for the catalog to be fetched. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td colspan="2"/> |
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| |
| <p>The above features are just the ones that are new since the previous milestone |
| build. Summaries for earlier Oxygen milestone builds:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.7/M3/">News for Eclipse Oxygen milestone build M3</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.7/M2/">News for Eclipse Oxygen milestone build M2</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.7/M1/">News for Eclipse Oxygen milestone build M1</a></li> |
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