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 <h2>Platform and Equinox</h2>
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     <li><a href="#ViewsAndDialogs">Views, Dialogs and Toolbar</a></li>
     <!--<li><a href="#TextEditors">Text Editors</a></li> -->
     <!--<li><a href="#Preferences">Preferences</a></li> -->
     <li><a href="#StylingThemes">Themes and Styling</a></li>
     <li><a href="#GeneralUpdates">General Updates</a></li>
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     <h2>Views, Dialogs and Toolbar </h2>
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   <tr id="new-message-dialog"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=552909 -->
     <td class="title">New clean message dialog api</td>
     <td class="content">
       A new API in the class PlainMessageDialog is introduced. It uses a builder pattern to create an immutable instance of PlainMessageDialog. It has a clean API and consists of methods for e.g. the button labels, the message and the image.
       <p>Example Usage:<br />
         <code>int answer = PlainMessageDialog.getBuilder(myShell, "The new dialog").image(SWT.ICON_Question).message("Like it?").buttLabels(Arrays.asList(IDialogConstants.YES_LABEL, IDialogConstants.NO_LABEL)).build().open();</code>
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         <img src="images/plain_message_dialog_usage.png" alt=""/>
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   <tr id="persist-accepted-licences"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574622 -->
     <td class="title">Accepted licenses remembered permanently</td>
     <td class="content">
       Before accepted licenses were only remembered during runtime and not persisted between restarts.
       The user selection of accepted licenses is now persisted between restarts.
     </td>
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     <h2>Themes and Styling </h2>
     </td>
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    	<tr id="new-close-icon"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=501491 -->
     <td class="title">New close icon on tabs</td>
     <td class="content">
       The drawing of the close icon of tabs has been updated to align better with the operating system.
       <p>
       	Old:
       </p>
       <p>
         <img src="images/old-light-x.png" alt=""/>
       </p>
       <p>
         <img src="images/old-dark-x.png" alt=""/>
       </p>

       <p>
       	New:
       </p>
       <p>
         <img src="images/new-light-x.png" alt=""/>
       </p>
       <p>
         <img src="images/new-dark-x.png" alt=""/>
       </p>

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   <tr id="eclipse-win-dark-themed-tooltips"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574685 -->
     <td class="title">Eclipse Windows now supports dark-theme tool-tips</td>
     <td class="content">
       Eclipse on Windows now support dark-theme tool-tips.
       Refer below screens-shot which show various tool-tips@dark-theme:
       <img src="images/swt-win-darkthemed-tooltips.png" alt=""/>
     </td>
   </tr>
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   <!-- ******************* General Updates ************************************* -->
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     <h2>General Updates </h2>
     </td>
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   <tr id="new-griddatafactory-method"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=548829 -->
     <td class="title">New method <code>create(int style)</code> in GridDataFactory</td>
     <td class="content">
       GridDataFactory contains a new static method <code>create(int style)</code> which returns a new GridDataFactory instance.<br />
       This method is similar to <code>new GridData(int style)</code>.
     </td>
   </tr>
   <tr id="swt-java11"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574702 -->
   	<td class="title">Minimum Java version for SWT</td>
   	<td class="content">
   		SWT now requires minimum Java 11 to run SWT.
   	</td>
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   <tr id="ant-version-upgrade"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574832 -->
     <td class="title"><a href="#ant-version-upgrade">Ant 1.10.11</a></td>
     <td class="content">
       Eclipse has adopted Ant version 1.10.11.
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	<body>
	<h2>Platform and Equinox</h2>
	<ul>
	<li><a href="#ViewsAndDialogs">Views, Dialogs and Toolbar</a></li>
	<!--<li><a href="#TextEditors">Text Editors</a></li> -->
	<!--<li><a href="#Preferences">Preferences</a></li> -->
	<li><a href="#StylingThemes">Themes and Styling</a></li>
	<li><a href="#GeneralUpdates">General Updates</a></li>
	</ul>

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	<col class="title" />
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	<tbody>
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	<h2>Views, Dialogs and Toolbar </h2>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="new-message-dialog"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=552909 -->
	<td class="title">New clean message dialog api</td>
	<td class="content">
	A new API in the class PlainMessageDialog is introduced. It uses a builder pattern to create an immutable instance of PlainMessageDialog. It has a clean API and consists of methods for e.g. the button labels, the message and the image.
	<p>Example Usage:<br />
	<code>int answer = PlainMessageDialog.getBuilder(myShell, "The new dialog").image(SWT.ICON_Question).message("Like it?").buttLabels(Arrays.asList(IDialogConstants.YES_LABEL, IDialogConstants.NO_LABEL)).build().open();</code>
	</p>
	<p>
	<img src="images/plain_message_dialog_usage.png" alt=""/>
	</p>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="persist-accepted-licences"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574622 -->
	<td class="title">Accepted licenses remembered permanently</td>
	<td class="content">
	Before accepted licenses were only remembered during runtime and not persisted between restarts.
	The user selection of accepted licenses is now persisted between restarts.
	</td>
	</tr>

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	<!-- ***************** Themes and Styling *********************************** -->
	<tr>
	<td id="StylingThemes" class="section" colspan="2">
	<h2>Themes and Styling </h2>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="new-close-icon"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=501491 -->
	<td class="title">New close icon on tabs</td>
	<td class="content">
	The drawing of the close icon of tabs has been updated to align better with the operating system.
	<p>
	Old:
	</p>
	<p>
	<img src="images/old-light-x.png" alt=""/>
	</p>
	<p>
	<img src="images/old-dark-x.png" alt=""/>
	</p>

	<p>
	New:
	</p>
	<p>
	<img src="images/new-light-x.png" alt=""/>
	</p>
	<p>
	<img src="images/new-dark-x.png" alt=""/>
	</p>

	</td>


	</tr>
	<tr id="eclipse-win-dark-themed-tooltips"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574685 -->
	<td class="title">Eclipse Windows now supports dark-theme tool-tips</td>
	<td class="content">
	Eclipse on Windows now support dark-theme tool-tips.
	Refer below screens-shot which show various tool-tips@dark-theme:
	<img src="images/swt-win-darkthemed-tooltips.png" alt=""/>
	</td>
	</tr>
	<!-- ***************** End of Themes and Styling *********************************** -->

	<!-- ***************** General Updates *********************************** -->
	<tr>
	<td id="GeneralUpdates" class="section" colspan="2">
	<h2>General Updates </h2>
	</td>
	</tr>
	<tr id="new-griddatafactory-method"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=548829 -->
	<td class="title">New method <code>create(int style)</code> in GridDataFactory</td>
	<td class="content">
	GridDataFactory contains a new static method <code>create(int style)</code> which returns a new GridDataFactory instance.<br />
	This method is similar to <code>new GridData(int style)</code>.
	</td>
	</tr>
	<tr id="swt-java11"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574702 -->
	<td class="title">Minimum Java version for SWT</td>
	<td class="content">
	SWT now requires minimum Java 11 to run SWT.
	</td>
	</tr>
	<tr id="ant-version-upgrade"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574832 -->
	<td class="title"><a href="#ant-version-upgrade">Ant 1.10.11</a></td>
	<td class="content">
	Eclipse has adopted Ant version 1.10.11.
	</td>
	</tr>

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