Release notes version 5.0.0 (beta)
Changes between Toolkit 4 and Toolkit 5.
General
- Google Web Toolkit integration: Create new or customize existing components using plain Java.
- New default theme: Enhanced look and feel of existing applications.
Client-side Enhancements
- API enhancements
- Most theming actions are now easier to do through CSS changes
New layouting API
- Spacing between components
- Alignments configuring
- Margins configuring
- Layout size configuring
Server-side enhancements
- Multiple different stateful views to same application
- Enhanced file uploading and full streaming/monitoring support
Performance enhancements
- Easier client-side optimizations through GWT
- Initial launch of application has lower bandwidth requirements (100kb)
- File uploading uses less memory resources
- Client-side component caching
New Components
- ExpandLayout
- SplitPanel
- Slider
- Notification
- RichTextEditor
- EntryCalendar
Known issues in 5.0.0 (beta)
Abbreviations: IE = Internet Explorer, FF = Firefox, SA = Safari, OP = Opera
Table component makes extra requests when disabling/enabling the table (FF only)
Window: moving / dragging windows should be more usable
Embedded / Window: embedded (Flash) are rendered through window
Panel: setComponentError, setIcon, setDescription do not work
Select: setEnabled(false) still can be edited
TabSheet: container area width is different to tabs
setReadOnly(true): issues on multiple components
Tabsheet: setComponentError, setIcon, setDescription do not work
Calendar: jumpy, buttons change position
Select has thin red lines (other widgets are seen through)
Window / RichTextArea: whole scrolls / jumps up when bold is clicked
Session: When server is restarted, application hangs (Safari)
RichTextEditor: setEnabled(false) still can be edited
SplitPanel: implement spacing
Form two-columns GridLayout breaks captions.
Add setMaxLength() to TextField
Cancelling (big) uploads should be possible
(Sub-) Window closing should be possible
QueryContainer must implement Sortable
QueryContainer should implement Container.Filterable
QueryContainer should support preparedstatements-type API
Creating minimized/optimized widgetset still contains default theme (css files)
Select: when opening selection div it always starts from top even though currently selected value is elsewhere
Window resize: if mouse hits scrollbar when dragging, cursor dragging state is lost on (SA)
Tree don't support icons
Container.Hierarchical.setParent() should be setItemParent() (etc)
CustomComponent: setVisible(false) does not hide it, setEnabled(false) does not disable it
RichTextArea performance issues (FF)
RichTextArea extra scrollbars issues on some layouts (SA)
DateField.setLocale floods to other components aswell
Table column selector div may be positioned randomly wrong (IE)
Error message in Button is not shown (FF)
Calendar: date selection is not closable (IE6)