Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.rc2

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.rc2 is a release candidate version for evaluating the enhancements mentioned below.

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.rc2 Enhancements and Fixes

Miscellaneous

• Support context click events in Tree
• The height of a Tree can be set
• Most methods of Composite now delegate to the contained component
• Grid ComponentRenderer cells have a style name for customisation
• Allow null components in ComponentRenderer
• Add some modification operations to TreeData
• OSGi whiteboard use clean-up and fixes
• Current request and response are available from Vaadin(Servlet)Request/Response
• Minor opening up of API, documentation fixes and improvements etc.

Fixes

• Fixed adding items on blur in ComboBox
• Icon alignment fix for ComboBox
• TreeGrid getHierarchyColumn fixed
• Grid default header fixes (merging cells, components in header etc.)

For the list of new features in Vaadin Framework 8.1, see the release notes for 8.1.0.rc2.

See complete list of changes since 8.1.0.rc1

See complete list of changes since 8.0.7

Vaadin Framework 8.0.7

Vaadin Framework 8.0.6 is a maintenance release with the following fixes:

• CheckBox focus fixed in Firefox
• ServiceDestroyListeners are now properly removed
• DataProvider back-end sorting is now returned as unmodifiable list
• ComboBox filter is now cleared correctly
• Clearing Binder fields now also removes errors
• Binder.bindInstanceFields now only throws if there are no bindings at all
• Empty selection caption is now displayed in ComboBox text box
• Grid sort order set from server is now visible in client

See complete list of changes since 8.0.6

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.rc1

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.rc1 is a release candidate version for evaluating the enhancements mentioned below.

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.rc1 Enhancements and Fixes

Grid API

• Add presentation value providers for Grid
• Add editor open event to Grid Editor
• Map column components by id

Tree and TreeGrid API

• Add isExpanded() method to Tree and TreeGrid
• Add mouse event details to Tree.ItemClick
• Create drag source and drop target extensions for tree grid

Miscellaneous

• Add an optional HasValue to a ValueContext
• Add multiple styles handling to Component
• Add isUserOriginated to SelectedTabChangeEvent
• Make it optional to implement enter() in Views
• Provide old value of position in SplitPositionChangeEvent
• Add internal state validators for HasValue
• Add acceptance criteria API for HTML5 drag and drop

Breaking changes

• Use ZoneId rather than ZoneOffset for conversion
• Minor changes in DataCommunicator, DataKeyMapper and KeyMapper APIs
• Valo link and (native) button styles are no longer global

Fixes

• Fix bookkeeping assertion error in TreeDataProvider
• Fix TreeData item removal
• Miscellaneous small fixes, documentation and javadoc improvements

For the list of new features in Vaadin Framework 8.1, see the release notes for 8.1.0.rc1.

See complete list of changes since 8.1.0.beta3

See complete list of changes since 8.0.6

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.beta3

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.beta3 is a pre-release version for evaluating the enhancements mentioned below. With subsequent beta releases we may change things based on your feedback, and that may lead to API breaking changes.

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.beta3 Fixes and Enhancements

Enhancements

• Add View.beforeLeave to support delayed navigation
• Enable row height and content mode settings for Tree (#9540)
• Load the debug window implementation asynchronously for smaller widgetset download (#9026)

Fixes

• Fix displaying Grid sort order set from server (#9530)
• Fix performance regression of TreeGrid with many columns
• Miscellaneous small fixes, documentation and javadoc improvements

For the list of new features in Vaadin Framework 8.1, see the release notes for 8.1.0.beta1.

See complete list of changes since 8.1.0.beta2

See complete list of changes since 8.0.6

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.beta2

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.beta2 is a pre-release version for evaluating the enhancements mentioned below. With subsequent beta releases we may change things based on your feedback, and that may lead to API breaking changes.

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.beta2 Fixes and Enhancements

Enhancements

• Allow grid columns to optionally shrink to be narrower than contents
• Add support for Views which are not components
• Add pluggable connector id generator support
• Add methods for setting the date as an ISO value for date fields
• Make component iterators unmodifiable
• Make TreeData.getChildren() return value immutable (#9455)
• Add mouse event details to the drop event (#9485)
• Add handler for row height changing in Grid
• Add getStateParameterMap to Navigator to get parameters as a map (#9517)
• Make view parameter map available in ViewChangeEvent (#9529)

Fixes

• Rewrite HierarchyMapper to consistently handle changes
• Fix OOM for broken upload request
• Make dirty connector handling more deterministic (#9396)
• Throw exception if user modifies same binding step twice
• Find active connector anywhere in the DOM (#9429)
• Add new artifacts to vaadin-all ZIP
• Mark valo $v-textfield-background-color--readonly as default (#9458)
• Show empty selection caption in ComboBox (#9468)
• Allow changing the renderer of hierarchy column in TreeGrid (#9514)
• Only throw from Binder.bindInstanceFields if there are no bindings at all
• Miscellaneous small fixes, logging, documentation and javadoc improvements

For the list of new features in Vaadin Framework 8.1, see the release notes for 8.1.0.beta1.

See complete list of changes since 8.1.0.beta1

See complete list of changes since 8.0.6

Vaadin Framework 7.7.10

Vaadin Framework 7.7.10 is a maintenance release with the following fixes:

• Unnecessary warning from actions for hidden/disabled components (#6951)
• Navigator.init(UI ui, NavigationStateManager stateManager, ViewDisplay display) should unregister default UriFragmentManager from Page object before setting the new one (#9406)
• Clean connector tracker after each access block to stop memory leaks (#9331)

See complete list of changes since 7.7.9

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.beta1

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.beta1 is a pre-release version for evaluating the enhancements mentioned below. With subsequent beta releases we may change things based on your feedback, and that may lead to API breaking changes.

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0 New Features

New Components: TreeGrid and Tree

• Show hierarchical data in your UI
• Replaces V7 Tree and TreeTable
• Samples
• Documentation
  • TreeGrid
  • Tree
  • HierarchicalDataProvider

Components in Grid

• Using ComponentRenderer you can have any component in a grid's cell
• Sample
• Documentation (scroll down for ComponentRenderer)

Grid Drag and Drop

• Dragging of rows and dropping data in between or on top of rows
• Sample
• Documentation

HTML5 Drag and Drop Support

• Any component can be made a drag source or drop target with the DragSourceExtension and DropTargetExtension
• Component DnD Sample
• FileDropTarget Sample
• Documentation

OSGi and Liferay 7 Support

• OGSi support documentation
• OGSi portlet documentation
• Simplify OSGi manifest generation
• Make standard static resources available in OSGi
• Support a custom theme with OSGi
• Support a custom widgetset with OSGi

Additional Enhancements:

• LocalDateRender and LocalDateTimeRenderer
• Programmatically set Grid’s row height
• Content mode for TabSheet.Tab description
• Using textContent instead of innerText for Grid TextRenderer (optimization)
• Binder and BeanValidationBinder now support nested bean properties
• Composite component for wrapping a component without an extra DOM element.
• Warranty fix for row selection in Grid when using overridden getId()
• Many other fixes

See complete list of changes since 8.1.0.alpha8

See complete list of changes since 8.0.6

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.alpha8

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.alpha8 is a pre-release version for evaluating the enhancements mentioned below. With subsequent alpha releases we will change things based on your feedback, and that may lead to API breaking changes.

Notable Changes Since Alpha7:

Improvements to HTML5 Drag and Drop support

• All DnD extension, event and listener classes have been moved
  • com.vaadin.event.dnd.* classes are moved to com.vaadin.ui.dnd and com.vaadin.ui.dnd.event
  • com.vaadin.event.dnd.grid.* classed and GridDragSource & GridDropTarget are moved to com.vaadin.ui.components.grid
• Support drag and drop on touch devices Documentation, Sample
• Added support for any data transfer type for all drag sources and drop targets
  • previously only supported text because IE11 only supports that
• Added FileDropTarget Documentation, Sample
• Various fixes and small enhancements

Changes Based on API Review

• Renamed several methods and classes for new features in 8.1, including
  • HierarchyData -> TreeData, InMemoryHierarchicalDataProvider -> TreeDataProvider

Several Enhancements and Fixes for:

• HTML5 Drag-n-Drop
• TreeGrid component
• Tree component
• Miscellaneous fixes

See complete list of changes since 8.1.0.alpha7

For full list of new features in 8.1, please see the previous alpha versions' release notes.

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.alpha7

Vaadin Framework 8.1.0.alpha7 is a pre-release version for evaluating the enhancements mentioned below. With subsequent alpha releases we will change things based on your feedback, and that may lead to API breaking changes.

Notable Changes Since Alpha6:

OSGi and Liferay 7 support

• GAE servlet is moved to a separate artifact
• Simplify OSGi manifest generation
• Make standard static resources available in OSGi
• Support a custom theme with OSGi
• Support a custom widgetset with OSGi
• vaadin-archetype-liferay-portlet artifact updated
• Documentation

Numerous Enhancements and Fixes for:

• Grid component
• TreeGrid component
• Tree component
• HTML5 Drag-n-Drop
• Static resources loading

See complete list of changes since 8.1.0.alpha6

For full list of new features in 8.1, please see the previous alpha versions' release notes.

Vaadin Framework 8.0.6

Vaadin Framework 8.0.6 is a maintenance release with the following fixes:

• Grid with HeightMode.UNDEFINED now works correctly (#9020)
• Grid Editor saves changes when pressing Enter (#8945)
• Ported Grid memory leak fix from Vaadin Framework 7.7.9 (#7633)
• ListSelect style names are applied correctly (#9005)
• Dependency versions updated for GWT and TestBench
• Small fixes and improvements, see changes for details

See complete list of changes since 8.0.5