2024 Volume 1 for JavaScript delivers powerful new Circular 3D Charts, Timeline, and Text Area components; multiple improvements for DataGrid; and mentions and resolved-state indicators in comments in Word Processor.
The following controls have been added for Essential JS 2:
The following controls have been developed to meet industry standards. They are now marked as production-ready controls in Essential JS 2:
The JavaScript 3D Circular Charts provide a graphical representation of data in three dimensions, with each slice’s size indicating its proportion relative to the entire dataset. Unlike traditional 2D charts, 3D charts add depth to visualization, providing a better understanding of data patterns.
The TextArea is a fundamental input element in web development that allows users to input multiple lines of text within a designated area, such as comments, messages, or other lengthy content. This control is an extended version of the HTML text area element, featuring clear icons, a floating label, various sizing options, validation states, and more.
The Essential JS 2 Timeline control enables users to display a series of data in chronological order, providing a visually compelling and user-friendly experience. This showcases user activities, tracking progress, narrating historical timelines, and more.
This feature lets users specify the dash array for all types of strip lines’ border, including vertical, horizontal, and segmented, in the chart.
Allows multiple users to work on the same document simultaneously. This can be done in real time, so that collaborators can see the changes as they are made. Collaborative editing can be a great way to improve efficiency, as it allows team members to work together on a document without having to wait for others to finish their changes.
The Word Processor now supports saving the document as a Word Template (DOTX). DOTX files are template files used in Microsoft Word to create documents with predefined formatting and styles. They serve as valuable tools for maintaining consistency, efficiency, and branding in document creation. They provide users with a standardized framework for creating professional-looking documents while saving time and effort in the process.
The color picker used in the Word Processor can now be customized to its default appearance or palette mode, or it can show a mode switcher between the picker and palette.
The mention feature allows users to mention others using ‘@’, enabling them to easily collaborate, enhance communication, effectively draw attention, seek input, and acknowledge contributors.
The comment resolved state has undergone enhancements aimed at improving user interaction and comprehension within the interface. These improvements entail the implementation of visual markers that signify the resolution status of comments.
The change case functionality allows users to quickly change the capitalization of the selected text without having to retype it. This feature is particularly useful for conforming text to specific style requirements.
The Word Processor component now supports navigating the document using headings. If heading styles are applied to the document, those headings will appear in the navigation pane.
When AutoComplete, ComboBox, DropDown List, and MultiSelect Dropdown controls are bound to a dataset of objects, their values will be objects of the same type.
Custom sorting support is provided in File Manager.This feature allows users to override the standard sorting mechanism, tailoring it to suit specific application requirements.
Users can easily revert or reapply changes made to the Gantt Chart. This feature will track changes in task scheduling, resource allocation, and other modifications, allowing a quick correction of mistakes and refinement of project plans. Find the demo link here.
Visualize multiple child tasks within parent rows, even when records are collapsed, streamlining navigation and enhancing project understanding. Find the demo link here.
Enhanced the PDF exporting feature to support various templates, including header, taskbar, and label templates for left and right labels. This enhancement will enable users to customize the appearance and layout of the exported PDF.
This feature helps users to horizontally merge adjacent cells (column spanning) and extend this merging capability across multiple rows (row spanning) even when the frozen rows and columns feature is enabled in the grid. This enables the creation of a visually appealing and informative layout. Find the demo link for column spanning and row spanning with frozen rows and columns.
Along with the traditional infinite scrolling feature, the new enhancements include compatibility with row drag and drop and column virtualization. Find the demo link here.
The grid content always presents an empty “Add New Row” edit form during initialization, simplifying the process of adding a new record. Additionally, users can display the “Add New Row” at the top or bottom of the grid. After completing the form, press enter to add the record, facilitating a seamless process to add successive records. Find the demo link here.
Tooltips and tooltip templates can be displayed for polygon shapes. Tooltip templates can include custom items such as images, text, and HTML elements.
The virtual scrolling support for the MultiSelect Dropdown enables users to navigate large lists of options efficiently without the need to load all the items at once. This feature enhances the user experience for applications with long lists of options.
We are excited to unveil the latest enhancement to our PDF Viewer: the Organize Pages feature. Now, managing PDF documents is easier and more intuitive than ever before. Here’s what this powerful new feature can do:
Rotate pages: Need to adjust the orientation of a page? No problem! With this, you can rotate pages clockwise and counter-clockwise with just a few clicks, ensuring your document looks exactly the way you want.
Insert new pages: Seamlessly integrate additional content into your PDF document by adding new pages wherever needed. Whether it is adding a new section or including supplementary material, inserting pages has never been easier.
Delete pages: Streamline the document management process by removing unnecessary pages easily. Select the pages to be deleted, and with a click, they are gone, helping you keep PDFs tidy and organized.
Users can personalize the context menus on PDF pages, annotations, and form fields. This feature allows users to add new menus above or below the existing ones, while also providing the option to hide default menus.
This support allows the pivot table to render only the rows and columns that are relevant to the current view page when virtual scrolling is enabled. This optimization significantly improves the performance of the pivot table during initial rendering and when performing UI actions such as drilling up/down, sorting, filtering, and more.
Enables users to sort individual measures and their aggregated values in the OLAP cube linked pivot table in ascending and descending order. It can be performed through code-behind or UI action by directly clicking the value header present on the pivot table’s row or column axis.
To improve the query functionality, the Query Builder has been expanded to accommodate query types, including Mongo, parameterized SQL, and named parameter SQL. Users can seamlessly import these queries into the Query Builder for enhanced versatility.
The lock option is available for rules as well as groups. When a rule is locked, the field, operator, and value will be disabled. When a group is locked, all the elements within the group will be disabled.
The clone option is available for rules and groups. It will create an exact replica of a rule or group next to the original.
In addition to the existing built-in items, a new item, gallery, has been added to the Ribbon control. It allows users to perform specific actions by displaying a collection of related items, including icons, content, or images.
This feature allows users to display the ribbon tabs on demand based on their needs. Similar to the normal ribbon tabs, it supports adding all built-in and custom ribbon items to execute specific actions.
This feature enables users to quickly access the tabs or ribbon items by using defined unique key tips (up to 3 characters). To show the KeyTips, press Alt + Windows/Command keys, and close or traverse back by pressing the Esc key.
The Spreadsheet now recognizes the culture-based argument separator in the formula. For example, Excel files use semicolons (‘;’) as argument separators for formulas instead of commas (‘,’) in the German culture.
Now, Spreadsheet allows users to pass numeric values with culture-based decimal separators as arguments to formulas.