Essential Studio User Interface Edition
2012 Road Map Volume 2

Essential Gauge for ASP.NET MVC
Sub-gauge and numeric indicator Allows sub-gauges and numeric indicators to be embedded inside a gauge.
Essential Schedule for ASP.NET MVC
Customize timeline view Supports customization of the schedule timeline view.
All-day appointments Allows a single appointment to occupy an entire day in a schedule.
Localization support Allows the schedule UI to feature different languages.
Custom CSS support Allows the schedule appearance to be customized with custom CSS.
Appointment and remainder highlights Changes the background color of the date picker for the days remaining until an appointment begins.
Appearance customization Enables appointment appearances to be customized.
Essential Gauge for Mobile MVC
Sub-gauge and numeric indicators Allows sub-gauges and numeric indicators to be embedded inside a gauge.
Essential Grid for Mobile MVC
Filtering support Allows grid records to be filtered.
Essential Tools for Mobile MVC
Time picker Implements a time picker so specific times can be selected.
Waiting pop-up Implements a pop-up shape or text to show that a task is in progress.
Check box Implements a check box for selecting items.
AutoComplete text box Adds the AutoComplete feature to a text box to provide suggestions to the user.
Scroll panel improvements Improves the performance and functionality of the ScrollPanel control.
Essential Diagram for WPF
Zooming based on mouse position Enables zoom actions to occur relative to the mouse position instead of the diagram origin.
Smooth zooming and panning Enhances zooming and panning to operate smoothly with a simulated inertia effect.
Port visibility Enables options to control the visibility of connection ports.
Add connection ports at run time Allows the addition of connection ports to nodes through mouse and keyboard operations.
Essential Gantt for WPF
Zooming support Allows users to zoom in the chart area with the schedule scale adjusting accordingly.
Essential Grid for WPF
DataTemplate support in GridTree control header style Allows the DataTemplate class to be used in formatting header styles in the GridTree control.
Serialization support Allows serialization of the GridTree control.
New property and event Implements the SelectedRows property and the SelectionChanged event.
Update-mode property Implements an update-mode property for the GridTree control.
Excel-like filtering Implements Excel-like filtering in the GridData control.
Column chooser Adds the column chooser feature to the GridTree control to allow management of visible columns.
Complex-property binding Allows complex properties to be bound to the GridTree control.
Zooming function Allows zooming in and out of the Grid control.
Essential Spreadsheet for WPF
Read-only mode and header visibility Enables spreadsheets to be set as read-only, and row and column header visibility to be toggled.
Copy and paste for relative references Enables relative formula references to be copied and pasted.
Zooming Allows zooming in and out of the Spreadsheet control.
Essential Tools for WPF
Native float window Implements a native float window in the docking manager.
Ribbon Implements pin/unpin functionality in a backstage-type ribbon menu similar to the Recent tab in MS Word 2010.
Adorner customization in TreeView Enables the drag adorner in the TreeView control to be customized.
Busy indicator Implements a busy indicator for ongoing processes.
Transparent theme Adds a “Transparent” theme to the skin manager.
Essential Chart for Silverlight
Interactive cursor customization Allows the appearance of the interactive cursor to be customized.
Range highlight and selection Enables a chart range to be selected, highlighted, or both.
Data point highlight and selection Enables a data point to be selected, highlighted, or both.
Multiple pie chart Allows multiple pie charts in a single chart area.
Multicolor segments Allows various colors to be applied to chart segments.
Legend visibility Allows chart legend elements to be hidden, visible, or collapsed.
Panning support Allows users to navigate the chart area through panning operations.
Scale break support Allows a chart scale to feature a break to include outlying data.
Empty points Enables charts to feature empty data points.
Sorting support Allows chart data to be sorted.
Footer support Enables a footer to be added to a chart area.
Tick customization Provides properties to customize the stroke and length of tick lines.
Axis label positioning Allows the position of axis labels to be customized.
Watermark support Enables chart areas to feature a text or image watermark.
Alternative grid background Provides different gridline options for the background of the chart area.
Statistical and utility functions Allows users to calculate basic statistical functions such as mean, median, standard deviation, etc., and utility functions such as normal and t-cumulative distributions.
Sparkline support Implements small-sized, high-data-density information graphics.
TimeLine control Allows users to navigate chart data by selecting specific time frames to be displayed in a chart.
Sync chart areas Allows multiple chart areas to be aligned on a single primary axis.
Customizing multiple areas Implements the AreasPanel property to allow layout customization for multiple chart areas.
Essential Diagram for Silverlight
Zooming based on mouse position Zoom actions will occur relative to the mouse position instead of the diagram origin.
Smooth zooming and panning Enhances zooming and panning to operate smoothly with a simulated inertia effect.
Port visibility Enables options to control the visibility of connection ports.
Adding connection ports at run time Allows the addition of connection ports to nodes through mouse and keyboard operations.
Custom decorator shapes Provides an option to define any path for a decorator shape.
Essential Gantt for Silverlight
Zoom support Allows users to zoom in the chart area with the schedule scale adjusting accordingly.
Essential Grid for Silverlight
DataTemplate support in GridTree control header style Allows the use of the DataTemplate class in formatting header styles in the GridTree control.
Serialization support Allows serialization of the GridTree control.
New property and event Implements the SelectedRows property and the SelectionChanged event.
GridTree style manager Supports the customization of the appearance and styles of the GridTree control with Microsoft Expression Blend 4.
Column chooser Adds the column chooser feature to the GridTree control to allow management of visible columns.
Complex-property binding Allows complex-property binding in the GridTree control.
Zooming function Provides support for zooming in and out.
Essential Spreadsheet for Silverlight
Read-only mode and header visibility Enables spreadsheets to be set as read-only, and row and column header visibility to be toggled.
Copy and paste for relative references Enables relative formula references to be copied and pasted.
Essential Tools for Silverlight
New skin Adds a “Transparent” theme to the skin manager.
Scrolling in context menu Enables scrolling support in the ContextMenuAdv control.
TreeView virtualization Enables virtualization in the TreeView control.
Essential Chart for Windows Forms
EPS chart enhancements Allows chart text in EPS images to be edited and implements support for a gradient style.
Interactive cursor for chart area Implements the interactive cursor feature for the chart area to show values where the cursor and data series intersect.
Essential Grid for Windows Forms
PivotGrid control Implements an interactive pivot grid for cross-tabulating and managing data.
Essential Chart for Windows Phone
Negative axis Enables a negative axis to be implemented in a chart to allow positive and negative values to be plotted together.
Essential Tools for Windows Phone
Localization support Allows Essential Tools for Windows Phone controls to be adapted to any language.
Toolbar improvements Adds orientation options and docking support to the Toolbar control.
Rich-text editor Provides a rich-text editor control for WYSIWYG editing.
Mask-edit text box Provides a mask-edit text box control for collecting user input.
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