--- title: "Syncfusion Essential Studio® 2023 Volume 2 Is Here!" published_at: "2023-06-20T06:34:20+00:00" modified_at: "2025-01-15T05:25:52+00:00" url: "https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/essential-studio-2023-volume-2" excerpt: "This blog explains the new features and controls introduced in the Syncfusion Essential Studio 2023 Volume 2 release." taxonomy_category: - "Essential Studio" - "Mobile" - "Syncfusion" - "Web" - "What's new" taxonomy_post_tag: - "desktop" - "Mobile" - "Syncfusion" - "Web Development" - "What's New" --- # Syncfusion Essential Studio® 2023 Volume 2 Is Here! [Rajeshwari P](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/author/rajeshwari-pandinagarajan) ![Syncfusion Essential Studio 2023 Volume 2 Is Here!](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Syncfusion-Essential-Studio-2023-Volume-2-Is-Here.png) [Syncfusion](https://www.syncfusion.com/) is thrilled to roll out the second major release of the year: [Essential Studio® 2023 Volume 2](https://www.syncfusion.com/forums/183035/essential-studio-2023-volume-2-main-release-v22-1-34-is-available-for-download) . This release is packed with highly demanded, exciting new controls and features on all platforms. All the bug fixes completed before the code freeze are also included. Here’s a brief description of the major highlights for each platform. ## .NET MAUI - The following five new controls are now included in our [.NET MAUI](https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls) suite in preview mode: - [Accordion](https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls/maui-accordion) - [Chips (with chip group)](https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls/maui-chips) - [Expander](https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls/maui-expander) - [Image Editor](https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls/maui-image-editor) - [Numeric Entry (with NumericUpDown)](https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls/maui-numeric-entry) - The Accordion control offers a vertically collapsible panel with stacked headers, allowing the simultaneous expansion or collapse of one or multiple items. - The Chips control is used to present information in an interactive and customizable layout. It arranges multiple chips in a user-preferred layout and groups them so end users can make selections. - The Expander is a layout control capable of loading any UI view in the header and content sections. Users can effortlessly expand or collapse the control by simply tapping the header. - The Image Editor is used to crop, flip, rotate, and annotate images with freehand drawings and built-in shapes. - The Numeric Entry is an advanced version of the Entry control that restricts input to numeric values. It also provides a gesture-friendly UI and can be configured to display different formats like currency and scientific symbols. - Now, all Syncfusion .NET MAUI controls come with **ToolBox support** for**Visual Studio 2022** (Windows). This new feature allows users to effortlessly drag and drop controls from the ToolBox directly into XAML files, simplifying the process of adding and configuring controls in .NET MAUI applications. - The Cartesian Charts control now supports six new chart types: step line, step area, 100% stacked column, range area, candle, and OHLC charts. - The following controls are marked as production-ready in this release: - [Masked Entry](https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls/maui-masked-entry) - [Popup](https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls/maui-popup) - [Shimmer](https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls/maui-shimmer) ## Flutter - The [Flutter PDF Viewer](https://www.syncfusion.com/flutter-widgets/flutter-pdf-viewer) offers the following new features: - Customizable page loading indicator visibility. - Default width fitting for page loading (Windows, web). - Form-filling capability. - The [Flutter DataGrid](https://www.syncfusion.com/flutter-widgets/flutter-datagrid) now supports the following new features: - Drag and drop to reorder columns in the grid. - Showing the filter icon when the mouse hovers over column headers. - Hiding scroll bars from the grid view. - Setting a key property in the grid row to determine whether the row is present in the current widget tree or not during widget testing. ## Xamarin - The [Xamarin.Forms PDF Viewer](https://www.syncfusion.com/xamarin-ui-controls/xamarin-pdf-viewer) control now supports: - Customizing the error dialog displayed while loading a corrupted document. - Multipage ink annotation support. - The [Xamarin.iOS TreeView](https://www.syncfusion.com/xamarin-ios-ui-controls/treeview) control supports customizing the height of items. ## Blazor - The newly introduced [Blazor Image Editor](https://www.syncfusion.com/blazor-components/blazor-image-editor) component supports editing and manipulating images directly within Blazor applications. - The [next generation of PDF Viewer](https://blazor.syncfusion.com/documentation/pdfviewer-2/getting-started/features) now allows users to view, edit, print, and download PDF files without web service dependency in Blazor apps. - The new Range step area chart type added in the [Cartesian Charts](https://www.syncfusion.com/blazor-components/blazor-charts) is used to visualize the difference between minimum and maximum values over a certain period. - Material 3 theme support is added for Syncfusion [Blazor](https://www.syncfusion.com/blazor-components) components to provide a modern and visually appealing user interface. - The [Diagram component](https://www.syncfusion.com/blazor-components/blazor-diagram) now supports freehand drawing that allows users to draw freeform curves (splines) on the diagram page. - The [File Manager](https://www.syncfusion.com/blazor-components/blazor-file-manager) now supports virtual scrolling for detailed and large-icon views to enhance performance when initially loading files and folders. - The resource view in the [Gantt](https://www.syncfusion.com/blazor-components/blazor-gantt-chart) component helps visualize tasks assigned to each resource in a hierarchical manner. ## Essential JS 2 - Material 3 theme support has been added with light and dark variants to all [Syncfusion EJ2 platforms](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls) . - The following controls have been developed to meet industry standards. They are now marked as production-ready controls for Essential JS 2: - [Image Editor](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-image-editor) - [Skeleton](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-skeleton) - The [Carousel](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-carousel) component now supports: - Swipe or drag gestures to change slides in the carousel. - Indicator customization options, such as dynamic, progress, and fraction. - The [Charts](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-charts) component supports the following new features: - Customizing the chart’s title position, scroll bar, and Pareto axis and line. - Cross-shaped markers to the data points. - A zoom toolbar with zoom-in and zoom-out options. - The [DatePicker](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-datepicker) , [DateRangePicker](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-daterangepicker) , and [DateTime Picker](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-datetime-picker) controls now have full-screen view support for mobile devices. - The [Diagram](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-diagram) component allows users to create mind maps using a vertical layout. - The [Kanban](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-kanban-board) control supports a virtual scrolling feature to effortlessly navigate through large amounts of data with ease. - The [DataGrid](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-data-grid) control has the following new features: - Preserving an expand or collapse state of grouped rows even when manipulating the grid’s data. - A drag-and-drop feature to rearrange rows that are organized into groups. - Responsive pager support to deliver an optimal viewing experience. - The [Rich Text Editor](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-wysiwyg-rich-text-editor) component includes a format painter and emoji picker. - The [Scheduler](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-scheduler) provides recurrence end-type customization, allowing users to tailor the recurrence editor to their unique needs and preferences. - You can now render [Range Sliders](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-range-slider) in reverse orientation, ranging from 100 to 1. With this feature, users can set a maximum value that is less than the minimum value. This feature is available for all ranges and numeric sliders. - [Stock Charts](https://www.syncfusion.com/javascript-ui-controls/js-stock-chart) can display tooltips that move along with the cursor as it is being moved. ## WinUI - A ribbon toggle button component has been included for the [WinUI Ribbon](https://www.syncfusion.com/winui-controls/ribbon) control. It adapts to normal, simplified, and overflow layouts. ## WPF - The [Diagram](https://www.syncfusion.com/wpf-controls/diagram) control supports moving annotations using the keyboard arrow keys. - The [PDF Viewer](https://www.syncfusion.com/wpf-controls/pdf-viewer) will now allow users to cut, copy, and paste annotations (free text, shape, ink, stamp, and sticky) from one page to another within a PDF. This feature also supports copying and pasting the same annotation to multiple pages simultaneously. This saves a lot of time, especially when annotating a large PDF file. - [Syntax Editor](https://www.syncfusion.com/wpf-controls/syntax-editor) ’s user experience has been enhanced with appealing new themes. ## WinForms - Validation support is added for the CheckBox column in [WinForms DataGrid](https://www.syncfusion.com/winforms-ui-controls/datagrid) . - Tooltip support for [DateTimePicker](https://www.syncfusion.com/winforms-ui-controls/datetimepicker) allows users to display more information and valuable hints when the pointer hovers over the control. - The [Diagram](https://www.syncfusion.com/winforms-ui-controls/diagram) control has improved connector routing. ## Document processing libraries ### .NET PDF Library - The Syncfusion [.NET PDF Library](https://www.syncfusion.com/document-processing/pdf-framework/net) is updated with the following enhancements to create and validate PDF digital signatures. - Improved standard of LTV-enabled signatures to pass a wide range of signature standards. - An API to specify revocation type while signing a PDF with long-term validation (LTV). - Functionalities to retrieve revocation details from a PDF. - An API to get the revision of a digital signature from a PDF. - The **System.**** Drawing** dependency has been replaced with ** Skiasharp**, so now you can use the following features in Blazor WASM and Xamarin.Forms: - Compress PDF documents. - Redact the content of the PDF. - TIFF to PDF conversion. - Remove images in a PDF. - Extract images in a PDF. - Support to find and extract right-to-left (RTL) orientation text from a PDF. ### .NET Excel Library The [.NET Excel Library](https://www.syncfusion.com/document-processing/excel-framework/net) now supports linear and radial gradient fill styles for cells and charts in Excel-to-image conversion. With this feature, the gradient fill applied in an Excel document can be preserved in the resultant image. ### .NET Word Library The Syncfusion [Word Library](https://www.syncfusion.com/document-processing/word-framework/net) (DocIO) has been enhanced to improve the efficiency of converting Word documents to PDF files. These enhancements include: - Improved rendering of rotated shapes with horizontal and vertical alignment in an input Word document. - Improved justification algorithm to align the last line of paragraphs in Word-to-PDF conversion. ### .NET PowerPoint Library - The Syncfusion [PowerPoint Library](https://www.syncfusion.com/document-processing/powerpoint-framework/net) (Presentation) now supports the **find** functionality using regular expressions (regex). Users can find a text pattern in all PowerPoint slides or a specific slide and replace or highlight it. - The PowerPoint-to-PDF conversion has been enhanced to improve the rendering of colors from theme overrides in an input PowerPoint presentation. ## Conclusion Thanks for reading! The features listed here are just some of the highlights of our [Essential Studio® 2023 Volume 2](https://www.syncfusion.com/forums/183035/essential-studio-2023-volume-2-main-release-v22-1-34-is-available-for-download) release. You can check out all the features in our [Release Notes](https://help.syncfusion.com/common/essential-studio/release-notes/v22.1.34) and the [What’s New](https://www.syncfusion.com/products/whatsnew) pages. Try out these features and share your feedback as comments on this blog. You can also reach us through our [support forums](https://www.syncfusion.com/forums) , [support portal](https://support.syncfusion.com/) , or [feedback portal](https://www.syncfusion.com/feedback/) . ## Related blogs - [Welcome Back, Microsoft Build](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/welcome-back-microsoft-build.aspx) - [Syncfusion Receives 41 G2 Badges—Spring 2023](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/syncfusion-receives-41-g2-badges-spring-2023.aspx) - [Syncfusion Receives 2023 ComponentSource Awards](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/syncfusion-receives-2023-componentsource-awards.aspx) - [Essential Studio® is Now SOC 2® Type 2 Compliance Certified!](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/soc-2-type-2-compliance-for-essential-studio.aspx)