Road Map for Essential Studio for WPF

New components

We are planning to add the following new component:

• Text Input Layout: This component adds decorative elements such as floating and assistive labels and icons on top of the framework’s TextBox.

Chart

Stacked line and 100% stacked line charts

The new stacked line and 100% stacked line series in WPF Charts allow users to visualize different series stacked together to show a cumulative value.

Surface Chart

Label format support for legend labels

This feature enables users to set the label format for the legend labels.

DataGrid

Displaying group caption text with group caption summary

This feature allows users to show the group caption text with the group caption summary of the columns.

Calculate summary for selected rows

This feature allows users to calculate the summary (table, group, and caption) for selected rows.

Template support for summary rows

This feature allows users to show any custom view in the summary rows (table summary, caption summary, and group summary).

New column type of multi select column combo box

This new column type allows users to select multiple items from the multi column combo box.

AddNewRow for DataTable collection

This feature allows you to position a row at the beginning or end of the DataGrid when a new row is added using the built-in AddNewRow.

New options in Excel-like UI filter

This feature allows users to filter data with “Does not begin with” and “Does not end with” options in the Excel-like UI filter.

Multi Column Dropdown control

Multiple row selection

This feature allows users to select multiple rows by interacting with the check boxes in a column or within the rows. They can also select all the rows using an intuitive check box in the header.

Image Editor

Freehand drawing support

This feature allows freehand drawing over an image.

Text rotation support

This feature allows users to rotate the text over an image.

Pinch zooming and panning

This feature allows users to perform pinch zooming and panning operations.

PDF Viewer

Organize comments in a PDF file

This feature allows users to view, edit, reply, search, and filter comments in a PDF file.

Word Library

MathML

This feature allows users to create and edit MathML (equations) in Word documents (DOCX and WordML).

Table auto fit to contents

This feature allows users to automatically adjust a table cell’s size based on its content.

PowerPoint Library

Header and footer

This feature allows users to add and edit headers and footers in PowerPoint presentations.

Property Grid

Editor improvements

• Editor support for Nullable primitive types.
• Editor support for short, long, char, TimeSpan, Point, Size, Thickness, Margin, Color.

Mask editing

This feature adds new attributes for the mask editor to edit emails, phone numbers, zip codes, currency, etc.

PDF Library

Metadata support for images in PDF

This feature allows users to draw images with metadata in PDF documents.

PDF A conformance

This feature allows users to create PDF documents with PDFA1A, PDFA2A, PDF A2U, PDFA3A, and PDFA3U.

ZUGFeRD 2.0

This feature allows users to create PDF invoices with ZUGFeRD 2.0.

Merge accessible PDF documents

This feature allows users to merge PDF documents with tags.

Excel Library

Macros

This feature allows users to create, read, and edit VBA in Excel files.

Conditional formatting enhancement

This feature allows users to use top/bottom rules in conditional formatting.

Ribbon

Simplified Ribbon

Allows users to collapse the ribbon into a single row that looks like the latest Microsoft Office products.

ChromelessWindow

Adding controls in TitleBar

Allows users to add custom controls on the left and right sides of the TitleBar in Chromeless Window.

EditControl

Single line mode

Changes the edit control into a simple text box with syntax highlighting, editing, and clipboard operations.

Status bar

Displays information about the current state of the control, such as the current file name, line number, and column number.

Save as

Saves the document in the required file type and desired location even if the document is already saved in another name.

Allows users to add custom controls on the left and right sides of the TitleBar in Chromeless Window.