Road Map for Essential Studio for Xamarin.Forms

DataGrid

Zooming

This feature allows users to pinch to zoom for interacting with the cells.

Customize border for specific cells

Customize the border of a specific cell based on the criteria.

Set style properties in XAML

Set the style for each element of the DataGrid in XAML.

PopupLayout

Blurred overlay background

This feature allows users to show the blur effect on an overlay background.

PDF Viewer

Add, select, and deselect annotations

Add, select, and deselect annotations programmatically.

Fit the PDF pages to screen width

Fit the PDF pages to the width of the device screen in landscape orientation in Android.

Add and remove the custom menu items

Add and remove custom menu items to and from the text selection context menu.

Appearance stream of annotations

Render the appearance stream of annotations.

PDF Library

EAN-13 barcode

Create an EAN-13 barcode in a PDF document programmatically.

JavaScript action

Read and edit the JavaScript actions from an existing PDF document.

Excel Library

Slicer

Create a Slicer in Excel to filter data in a table or PivotTable.

Excel to PDF enhancement

Convert gradient fill styles in cells and shapes to PDF.

ComboBox

Xamarin.Forms WPF support

ComboBox control is supported in the Xamarin.Forms WPF platform.

Radial Menu

Command support

Command support for all radial menu items in the Radial Menu.

Range Slider

Rounded corners and border

This feature allows the track bar of the Range Slider to have rounded corners and borders for the thumb.

Animations

This feature allows users to disable the ripple animation in the Range Slider.

Rich Text Editor

Cursor position

Support to get or set the cursor position based on the character count in the editor.

Subscript and superscript

Support for subscript and superscript in the Rich Text Editor.

Content height

Support to retrieve the rendered content height from the Rich Text Editor.

StepProgressBar

Dark and light themes

Support for dark and light themes in the StepProgressBar.

Image Editor

Circular cropping

This feature allows users to crop an image in a circle shape.

Disable the dragging of shapes

This feature allows users to enable or disable the dragging of a selected shape.

Tilt the image at a -45 to 45 degree angle

This feature allows users to tilt the edited image, giving it a -45 to 45 degree angle rotation.

Masked Edit

Select all text on focus

This feature allows users to select all text when the control is focused on.

Maps

Add custom view on imagery layer

This feature allows users to add a custom view on the imagery layer using geo-coordinate points.

Numeric TextBox

Read-only text support

This feature allows users to prevent text from being modified in a Numeric TextBox.

Comma separator on focus

This feature allows users to enable the comma separator for the input values on focusing.

Chat

Tap events

Users can listen to the following events when interacting with messages:

• Tap
• Double tap
• Long press

Word Library

Metadata properties

Access metadata properties of a Word document used in the SharePoint document library.