Ext GWT Library Release Notes
General Changes & Enhancements
- Slate theme removed from Themes module
- Added HeaderContextMenu event to Table
- SimpleComboBox
- Record behavior has been updated and works slightly different than 1.0
- Added enter key support to Button
- Added spacing config to multi field
- Grays text on disabled menu items
- BeanModel now delegate equals and hashCode to their wrapped bean
- Using GWT 1.5.2
- Added FieldSet checkbox collapse
- Slate theme was donated to Ext JS and is now bundled
API Changes
- ComponentPlugin interface and component support
- Added setDirty method to Record
- WindowManager register method no longer public
- Added orientation to MultiField
- Added AUTOX and AUTOY to Sroll enumeration
- Added getDatePicker() to DateField
- Container iterator() now parameterized
- AdapterField no loger overrides isValid
- Added required functionality to RadioGroup
- Added setOffset and setTotalCount to PagingLoadResult
- Added addInputStyleName and removeInputStyleName to Field
- KeyNav default value for cancelBubble changed to false
- Added getResizable to Window
- Added ResizeListener
- Added locked functionality to AbstractSelectionModel
- AbsoluteLayout fully implemented
- AbsoluteData x and y changed to left and top
- setButtonAlign and getButtonAlign deprecated in ToolBar
- Field markInvalid marked deprecated.
- Removed MessageBox maxWidth
- Add TabItem setAutoLoad
- Add Field.setHideLabel(boolean hide)
- Added DataView setContainerTagName
- BaseModelData no longer overrides equals and hashCode
Bug Fixes
- Model element not set on Record update events
- Send to back not working
- El center not taking scroll offsets into account
- DOM event not passed in Table ColumnClick event
- TextMetrics not returning correct width
- ComboBox down key support
- Modal window opening another modal window not masking first window
- All data in ToolTipConfig not being applied to ToolTip
- Error in polish properties file
- ToolTip dismissDelay execption when set to 0
- TableView not listening for TableColumnModel HiddenChange
- ConcurrentMod exceptio when calling Store rejectChanges
- ComboBox not scrolling into view
- NumberField not accepting numeric key pad key presses
- FlowLayout clearing margins
- Emptyt text style not clearing on setValue of ComboBox
- ComboBox tab not selecting value from list in FF
- ComboBox losing focus after selecting item in list
- ListStore remove not setting index in event
- DatePicker today tooltip showing null
- TooTip exception when target component not rendered
- TextToolItem not overriding getToolTip
- Container iterator() now parameterized
- PagingToolBar exception when load event received before render
- TimeField clearing time of configured min value
- AccordionLayout active on top not working
- Window not closing on escape key
- Info bottom frame to tall in IE
- MultiField validation issues with validation child fields
- WindowManager and Window not setting active window
- Field name not being set if called pre-render
- DatePicker / DateField not clearing time for min max values
- Popup not adding itself to ignore list of base event preview
- DataListSelectionModel null pointer on click not over item
- Radio fires change event on click, not on blur
- AbsoluteLayout not setting children position: absolute
- NumberField key handling issues
- AccordionLayout bug when layout called with all collapsed panels
- MultiField not overriding reset
- Field cancelling bubbling on key events
- DatePicker startDay error
- Resizable not firing ResizeStart
- NumberField validator executing before base rules
- expand all / collapse bug in Tree
- TableHeader sort fails pre-rener
- Window not respecting setShadow(false)
- Validator not being executed with NumberField
- Escape key not closing window
- ComboBox up / down arrows not scrolling into view
- ContentPanel hideCollapseTool now working
- HttpProxy always using POST
- DataList throwing exception when clicking icon
- ModelPanel not convering entire document when document height > body height
API Changes
- RadioGroup setValue(Object) changed to setValue(Radio radio)
- RadioGroup getValue() now returns the seleced Radio
- CheckBoxGroup setValue(Object) changed to setValue(CheckBox)
- CheckBoxGroup getValue returns CheckBox, added getValues()
- TextField add getCursorPos, setCursorPos, getSelectedText, getSelectionLength, setSelectionRange
- Added setTextStyle to DataListItem
- BaseModelStringProvider made generic
Bug Fixes
- FadeOut not clearing filter style
- MessageBox.addCallback not working if called after dialog is rendered
- TreeBinder bug with expanding tree item with no loader
- DataListBinder not clearing loading mask
- TreeListBinder not clearing loading mask
- ListStore onLoad not registering new models, not removing existing items
- TreeBinder calling addStyleName rather than setTextStyle
- XmlReader not using newModelInstance() method
- Popup autoHide not working. hiding then showing not working with animate = false
- Null pointer FormPanel onRemove
- DataListBinder not using style provider
- FadeIn not setting opacity to 0 when starting effect
General Changes & Enhancements
- Added TriggerClick event to TriggerField
- CheckBox Change event fires on click, from on blur
- GWT jars no longer bundled in explorer.war and mail.war
- No longer required to "size" a table for it to render properly
- ToolTip support added to DataListItem and DataViewItem
- TreeStore, ListStore onLoadException now throw a runtime exception
- LayoutData can only be specified when adding components to LayoutContainer, not directly
API Changes
- El removed methods (use new methods on GWT Element): getElementAttribute, getIntElementAttribute, getBooleanElementAttribute
- Added clear() method to PagingToolBar
- Add getProxy() to BaseLoader
- All layout data instances extend LayoutData
- setData(Object) and getData() are deprecated, use set and get data with keys
Bug Fixes
- Sort not applied when inserting into ListStore with a sorter
- Table binder not sorting containers items when sorting
- DatePicker not selecting values
- AbstractSelectionModel bug when selecting pre-render
- MessageBox listeners throwing null pointer
- CenterLayout not centering verticall. Fix to TableLayout
- Missing cursor in FF2 windows with text fields
- Tree not rendering with expanded nodes properly
- Layer not removing shim when hiding
- Cell and row clicks not firing for table and tree table
- MessageBox not honoring modal config
- Safari layout issues, El getMargins returning junk values
- ComboBox list location invalid when body is scrolled
- TreeStore remove not removing children of removed model
- StoreBinder setSelection not working with empty list
- AbstractSelectioModel firing SelectionChange when selection not modified
- TreeBinder issue with setting leaf on TreeItem
- ToolBar and PagingToolBar height correction
- Horizontal RowLayout changed to use absolute positioning for proper margin handling
- TreeTable checkable issue, removed setCheckable, isCheckable as it is inherited from Tree
- Layer shim setting src attribute after inserted into DOM, https issue for IE
- Mixed content warning in IE https
General Changes & Enhancements
- BeforeClose event added to TabItem
- Added AdapterField
- New classes: LayoutData, FillData, FlowData
- North and South region in BorderLayout can be floated
- Added sort method to DataList
API Changes
- StateManager changed to singleton
- Registry get changed to use generics
- Popup getIgnoreList returns a CompositeElement, was a List
- SelectionChange event now always includes the selected items in the new selection field in ContainerEvent
- Added setReadOnly method to FormPanel
- Removed initialWidth and initialHeight from TextArea
Bug Fixes
- FormLayout was overriding field width when specified
- Table not rendering properly when first loaded by binder (no scroll bars)
- Text align not working in table columns
- Table vertical lines not working
- Header text does not display when collapsing north or south region in BorderLayout
- RowLayout not monitoring resize
- Menu not hiding MenuItems properly. Menu width not adjusting to changes to Menu
- LayoutContainer setting layout data after inserting component
- Missing Slate styles for DataList
- getNestedValue in BaseModelData error
- DataView not fire DataViewEvent event type
- setText and setIconStyle not working after render for DataListItem
- Rendering a ContentPanel collapsed results in the panel first being expanded
- TreeBinder onAdd null pointer for RootTreeItem
- NumberPropertyEditor not handling all number types
- Restore size in Window broken
- DateField and ComboBox allow dropdown and menu to show when read-only
- FormPanel getFields class cast exception
General Changes & Enhancements
- Generic support added to TreeModel and BaseTreeModel
- Added auto height support to TabPanel. New TabPanel "plain" style. TabItems can be disabled.
- Auto height support added to Table. No vertical scroll bar when not needed.
API Changes
- TreeBinder.removeAll removed. Use Store API
- KeyNav cancelBubble default changed from true to false
- TwinTriggerField twinTriggerStyle field changed to getters / setters
- AppEvent(int type, String token) constructor removed as ambiguous with AppEvent(int type, Data data)
- getProperties() added to ModelData
- public fields encapsulated in Draggable
- SelectionModel refactoring
- CellRenderer render method changed to "public String render(T item, String property, Object value);"
- RowLayout and FillLayout changes, see javadocs for updated
- MessageBox public fields encapsulated. Removed callback param from prompt, use addCallback
- Moved PagingToolBar messages into inner class
- New addChildren param added to 4 add and 4 insert methods in TreeStore
- Spacing config removed from FlowLayout, apply margins to components instead
- SelectionListener and SelectionChangedListener changed to abstract classes. You must pass a type when creating new instances. "new SelectionListener<ComponentEvent>"
Bug Fixes
- Null pointer in Tree.removeAll
- ContextMenu broken with Firefox / Mac
- Null pointer when remove field from FormPanel before it is rendered
- Table columns not clipping content when resizing
- Select on focus not working on ComboBox
- Tab index not working on checks and radios
- TreeTableBinder update and findItem broken
- Table setColumnContextMenu not working
- Add secure URL to shim in Layer
- Field labelStyle not working
- Collapse panel not showing heading for NORTH and SOUTH
- ContentPanel / AccordionLayout hide collapse tool not working
- StatusBar clear() not clearing content.
- RowLayout bug when having 1+ child components
- LabelField shows the the label separator
- NumberField default minValue was not negative
- Field onKeyDown not being called
- Modal panel not showing after closing and opening a window
General Changes & Enhancements
- GXT code compiled against GWT RC1
- Sorting support added to TreeStore, see javadocs for more information
- New ColumnLayout
- New CheckProvider, CheckChangedListener, CheckChangedEvent
- DataListBinder and TreeBinder now implement CheckProvider
- New CardPanel
- New TableListener and TableListenerAdapter
- ComboBox is a SelectionProvider
API Changes
- Layout layout() method changed from public to protected
- TextToolItem and ToogleToolItem now fire ToolBarEvents, rather than ButtonEvent
- getLimit() added to PagingLoader interface
- SelectionProvider addSelectionListener and removeSelectionListener renamed to addSelectionChangedListener and removeSelectionChangedListener.
- Destroy functionality removed as deemed unneccesary with GWT development
- Window close() method removed as destroying components is removed
- getSelectedRecord removed from ComboBox as getValue returns the model instance
- Validator made generic
- Item renamed to MenuItem, MenuItem renamed to Item, TextMenuItem removed (use MenuItem)
- Dialog buttonPressedAction removed and replaced with setHideOnButtonClick
- removeAll and update made protected in StoreBinder. Calls should be made on Store
- Buttons and button bar moved to new button package
- HistoryEvent removed
- FillLayout and RowLayout changes
- Default margins removed from BorderLayoutData. Default is now 0 margins
- All typed listeners are now classes, all adapters removed
- getPadding / setPadding moved from FormPanel to FormLayout
Bug Fixes
- Minimize button not added to Window
- Hide / Show Column bugs with Table
- ButtonBar alignment and remove bug
- TreeStore not working with sorter
- onModelChange implemented for TreeStore(Add, Update, Remove) and ListStore(Update)
- Class cast exception in TableHeader with TreeTable
- BeforeCheckChange and CheckChange bugs with Tree
- CheckChange not firing on DataList
- Error icon not showing after being displayed
- ComboBox not clearing selection when collapsing list
- Tab key not handled when list is open in ComboBox without a selection
- update in binders was not updating model referece store on child comonent (setData)
- BorderLayout setting container's position to absolute, should be relative if not previously marked aboslute
- Window opens to previous location and size if hidden to opened
- Hide / Show bug in Table / TreeTable in FF
- IE bug with ComboBox. Validation applied when trigger was clicked (focus / blur)
- Force selection not implemented in ComboBox
- Style provider not used in TreeBinder
- DataList moveSelectedUp and moveSelectedDown causing items to be removed
- Radio duplicating change events
General Changes & Enhancements
- All Eclipse Public License (EPL) based code removed from project, including the Viewer package. All removed functionality is still available with the updated data and store packages.
- Observable changed to interface, BaseObservable provides default implementatation. Both classes moved to event package.
- Store is abstract with ListStore and TreeStore subclasses.
- 4-way margins added to layouts.
- getHeader() added to TabPanel. ToolTips can now be set and the header can be hidden.
- Fx package refactored to use GWT 1.5 Animation class. Effects are now interface driven.
- LoadConfig marker interface removed, config can be any type.
- Added read-only behavior to RadioGroup / Radio and CheckBoxGroup / CheckBox.
- Added MultiField which RadioGroup and CheckBoxGroup now extends. MultiField has Validator support.
- Added CloseAction enum to Window, default action is CLOSE. Click close button in window header now uses close action to determine behavior.
- Added LabelField which can be used to display static text.
- All component messages moved into public inner class with getters / setters.
- BaseModelData supports nested properties with get and set.
- Form Field API now fully generic.
- NumberField allow negative and decimal seperator implemented.
- GXT.defaultTheme replaced with GXT.setDefaultTheme(Theme theme, boolean force).
Bug Fixes
- Significent changes with containers. AbststractContainer renamed to Container. Container renamed to LayoutContainer.
- Added initial width, initial height, and prevent scroll bar options to TextArea
- Fixed null pointer in BaseModel constructor using a map
- Name not being set in setName after render for Field
- Removed clear hover styles in TreeTable, clear hover style on deselect
- Fields lables removed when field removed from panel
- Error calculating height with NORTH / SOUTH percentage based sizes in BorderLayout
- Context menu now positioned absolutely
- Menu now adjusts width based on content in FF
- item field null in container remove event
- LayoutContainer remove parameter changed to widget
- Rendered TreeItems can be added to parent TreeItems
- Can't change the icon style of tab after being rendered
- Form fields not actually disabled when disable is called
- disable / enable not working on CheckBoxGroup and RadioGroup
- Initial render of error icon in was too far right in ie
- MessageBox updateText() was not updated the message
- CloseAction now used in close button in window header
- ToolTip was not sinking mouse events on target component
- cell horizontal / vertical alignment values are ignored
- HttpProxy bug when createing url paramters
- TreeItem not being added to correct container after parent is rendered
- deselectAll bug with TreeSelectionModel
General Changes
- Public fields - Public fields have been removed and replaced with getters and setters. This was the communities preference.
- SelectionModel - The selection model code was refactored for Table, Tree, and List. SelectionModel is a new interface that all selection models implement.
- SelectionService - Allows selection providers (all viewers) to register with service. Any listeners are notified of any selections by a registered provider.
- Menu - Menu and all menu items are fully implemented, including sub menu support.
- Themes - There is a new themes module that includes the Slate theme. It is only necessary to add ext-all.css to your host page html. Other stylesheets are added dynamically.
- State - Restore and save state added to component. Map support added to StateManager (serialize and deserialize a map from a cookie).
- HtmlContainer - New container that can be built from static markup, a remote url, an existing element, or element id. Child components can then be inserted into the container using CSS selectors to control the insert location (panel.add(button, "td:first-child";). This allows easy use of complex HTML layouts designed outside of GWT.
- Events - New fine-grained event hierarchy. For example: BaseEvent / DomEvent / ComponentEvent / TreeEvent. Listener interface is now generic.
Bug Fixes
- AccordionLayout typo from AccordianLayout
- TabItem content not visible after closing then re-opening a tab
- Beta 1 was complied with 1.6 bytecode
- Wrong "inherits" entry in setup.txt (com.extjs.gxt.ui.GXT)
- TableLayout verticalalign should be valign
- Tree Click events are fired twice
- NPE from Table.setSelectionModel
- Error trying to set style attribute (opacity)
- Corrupted tab scrolling/navigation in Explorer
- focus() on textfield does not work
- CenterLayout was centering content in centered component
- DatePicker Locale (constants.months changed to constants.standaloneMonths)
- DatePicker right border of selected box hidden in IE
- Fixed onBlur validation in NumberField
- Vertical lines fix in table
- Fields do not validate on blur
- DateField dropdown not updated based on text field changes
- Exception in paging table viewer
- ComboBox Store cannot be changed
- TabPanel bug when closing last open tab
- ComboBox not scrolling into view with key nav
- MultiTreeSelection throwing null pointer
- Checkable DataList not working