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ZK 3.0.4

Released on March 25, 2008.

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Getting Simpler and Richer

New Feature Highlight

  • Performace of Grid/Listbox/Tree is much improved
  • Grid/Listbox/Tree support fixed layout concept
  • Jython Interpreter
  • Components support word-wrap class
  • An easy way to remind users while including another page
  • An option to use uncompress Javascript codes for debug
  • See also New Features of ZK 3.0.4.

Feature Updates

  • 89 XUL and 83 HTML off-the-shelf components.
    • Tabbox, grid, listbox, tree, menu, combobox, bandbox, datebox, chart, hbox, vbox, window, slider, paging, audio, image, timer, include, iframe...
    • Drag-and-drop supported by all components, such that users can drag components and drop them to any other or particular set of components.
    • Context menus and customizable tooltips supported by all components, such that a menu or any popup appears when user click, right-click or move the mouse over a component.
    • Customizable sorting of listbox, grid and children of any component with 100% Java codes (java.lang.Comparator).
    • Auto-completion for combobox.
    • Load on demand with writing Java codes.
    • Live data for listbox.
    • Grids, listboxes and trees with sizable columns.
    • All components are cloneable and serializable.
    • Validation and formatting for any input components, such as regular expression and $#,##0.
    • 100% Java API of Google Maps, FCKeditor, DOJO, and Timeline components.
  • Event-driven, server-centric model
    • More than 20 events are supported: onChange, onChanging, onScroll, onSelect, onShow, onZIndex...
    • All events are processed at the server. No hurdle to communicate between clients and servers.
    • All events are synchronized. No racing condition to worry about.
  • ZK User-interface Markup Language (ZUML).
    • Rich user interface could be designed in ZUML as simple as authoring HTML pages.
    • Powerful yet intuitive control flow by the if, unless and forEach attribute.
    • Scripting in EL expressions and your favorite scripting languages, include but not limited to Java, JavaScript, Ruby and Groovy.
    • Hot changes and updates without restarting your Web applications.
    • Annotations that allow a page to acess database with zero Java codes.
  • Browser history management.
    • Add states to browser's back button history. Then, users can bookmark and use the back and forward button to navigate different states of the same ZK desktop.
  • Simple yet boundless component model.
    • Macro components. Developing a full-feature new component by using another ZUML pages.
    • Inheritable customization. Developing a new component by extending existent components.
    • Seamlessly and easily to encapsulate pure-client components as ZK components with 100% Java API.
    • Customizing components with pre-compiled Java classes, or by scripting in your favorite scripting languages, include but not limited to Java, JavaScript, Ruby and Groovy. The choice is yours.
  • Simple yet flexible threading model.
    • Thread-safe component handling.
    • True server-side Modal dialog.
    • Suspend and resume event listeners freely.
  • 100% Customizable User-Interface factory.
    • Loading ZUML pages not only from Web contents but also any repository such as database.
    • Customizing the features of sessions, desktops and pages.

What's New

  • New Features:
    • 1904532: Grid/Listbox/Tree support the fixed layout concept
    • 1902777: A way to pass Object to included page with include comp
    • 1906138: A way to specify whether the item is checkable(Listbox/Tree)
    • 1908430: A way to catch SizeLimitExceededException in Fileupload
    • 1894194: Window.setMode("modal") shall not suspend even in listener
    • 1898211: An option to use uncompress javascript codes
    • 1912487: A way to set system properties in zk.xml
    • 1886684: Translate messages to Czech. Thank Pavel Mica for his contribution.
    • 1899307: Translate messages to Dutch. Thank Wido Jansen, Netherlands for his contribution.
    • 1886032: Add the support of I18N for jasperreport
    • 1892573: Add Jython Interpreter
    • 1896600: A way to specify how the paging places in Grid/Listbox
    • 1896737: An easy way to let user know include a long operation page
    • 1898072: Clients.response shall be able NOT to overwrite prev
    • 1905999: Messagebox: a way to listen what button is clicked
    • 1906110: Listbox: prevent paging component removed in paging mold
    • 1908529: A way to specify an include page generates complete HTML pg
    • 1909250: A way to specify the component with long word wrapping
    • 1909254: Enhance Iframe control like default Iframe tag
    • 1908524: Comboitem: don't break before content to be more flexible
    • 1909434: JasperReports: set exporter parameters
    • 1911773: Grid/Listbox support scrollbar in Paging Mold
    • 1914087: AMedia accepts File directly
    • 1919308: Datebox supports more date format
    • 1919456: Change the active page when setSelectedIndex called
    • 1914207: Add width to Listheader/Treecol/Column constructors
  • Bug fixes:
    • 1892396; Component.clone() failed: it shall clean up _xtrl
    • 1886040: The ISO code for Ukrainian shall be uk, not ua
    • 1884111: IE7 performance (very slow - eg SEVEN secs to redraw)
    • 1887688: xel-config in zk.xml has no effect
    • 1888104: constraint error message appears behind popup
    • 1886342: Listbox drag closes popup
    • 1886352: Trailing space on Menuitem does nothing
    • 1886788: Grid rows not follow columns's widths
    • 1892464: Clone/serialize groupbox is wrong
    • 1892446: Bug in Datalistener When Clone Tree
    • 1892484: Tree serialize bug
    • 1888911: databind with grid in grid fail when no _var in inner grid
    • 1893247: Not unique in the new ID space when Grid in Grid
    • 1894193: hidden modal might become on top w/o disable-behind-modal
    • 1893575: Radio all checked after modal messagebox appears
    • 1895856: databind LoadOnSave work only on the last save-when componen
    • 1895804: Borderlayout cannot resize properly inside a Window when...
    • 1894208: Borderlayout can not drag
    • 1894885: Grid alignment problem again
    • 1896725: Clients.showBusy() should disable some active tags (IE6)
    • 1895907: Listbox column resizing fails upon live data
    • 1896588: Slow responding, hide some hidden cmps in complex page (IE)
    • 1896749: Problems with onClinck on charts & IE
    • 1897500: Unable to compile ZK sources under Solaris or Mac
    • 1890221: Tree item is not updated if not a leaf
    • 1898094: Textbox failed to get focus if it is in a popup/modal/ovrlap
    • 1899003: Unable to specify border to hbox/vbox (IE only)
    • 1899482: Treeitem.setOpen() workaround not working
    • 1902693: SmartAuWriter.Task synchronized wrong object
    • 1904389: NullPointerException if save-when in collection binding
    • 1901423: Incorrect alignment of listboxes and grids
    • 1902533: Borderlayout should not splittable when click on split btn.
    • 1899068: HTML tags are miss placed when used in zhtml and zul pages
    • 1904094: Combobox onChanging stops when selecting with Return key
    • 1907640: Long operation failed to update browser with Glassfish v1
    • 1906898: Some characters paralyze client engine to update
    • 1899749: Progressmeter: Rendering issues
    • 1900653: unexpected result with Path.getComponent
    • 1903077: JavaDoc Error: ComponentInfo.applyProperties() omits custom-attributes
    • 1903399: XulElement.setContext(Popup) doesn't work
    • 1906405: tooltip interferes with contex (context wont stay up)
    • 1908466: Fileupload bugs: cancel and temporarily out-of-service
    • 1908569: wrong update-uri for some servers, such as pluto, and Ofbiz
    • 1907673: Impossible to use setCtrlKeys("#del")
    • 1908188: Popup.open(x,y) error if popup has onOpen eventlistener
    • 1899699: Wrong column size in listbox
    • 1899353: zscript throw exception with import statement.
    • 1906311: TreeModel Problem
    • 1911567: Listbox header shows onlyone listhead
    • 1911129: Menupopup Separator looks odd
    • 1825896: Databox's btn will not be covered when col resize to samller
    • 1911642: onColSize event isn't fired in Paging mold
    • 1912363: Datebox doesn't fire error msg if clicks on Thu of dropdown
    • 1912421: Overlapped window disappears when invalidate() is invoked
    • 1913246: Listbox paging mold is failed with zkmax.jar(Freshly only)
    • 1913290: Cast Exception when TimeSeries casts Integer to String
    • 1886788: Grid rows not follow columns's widths
    • 1914078: zkdemo animation unexpected behavior
    • 1914109: IE&Sa, scrollbar problem when set height of a paging listbox
    • 1914113: Empty space in listbox with ZK3.0.4
    • 1914104: IE6: When resize browser, the inner window doesn't resize
    • 1914184: Error massage:Failed to invoke zkGrid.onSize
    • 1914230: Invalid value send to server without validation
    • 1916473: Vbox with height and splitter not collapse correct if resiz
    • 1916287: Bottom border of rows is disappeared
    • 1914215: Words are outside of Listitem when append a tab(IE6 only)
    • 1914103: IE : Column Size error after drag column, when in borderlayo
    • 1914054: Open tree node were overleap other component(IE6 only)
    • 1917875: The splitter's wd not correct if maximize the browser
    • 1917901: Splitter's vertical position is higher if collopsing it
    • 1916332: Specifying the height of hbox has no function (Safari only)
    • 1480834: Visible listbox resizing
    • 1546655: Progress window doesn't follow scrolling
    • 1917982: Splitter cannot change the height if heights is specified
    • 1917905: Vertical splitter cannot be moved (Safari only)
    • 1918018: Some incorrectness of russian localization
    • 1918796: Grid header appear and should not
    • 1896291: [IE6 ONLY] fileupload does not always recognize content-type
    • 1877111: Non-lenient datebox with wrong fmt not throw exception
    • 1526742: Rendering of on IE is bad
    • 1920541: Resize the popup window, it should not disappear
    • 1920630: The bottom border of Listbox is gone. (IE7 only)
    • 1911621: Shift Multiple Select in Listbox and Tree
    • 1921830: Splitter unable to change sclass dynamically
    • 1858489: Include annotation markup in zul XSD
    • 1921891: insertBefore the same listitem cause ClassCastException
    • 1920751: Comboitem's disable property could be broken
    • 1920879: Audio bug(FF, SA, OP)
    • 1882325: [Opera] Close window will move to left side first
    • 1920877: Fileupload bug in Safari(PC)
    • 1920745: Opera's multiple upload is shown in wrong z-order
    • 1568393: Overlapping Window: Top/Left Position with percentage
    • 1896797: iframe and pdf in overlapped wnd (FF and IE7)
    • 1922930: Closing upload dlg doesn't close the progress dlg
    • 1893245: The shading of Combo/Bandbox should be the same with textbox
    • 1898649: The shading of Timebox should be the same with textbox
    • 1924924: Key "insert" does not work

Upgrade Notes

  • Window.setMode("modal") never suspends the execution even if called in an event thread. On the other hand, doModal() throws an exception if not called in an event thread.
  • <disable-behind-modal> is default to false. It improves the performance when opening a modal window. If you prefer it to true, specify the following in zk.xml. 
    
<client-config>
  <disable-behind-modal>true</disable-behind-modal>
<client-config>
    • The CSS name called "inline-box" is renamed to "inline-block"
  • There is no line break before the content of a comboitem if it doesn't have the description. It is more flexible to customize the look (such as in single line). To be backward-compatible, specify the content to be "<br/>old content"
  • The spacing of separator and space is implemented by use of width and height. If you prefer to use margins like 3.0.3 or earlier did, specify the following in zk.xml 
    
<system-property>
  <name>org.zkoss.zul.Separator.spaceWithMargin</name>
  <value>true</value>
</system-property>
  • The leading and trailing whitespaces of labels are preserved. If you prefer to trim like 3.0.3 or earlier did, specify the following in zk.xml 
    
<system-property>
  <name>org.zkoss.zk.ui.parser.trimLabel</name>
  <value>true</value>
</system-property>
  • By default, the width of header of listbox/grid/tree includes the padding and margins defined in the style sheet (like ZK 2.4.1). If you want the width of header to exclude the padding and margins defined in the style (like ZK 3.0.3), please specify the follow CSS definitions in your CSS file. 
    
tr.listbox-fake th, tr.tree-fake th, tr.grid-fake th {
 overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid;
 border-color: #DAE7F6 #9EB6CE #9EB6CE #DAE7F6;
 white-space: nowrap; padding: 2px;
 font-size: small; font-weight: normal;
}
tr.listbox-fake th.sort div, tr.tree-fake th.sort div, tr.grid-fake th.sort div{
 cursor: pointer; padding-right: 9px;
 background:transparent url(${c:encodeURL('~./zul/img/sort/v_hint.gif')});
 background-position: 99% center;
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
tr.listbox-fake th.sort-asc div, tr.tree-fake th.sort-asc div, tr.grid-fake th.sort-asc div {
 cursor: pointer; padding-right: 9px;
 background:transparent url(${c:encodeURL('~./zul/img/sort/v_asc.gif')});
 background-position: 99% center;
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
tr.listbox-fake th.sort-dsc div, tr.tree-fake th.sort-dsc div, tr.grid-fake th.sort-dsc div {
 cursor: pointer; padding-right: 9px;
 background:transparent url(${c:encodeURL('~./zul/img/sort/v_dsc.gif')});
 background-position: 99% center;
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
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