RadControls for WPF Release Notes

• Powerful data-binding
• Truly  lookless and completely stylable  controls
• Rich built-in themes
• Remarkably flexible hierarchy model
• In-place data editing and built-in data validation
• Rich customization of UI layout
• Data organization:  grouping, sorting, filtering

• A fully-functional data bound control taking full advantage of the performant LINQ-based Telerik data engine
• UI virtualization to optimally utilize system resources. The RadCarouselPanel will only display UI elements for the currently visible items when used in an items control
• RadCarouselPanel can be used as standalone control or in conjunction with any WPF items control like a ListBox or a ListView to spice up its appearance
• Selection and current item support that enable data binding scenarios from XAML only
• Slick animations
• Data items presentation can be automatically generated thus allowing you to quickly display your business objects inside your application
• Rich item customization through styles and templates
• Scroll support - intelligently detect when placed in a scrollable container and automatically navigates when the user uses the scrollbars or the mouse wheel
• Custom animation paths support - any path can be used for item movement. This allows designers to create the best path for the situation at hand in Expression Blend
• Visual effects like scaling, opacity, skew transform, and reflection

• Date selection
• Culture awareness
• Different views
• Navigation
• Customization
• Multiple selection

• Slider
  • Horizontal/Vertical Orientation
  • IsMoveToPointEnabled
  • IsSnapToTickEnabled
• NumericUpDown input control
  • Numeric/Percentage/Currency/Custom Formatting
  • Advanced navigation
    • Minimum
    • Maximum
    • SmallChange
    • LargeChange
    • etc...
  • UpDown control - uses paired arrow-buttons to increment or decrement a certain value
• ProgressBar
  • Minimum
  • Maximum
  • Value
  • Customizing the appearance via ControlTemplates
• PanelBar
  • Rich events model
  • Sinlge/Multi ExpandModes
  • Rich events model
  • Sinlge/Multi ExpandModes
• TreeView
  • Databinding
  • Drag and Drop
  • Checkboxes (Tri-state checkboxes)
  • Keyboard support
  • Multi-node selection
  • Single Expand Path
  • Node editing

RadControls for WPF Beta 2 Release Notes

• Filtering support
  • Customizable filtering allowing you to define your own filtering descriptions 
  • Excel-like UI letting users to quickly pick a filter value

• Reflection
• ScrollBar visibility
• Selection notification events and dependency properties that allow for easier styling

• Date selection
• Culture awareness
• Different views
• Navigation
• Customization
• Multiple selection

• Slider
• Horizontal/Vertical Orientation
• IsMoveToPointEnabled
• IsSnapToTickEnabled
• NumericUpDown input control
• Numeric/Percentage/Currency/Custom Formatting
• Advanced navigation
• Minimum
• Maximum
• SmallChange
• LargeChange
• etc...
• UpDown control - uses paired arrow-buttons to increment or decrement a certain value
• ProgressBar
• Minimum
• Maximum
• Value
• Customizing the appearance via ControlTemplates
• PanelBar
• Rich events model
• Sinlge/Multi ExpandModes
• TreeView
  • Databinding
  • Drag and Drop
  • Checkboxes (Tri-state checkboxes)
  • Keyboard support
  • Multi-node selection
  • Single Expand Path
  • Node editing

Known Issues

• High CPU load when using layered windows (Window.AllowsTransparency=True or Window.WindowStyle=None) in your app. This is a Windows/Microsoft .NET issue that will be addressed in .NET 3.5 SP1.