2025 Releases
This article lists the breaking or important changes in the 2025 releases of Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core.
Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core Q2 2025
Unified Distribution for Trial and Commercial Packages
With the goal of streamlining user experience, the trial and commercial packages have been consolidated into a single unified distribution for Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core. Access is now managed through a license key file, eliminating the need for separate trial download. For more information, please refer to Setting Up Your License Key.
Target Framework
With the Q2 2025 release, Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core support for .NET 6 has been dropped as .NET 6 has reached the end of its lifecycle on November 12, 2024. You can update to a supported LTS and STS versions of .NET Core.
PopOver
The IconClass()
option of the PopOver HtmlHelper and the icon-class
attribute of the PopOver TagHelper now expect a string
instead of a JavaScript handler or a template delegate (System.Func<Object,Object>
).
<span id="target">Hover</span>
@(Html.Kendo().Popover()
.For("#target")
.Body("Content description")
.Actions(a =>
{
// "IconClass" adds a CSS class to the icon element inside the action button.
a.Add().Text("refresh").Icon("arrow-rotate-cw").IconClass("refresh-icon");
})
)
Pager Position in Grid
HtmlHelper Grid
Old | New |
---|---|
Position(GridPagerPosition.Top) | Position(PagerPosition.Top) |
TagHelper Grid
Old | New |
---|---|
position="GridPagerPosition.Top" | position="PagerPosition.Top" |
Telerik.Zip
As of the Q2 2025 release, the following NuGet packages and assemblies no longer have a dependency to the Telerik.Zip
library:
-
Telerik.Core.Export
-
Telerik.Web.Pdf
-
Telerik.Web.Spreadsheet
The Telerik.Zip
library will continue to be shipped as a standalone library.
Pager
The responsive behavior of the Pager has been enhanced, which introduces the following changes:
- The Pager's sizing is no longer based on breakpoints. Instead, the optimized responsive behavior renders as many elements as possible within the available space.
Input
Type—When theInput()
option of the Pager is enabled, the TextBox next to the navigation arrows is replaced with a NumericTextBox, and the numeric page number buttons are no longer rendered.- Page Selection—The page selection drop-down has been replaced with a NumericTextBox for improved user interaction.
NumbersSelectLabel()
Property—TheNumbersSelectLabel()
option in theMessages()
configuration has been removed as it is no longer needed with the replacement of the page selection drop-down.
These changes to the Pager affect all components that use a built-in pager, including the Grid, PDFViewer, and other data management components.
Rendering Changes
The Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core 2025 Q2 release introduces changes in the rendering of the following components:
AIPrompt
- The
k-white-space-pre-line
class has been removed from thek-card-body
element where the output from the prompt is rendered.
DockManager
- The
k-header
class has been removed from the TabStrip element.
ExpansionPanel
- The
k-d-none
class on thek-expander-content-wrapper
element has been replaced with thek-hidden
class.
Gantt
- The
k-alt
class has been removed from the rows in the TreeList and the timeline in the Gantt.
Grid
- The
k-alt
class has been removed from thetr.k-table-alt-row
elements. - The
k-grid-draggable-header
class and thedraggable=true
attribute have been added to thek-grid-header
element when grouping or column reodering is enabled. - The
k-touch-action-none
class has been removed from the draggable cell elements due to the addition of thek-grid-draggable-header
. - The
k-drag-cell
class (when row-reordering is enabled) has been removed from thek-table-th
element.
Menu
- The
k-menu-separator
class has been replaced with thek-separator-horizontal
class.
Spreadsheet
- The
k-tabstrip-item
class has been added to thek-item
elements in the sheet bar.
TreeList
- The
k-treelist-group
class has been removed from the parent nodes. - The
k-drag-cell
class (in row-reordering scenario) has been removed.
Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core Q1 2025
License Activation
Starting with 2025 Q1, all users of Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core will need to apply a valid license key file to both new and existing projects. For details, see our Licensing Documentation.