Check Out the New R1 2020 Release for Telerik UI for WinForms

Virtual Keyboard

RadVirtualKeyboard control is a software component that allows the input of characters without the need for physical keys. The interaction with the virtual keyboard happens mostly via a touchscreen interface but can also take place in a different form in virtual or augmented reality.

On a desktop computer, a virtual keyboard might provide an alternative input mechanism for users with disabilities who cannot use a conventional keyboard, or for bi- or multi- lingual users who switch frequently between different character sets or alphabets, which may be confusing over time. Although hardware keyboards are available with dual keyboard layouts (e.g. Cyrillic/Latin letters in various national layouts), the on-screen keyboard provides a handy substitute while working at different stations or on laptops, which seldom come with dual layouts.

RadVirtualKeyboard will serve the need of a virtual keyboard with consistent theming for each WinForms application with Telerik UI for WinForms controls. It comes with predefined layouts and support for defining custom layouts. The save/load layout to XML functionality and the system language synchronizations just make the virtual keyboard a nice addition to every application that provides users’ input on a touch device.

Syntax Editor

RadSyntaxEditor is a useful text editor control which provides a built-in syntax highlighting and code editing experience for popular languages. It allows users to create custom syntax highlighting of keywords and operators of their own language.

It comes packed with syntax highlighting, code outlining, undo/redo operations, intelliprompts, find and replace functionality and much more.

Truck Route API in RadMap

RadMap supports the Bing Maps Truck Routing API. It provides travel routes which take truck attributes such as size, weight, type of cargo and many others. This is important as not all trucks can travel the same routes as other vehicles.

Content Controls in RichTextEditor

Structured Document Tags enable users to add specific semantics to a part of the document: restricting input, modifying editing behavior etc. The content controls in RadRichTextEditor can be defined on Block, Inline, Row or Cell level. The content controls can contain other content controls as well.

Currently, RadRichTextEditor only visualizes the value of the content controls and there is no UI that allows you to interact with them. The import and export operations will work with Office Open XML (docx) and XAML formats. When exporting to other formats the content stored in the content controls will be preserved.

Quick Access/Favorites Items in File Dialogs

The Quick Access/Favorites items from the Windows FileExplorer will now be automatically shown as child nodes in the Custom Places’ tree nodes of our File Dialogs. Currently, it is only applicable for Windows 10 and .NET 4.0.

Last, but not least, as of R1 2020, .NET Core 3.1 is also supported. We addressed 50+ issues reported by our customers and introduced browse editor and breadcrumb examples in the Demo application.

Learn More in Our Webinar

Want to learn more about our upcoming release? Join Telerik's R1 2020 release webinar on January 21st and learn more about other desktop goodie-goodies we have in store for you!

Try it Out and Share Your Feedback

You can learn more about Telerik UI for WinForms via the product page. It comes with a 30-day free trial, giving you some time to explore the toolkit and consider using it for your current or upcoming WinForms development.

We would love to hear what you think, so should you have any questions and/or comments, please share them to our Feedback Portal or in the comment section below.