Kendo UI R2 2023 Release Webinar

Join the Kendo UI R2 2023 release webinar on June 9 at 11:00 a.m. to learn how the latest Progress developer tools release can empower you and your team to deliver exceptional customer and employee digital experiences. During the webinar our developer advocates Alyssa Nicoll and Kathryn Grayson Nanz will present in detail the major updates across all JavaScript libraries and demonstrate how to use them to drive digital success.

Welcome to the Livestream Release Party on the release day June 7, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET to hear the release news and hang out with dev friends. 

Highlights We’ll Cover During the Live Webinar:

Kendo UI for Angular

• New component: PDFViewer
• Grid enhancements: Row Reordering, Built in Print, Aggregation status bar and Column Menu tabbed interface
• Enhancements in data visualization library: Drill-down: built-in options for drilling down and allow Stock Chart Navigator to be displayed on top
• ActionSheet component enhancements: ActionSheet Template, cssClass input property, animations support, expanded input property, ExpandedChange and Expand/Collapse events, toggle method
• Adaptive Rendering in date- and select-type pickers: New AdaptiveMode parameter in DatePicker, DateTimePicker, TimePicker, DateRange, Autocomplete, Combobox, MultiSelect, DropDownList, DropDownTree, MultiSelectTree, MultiColumnComboBox
• Gantt component Popup Edit Form enhancements
• Enhanced forms rendering in multiple components
• Updated Actions Layouts in Dialog component
• Enhanced editing options in date input components: AutoCorrect option in TimePicker
• Effortless Drag and Drop targets specification with the help of DragTargetContainer & DropTargetContainer directives in Drag & Drop component
• Support for SVG icons and rendering by default of SVG icons in themes
• Accessibility improvements in components, accessibility focused demos & articles, and Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
• Support for Angular 16

KendoReact

• New components: Spreadsheet, Context Menu, Timeline
• Multiple Data Grid enhancements: Dedicated ContextMenu, Pager dropdown list “All” option, virtualization improvements, Scroll to Index helper method, Improved extensibility, improved scrollintoView() method
• Adaptive rendering in DateInputs and DropDowns: New AdaptiveMode parameter in Calendar, DatePicker, DateTimePicker, DateRangePicker, TimePicker, ComboBox, DropDownList, DropdownTree, MultiSelect, MultiSelectTree, MultiColumnComboBox
• PageSize and PageSizeValue configuration options in Pager UI component
• DropDowns: Displaying grouped data and support for disabled items in the list
• ActionSheet component improvements: Out-of-the-box keyboard navigation, animation support
• Enhanced forms rendering in multiple components
• Scrollable TabStrip component with RTL support
• onChange event in FlatColorPicker
• Support for SVG icons and rendering by default of SVG icons in themes
• All components: Improved accessibility and Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)

Kendo UI for Vue

• New native Vue components: GridLayout, StackLayout, DropDownTree, MultiSelectTree
• Charts enhancements: Label support in Bullet Charts and subtitle property
• Multiple Grid improvements: Separate template options for different cells, customization of the grouping toolbar, selectable property, pager refresh button
• Popup selection event in AutoComplete component
• Open/Closed events in DatePicker, DateTimePicker, TimePicker, DateRangePicker components
• DropDowns: Displaying grouped data and support for disabled items in the list
• Default SVG icon rendering in components: Icon component to render svg icons by default in components.
• Accessibility improvements and Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
• Visual Studio Code scaffolders for Kendo UI for Vue

Kendo UI for jQuery

• Multiple Grid improvements: Compact Data Grid Mode, row resizing
• Charts enhancement: Stock Chart Navigator positions
• Adaptive rendering in DateTimePicker & select-type components: New AdaptiveMode parameter in DropDownList, ComboBox, AutoComplete, MultiSelect, MultiColumnComboBox, DropdownTree, MultiSelectTree, Calendar, DatePicker, DateTimePicker, DateRangePicker, TimePicker
• Multiple accessibility enhancements across the library
• Popup Edit Form enhancements in Gantt component
• Scheduler enhancement: Highlight events in real time, integration example with Google calendar, custom toolbar
• Styling and customization support of the UI components within ThemeBuilder Pro
• Date Editing UX enhancements in date input components: DateInput, DatePicker, DateRangePicker, DateTimePicker, TimePicker
• StartTime and EndTime configuration options in DateTimePicker component
• Enhanced forms rendering in multiple components: Grid, TreeList, Scheduler, DateTimePicker and more
• Support for SVG icons and render by default of SVG icons in themes
• Enhanced demos with adaptive behavior for multiple components: Autocomplete, ComboBox, DropDownList, DropDownTree, MultiColumnBox, MultiSelect, MultiSelectTree, DateInput, TextBox, MaskedTextBox, NumericTextBox, TextArea
• Enhancements in Editor Table Wizard
• End of support for LESS Themes and Kendo Hybrid

ThemeBuilder 

• Full customization support for Kendo UI for jQuery and Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core and MVC
• Automatic migration to the latest version of the themes
• Support for effect variables, custom variables groups in the left pane of the app, smart linking between variables, adding variables and edit variables dialogs
• Integration with Figma
• SSO support
• Support for view, edit and admin project permissions