For Telerik and Kendo UI line of products
R2 2018 will introduce one of our first UI components for the cognitive world, namely the Conversational UI (aka chat bot) component! This will be introduced across all flavors of Kendo UI.
The list of components will expand for the jQuery and we are looking to include the much anticipated and highly requested DropDownTree component.
Themes will also expand with the new Material theme.
On top of that we will continue to expand our support for the OData v4 protocol.
The main focus of the next couple of months will continue to be the Grid and supporting components to help around Grid development. Grid-specific features will include:
Additionally we will add more of our new React components:
Finally we will finish up the remaining jQuery components currently not covered by our React wrappers (PivotGrid, etc.) to ensure full coverage of the Kendo UI components for React developers. This will come with a updated documentation and demo section for the React wrappers.
On top of various features for existing components (Grid etc.) we will continue to add more Angular components:
Along with this we will expand the number of components usable with the Material theme.
Our Vue components will continue to expand with the jQuery components, which means that the Conversational UI and DropDownTree components will be added.
We will also focus on the Vue ecosystem with official support for Vuex and other libraries that can work hand-in-hand with Kendo UI. Additionally we expand our resources for Vue developers, including a new revamp of our demos and docs.
In R2, Progress will release the new TreeView component in the Telerik UI for Xamarin suite. A complement to our existing navigation offering, TreeView makes it easier for the end user to navigate in a complex hierarchical UI with various screens and options, as well as to display hierarchical data in an easy to grasp way.
In R2 2018, we will be rolling out Conversational UI capabilities that can be tied to all the major conversational UI APIs or services available today – Microsoft Bot, Google’s API.AI, Darvin.ai, and more. This allows developers to easily implement conversational UI in their applications by utilizing AI powered framework that works with natural language processing, by following a predefined logical tree, or just for integrating P2P chat capabilities in their applications.
Developers will gain new functionality with the BarCode component in R2 2018. This new control enables easy generation of the most common barcode formats.
Why should iOS and Android end-users have all the fun? In R2 2018, Telerik UI for Xamarin rounds out its DayView by offering support for UWP. Developers using Xamarin to create their UWP projects will now have an easy way to display agenda for a day.
In R2 2018, we will be rolling out Conversational UI capabilities that can be tied to all the major conversational UI APIs or services available today – Microsoft Bot, Google’s API.AI, Darvin.ai, and more. This allows developers to easily implement conversational UI in their applications.
As a part of our effort to fully support ASP.NET Core developers we will continue to release more Tag Helpers ultimately having full support for all of our Kendo UI components in the form of Tag Helpers.
New with this release will be the DropDownTree control. By combining the DropDownList functionality with a TreeView interface, the new DropDownTree control offers a hierarchical interface that allows users to pick data from an interface.
Material is a very popular design methodology coming from Google that covers web and mobile applications alike. As a part of our on-going effort to provide support for the latest and greatest within UX R2 2018 will introduce the Material theme to UI for ASP.NET Core.
Material is a very popular design methodology coming from Google that covers web and mobile applications alike. As a part of our on-going effort to provide support for the latest and greatest within UX R2 2018 will introduce the Material theme to UI for ASP.NET MVC.
Progress is dedicated to continuously enhancing and improving the Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX toolset. To this end, a variety of known issues will be resolved and performance enhancements will be implemented in the toolset in our latest release.
Data Visualization is a common scenario and requirement for many Windows applications. In the same time, delivering meaningful data should be provided in a visually appealing way for the end user. With the introduction of animations to our charting component, you will be able to deliver beautiful and highly-engaging data visualization UI to your applications.
In the R2 release of 2018, we will be introducing support for Charts within the Spreadsheet and SpreadProcessing components. Through this new feature, you will be able to add Charts into the spreadsheets in your desktop applications. The functionality also spans over to our SpreadProcessing component, which is often used to modify spreadsheets in code or export files to Excel.
The format painter functionality is useful feature for the end-users of RichTextBox that allows applying (copying) of certain text format from one part of the document to another. A fast way to format your documents which is widely used and expected by an MS Word user.
The MaskedInput control allows for restricting the user input for a predefined format, so the application always gets proper values from the end-users. Think of phone numbers, zip codes, SSN. With the pre-built masks, you will save time and efforts when in need to use the most common mask types as these will be there for them to use with a single click.
In the second release of the year for Telerik UI for WinForms, we will be adding the Image Editor control. Your end-users will be able to manipulate images in their desktop applications. The control will offer various image manipulation functionalities such as cropping, resizing, rotation, hue, saturation and more.
Quite often, when using the Scheduler control in desktop applications, users require the ability to see whether a certain date, or a range of dates contain holidays. We will be including this feature to our Scheduler control offering easier scheduling for end-users by blocking off the dates including holidays or making these dates unavailable for appointments.
In R2 2018, we will provide built-in declarative way to utilize such data sources.
In our second release of 2018, we will help the report creators to precisely specify how the tables are dispersed across the report pages.
In R2 2018, we will enable digital signing in PDF documents to prove the origin of the produced files.
In our second release of 2018, we will enhance the experience of end-users by allowing them to easily find a particular part of a report while previewing the generated report.
In R2 2018, we will enable developers to subscribe for Report Server events, so that they can trigger corresponding actions (e.g. push notifications to a mobile devices).
In our second release of 2018, we will provide built-in declarative way to utilize such data sources.
In our second release of 2018, we will make the server administration application accessible to a wider contributor audience, including users with motor restrictions who may need to work with assistive technologies.
In R2 2018, we will enable report creators to translate and deploy the Report Server in a language of their choice, to better target their audiences.
In the second release of the year for Telerik UI for WPF, we are planning to continue our commitment to bringing more theming options for your desktop applications. Following the Fluent Theme (from R1), we will be introducing a MacOS inspired theme, delivering the renown Mac OS look and feel to your WPF apps. The team at Apple have been a trend setter with their clean UI and with the MacOS theme you will be able to bring that style to your own apps.
In the last release of the year, a new control will be making its way to the Telerik UI for WPF suite - The MultiColumnComboBox. There are certain scenarios, like saving real estate on a screen or allowing easier searching for a record in a vast array of data, in which a grid control in a drop down is what gets the job done. This is exactly what the MultiColumnComboBox control will offer - a ComboBox with a Grid in the dropdown.
With this new feature in the PDFViewer control, you will be able to easily embed bookmarking functionality in your WPF applications. The bookmakrs allow for saving and faster searching and navigation to different parts of a certain PDF Document (e.g. Table of Contents). This could save end users valuable time in navigating through a PDF file and find the needed information faster.
Another powerful feature making its way to the Telerik UI for WPF suite is the ability to embed controls in a Word document. This functionality is especially valuable for application form scenarios, like leave request form, where you need to input a start date, end date and the type of leave (paid, unpaid, etc). All of the input could be handled by embedding other controls into the RichTextBox, facilitating the overall experience and usability of forms. With this release, the RichTextBox will provide support for the the Rich Text, Plain Textm Check Box, Combo Box, Drop-down List and Date Picker controls.
We are planning to deliver another functionality to the RichTextBox - Paste Options. It will enable a common Word feature, where you can choose the formatting of the pasted text - keeping the original formatting or merging it the one already in place in the document.
This feature will allow you to deliver an even better experience when working with the ImageEditor control. By incorporating the selection modes, the application's end-users will be able to select certain parts of the document to crop or apply effects to.
Agenda view is a new view mode of RadScheduler, which will allow for an easier representation of a person’s agenda for a day. This view became popular with mobile phones and now it makes its way to desktop. This way, our users can bring the latest scheduler views in their existing and everlasting WinForms applications.
TimeSpan is a data type in .NET framework that represents time intervals (e.g. you can have a departure and arrival time) and enables easy calculations of the duration of a flight, or hours being worked for a certain period. With the introduction of the TimeSpan Editor and Time Span Column Type in RadGridView, you will be able to easily accommodate similar scenarios in your desktop apps.
In R3 2018, we will increase pie chart readability by consolidating insignificant data in a single slice, based on predefined rules.
In our third release of 2018, we we will provide useful data visualization for comparing data points, in visually appealing, easy to differentiate manner.
In R3 2018, we will enhance the end-user experience, by allowing the users to easily compose a new email message containing generated report as an attachment.
In our third release of 2018, we will launch an advanced version of the PDF format that is self-contained in terms of the needed assets (e.g. fonts, encryptions, annotations) ensuring that the document will look exactly as-is on any machine.
In R3 2018, we will enable report creators to consolidate delivery of multiple reports to specific subscribers.
In our third release of 2018, we will increase pie chart readability by consolidating insignificant data in a single slice, based on predefined rules.
In R3 2018, we will provide useful data visualization for comparing data points, in visually appealing, easy to differentiate manner.