Grid widget

Final release - 1.0.

• New: ASP example.
• New: XML data island example.
• Fixed: setItemProperty bugs.

The 0.3.2 - release candidate.

• New: PHP examples.
• Fixed: ID bug in setContent function.
• Change: Active.Formats.String dataToValue converts strings to upper case. This makes sorting case-insensitive.
• Change: null value in the attribute removes it from HTML string.
• Change: special handling for the following attributes:
  checked, readonly, disabled, hidefocus - false value is treated as null, i.e. attribute is removed.
• New: action calls allow up to 3 additional arguments.

The 0.3.1 release - minor bugfixes (Mozilla only)

• Fixed: grid doesn't show first time (Mozilla).
• Fixed: horizontal scrollbar is not visible (Mozilla).
• Fixed: mouseover effects in xp skin (Mozilla).

The 0.3.0 first beta - last major modification before 1.0 release.

• [BREAKING] Changed location of /runtime/ files to be the same as /source/.
• [BREAKING] No emulation for ActiveXObject in Mozilla.
• [BREAKING] Do not force HttpRequest.responseText parsing into XML. The parsing now happen in the setXML method of the Active.XML.Table. Added getXML/setXML methods to the Active.XML.Table. setXML accepts DOMDocument or String.
• [BREAKING] Removed getData - added getNode method to the Active.XML.Table.
• [BREAKING] Removed text-to-value transformation out of the sort method. Moved to default getValue methods.
• [BREAKING] Removed 'message' template. Added 'status' and 'error' templates instead.
• A function can be used in place of the template. The function should return template object or HTML text.
• Removed template switching logic (former message template) out of the list template. Added 'main' template, which is just switching function.
• Added two new styles (xp and flat).
• Stopped event propagation for keyboard/mouse wheel scrolling.
• Changed Model/Property calling syntax in source, examples and documentation.
• Changed name from ActiveUI to ActiveWidgets Grid.

The 0.2.7 release - code restructuring and minor bug fixes.

• Moved "defineModel" and "defineProperty" methods to Active.System.Control.
• Corrected "selection/index" returning previous value.
• Added "direction" argument to the grid sort method.
• Fixed unnecessary ? in the xml http request.

The 0.2.6 release - simple paging patch

• The test patch, which implements simple paged data display.
• Minor bug fixes in Active.System.Template class.

The 0.2.5 release - enhanced documentation, minor changes

• fixed the bug where IE opened new window instead of iframe navigation.
• grid 'cell' template alias removed (use 'column' instead).
• formatting objects: setTextError, setValueError renamed to setErrorText, setErrorValue.

The 0.2.4 release - keyboard navigation, mouse wheel support, bug fixes

• keyboard navigation: up/down, page up/down, home/end.
• added support for mouse wheel scrolling.
• Ctrl-click on already selected row clears selection.
• Shift-click performs block selection.
• auto-scroll to make current selection visible.
• setUsername and setPassword methods for XML data models.
• removal of for .. in .. loops.

The 0.2.3 release - minor bug fixes

• row selection - changed from full repaint to className update.
• fixed sorting bug related to arbitrary row IDs.

The 0.2.2 release - bug fixes

• several bugs related to multiple grids on one page.
• mouseover highlighting does not change selected rows highlighting

The 0.2.1 release - minor documentation update, bug fixes

• new pages in the grid tutorial section
• automatic creation of unique HTML IDs moved to init method.
• added row/order property (alternate backgrounds :-)

The 0.2.0 release contains major enhancements:

• XML data support
• HTTP GET/POST query parameters
• support of the namespaces in the XPath
• client-side data formatting classes

The 0.1.7 release contains minor improvements and bug fixes:

• multiple row selection
• sorting is case-insensitive, ignores $ and % symbols in numbers
• column width is limited to minimum 5px during the resize operation
• new grid methods: getRowTemplate, getColumnTemplate
• more pages in the tutorial section

The 0.1.6 release contains following minor enhancements:

• loading data from CSV and tab-separated text files:
  new Active.HTTP.Request class
  new Active.Text.Table class
• stylesheet class selector for column resizer element changed to .active-box-resize
• new selector class for grid row (.active-grid-row) and column (.active-grid-column)
• tutorial section in the documentation

The 0.1.5 release contains first portion of the documentation and minor enhancements:

• set headers width/height programmaticaly (in addition to stylesheet)
  setRowHeaderWidth, setColumnHeaderHeight methods
• image column template (see examples directory)
• column header tooltips

Browser versions

ActiveWidgets minimum supported browser versions are:

• Internet Explorer 5.5
• Netscape 7.1
• Mozilla 1.4
• Firebird 0.6

Opera, Konqueror, Safari - not supported.

Support

• developers forum
• support@activewidgets.com