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ASP.NET HTML Editor - ChangeLog

Version 1.10.118.1 - New field 'CSS Class' added to 'DIV properties' popup:

January 18, 2010

Version 1.9.1221.1 - New server-side property PreviewOnInit added, see here and "Read only" mode example.

December 21, 2009

Version 1.9.1130.2 - Improved support for uneditable elements in the content.

November 30, 2009

Version 1.9.1117.1 - Spell Checker is improved, users have ability to add words to custom dictionary now.

The place where the custom dictionary will be stored is specified with the CustomDictionaryOnServer property.

November 17, 2009

Version 1.9.1028.1 - Improved support for uneditable elements in the content.

October 28, 2009

Version 1.9.1023.1 - Popups' appearance improved for IE8 in IE7 uncompatible mode.

October 23, 2009

Version 1.9.1005.1 - New server-side property UpperSuggest added, see here.
New client-side function getHeight() added, see here.

October 5, 2009

Version 1.9.807.1 - Nested collections can be used in templates.

August 7, 2009

Version 1.9.701.1 - Improved support of anchors in content.

July 1, 2009

Version 1.9.512.1 - Compatibility modes of IE8 RC1 are supported.

May 12, 2009

Version 1.9.317.1 - IE8 RC1 is supported.

March 17, 2009

HTML Editor in "HTML text" sets the cursor/selection based on cursor/selection in the "Design mode" (the most part of competing products usually locate the cursor at the very beginning of the text).
This feature is supported for IE, FF, Safari, Google Chrome, Opera.
Automatic scrolling to selected text is supported for IE and FF.

January 30, 2009

Custom select buttons can be added to top toolbar.
See Custom toolbar page and Custom select button example.

New feature is added to Images properties popup: proportions of image can be constrained while its height and width editing.

June 10, 2008

New component's properties are added:
1. ShowWaitMessage, see HTML Editor properties & events and working example.
2. CausesValidation, see HTML Editor properties & events for details.
3. ValidationGroup, see HTML Editor properties & events for details.
4. AddCssFiles collection, see HTML Editor properties & events, Additional CSS files pages and working example.
New predefined client-side functions oboutGetEditorByClientId() and EditorBeforeActivate() are added. See Main functions and interfaces for details.

May 23, 2008

New component's property InsideOboutWindow is added.
See HTML Editor properties & events page and With obout Window example.

New component's property FontNotSet is added.
See HTML Editor properties & events page.
May 12, 2008

New features are added to Table properties popup.

April 28, 2008

Bulleted List, Ordered List, Increase Indent and Decrease Indent
are supported in Safari now.
April 11, 2008

MS IE 8 (Beta) is supported now.
April 1, 2008

New component's property OnClientContentChanged is added.
See HTML Editor properties & events page and Content counters example.
March 20, 2008

Editor loads and uploads content much faster now.

New component's properties are added:
1. DefaultFontFamily, see HTML Editor properties & events for details.
2. DefaultFontSize, see HTML Editor properties & events for details.
3. AddFontNames collection, see HTML Editor properties & events for details.
4. FontSizes collection, see HTML Editor properties & events and Custom font sizes for details.
5. AddFontSizes collection, see HTML Editor properties & events for details.
New toolbar buttons are added:
- - Clear foreground color.
- - Clear background color.
- - Make paragraph.
March 7, 2008

New component's properties TemplateFolder and Template are added.
See HTML Editor properties & events, and Template XML file use pages for details.
January 16, 2008

New component's property PlainText is added.
See HTML Editor properties & events and PlainText pages for details.
New component's property RemainLfOnSubmit is added.
See HTML Editor properties & events page for details.
December 28, 2007

Added new button (Make selection as not editable) to top toolbar.
Improved Visual Studio support.
See How to make Custom toolbar page.
November 22, 2007

Any custom tags can be used both in MS IE and FireFox.
HTML Editor supports contentEditable attribute in FireFox now.
See Working example.
November 9, 2007

Improved Insert Link popup working.
See Link to Anchor and Link to URL pages for details.
July 20, 2007

Added new button Insert PlaceHolder and toggle button PlaceHolders indication to top toolbar.
New component's property ShowPlaceHolders is added.
See HTML Editor properties & events page for details. page for details.
June 28, 2007

New component's properties Cancel and ClientCancel are added.
New server-side event ClickCancel is added.
See HTML Editor properties & events, ClickCancel event and ClientCancel pages for details.
June 22, 2007

New component's properties InitialCleanUp and SuppressContextMenu(inner) are added.
See HTML Editor properties & events and Context Menu items disabling pages for details.
New client-side functions getRange() and setRange() are added.
See For JavaScript Developers page for details.
June 9, 2007

Media inserting and editing is added .
See any working example.
June 5, 2007

Flash inserting and editing is added .
See any working example.
May 18, 2007

New component's properties AjaxWait, AjaxCurrentContent, SuppressTab, FullHTML and NoScript are added.
See HTML Editor properties & events page for details.
May 11, 2007

Opera(starting with 9.20) is supported now.

New buttons:
[Paste from MS Word with cleanup], [Get context menu for current cursor position (the only way for Opera)]
are added to full buttons set.
Apr 26, 2007

MS ASP.NET AJAX is supported now.

New component's property DefaultContextMenu is added.
See HTML Editor properties & events page for details.
New client-side function setHeight() is added.
See For JavaScript Developers page for details.
Feb 23, 2007

New component's properties KeyboardEnabled and ClientValidation are added.
See HTML Editor properties & events page for details.
New client-side functions TextSelected() and SelectedTextNodes() are added.
See working example and For JavaScript Developers page for details.
Jan 19, 2007

New buttons:
(Insert DIV), (Insert Form), (Insert/edit CheckBox), (Insert/edit Radio button), (Insert/edit TextBox), (Insert/edit Password field), (Insert/edit Hidden element), (Insert/edit Button), (Insert/edit Submit button), (Insert/edit Reset button)
are added to full buttons set.
Dec 28, 2006

New component's property PreviewMode is added.
See working example and HTML Editor properties & events page for details.

New button for document appearance preview is added to full buttons set.
Dec 15, 2006

New component's event ContentChanged is added.
See working example and HTML Editor properties & events page for details.
New client-side function ContentChanged() is added.
See For JavaScript Developers page for details.
Dec 8, 2006

New component's property AutoFocus is added.
See working example and HTML Editor properties & events page for details.
Dec 1, 2006

New buttons and for increasing/decreasing editing panel of Editor are added to full buttons set.
Dec 1, 2006

Users can create their own "HTML Editor style" popup windows now. See Custom Popup Windows
Users can suppress using of some default hot keys and define their own hot keys. See Hot Keys definition.
Nov 24, 2006

Editor has built-in Spell Checker now. See Spell checking and Dictionaries for Spell Checker pages for details.
Nov 17, 2006

New component's property RelImgUrls is added. See HTML Editor properties & events page for details.
Oct 27, 2006

New component's properties Rtl and ScrollIntoView are added. See working example and HTML Editor properties & events page for details.
Editor's default context menu is changed.
Oct 20, 2006

"BusyBox" is shown now while HTML Editor executes operations that spend much time.
Added new toggle button Anchors indication to toolbar.
New component's property ShowAnchors is added. See HTML Editor properties & events page for details.
Added client-side submit validation function EditorOnSubmit. Defined new client-side method getContentWait. See For JavaScript Developers page for details.
Oct 13, 2006

Added new buttons: Insert Anchor, Print, Select All, Select None, Direction left to right, Direction right to left.
Oct 6, 2006

Added new button Justify and new popup window Insert a special character. Aug 25, 2006

Added new button Remove alignment. Aug 17, 2006

HTML Editor's language localization released. Users can create there own localization XML files using en.xml file as a template. See working example and HTML Editor properties & events page for details.
Language autodetection is available. See AutoLanguage.aspx in downloaded zip file.
Aug 10, 2006

User can create his own buttons for HTML Editor's toolbar. See Custom Buttons. Jul 28, 2006

User can redefine properties of a table inserted with Insert a Table button. See Default Table Properties. Jul 28, 2006

Added two new buttons Convert to uppercase and Convert to lowercase. Jul 28, 2006

User can select an URL Link from predefined ones. See Example. Jul 14, 2006

Shadow effect is realized for Tables and Images using corresponding Popup Windows. Jul 13, 2006

User can disable some properties in Popup Windows. See Popup properties disabling. Jul 13, 2006

User can define his own items for Context Menu. See Custom Context Menu. Jul 07, 2006

Background Image can be set for a table and table's cells. Jul 03, 2006

HTML Editor component can be used in Designer of VS2003 and VS2005 now.
Custom buttons definition syntax changed. See Custom toolbar page for details. Jun 28, 2006

Added two new buttons to HTML Editor's toolbar - Copy Format and Apply Format (full buttons set). See Copy and apply format. Jun 27, 2006

User can define his own fonts for document. See Custom fonts page for details. Jun 22, 2006

Different DLL files for .NET 1.x and .NET 2.0 are in the downloadable zip files. They are CLS Compliant now. This assemblies can be called by partially trusted code. Jun 20, 2006

After Font, Size and Quick Formatting applying on selected text, selection doesn't disappear now. Jun 7, 2006

User can define his own Image Browse procedure. See Example. Jun 1, 2006

Safari and FireFox browsers for Mac OS X are supported now. May 28, 2006

The most part of HTML Editor features is supported in Safari browser now. May 24, 2006

Improved popup windows working. May 23, 2006

Added new button to HTML Editor's toolbar - Insert Icon (full buttons set). See How to add icons. May 18, 2006

New URL link can be added to the HTML Editor's content at the current caret position (not selected text) now. May 17, 2006

New Server-side property ModeHTML added. See HTML Editor properties & events. May 17, 2006

New Client-side methods are available. May 12, 2006

New example added to downloadable zip file. It illustrates DataBase using for setting and saving HTML Editor's content. May 04, 2006

Old versions of FireFox Mozilla (1.0.2 and less) are supported now. Apr 26, 2006

HTML Editor grid is not hard coded now. See How can I change the cell spacing in HTML Editor grid?. Apr 25, 2006

Old versions of Netscape (7.x) are supported now. Apr 25, 2006

Improved behavior of "Remove Format" procedure in HTML Editor. Apr 21, 2006

.NET 2.0 is supported now. Apr 13, 2006

New "URL Link properties" popup window for Create Link button is available now. This window is also used for link's properties editing via context menu. Apr 12, 2006

Added new HTML Editor component properties: ShowQuickFormat, CaretPosition, QuickTyping, FixedToolBar, Height, Width. Visit HTML Editor properties & events please. Apr 07, 2006