Components now open to the HTML template by default

Components now open to the HTML template by default

When you open a component, the editor now lands on the HTML template instead of the WOD editor. Opening a component is almost always about working on the template — and for inline-syntax components the WOD sidecar is usually empty — so HTML-first is the sensible default.

If you specifically open a .wod file (or .woo / .api), the editor still reveals that part — only the “no specific request” case (opening the component itself, via Open Component, double-clicking the .wo folder, or jumping in from an exception page) defaults to HTML.

Dev server now enabled by default

The dev server — which lets your running application drive Eclipse, most usefully so that clicking a stack-trace line on an exception page in the browser opens that source line in Eclipse — is now on by default and needs no setup. The feature has always existed (it came over from WOLips); it’s just far more accessible now.

What changed:

• No password. The server listens only on localhost, which is its security boundary — anything that could reach it is already running on your machine. It previously required a shared password between the IDE and the app; that friction is gone, on both sides.
• On by default. Nothing to enable. Wonder’s ERXExceptionPage (and ng-objects’ equivalent) already generate the links, so for most projects this simply starts working.
• Fails quietly on a port conflict. If port 9485 is already taken — most commonly because a second Eclipse window already owns it — the server just doesn’t start in that instance and notes it calmly in the log. The first window owns the port, which is the one your app talks to anyway.
• Configurable. Enable/disable and port live under Preferences → Parsley → Dev Server; changes apply immediately without restarting Eclipse.

From the changelog, May 29, 2026.