Vaadin Framework 8.2.0.rc1

Vaadin Framework 8.2.0.rc1 is a release candidate version for evaluating the enhancements mentioned below.

Vaadin Framework 8.2.0.rc1 Enhancements and Fixes

Components

• Separate row heights for header, body and footer in Grid (but not separate row height per row)
• Support for item descriptions (tooltips) in CheckBoxGroup, RadioButtonGroup and Tree
• Notification supports CloseListener
• Tree now has methods to scroll it programmatically
• AbstractDateField now supports formatting of time zone information
• Grid WAI-ARIA support has been improved
• Added GridRowDragger, a new helper API for dragging rows in Grid

Binder

• Binder supports removing bindings
• BindingBuilder methods do not have to be chained
• Bean validation failures will revert changes in Binder

Generic features

• The browser time zone can be obtained from WebBrowser if the browser supports it
• PushState based navigation support
  • Support for this in CDI plug-in will be released in version 3.0
  • Support for this in Spring plug-in will be released in version 3.0
• Client side ErrorLevel support
• VaadinService, VaadinServlet and VaadinServletService have protected no-args constructors to make DI integrations simpler

See complete list of changes since 8.2.0.beta1

See complete list of changes since 8.1.7

Testing pre-releases

Easiest way to get started testing pre-releases is to create a new project using Maven archetype:

mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.4:generate  \
    -DarchetypeGroupId=com.vaadin  \
    -DarchetypeArtifactId=vaadin-archetype-application  \
    -DarchetypeRepository=https://maven.vaadin.com/vaadin-prereleases  \
    -DarchetypeVersion=8.2.0.rc1