Syncfusion Essential Studio for Xamarin 2020 Volume 4

Autocomplete

• Auto drop-down placement - Added support for placing the drop-down at either the top or bottom of the control based on the available space.

ComboBox

• Auto drop-down placement - Added support for placing the drop-down at either the top or bottom of the control based on the available space.
• Added Xamarin.Forms WPF platform support.

Microsoft Word Library

• Metadata properties - Accesses metadata properties of a Word document used in the Microsoft SharePoint document library.
• Update word count - Updates the count of paragraphs, words, and characters in a Word document.
• Word-to-PDF enhancements - Word-to-PDF conversion has been enhanced in the Word Library:
  • SkiaSharp version has been upgraded from 1.59.0 to 2.80.2.
  • Draw list numbers in Spanish format during Word to PDF conversion.

Image Editor

• Circular cropping - This feature allows users to crop an image in a circle or ellipse shape.
• Disable dragging for shapes - This feature allows users to enable or disable dragging for a selected shape.

Masked Entry

• Select all text on focus - This feature allows users to select all text when the control is focused on.
• Read-only text support - This feature allows users to prevent text from being modified in the Masked Entry.

Numeric Entry

• Comma separator on focus - This feature allows users to enable the comma separator for the input values when the control is focused on.
• Read-only text support - This feature allows users to prevent text from being modified in the Numeric Entry.

PDF Library

• EAN-13 and EAN-8 barcodes - Added the ability to render EAN-13 and EAN-8 barcodes in PDF pages and images.
• Read and edit JavaScript PDF actions - Added the ability to read and edit JavaScript PDF actions from the PDF document.

Microsoft PowerPoint Library

• Language for text part - Access and modify the language property of the text in a PowerPoint presentation.
• PPTX-to-PDF and PPTX-to-image conversions have been enhanced in PowerPoint Library:
  • SkiaSharp version has been upgraded from 1.59.0 to 2.80.2.
  • The fallback font is used to render characters that do not have glyphs in the original font when converting PPTX to image.
  • Draws gradient line for shapes when converting PPTX to PDF and image.
  • Draws gradient fill with transparency for shapes when converting PPTX to PDF and image.

Range Slider

• Added support for border color and rounded corners.

Chat

• Event support for message interactions - Allows users to listen to events for the following message interactions:
  • Tap.
  • Double tap.
  • Long press.
• Item converter - Binds the ItemsSource with a collection of data objects and converts those data objects to the message object required by the chat control.

DataGrid

• Customize border for specific cells - Customizes the border of a specific cell based on the criteria.
• Set style properties in XAML - Sets the style for each element of a DataGrid in XAML.

Popup

• Blurred overlay background - Users can show the blur effect on an overlay background.

Rich Text Editor

• Added support for subscript and superscript.

Step ProgressBar

• Added support for dark and light themes.

Tabbed View

• Auto tab width support - Added support for rendering the Tabbed View control’s tabs based on the text size.

Microsoft Excel Library

• Enhancements in XlsIO - The following enhancements were made in the XlsIO library:
  • An event has been added to control the data export from Excel to DataTable.
  • Long-dash line patterns are now supported in Excel charts.