DevExpress VCL improves Touch Experience

Released: Jan 10, 2014

Updates in this release

Updates in 13.2

  • Improved Touch Experience - Extended touch optimizations added to Filter, Page, Tab and Date controls.
  • Pixel Scrolling - Added pixel scrolling to the ExpressQuantumTreeList, ExpressVerticalGrid and ExpressQuantumGrid Layout Views. When used in Touch mode, pixel scrolling is enabled by default.
  • VCL Navigation and Ribbon Controls - Two new Office 2013 inspired styles are now available, Dark Gray and Light Gray.
  • Design Time Image Picker - Load images from the Icon Library and apply them to the desired controls inside your app.
  • Design Time Grid Configuration Wizard - Available via the grid’s context menu, the step-by-step wizard helps you create new grid views or customize existing views and to generate one-level hierarchies or master-detail relationships.
  • Windows 8.1 Inspired Layout Options - The Tile Control has been updated to support the tile layout options shipping as part of Windows 8.1, including small tiles, group caption editing and multi-tile rearrangement using drag and drop.
  • Windows Phone Inspired Live Tiles - Turn your tiles to elegant contact lists or photo galleries with mosaic effects similar to that found in the Windows Phone People Hub.
  • New Color Picker Control - An advanced version of the standard Color selection dialog provides support for app-wide themes and alpha channel information.