New Features

Highlights from Recent Releases

JavaServer Faces 2.0 and Improved Design Support
Release 2.3
  • Support for Facelets views,
  • Smooth partial page update without DOM subtree replacement,
  • Support for <f:ajax .../> to update other parts of the page in response to diagram events,
  • Better design support in Geo for HTML display features.
Design Support for Rollover, New Weekly Schedule Model
Release 2.2
  • Rollover support for Swing diagrams and in Geo,
  • Optional scaling of background image,
  • New Weekly Schedule model, editable in Geo. See the Schedule demo.
Thin-Client JavaServer Faces Components
Release 2.1
  • Dynamically generated, interactive diagrams rendered as HTML, images and JavaScript, run in the client browser without plugin,
  • Choice of rendering models with cross-browser support and optimized image download
  • JavaScript-enabled and scriptable, with asynchronous updating,
  • JSF Input and Command components,
  • Server-side concurrency management with optimized repaint and image generation,
  • Suite of new JSF demos showing examples of use.
Models and Layouts
Release 2.0
Two new diagram styles: Tree Layout and Resource Chart (examples shown at right).
  • Simple to use and highly customizable, supported in the toolkit's design editor,
  • New demos Tree Layout and Resource Chart show interactive configuration.