New Features of ZK 8.6.0

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|author=Hawk Chen, Engineer, Potix Corporation
|date=2018
|version=ZK 8.6.0}}

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= Introduction =
Having rich and user-friendly components was one of the main reasons that developers love ZK. Now, with the release of the 8.6 version, we aim at creating more integrated and modernernized features that excites your users. You will come across enhanced multimedia and input widgets such as video clips, toggle switch, signature or slider knob, and image cropper. 

Expect a better look and feel of different applications with improved efficiency. With Iceblue Compact, you can easily create a refreshed theme without losing the essentials. 

Highlights:
* 10+ New Components
* Breeze-compatible Compact Theme


ZK 8.6 contains versatile components that is exclusively designed for modern users with improved usability, functions, and features.


== Download and Demo ==
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= Refresh Theme without a Change - Compact Theme =
The new default Iceblue theme from 8.5 has brought you with a refreshed, ultra modern look and feel. For users upgrading from an older version, Iceblue Compact is now available bringing you a same refreshed modern look and feel, along with breeze-compatible font size, paddings, and margins. Yes, this means zero code upgrade!

For theme-pack theme users, all 24 [https://www.zkoss.org/product/zkthemepack theme pack] themes have their corresponding compact theme. To apply a theme, just include the theme pack jar and specify the compact theme name, for example:

<source lang='xml'>
<library-property>
    <name>org.zkoss.theme.preferred</name>
    <value>iceblue_c</value>
</library-property>
</source>

* Each compact theme is named after the original theme name appended with "_c". For example, iceblue_c is the compact version of iceblue theme.

[[Image:compact-theme.png | center | 900px]]

Please check them out at [https://www.zkoss.org/zk85themedemo/ Theme Demo]

= [[ZK_Component_Reference/Input/Checkbox#Mold| Ios Style Switch and Toggle]] =
<!-- http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-3958 -->
{{ZK All}}
Checkbox now supports 2 new molds: switch mold and toggle mold.
== Ios Style Switch ==
[[File:checkbox-ios-style-switch.gif | center]]

== Toggle ==
[[File:checkbox-toggle.gif | center]]

= [[ZK_Component_Reference/Input/Checkbox| Tri-state Checkbox]] =
<!-- http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-136 -->
{{ZK All}}
In addition to Checked and Unchecked, the Checkbox component now supports indeterminate states.
[[File:checkbox-3states.png | center]]

= [[ZK_Component_Reference/Input/Slider| Slider Knob]] = 
<!-- http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-3961 -->
{{ZK All}}
Set <tt>mold</tt> attribute with <tt>knob</tt> will enable slider knob. You can control it by mouse wheeling, dragging, clicking or by entering a value into the textbox in the center.

[[File:knob-slider.gif | center]]

= [[ZK_Component_Reference/Multimedia_and_Miscellaneous/Video|Video Player]] =
{{ZK All}}
With this component, you can build your own youtube or a online school.

[[Image:video-player.gif | center]]



= [[ZK%20Component%20Reference/Essential%20Components/Toolbar| Toolbar Accommodates More Buttons]] =
<!-- http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-3179 -->
{{ZK All}}
When <tt>overflowPopup="true"</tt>, a toolbar will have a <tt>...</tt> symbol that shows a popup which contains those buttons weren't able to fit in the toolbar.

[[File:Toolbar-overflowPopup.gif | center]]


= [http://books.zkoss.org/zk-mvvm-book/8.0/advanced/using_navigationmodel.html| Page Navigation Model]= 
<!-- http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-4028 -->
{{ZK All}}

With the help of [http://www.zkoss.org/javadoc/latest/zk/org/zkoss/zuti/zul/NavigationModel.html| NavigationModel] and <tt><apply></tt>, we can construct a multi-level page navigation mechanism and navigate among those pages by loading the template.


= [[ZK%20Component%20Reference/Layouts/GoldenLayout| Multi-Screen Layout - Goldenlayout]] = 
<!-- http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-3954 -->
{{ZK EE}}

GoldenLayout is a layout container which layouts panels as docker type. You can drag a panel to dock at 4 regions (north, east, south, west) or to stack on another panel. This component is suitable for building a workspace like interface.

[[File:goldenlayout.gif | center]]



= [[ZK_Component_Reference/Multimedia_and_Miscellaneous/Camera| Smile! - Camera]] = 
<!-- http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-3930 -->
{{ZK EE}}
Developers can control the Camera component to take a snapshot with the camera that a browser can access.

[[File:camera-snapshot.gif | center]]


= [[ZK_Component_Reference/Multimedia_and_Miscellaneous/Camera|Record a Clip]] =
{{ZK EE}}
The Camera component can also record a clip with the camera that a browser can access.

{{#ev:youtube| JotR4Sm6W4Y | 900}}


= [[ZK%20Component%20Reference/Layouts/Organigram| Show Your Organization - Organigram]] = 
{{ZK EE}}
The component can render a organizational diagram upon a <tt>TreeModel</tt>.

[[Image:organigram.gif | center]]

= [[ZK%20Component%20Reference/Input/Signature| Sign Here, Please]] = 
<!-- http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-3959 -->
{{ZK EE}}
[[ZK_Component_Reference/Input/Signature| Signature]] supports singature pad on the desktop and mobile browsers. Developers can setup pen size, pen color, and background color etc. Users can undo, save and clear their signatres.

[[File:sinature.gif | center]]



= [[ZK%20Component%20Reference/Essential%20Components/Rating| Give Me a Rating]] =
<!-- http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-3960 -->
{{ZK EE}}

The Rating component allows users clicking an icon to give a rate.

[[File:rating.gif | center]]


= [[ZK%20Component%20Reference/Multimedia%20and%20Miscellaneous/Cropper| Crop an Uploaded Image]] = 
<!-- http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-3962 -->
{{ZK EE}}

This component allows users to crop a selected range of an image. Then a developer can process the selected image further, e.g. show it on the page.

[[File:cropper.gif | center]]


= [[ZK%20Component%20Reference/Multimedia%20and%20Miscellaneous/Barcode| Display a Barcode]] =
{{ZK EE}}

A barcode component is used to generate a barcode at the browser, and decode the barcode at the server side.

[[Image:qrcode.png]]
<source lang="xml" >
 <barcode type="qr" value="https://www.zkoss.org/" height="100px"/>
</source>

[[Image:code128.png]]
<source lang="xml" >
 <barcode type="code128" value="https://www.zkoss.org/" height="100px"/>
</source>


= [[ZK_Component_Reference/Multimedia_and_Miscellaneous/BarcodeScanner| Scan a Barcode]] =
{{ZK EE}}

A Barcodescanner component is used to scan and decode the barcode at the client side.

[[File:barcode scanner.gif | center]]


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== [[ZK%20Component%20Reference/Essential%20Components/Menu/Menupopup| Guide Users with a Pop-up Menuitem]] ==
{{ZK All}}

If you want to guide new users to click a menuitem or open a menupopup for them, ZK provide a method to pop up the menuitem in front of users.

[[File:menuitem-setactive.gif | center]]

<source lang='java'>
menu.getMenupopup().setActive(i);
</source>


== Web Fragment ==
{{ZK All}}
We now separate ZK web fragment support into [http://mavensync.zkoss.org/eval/org/zkoss/zk/zkwebfragment/| another artifact], so that you can decide to include it or not according to your requirement.

<!-- http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-4022 -->


== Improved Rendering Speed ==
We improve the rendering speed when opening a tree node and a model change of a chosenbox.
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http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-3978 
http://tracker.zkoss.org/browse/ZK-3986
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