Kanzi 3.9 alpha 3 release notes¶
New features¶
Introduced the Kanzi UI automation plugin that provides runtime access to Kanzi UI elements and enables test automation. This plugin works on top of Kanzi Engine. See Kanzi UI automation plugin.
Added a Kanzi Studio project template that includes the shaders for physically-based rendering. See Shaders.
Feature improvements¶
You can now set a Composition Target Render Pass to render to multiple composition targets. See Rendering content to multiple composition targets.
The Preview plugin that enables the Kanzi Studio Preview to show the runtime state of Activity nodes is now installed with Kanzi Studio.
When you create a material Kanzi Studio now automatically adds the Blend Mode property to the material.
Asset Packages are now part of the default Kanzi Studio workspace layout. You can find the Asset Packages window next to the Assets and the State Tools windows at the bottom of the interface.
Changes¶
Updated the Android platform package to use Android Studio 4.1.0 and Gradle 6.5. See Migrating Kanzi applications to use Android Studio 4.1.0 and Gradle 6.5.
Documentation¶
Added instructions for setting how Kanzi handles OpenGL ES content on the Windows platform, which does not support OpenGL ES. See Setting the OpenGL ES wrapper for the Preview.
Added instructions on how to fine-tune the rendering of characters in Text Block 2D and Text Box 2D nodes. See Setting the rendering of characters in a Text Block 2D node and Setting the appearance of the composition text in a Text Box 2D node.
Added instructions on how to set font hinting for Text Block and Text Box nodes. See Setting font hinting.
From this release onwards Kanzi documentation is no longer available in a Kanzi Studio dockable window.
Notable fixes¶
ID |
Description |
Area |
|---|---|---|
132578 |
Fixed the issue that prevented Kanzi Studio from detecting a change in the Data Context property. |
Kanzi Studio |
244106 |
Fixed the issue that in some cases prevented the Preview Node tool from correctly picking items in Grid List Box 3D nodes. |
Kanzi Studio |
330260 |
When in Kanzi Studio you press F1 in the context of Activity functionality, Kanzi Studio now takes you to the correct documentation topic. |
Kanzi Studio |
336512 |
Fixed the issue that made Kanzi Studio think you must restart the Preview after editing user preferences. |
Kanzi Studio |
336546 |
Fixed the issue that caused Kanzi Studio to show extra message triggers. |
Kanzi Studio |