Kanzi 3.6.2 release notes

Feature improvements

  • When you use the ETC2 compression in Kanzi Studio you can now control the quality of compression and thus the time it takes to compress the images.

    See Compressing textures.

  • List Box nodes now send messages to communicate when users scroll them. See Kanzi 3.6.2 migration guide, List Box triggers, and ListBoxConcept class in the Kanzi Engine API reference.

Documentation

  • Added a tutorial where you can learn how to apply a bloom effect on 3D content. See Tutorial: Create a bloom effect.

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  • Added video tutorial for the Getting started tutorial. See Tutorial: Getting started with Kanzi Studio.

  • Added video tutorial for the Button tutorial. See Tutorial: Creating a button.

  • Restructured the content that explains how you can use Kanzi input manipulators and added instructions on how to use each input manipulator. See Handling user input.

    ../../_images/pinch-manipulator-with-states.gif

  • Added instructions on how to install Kanzi without the need for user interaction during the installation. See Installing Kanzi unattended.

  • Added links to the Kanzi Engine API reference for Kanzi resource classes.

  • Improved the content that covers working with 2D content. It includes how to create a 3D perspective effect for 2D nodes. See Creating a 3D perspective effect for 2D nodes.

    ../../_images/image-in-preview.png ../../_images/image-perspective-y-rotated-in-preview.png

  • Improved the Kanzi Studio plugin interface documentation, by improving existing content and adding new descriptions and examples, including TriggerCondition, NodeComponentHost, BindingHost and Binding, and Project items. See Kanzi Studio plugin interface API reference.

  • Improved the documentation of the application configuration reference to include all available configuration options. See Application configuration reference.

  • Improved the documentation for working with 2D content in Kanzi. For example, the documentation now explains how to use the Composition Brush. See Applying custom rendering to 2D nodes.

  • Updated the Chinese translation of the documentation to include the content released with Kanzi 3.6.1.

  • Updated the instructions for loading images from the file system. See Loading images from the file system.

  • Created a new look for the tips, notes, file names, paths, and keyboard keys to make them more recognizable and easier to read.

    ../../_images/tip.png ../../_images/note.png ../../_images/path.png ../../_images/keys.png

Fixes

ID

Description

Area

8075

Kanzi now supports multiple logical input seats on Wayland.

Kanzi Engine

7933, 7906

Decreased the loading time of the improved kzb format.

Kanzi Engine

7892

You can again use in Kanzi Studio the messages that the List Box nodes generate when you scroll a List Box node.

Kanzi Engine

8008

Kanzi now treats removed and disabled bindings in the same way.

Kanzi Studio

7985, 7800, 7423

Kanzi Studio UI is now significantly more responsive.

Kanzi Studio

7922

Fixed several issues to improve stability of Kanzi Studio.

Kanzi Studio

7833

Kanzi Studio now no longer throws exceptions when you export a kzb file that includes a lot of compressed images.

Kanzi Studio

7965

The linux_x11_cpp98 shared libraries are now again part of the Kanzi SDK.

Kanzi framework SDK