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SWT/Plan/4.7
Planning page for SWT work for Oxygen (4.7)
This page disscusses target fixes and improvements to SWT for upcomming Oxygen release. A list of open and resolved bugs for 4.7 can be found via this query.
Common
- [FIXED] Update SWT to use Java 8 bug 481195
- [FIXED] Evaluate and provide (if possible) Java 8 lambda enabled API for listeners - bug 441116 and others
- [FIXED] SWT_ AWT bridge support for Java 9 - bug 482318
- [DEFERRED] Support for CTabfolder vertical tabs - bug 58945
- [DEFERRED] SWT support for Chromium based on external contributions - bug 405031
Cocoa
- [PARTLY DELIVERED in 4.7 - REST DEFERRED to bug 516837] Provide better support for Mac OS X 10.11 - bug 494879
- [FIXED] Provide support for Mac OS X 10.12 (macOS Sierra) - bug 516704
- [DEFERRED] HiDPI Support of GC APIs on Mac - bug 489451
GTK
- [PARTLY FIXED] Bug 441568 - [GTK3] Port SWT Browser to webkit2gtk
- [DEFERRED] Implement transparency support Bug 477950 - [GTK3] Port SWT colors from using GdkColor to GdkRGBA so alpha is not lost
- [FIXED] Automate testing of SWT on multiple GTK versions Bug 494540 - [GTK] [autotester] Automated testing script for running SWT JUnit on multiple versions of GTK
- [PARTLY FIXED] Ongoing improvements to Eclipse stability on GTK3, (graphical glitches, missing icons etc..) - bug 494883
- [PARTLY FIXED] Make Eclipse usable on Wayland as backend with GTK3 - bug 496923
- [FIXED] Tree should expand/collapse on Arrow_Left/Arrow_Right - bug 372607
- [DEFERRED] Fix accessibility issues on Linux - bug 470031 and bug 481824
Win32
- [FIXED] Provide/Leverage native HiDPI support for IE Browser's Image to scale - bug 493666
- [FIXED] Provide custom support for Button to respect foreground and background color on Windows to improve Dark Theme experience - bug 23837
- [FIXED] Improve HiDPI support w.r.t. to Printer usage, with an API option to skip auto-scaling for devices like Printer - bug 498876
- [FIXED] Eclipse must support the U.S. 508 Refresh for accessibility - bug 445551