Introduction We would like to introduce a new feature – Loadingbar. It is a modern, lightweight loading animation for indicating the loading progress. Demo Here is a loading bar demo from start –> update –> finish. Example // create a LoadingbarControl for control the loadingbar LoadingbarControl loadingbarCtrl = Loadingbar.createLoadingbar(“myId”); loadingbarCtrl.start(); loadingbarCtrl.update(20); // update the value to 20 […]

Introduction We’d like to introduce you a new mold for Checkbox component: TriState. TriState mold is used to select either “checked”, “unchecked” or “indeterminate” as the value. With this feature, you can offer more diverse options for your users. Demo You can switch between the three states by clicking the checkbox or pressing the space key. […]

Introduction In ZK Framework, there are Selectbox, Combobox, Listbox and Chosenbox allowing users to make single or multiple selections. But only Listbox and Chosenbox accept multiple selection. Now we introduce a new component named Searchbox that supports both single and multiple selection. Demo ZUL <zk> <zscript> ListModel model = new ListModelArray(new String[] { “North America”, […]

Life is all about learning – this is especially true in the IT industry 🙂 Through our monthly Ask The Expert training, we enjoyed growing and interacting with you. Now, to reward curious and diligent learners like you, we have started the Ask The Expert Prize Draw! The Rules Participants who attended at least twice […]

Introduction PDF (Portable Document Format) is a common format used in various documents and is supported by a variety of devices. To view PDF files, you normally need a viewer software such as Adobe Reader. Thanks to HTML5, it is now possible to view them directly in the browser without having to install anything. This […]

Introduction We’re pleased to introduce a new ZK Addon – Anchornav. This component synchronizes the scrolling position on a page or within ZK containers (Div, Window, etc.) with hyperlinks and buttons. It allows you both to navigate to desired ZK components in a page and highlight the current navigation link based on the current scroll […]

Introduction We’d like to introduce an experimental feature – Toast. It is a simple feedback about an operation. Though ZK has a similar Notification since ZK 6.0.1, there are some differences between them. In contrast with Notification, Toast can: Be positioned relative to the viewport even if the page is scrolled. Be stackable. Indicating that […]

Introduction We’re pleased to introduce a new ZK Addon – Drawer. A Drawer is a component that acts as a panel but sticks to the boundary of a web page. With this, you can make the page cleaner and put detail into the Drawer for better user experience. Demo The demo below demonstrates the basic […]

Introduction You might already hear of Reactive Programming – which is based on the Observer pattern. An Observable object can have more than one Observer. Once an observable object changes, all of its observers will be notified. A simple example is re-evaluating formulas (e.g. =B1+C1) and updating cells dynamically once the data was changed in […]

In the upcoming ZK 8.6.0, we have added many new components. Let’s take a look at some of them! Rating We can use <rating> component to allow user rate or display rated score. <rating rating=”9″ max=”10″ /> The orientation can be assigned to vertical or horizontal (horizontal by default). The default rating symbol is a […]