Catch up on the questions we couldn't answer live, and learn more about the latest features in Kendo UI for jQuery and Kendo UI for Angular.
Earlier this week, we held the Kendo UI R2 2017 release webinar, which highlighted the latest features we’ve added to Kendo UI for jQuery and Kendo UI for Angular. This webinar was hosted by members of the Developer Relations team at Progress. This release represented a significant milestone for Kendo UI as we hit v1.0 with Kendo UI for Angular. This blog post summarizes the event and provides answers to the questions that were asked by attendees.
Webinar Recording
If you were unable to join us for the live webinar, don’t worry: we’ve posted the recording to our YouTube channel.
Prize Winner
We love prizes and giveaways. Who doesn’t? A Kendo UI release webinar wouldn’t be complete without some epic prizes! The best question was asked by Adrian Alvarez during the webinar. Congradulations Adrian, you’ve won an Xbox One S.
Questions and Answers
During these webinars, we field a lot of questions. We try to answer most of them. However, it’s hard when you have thousands of attendees asking questions simultaneously. That’s why we provide the webinar recap, so you can see the answers yourself.
Any plans to offer a UI reporting feature that can be easily incorporated into Angular applications?
Can you show us the reporting capabilities of Kendo UI?
You’ll want to check out Progress Telerik Reporting. Our web report viewer is built with Kendo UI. And here’s even better news: we just released an Angular-based report viewer. Please make sure to check out our interactive demos of the report viewer.
Could you please update your demos with every release to help us better understand how to use your product?
We ship new and updated demos with every release of Kendo UI. You can see new ones marked on our Kendo UI demos page. Updated demos are also marked as well (i.e. Grid demos).
Will the Sass-based themes replace the Less-based themes in the future?
All Kendo UI widgets arrive with a number of predefined themes. As of the R1 2017 release, the Kendo UI distribution includes Sass-based themes. We do not have plans to deprecate our Less-based themes.
Will the Progress Sass Theme Builder be updated to allow for a custom build of the theme file similar to the custom build tool for the JavaScript components?
The Progress Sass Theme Builder allows you build a theme from scratch based on our default or Bootstrap 4-based themes. You can also import an existing theme. The tool then allows you tweak the theme to your requirements. No custom build tool or step is required.
For the Progress Sass Theme Builder - for the import section - does that mean for future updates release, I can import my previous theme to get an exported updated theme?
Generally-speaking, this should work. If new components are added, they should be injected into the theme after being modified. However, just like most things involving software, it depends.
Are there plans to have a Material Design theme?
At the time of this writing, support for Material Design is slated for the R3 2017 release of Kendo UI.
Is Kendo UI for Angular free?
The price of Kendo UI and its support options are available online.
Any plans on porting the TreeMap or creating a HeatMap chart for Kendo UI for Angular?
Not at the moment. However, our long-term goal is feature parity with Kendo UI for jQuery while keeping pace with the Angular framework development. We’ll review our feedback and share our plans for R3 2017 later this year.
Does Kendo UI support Angular 4?
Yes!
How can I color Grid cells and Grid rows (i.e. foreground, background) depending on values of other Grid cells?
You can define a cell template to emit a binding that will respond to changes made to the underlying model. This can include styles applied to the markup such as a foreground color.
Is the Grid component in Kendo UI for Angular responsive?
Please see Responsive Features for an overview of the responsive capabilities for the Grid component.
How many Angular releases on Telerik/Progress UI components can we expect in one year?
We ship three (3) major releases each calendar year with service packs and updates in-between each release.
How can I use the current Kendo UI for jQuery with Angular 4?
How can I use the Editor widget in Kendo UI for jQuery with Angular?
Can I mix widgets from Kendo UI for jQuery with Angular widgets?
Please see Kendo UI for jQuery Integration for more information on this topic.
Do you have a guide showing how to release a project without using Angular CLI?
The best place to start is our Get Started guide. From there, you can check out the links we provide to building a project with/without the Angular CLI.
Will there be more charts introduced in the future?
Keep an eye on our Roadmap for Kendo UI for Angular for future updates. In the meantime, please send us your feedback if you have any suggestions on charts that you’d like to see added.
How can I use a context menu within a Grid component built with Angular?
I would recommend using a template to define the context menu along with the event handlers needed to trigger its appearance.
For software development shops that rely heavily on continous integration (CI) to build/release software, is there an easy way to incorporate these Kendo UI Angular components into automated pipelines?
I recommend checking out the article we’ve published entitled, Build Agents Authentication for more information about this.
Are there any plans to add a debounce feature to Angular controls like combobox so that change events are not fired until the user is finished typing?
It’s not on our roadmap at the time of this timing. However, please feel free to submit your suggestion(s) to our team.
Is there a Visual Studio template for Kendo UI for Angular?
Not at the moment. However, npm is integrated so you’re good there.
Do you plan to add an option to “remember” the state of filters, sorting and/or selected page for Grid?
It’s supported via the getOptions and setOptions methods on the Grid widget in Kendo UI for jQuery. You can check out the demo of this feature online: Persist State. For Kendo UI for Angular, it’s definitely something to consider. Please submit your feedback: kendoui-feedback.telerik.com.
You’re putting a lot of resources into the Angular version. Is it your advice that we should build our new projects using Angular instead of jQuery?
Absolutely not. My advice is to use what makes you happy because we support both and will continue to support both for a long time to come. :)
Is Yarn supported instead of npm?
At the time of this timing, the Yarn package manager does not support private packages. For more information on this issue, refer to yarnpkg/yarn#521.
I don’t want to export the Grid as PDF because there is additional information on a page. How can I print a grid with other information on a page?
In Kendo UI for Angular, the Grid component supports both PDF and Excel export. We may look into other formats in the future.
We use Kendo UI with SharePoint. Are all of these libraries and components usable in SharePoint 2013 on-premise and able to query SharePoint data?
Yes! In fact, we wrote a whitepaper about this that you can check out on our site, Office 365 and SharePoint - Kendo UI for jQuery.