GBC 4.01.21 new features and upgrade notes

A summary of new features and changes in functionality introduced with Genero Browser Client (GBC) 4.01.21. Note the changes you may need to make when moving to this version of the GBC.

Important:

This page covers only those new features introduced with the Genero Browser Client version specified in the page title. Check prior new features pages if you migrate from an earlier version.

For a detailed list of GBC 4.01.21 changes, please refer to the list of fixes on our issue tracker.

Previous new features page: GBC 4.01.20 new features and upgrade notes.

Changes to the GBC Home page

The Home page has been simplified. It now displays the following information about the GBC:
  • a welcome message
  • the GBC logo
  • the GBC version
  • the GBC build number
Figure: Simplified home page

Image of the new simplified GBC home page
The following components have been removed:
  • History management
  • Bookmark management
  • UA URL launcher
  • Log player launcher

    The log player is still accessible directly using the logplayer URL query string parameter. For details, go to Replay a GBC log.

For more information, see Home page.

Application launcher variables removed

Changes to the Home page have resulted in the removal of theme variables it used.

Table 1. Application launcher theme variables removed
Variable Comment
gbc-ApplicationLauncher-item-title-color Variable removed
gbc-ApplicationLauncher-item-title-background-color Variable removed
gbc-ApplicationLauncher-item-title-hover-background-color Variable removed
gbc-ApplicationLauncher-item-title-hover-link-color Variable removed

Table and scrollgrid have card views

Rows in a TABLE with FLIPPED attribute, or in a SCROLLGRID with WANTFIXEDPAGESIZE=NO can be rendered as cards when the rowAspect style attribute is set to "card". This feature applies also when customWidget style attribute is set to "pagedScrollGrid".
Figure: Table with flipped rows and card style

Image shows table with flipped rows and card style

For more information, refer to the Controlling table rendering and Controlling scrollgrid rendering pages in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.

toolBar position style attribute support added

GBC now supports the "position" presentation style attribute at the toolbar level. It can be used to display toolbars individually at the top or bottom of the window, in the chromebar, or to hide the toolbar completely.
Figure: Toolbars defined with presentation style position attribute

Two images are shown. The image on the left shows style configurations for various toolbars using the position attribute. The image on the right shows the application screen with toolbars.

For details, go to the ToolBar style attributes page in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.

toolBar CSS class names modified for naming consistency

For clarity and to be consistent with the naming convention chosen for toolBar (instead of toolbar), some CSS classes have been modified.

In UserInterfaceWidget.tpl.html: 
<div class="gbc_bottomBarsContainer">
 <div class="gbc_toolBarContainer"></div>
</div>
has been changed to: 
<div class="gbc_bottomBarsContainer">
 <div class="gbc_bottomToolBarContainer"></div> 
</div>
in order to differentiate with the toolBarContainer located on top of the widget, and to be more consistent with the WindowWidget.
In WindowWidget.tpl.html: 
<div class="gbc_WindowToolbarContainer"></div>
has been changed to: 
<div class="gbc_WindowToolBarContainer"></div>
Also in WindowWidget.tpl.html: 
<div class="gbc_WindowBottomToolbarContainer"></div>
has been changed to: 
<div class="gbc_WindowBottomToolBarContainer"></div>