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Lisi
Advisor
Advisor

We are pleased to announce the release of SAP Web IDE Layout Editor with version 1.12 on the trial and for productive usage (with a limited scope, see limitations below).



The layout editor is a tool to build and edit SAPUI5 views using  Drag&Drop without the need to write code.


This release includes new features, usability enhancements, and resolution of known issues.
Main scenarios supported with this release:

  • Application from Template - Editing SAPUI5 views generated by SAP WebIDE templates.(see here)

  • Extending an application - Editing extended views of an out-of-the-box SAP Fiori application.


 

New and improved features:




  • Improved Drag&Drop usability.

  • Improved Data Binding to OData services.

  • Improved property pane usability.

  • Supports editing of extended or replaced views.

  • Supports editing fragment files.

  • Supports displaying embedded fragments in SAPUI5 views.


Resolved known issues:

  • Comments, extension points,and fragments are now preserved in the XML code.

  • Fragments can now be edited in the layout editor.


 

Limitations:

  • The layout editor works only with Chrome browser.

  • Not all SAPUI5 controls are supported in the layout editor. The unsupported controls can be viewed in


        the layout editor but can only be edited in the XML editor.

  • Opening a view with the layout editor will clear the file's undo history from the XML.

  • XML views in projects without an index.html file can fail to open in the layout editor.


 

Check our documentation for more information.



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