PrimeFaces 5.2.Final Released

It is once again PrimeTime!!! PrimeFaces Team is proud to announce the all-new 5.2 major release, featuring over 270 improvements, new components, new features, significant quality enhancements, accessibility improvements and more. All provided free and open source under Apache License. Note that almost all these features and defect fixes were already available to Elite Subscribers via 5.1.x Elite Releases.

New Components

Diagram and Steps are the two new additions to the suite and PhotoCam has been reimplemented.

Diagram



Steps



New Features

Here are the significant new features;

Responsive DataTable

Vertical PickList

Dynamic Columns for TreeTable

Expand mode for DataTable resizable columns

GeoCoder for Gmap

Ajax events for OrderList and PickList

New options for AutoComplete

Skin for simple uploader

XLSX support for Exporter

Confirmation support for Menuitem

DataTable rowHover without selection

FontAwesome Integration

PartialSubmitFilter for Ajax API

Dynamic columns support inside ColumnGroups

ColumnGroup support for Frozen Columns

Resize feature for ColumnGroups

New javascript callbacks to certain components

Ability to control default state of PanelMenu

Improvements to ColumnToggler

Configurable sort order for null values in DataTable

Defect Fixes

We’ve fixed and resolved over 100 reported tickets. 5.2 now joins PrimeFaces Elite and development will continue for a greater level of quality and featureset starting from 5.2.1.

Accessibility

Various components such as tree, tabview and accordion has received accessibility enhancements including keyboard navigation and screen reader support.

Mobile

PrimeFaces Mobile has been updated with touch optimized DataGrid and DataTable components along with general maintenance.

Push

Special thanks to our good friend Jeanfrancois Arcand and his company Async-IO for the improvements in PrimeFaces Push.

Liferay

There are many compatibility improvements for Liferay, thanks to Neil Griffin and team for their collaboration.

Migration

As PrimeFaces is a stable product, there are no breaking changes and event nothing to document for migration. Upgrade from 5.1 should be simple as replacing the jar file.

Downloads

5.2 is now available at Maven Central, manual download is also available, refer to downloads page for details.

Roadmap

Next major community release is 5.3 due mid september 2015 and Elite for 5.2.x will join bi-weekly release cycle soon. We plan to add exciting new features and maintain the existing functionality. In parallel, our team will continue working on Premium Layouts&Themes.

Always bet on Prime!