V1.17.0

Highlight of this release is the provisional support for Windows ARM64 as well the initial update of several icons to also include high-DPI variants.

What's Changed

• Update bundle & feature version for 1.17 release cycle by @ptziegler in #797
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.6 to 4.1.7 by @dependabot in #798
• Recompile Windows binaries for x64 and aarch64 by @ptziegler in #799
• Update to Tycho 4.0.8 & bump affected bundle versions by @ptziegler in #801
• Generate Software Bill-of-Materials (SBOM) as part of project build by @ptziegler in #791
• Remove unnecessary "throws" statement in model methods by @ptziegler in #802
• Adapt Bean/PojoObservableCodeSupport to use new Observable API by @ptziegler in #784
• Always show scrollbar in property table to avoid obscured buttons by @ptziegler in #803
• Refactor and harmonize image property editors by @ptziegler in #794
• Raise lower bound of SWT bundle to 3.126 by @ptziegler in #804
• Convert "What's New" section from HTML to AsciiDoc by @ptziegler in #805
• The selection in LayoutPreferencePage needs to be updated on new input by @ptziegler in #806
• Convert remaining WindowBuilder Core Documentation from HTML to AsciiDoc by @ptziegler in #807
• Update JavaDoc to remove references to old Observable API by @ptziegler in #809
• Update miglayout to 11.4 by @merks in #812
• Remove usage old Observable API when using IObservableMap by @ptziegler in #810
• Fix partial initialization of ImplicitLayoutCreationSupport by @ptziegler in #814
• Delete unused Version class by @ptziegler in #815
• Remove unused Activator & Messages class in org.eclipse.wb.core.java by @ptziegler in #817
• Remove support for Java versions < 1.8 by @ptziegler in #816
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.3.3 to 4.3.4 by @dependabot in #818
• Update organisation hosting the dash-license yaml file. by @ptziegler in #821
• Fix NPE when MigLayout bundle has been added as external jar by @ptziegler in #820
• [GEF] Remove duplicate activate/deactivate methods in edit part by @ptziegler in #822
• [GEF] Make IEntry compatible with PaletteEntry by @ptziegler in #823
• [GEF] Make IContainer compatible with PaletteDrawer by @ptziegler in #824
• [GEF] Move createCompoundCommand() method out of EditPart class by @ptziegler in #825
• [GEF] Replace GroupRequest with original GEF class by @ptziegler in #826
• [GEF] Cleanup method signatures in IEditPartFactory to use GEF EditPart by @ptziegler in #621
• Change signature of runObjectLog to expect a Callable object by @ptziegler in #830
• Change signatures in SwingUtils to expect a Callable object by @ptziegler in #832
• [GEF] Harmonize inclusion/exclusion set in tools by @ptziegler in #831
• [GEF] Harmonize selection methods in IEditPartViewer base interface by @ptziegler in #833
• Change signature of runObjectIgnore to expect a Callable object by @ptziegler in #834
• Create reproducer test case for exception when using GridBagLayout by @ptziegler in #829
• Change signature of runObject/runObjectUI to expect a Callable object by @ptziegler in #835
• Change signature of runObject/runObjectUI to expect a Callable object by @ptziegler in #836
• Replace RunnableObjectEx with Callable interface by @ptziegler in #828
• Fix copyright header in ParseFactory (typo) by @ptziegler in #837
• Bump EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action from 2.16.1 to 2.17.0 by @dependabot in #838
• Fix compilation error due to deleted PDE class by @ptziegler in #840
• Create 96 and 192 DPI variants of the alignment icons. by @ptziegler in #841
• Use new alignment icons for MigLayout bundle by @ptziegler in #843
• Move alignment icons from org.eclipse.wb.core.ui to org.eclipse.wb.core by @ptziegler in #844
• Replace TableWrapLayout icons with new alignment icons by @ptziegler in #845
• Replace ColumnLayout icons with new high-DPI alignment variants by @ptziegler in #846
• Set the "Dictionary" preference as part of the Oomph setup by @ptziegler in #847
• Use new high-DPI icons for anchor actions by @ptziegler in #848
• Fix: HTML Tooltip not show on Linux by @ptziegler in #849
• Remove obsolete IActionIconProvider class by @ptziegler in #850
• Remove old alignment icons for Spring-/From-/Gridlayout by @ptziegler in #851
• Remove old alignment icons for SWT GridLayout by @ptziegler in #852
• Remove old alignment icons for Swing GridBagLayout by @ptziegler in #853
• Remove old alignment icons for Swing FormLayout by @ptziegler in #854
• Update navigation icons in DimensionEditDialog with high-DPI versions by @ptziegler in #855
• [Draw2D] Support reparenting when adding new child to figure by @ptziegler in #856
• [Draw2D] Add support for layout managers to figures by @ptziegler in #857
• [Draw2D] Fix potential deadlock in palette when using layout manager by @ptziegler in #858
• [Draw2D] Harmonize Parent/Children accessors in Figure with base class by @ptziegler in #839
• [Draw2D] Remove explicit type cast in Figure.getChildren() by @ptziegler in #859
• [GEF] Make IPalette compatible with PaletteRoot by @ptziegler in #860
• Fix: Wrong coordinates when calculating location of Swing components by @ptziegler in #861
• Avoid asynchronous task when calculating relative locations by @ptziegler in #862
• Adapt FigureTest to handle new GEF behavior by @ptziegler in #868
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.3.4 to 4.3.6 by @dependabot in #866
• Bump actions/setup-java from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 by @dependabot in #867
• Cleanup usage of old BeanObservables in list/set factories by @ptziegler in #869
• Add What's New page for WindowBuilder 1.17.0 by @ptziegler in #875
• Mention "org.eclipse.wb.core.java.imageProcessor" extension point in N&N by @ptziegler in #876
• Use release repositories for SimRel 2024-09 by @ptziegler in #881
• Bump EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action from 2.17.0 to 2.17.1 by @dependabot in #879

New Contributors

• @dependabot made their first contribution in #798

Full Changelog: V1.16.0...V1.17.0