What's new in version 2016?

Overview

Version 2016 is a huge leap forward both visually and feature-wise. With heavily re-vamped user interface and tons of features added and fine-tuned, this is one of the biggest jumps forward we have ever made.

• Built upon the successful previous version
• Completely new user interface and docking structure.
• Address many of the best suggestions from our customers accumulated over the past 2 years.

Heavily improved user interface

• New, modern tab and docking system
  
• Close button on tabs (optional)
• Tool windows can now be pinned to sides
  
• Document windows can now be undocked and stacked in multiple panes or external windows
  
• Customizable toolbar and menu icons
  
• New visual themes
  
• No more flicker upon tab change
• No flicker on window resize
• Improved high DPI support makes WeBuilder easier to use on high-resolution screens

New, epic time saver - Go To Anything

With the new Goto feature, you can jump to any file or place in your project or currently open file with a few keystrokes. The default shortcut is Ctrl+`, but you can use another combo.

• Quickly open project files by typing just a few symbols
  
• Quickly jump to symbols in any file of your project
  
• Quickly jump to words in any file of your project, with context preview
  
• Quickly switch between large number of projects
  

Improved text editor

• Automatic pasted code indenting matching - editor will attempt to auto-adjust indenting to match your default settings if your own code is well-structured and the editor can detect a pattern in the pasted code
  
• Improved bracket closing in some situations

Improved preview

• Updated built-in Chrome preview
• Built-in access to Chrome Developer Tools
  
• Preview address input behavior improvements
• Auto-refresh preview on save
• Visual Event (by Allan Jardine) JS plugin integration
  
• X-Ray now available in full-screen preview

Improved Project management

• Quickly activate any project via Goto Project, even if you have a huge list of projects
• Open Folder for opening a folder as a temporary project without creating a saved project
• Activate Folder of Current File feature now works for project files
• Larger and resizable Projects window

Improved FTP/SFTP/FTPS

• Easily search / filter FTP connections list
• FTP passwords and SSH key passphrases can now be optionally left unsaved and they will be asked only once during session and not saved to disk
  
• Improved SFTP SSH password protected key file support
  
• View details mode is now remembered for file view
• Delete file from FTP and project with a single click
• Auto correction of line endings when opening ASCII files that were incorrectly uploaded (as binary with Windows newlines)

Improved HTML and CSS support

• HTML tag auto indenting
  
• Improved CSS syntax highlighting
• Updated list of Google fonts
• Google font searching
  
• LESS and SASS syntax updates
• Improved built-in CSS preview

Improved Language Browser

• Filter for quickly locating an item or statement

Plugin improvements

• Developers can now write plugins that alter auto complete dropdown lists
• Plugin items can now have icons
• Project related plugin API functions are now available

Misc minor adjustments and fixes

• Improved: Undo / Redo behavior with selection
• Improved: Two plugins can now share the same menu
• Improved: CSS box assistant window
• Improved: Internal web server stability
• Fixed: Bug with bogus Modified status in some situations
• Fixed: Editor freezing in some situations with large files
• Fixed: Compatibility bug with some SFTP servers
• Fixed: CSS alpha color support in CSS validator
• Fixed: Problem with Save As and ~ in file names
• Fixed: Unicode in snippets
• Fixed: undo and other shortcuts not working in Find dialogs
• Various other fixes

Upgrade is easy and your old settings are saved

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