09-23-2018, 03:26 PM
(09-23-2018, 01:26 PM)kudzu Wrote: Yes, No, and Yes.
17 treats HTML more abstracted than 14/15. Its like asking if VCL will support some low level WinAPI, when in fact it "uses" it more than "supports" it. 17 abstracts layouts at a higher level but provides the same level of functionality and more.
17 also allows you to more easily integrate existing HTML, but it "pulls" them in a higher level fashion.
Today we are shipping the first closed beta and in coming weeks we will begin to publish a lot more info and demos.
Very interesting. Just keep in mind that CSS Grid now has built-in support of all browsers that matter, and that it is gathering momentum.
By "built-in" I mean that you don't even have to download (or reference via CDN) any library or stylesheet!
As you know -- layout is the biggest challenge in building pages. And with so many JS libraries -- they actually change the ordering of major layout elements in the DOM to achieve responsive.
CSS Grid is different -- very different.
If you were to support it structurally, or at worst with a property of TIWRegion -- it could be revolutionary.
In the future lack of support for CSS Grid could be equivalent to supporting everything in HTML except for the "div" tag
And of course we'll need the IWBootstrap components to be updated and expanded for Bootstrap 4. Would be glad to do the legwork for you.