SAP Web IDE Layout Editor (WYSIWYG or Drag&Drop) available for productive use

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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.