Workbench goal is to let you experiment with GNOME technologies, no matter if tinkering for the first time or building and testing a GTK user interface.Among other things, Workbench comes with<ul><li>realtime GTK/CSS preview</li><li>library of examples</li><li>JavaScript and Vala support</li><li>XML and Blueprint for describing user interface</li><li>syntax highlighting, undo/redo, autosave, session restore</li><li>code formatter, linter</li><li>console logs</li><li>1000+ icons</li></ul>

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<ul><li>Switching between XML and Blueprint will now export</li><li>Add support for JavaScript diagnostics and linting</li><li>Optimize Blueprint preview</li><li>Update Blueprint 0.4.0 to 0.6.0</li><li>Fix preview of non GtkBuildable objects</li><li>Prevent GtkBuilder related crashes</li><li>Reset top-level windows on update</li><li>Destroy Vala top-level objects on close</li></ul>

<ul><li>Fix application not starting</li></ul>

<ul><li>Use Vala Language Server for diagnostics</li><li>Move Icon Browser to the main application menu</li><li>Reset window preview on close</li><li>Add a warning about Blueprint being experimental</li><li>Fix loading and running code with Blueprint UI</li><li>Fix crash when using abstract UI types</li><li>Fix "No UI definition loaded yet." preview error when using Vala</li><li>Fix error message when hovering text with no diagnostic</li><li>VTE 0.70.1</li></ul>

<ul><li>GNOME 43</li><li>Display CSS errors inline</li><li>Fix responsiveness when working on large Blueprint files</li><li>Use AdwAboutWindow</li><li>Blueprint 0.4.0</li><li>VTE 0.70.0</li><li>Various bug and crash fixes</li></ul>

<ul><li>Show tooltip hints in Blueprint UI code</li><li>Improve XML formatter</li><li>Add Ctrl+Shift+Return shortcut to format</li><li>Apply Style CSS to windowed preview</li><li>Improve application design</li><li>Prevent crash for templates with GtkWidget parent</li><li>Update VTE and icon-development-kit</li></ul>

<ul><li>Underline errors in Blueprint UI code</li><li>Fix bugs and crashes</li></ul>

<ul><li>Add an Icon Browser to find the right icons for your prototypes</li><li>Add a Platform tools Library demo</li><li>Improve the style switcher</li><li>Replace confirmation dialogs with toasts and undo</li><li>Support updates on root objects</li><li>Support binding signal handlers from UI</li><li>Add APIs to allow using templates from Code</li><li>Add Center/Fill preview modes for templates</li><li>Open external preview with the dimensions of the internal preview</li><li>64 new icons available</li><li>Update Blueprint to 0.2.0</li><li>Fix empty preview on first load</li><li>Fix style scheme switch when system preference is light</li><li>Remove grid pattern on the source editors</li></ul>

Highlights<ul><li>Add Blueprint markup syntax for UI</li><li>Add Vala programming language for Code</li><li>Add support for previewing templates</li><li>Add support for previewing signal handlers</li><li>Include all icons from icon-development-kit</li><li>Improve application design</li><li>Distribute Library examples under CC0-1.0</li><li>Respect system preference for color scheme</li><li>Add proper light/dark color schemes for Console</li><li>Fix error when importing files</li></ul>Other changes<ul><li>Silence platform tools</li><li>Remove GTK Icon browser platform tool</li><li>Make Library examples only open relevant panels</li><li>Always open the Console when opening a Library example</li><li>Prevent running Code if the panel is not visible</li><li>Add icons and mnemonics for all buttons</li><li>Move Bookmarks to the main menu</li><li>Enable scrollbar and kinetic scrolling on Console</li><li>Improve Library examples</li><li>Performance optimizations</li><li>Show a placeholder when all panels are invisible</li><li>Crash fixes</li><li>Use org.gnome.Sdk runtime</li></ul>

<ul><li>Add a Library of examples</li><li>Add an example of WebSocket client</li><li>Add an example of toasts</li><li>Add an example of application window</li><li>Add an example of desktop notification</li><li>Add Adwaita Demo, GTK Demo, GTK Widget Factory and GTK Icon Browser</li><li>The Console can be collapsed by resizing it</li><li>Prevent system.exit from quitting Workbench</li><li>Allow calling GObject.registerClass multiple times</li><li>Prevent crash caused by using non GtkBuildable objects</li><li>Allow using DBus and Gio.Application</li><li>Allow using network</li><li>Enable GtkWindow objects preview</li></ul>

<ul><li>Take a png screenshot of the preview</li><li>The console is now resizable</li><li>Redesign the dark/light mode switcher</li><li>Show platform and dependencies in about dialog</li><li>Update to GNOME platform 42</li><li>Various fixes</li></ul>

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