We have just released Xway b4, the latest version of our next-generation program for visual web design.
You can download it from our web site: Xway
Xway includes a detailed reference manual, which you can access by choosing “Xway User Guide” from the Help menu. This also includes an appendix with a list of new features and cross-references to documentation in the user guide — this is a good place to start if you’re upgrading from a previous beta version. If you’re new to Xway, a good place to start is the introduction to the user guide, and the Xway tutorial (see below).
There is also a step-by-step tutorial and two sample documents (created from the tutorial). These are available from our website: click on “Xway Resources” in the Help menu. We revised the tutorial and sample documents for b4.
New features- Dynamic styles (for rollover effects)
- Links can be applied to container boxes
- Links that are applied to boxes are copied/moved with their boxes
- You can insert a line break by typing Control-Return or by choosing Line Break from the Insert menu
- You can insert a non-breaking space by typing Option-Space or by choosing Non-Breaking Space from the Insert menu
- Subscripts and superscripts
- Previews are drawn for component boxes
- It is easier to locate missing resources
- Iframe boxes that contain YouTube and Vimeo videos can be adjusted to fit their content
- Display size can be set for markup and component boxes
- Keyboard shortcuts for switching between the Page view, Web view, and HTML view
- The Link Inspector displays a Content section for resource links
- The Box Inspector displays a Content section for markup files
- The Text menu has been replaced by a Format menu (containing the same items)
- The Page and Item menus have been removed, and items that were previously in the Page menu have been redistributed
- Pages in the Site panel default to being closed when a document is opened, except for the current page
- Home/End (fn← / fn→) scroll to the top/bottom of the page
- Xway runs natively on Intel or Apple Silicon
Bug fixes and improvements, including:- Fixed a problem that caused images to be missing in the Web view if a page is in a subfolder
- Fixed undo problems affecting markup text views
- Fixed a problem that caused some outputID values to be wrongly substituted in component CSS files
- General improvements to YouTube video previews
- YouTube video previews display an error message if the video cannot be embedded
- The toolbar appearance has been improved for Big Sur