Adaptability Enhancements - With this release, DevExpress have added the ability to specify different dxForm widget layouts for multiple screen resolutions.
AngularJS 2.0 Support (CTP) - DevExtreme editors can now work as Angular 2 components.
ASP.NET MVC Wrappers (CTP) - v16.1 introduces DevExtreme ASP.NET MVC Wrappers, which allow ASP.NET developers use DevExtreme HTML5 widgets in MVC applications using Razor C# code syntax.
Bootstrap Integration - The HTML5 Generic Theme is now visually-compatible with the Bootstrap framework. The DevExtreme Theme Builder allows you to create a custom DevExtreme theme based on a custom Bootstrap theme.
Modularity - You can now use small modules and load only the required functionality. Modules can be attached to your application using one of the following ways:
Load modules automatically using RequireJS.
Create a bundle using Webpack.
Load modules using the jspm package manager.
Create a bundle containing the specified modules using the DevExtreme Bundler tool.
HTML5-JavaScript SelectBox Enhancements - The SelectBox widget now supports value completion, which is applied upon TAB key press. Set the searchMode option to 'startswith' to enable autocompletion.
HTML5-JavaScript TagBox Enhancements
You can now select multiple items without reopening the tag-box.
The TagBox widget supports a single-line mode. All selected tags are displayed in a single line and can be scrolled horizontally.
You can now navigate through selected tags and remove them using the keyboard.
Value completion. Press TAB to apply the suggested value.
Performance Improvements - DevExtreme HTML5-JavaScript widgets are now faster by 20-40% when compared to the last major release (v15.2).
DevExtreme NPM Package - With v16.1, DevExtreme libraries are also shipped as NPM packages.
IE8 Discontinued - With this release, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is no longer supported.
Globalize 1.0 Support - With v16.1, DevExtreme supports jQuery Globalize version 1.X, which provides access to an always up-to-date, modular and simple i18n library.