Roadmap

Telerik UI for Blazor will fully support the upcoming .NET 10 previews. Our team is committed to ensuring compatibility and taking full advantage of the new features and improvements in .NET 10.

You may already be aware that Microsoft discontinued .NET 6 support in November 2024. We would like to inform you that our plans are in line with this decision, and we will be ending our .NET 6 support in May 2025. This will give you extra time to transition from .NET 6 to .NET 8 or above. By upgrading to the most recent version of .NET, you will leverage the latest features, performance enhancements, and security improvements offered by both Microsoft and Telerik. This upgrade will ensure that you can make the most of the cutting-edge advancements provided by both entities.

 

 

We are excited to announce that the Telerik and Kendo UI Material theme will be updated to align with Google's Material Design 3 guidelines! This update introduces a modern, flexible, and visually appealing design system to help you create stunning, user-friendly applications.

To ensure flexibility, we will continue to support Material 2 with a backwards-compatible swatch, allowing you to choose the design style that best suits your needs.

The new DockManager is a UI component that mirrors the dock functionality of desktop apps like Visual Studio. It allows docks to be moved, docked, or pinned within a web app interface. Featuring a dock management overlay, it enables easy repositioning of panes and automatically adjusts its layout in response to user actions.

The new Conversational (Chat) UI Component facilitates real-time chat interactions between users and/or virtual assistants (e.g AI-driven chatbots). It offers a customizable and responsive design, ensuring easy integration into various application scenarios.

We’re enhancing the UI Accelerator offering by introducing new building blocks and page templates every quarter. These additions are designed to simplify project setup and development, providing developers with pre-built, reusable components and layouts that align with modern design standards. From streamlined workflows to consistent, polished results, these updates aim to save time and enhance productivity. By regularly expanding the library, we’re ensuring developers have the resources they need to efficiently build high-quality applications.

We continue our efforts to improve the adaptive and responsive behavior of the Telerik UI for Blazor components. In our short-term plans, we will enhance the Data Grid, Toolbar, Pager, ColorPicker and TabStrip UI components so that their design and UX is seamless regardless of the device they are displayed.

The PDFViewer will support Annotations and Form Filling, enhancing the utility and functionality of PDF documents. Annotations enable users to collaborate, review, and provide feedback, making them essential for communication and document editing. Form filling capabilities will make applications more versatile and user-friendly by allowing users to interactively fill out forms within PDF documents.

 

Performance remains a key focus for us. Expect to see improvements in the DataGrid and virtualization support to additional components (TreeList, TreeView) aimed at delivering faster data handling and rendering. This step is a part of our ongoing effort to maintain Telerik UI’s leading edge in the world of UI component libraries.

The interactive browser-based code runner for Blazor will be further enhanced with new features allowing you to seamlessly run, save and share your own Blazor code snippet.

In the 2025 releases, we remain committed to enhancing the accessibility of Telerik UI for Blazor components. This includes adhering to WAI-ARIA and Section 508 standards, aligning with the most recent WCAG guidelines, and offering comprehensive documentation, demonstrations, and resources focused on accessibility (A11Y).

We are introducing a new unified color system across all Kendo themes, ensuring a shared palette of colors. This enhancement will foster consistency and efficiency in styling across various themes, while also decreasing the size of theme files. In May 2024, the new  color system system will become default. Both color systems will be available until Q2 2025, giving you time to adapt at your own pace. For additional details, refer to our blog post.