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ODK Build 0.3.0
This is a desktop version of ODK Build. It operates independently from build.opendatakit.org, and is a great option if you have questionable connectivity or don't wish to bother with creating an account.
New features
- [Offline Build] Open multiple forms in multiple windows! Open/New/Save As now load your new form instance in a new window, so you can work on more than one form at the same time.
- Freeform language options: you can name your languages whatever you want.
- Also, Build will now remember your display language and restore it when saving/opening a form.
- You can now hold shift or ctrl/cmd (win/mac) to select multiple questions at once and move them around together.
- In general, dragging should be less twitchy than before.
- You can now drag questions between two ODK Build documents open in different windows!
- Hold ctrl (win) or option (mac) while doing so to clone the questions to the new document rather than move them.
- Note: In IE/Edge, questions will always clone.
- If you have a common set of questions that are used across many forms, you can use this to author them once and then copy them to where they need to go.
- Or if you have really gigantic forms you can author them in pieces and assemble them near the end to make it more manageable.
- New help pane gives more help and information than before.
- For instance, for years now it's been possible to use ${syntax} in labels and hints to reference other answers; that's now explained.
- Advanced section stays open when you switch between controls.
- Range/length/count options can now be open-ended: if you only fill in a min or a max it will only enforce that side.
- Basic defaults for Choose One/Select Many mean they are no longer red when created.
- Warning about saving your current work only appears when it needs to.
Performance improvements
- General performance improvements increase large-form performance by ~100x.
- IE-specific improvements should have an even greater impact.
- Elimination of most image content should help low-bandwidth users immensely.