As CET progresses through time, there were a lot of design differences that have been implemented along the way. One of such, is good old the Property Box.

Currently, we are trying the best we can to unify the looks of how our property boxes, to give a sense of harmony throughout all User Interfaces in CET. 

Old Property Box	Old Catalog Property Box	New Property Box

Old Property Box

For the most part, the Old Property Box has been automatically switched into using the New Property Box since CET 9.0.

Old Catalog Property Box

But how about the Old Catalog Property Box? As the name suggests, this is a special property box made for Data Symbols created from Catalog Creator in it's early days.

There are some cases where Extensions are still using this UI, and might want to migrate but don't know how. We'll layout the differences between the two, and give a simple guide migrating from the Old Catalog Property Box into the New Property Box.

Old Catalog Property Box vs New Property Box

User Interface	Old Catalog Property Box	New Property Box
Animation Properties(AP) Text Alignment	Left	Right
Quick Properties(QP) Text Alignment	Left	Left
Text fields	White	Green when unselected, White when selected
Dock toggle icon		(Only for undock)
Edges	Hard L	Slightly Rounded

How to Migrate:
Old Catalog Property Box 🠖 New Property Box

The general idea of the migration is to:

1. In the Extension's DsPDataProxy implementation class, remove all methods using DsSideBarProperty class.
2. Fix compile errors and move all changes in related Property methods.
   E.g. If there are implementations about a Property visibility related to DsSideBarProperty, you can migrate into using visibility methods in DsPDataProxy class instead like visibleInFactory().
3. Make sure to override usingG2() in your DsPDataProxy implementation to return true.
4. After code migration, test for compilation errors, and test if properties remained unchanged from a user perspective.