What’s new in GroupDocs.Editor for Java 26.1 (February 2026)
New features
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| EDITORNET‑2968 | Delete slides from a presentation – a new API method lets you remove selected slides before saving. See the delete‑slides documentation. |
| EDITORNET‑2969 | Delete worksheet from a spreadsheet – you can now programmatically drop a worksheet from an Excel file. Details in delete‑worksheet documentation. |
Improvements
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| EDITORNET‑2933 | Rendering of IConnector elements in presentations is now more accurate. |
| EDITORNET‑2934 | Added support for HighlightColor on text portions in presentations. |
| EDITORNET‑2935 | Geometry figures are rendered as SVG instead of using legacy ClipPath markup, improving quality and browser compatibility. |
| EDITORNET‑2938 | Introduced simplified overloads for Editor.save and EditableDocument.fromMarkup, reducing boilerplate when working with markup strings. |
| EDITORNET‑2940 | Auto‑format detection during a save operation has been corrected, eliminating false‑positive format guesses. |
Fixed issues (bugs)
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| EDITORNET‑2883 | Right‑hand truncation of content when converting DOCX to paged HTML. |
| EDITORNET‑2903 | Background images were lost during HTML‑to‑Presentation conversion. |
| EDITORNET‑2906 | Minor rendering glitches in Presentation‑to‑HTML conversion fixed. |
| EDITORNET‑2927 | Drawing lines inside shapes now render correctly. |
| EDITORNET‑2928 | Vertical alignment problems in tables within presentations resolved. |
| EDITORNET‑2932 | Errors processing images from embedded HTML during HTML‑to‑Presentation conversion eliminated. |
| EDITORNET‑2939 | Right‑side text truncation in tables during DOCX‑to‑paged‑HTML conversion fixed. |
| EDITORNET‑3003 | HTML tables are now bound to rulesets using class‑selectors rather than ID‑selectors. |
| EDITORJAVA‑1256 | Numbered list handling after editing a Word document corrected. |
| EDITORJAVA‑1257 | “Undefined” label issue in Word documents removed. |
Highlighted conversion improvements
- HTML → Presentation – Table vertical alignment and slide‑background image handling have been tightened, delivering higher fidelity output.
- Presentation → HTML – SVG conversion for grouped shapes (
GroupShape) and image positioning inside shapes are now more reliable. - Geometry rendering – SVG is the default format for geometric figures, and old
ClipPathcode paths have been removed.
Getting the update
Add the latest GroupDocs.Editor for Java artifact to your project via Maven Central:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.groupdocs</groupId>
<artifactId>groupdocs-editor</artifactId>
<version>26.1.0</version>
</dependency>
Or, if you prefer Gradle:
implementation 'com.groupdocs:groupdocs-editor:26.1.0'
The binaries are also available for direct download on the GroupDocs releases page.
Resources
- Full release notes – (the content above is extracted from the official notes).
- Product overview – https://docs.groupdocs.com/editor/java/product-overview/
- System requirements – https://docs.groupdocs.com/editor/java/system-requirements/
- Technical support – https://docs.groupdocs.com/editor/java/technical-support/
- Community forum – https://forum.groupdocs.com/c/editor/20
Feel free to reach out through the forum if you encounter any issues or have suggestions for future releases.