V1.18.0

This release primarily focuses on general housekeeping. However, it should also solve the IndexOutOfBoundsException thrown when using WindowBuilder together with an actual Java 8.

What's Changed

• Update target platform for 2024-12 development cycle by @ptziegler in #882
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.3.6 to 4.4.0 by @dependabot in #878
• Explicitly set required permissions for "Publish Test Results" action by @ptziegler in #885
• [GTK] Remove binaries for amd64 architecture by @ptziegler in #884
• Fix: NPE when creating snippet without selecting a project by @ptziegler in #883
• Bump actions/setup-java from 4.2.2 to 4.3.0 by @dependabot in #889
• [GTK] Create launch configuration and recompile Linux binaries by @ptziegler in #888
• Restrict the number of builds to keep with artifacts by @ptziegler in #892
• Update version in feature.xml to 1.18.0 by @ptziegler in #890
• Set version for builder-helper-maven-plugin by @ptziegler in #891
• [GTK] Use primitive types in native method invocation. by @ptziegler in #893
• [GTK] Implement get/setAlpha() methods directly in the Java layer by @ptziegler in #896
• Update to Tycho 4.0.9 and CBI 1.5.0 by @ptziegler in #898
• Set version attribute for maven-clean-plugin by @ptziegler in #900
• [GTK] Rename begin/endShot() to match the called GTK methods by @ptziegler in #897
• Fix several AsciiDoc errors/warnings/debug problems by @ptziegler in #899
• [GTK] Harmonize signature of native getWidgetBounds() method by @ptziegler in #901
• [GTK] Move implementation of isPlusMinusTreeClick() to Java layer by @ptziegler in #902
• Make scroll-bar invisible for horizontal/vertical header by @ptziegler in #903
• [GTK] Move snapshot mechanism to Java layer by @ptziegler in #904
• Bump actions/setup-java from 4.3.0 to 4.4.0 by @dependabot in #905
• [GTK] Implement toggle_above method by @ptziegler in #907
• Drop support for JSR296 (Swing Application Framework) by @ptziegler in #908
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.7 to 4.2.0 by @dependabot in #906
• Harmonize setDefaultTool() and setActiveTool() methods in EditDomain by @ptziegler in #914
• Remove eclipse-jarsigner-plugin from pluginManagement block by @ptziegler in #911
• Update URL to WindowBuilder Website repo in Oomph script by @ptziegler in #910
• Deprecated activate(boolean) method in EntryInfo class by @ptziegler in #915
• Adjust lower bound of GEF dependency in SWT_AWT. by @ptziegler in #918
• Synchronize IPalettePreferences with PaletteViewerPreferences by @ptziegler in #919
• Harmonize call to palette entries in DesignerContainer by @ptziegler in #917
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.4.0 to 4.4.3 by @dependabot in #922
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.2.0 to 4.2.1 by @dependabot in #921
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 by @dependabot in #925
• Bump actions/setup-java from 4.4.0 to 4.5.0 by @dependabot in #924
• Bump EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action from 2.17.1 to 2.18.0 by @dependabot in #923
• Cleanup and decouple SWTBot from other JUnit tests by @ptziegler in #926
• Migrate SWTBot tests from JUnit4 to JUnit5 by @ptziegler in #929
• [1.8] Improve support for outdated JDK versions by @ptziegler in #930
• Replace IAdaptable interface with the one provided by the platform by @ptziegler in #931
• Synchronize Apache Commons IO with Orbit (2.16.1 -> 2.17.0) by @ptziegler in #932
• Remove unnecessary type casts and annotations by @ptziegler in #933
• Typify ILayoutInfo.getLayoutData2() to resolve unchecked cast warnings by @ptziegler in #934
• Update News&Noteworthy for 1.18.0 by @ptziegler in #935

Full Changelog: V1.17.0...V1.18.0