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💪 Enhancements

• TextField and Text Area Components: Added a spell check property, which currently works hand-in-hand with the browser's spell check setting, requiring the browser's spell check feature to be active as well.
• DateField Component: Added a disabled time mode property to control which time values are enabled or disabled.
• Entity Reference Component: Added Icon and Text as new display type options.

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🚀 What's New in Shesha

• Chevron Component
  • The new chevron (›) arrow-shaped indicator guides users through navigation and shows clickable areas in an application.
  • It contains cool features like Customizable Items, Customizable Styles, and Configured Actions.
  • Adding a Chevron Component is as simply as adding any other component to your form.

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• Kanban Component
  • Kanban board visually organizes tasks into columns like 'To Do,' 'In Progress,' and 'Done,' allowing teams to track project status at a glance.
  • It contains Drag and Drop functionalities, Customizable Columns and Cards, Collapsible Cards, and Customizable Styles.

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• Chart Component
  • With the new chart component, users can now create dynamic chart visualizations from entry data or API endpoints.

💪 Enhancements

• Form Edit Mode

  • Edit Mode has been revamped with an entirely new UI and a more streamlined experience.
  • The Edit Mode toggle has been consolidated into a single switch, simplifying the user interface and reducing clutter.
  • Smooth animations now accompany the Edit Mode UI, providing functionality only when needed.
  • To exit the new Edit Mode UI, you can either click on the close icon next to the form name or toggle off the Edit Mode switch.
  • The showinfo option has been removed from the dropdown for a cleaner setup, and this change is evident in the screenshot below.
  

• Component Responsiveness

  • You can now separate your size according to screen size, for more responsive components based on the size of screen.
  • Responsive styling is available on Desktop, Tablet and Mobile screens.
  • Components can adapt dynamically to different device options, with customizable size, margins, height and width, and even border styles to ensure they appear correctly on any screen size.

• Startup Optimization: Improved solution startup time by bypassing the bootstrapper process for unchanged DLLs.
• Startup Optimization: Improved solution startup time by optimizing the PermissionObjectBootstrapper process for faster performance.
• Improved Text Components: Exposed value variable in Textfield and Text Area components' onChange property.
• CRUD API Swagger Updates: Refined documentation for CRUD endpoints to prevent readonly properties from appearing in Create and Update operations.
• Container Component Enhancement: Added shadow control for better UI customization.
• Enhanced DynamicDto Mapping Methods

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Subform Data Update Issue: Resolved issue where subform didn’t update correctly without clearing selected values.
• Dialog Error: Fixed error when re-rendering dialogs after clearing dialog arguments.
• Theme Color Transition: Corrected initial display to immediately reflect the primary theme color. (Note: Adding app/app-provider.tsx at the project level is required for the loader line to inherit the primary system color.)
• Inline Editing in DataTable: Addressed issue preventing inline editing from displaying values within subforms.
• Dropdown Width: Removed hardcoded 100% width from dropdown component for flexible styling.

Starter Template Update

• Login Page Update: Updated login page to utilize configurable forms for customization.
• Organization Naming Constraint: Prevented users from setting "Shesha" as the organization name in the starter project creator page.
• Form Template Removal: Removed GUID form template from the starter project database.

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Enhancement

Modal dialog renderer #2254.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed JSON serialization: Resolved an issue with JsonUserType serialization.
• Elmah log file fix: Fixed an issue with Elmah logging.
• Subform data refresh: Addressed an issue where the subform did not update when data was changed without clearing the selected values #2256.

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Bug Fixes

• Adding await UnitOfWorkManager.Current.SaveChangesAsync() to commit inserts

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Enhancements

• Ehanced System Login Restriction Access:
  • If no specific frontends are specified, the user will, by default, have access to all frontend applications.
  • Login Failure for Unauthorized Frontends: If a user is not authorized for a particular frontend, the login process will fail.
  • Restricted Frontend Access: When frontend access is restricted, the user can only log in to the specific frontends for which they have permissions.
  • Added a navigator-API

Bug Fixes

• globalState Not Rerendering Automatically: Fixed an issue where globalState did not rerender automatically and required a manual action to refresh.
• Side Menu Hard Reload: Addressed an issue where the side menu caused a hard reload when a selected menu item rendered the Shesha setting forms.
• Entity Picker Error on Nested Property: Resolved an issue where configuring a display property with a nested property in the Entity Picker caused an error on the getAll endpoint during form rendering.

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Enhancements

• Ehanced System Login Restriction Access:
  • If no specific frontends are specified, the user will, by default, have access to all frontend applications.
  • Login Failure for Unauthorized Frontends: If a user is not authorized for a particular frontend, the login process will fail.
  • Restricted Frontend Access: When frontend access is restricted, the user can only log in to the specific frontends for which they have permissions.

Bug Fixes

• globalState Not Rerendering Automatically: Fixed an issue where globalState did not rerender automatically and required a manual action to refresh.
• Side Menu Hard Reload: Addressed an issue where the side menu caused a hard reload when a selected menu item rendered the Shesha setting forms.
• Entity Picker Error on Nested Property: Resolved an issue where configuring a display property with a nested property in the Entity Picker caused an error on the getAll endpoint during form rendering.

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Enhancements

• Ehanced Form Settings: Introduced configurable form lifecycle management, providing more flexibility in form handling.
  • Appearance: Contains all settings related to form view (layout, size etc).
  • Data: Contains settings related to data processing and form lifecylce.
  • Security: Security related settings.
• Enhanced App Settings Page: Expanded the App Settings page to manage front-end specific settings in addition to general settings, including Default URL, Theme, and Main Menu configurations.
  • Default URL: This is the url the user should be redirected to if the user is not authenticated and does not specify a specific page.
  • Main Menu Settings: Here you can configure the sidebar menu items by adjusting their settings and ordering.
  • Theme Settings: Here you customise the theme color of the application.
• Enhanced Button Component: Added additional styling properties to the Button Component for improved customization.
• Exposed getAnonymousForms Endpoint: Made the getAnonymousForms endpoint accessible for easier integration.
• Improved JavaScript Settings Component: Updated the JS settings component for better performance and user experience.
• Configurable User Profile: Allowed additional configurations to be configured below the user logged information.
• Added addDelayedUpdateData variable which is required for files when using a script method.
• Style Section Hidden in Table: The style section is now hidden for Textfield and Autocomplete components when rendered within a table.
• Font Weight on Table Column Names: Increased the font weight to 600 for table column names to enhance visibility and readability.
• Reset Wizard State Action: Exposed an action on Wizard actions that allows resetting the wizard state.

Bug Fixes

• Component Label Issue: Fixed an issue where components (Address, Entity Reference, Subform, ChildEntitiesTag Group) did not append the label by default when a property name was selected.
• Base64 Image Rendering: Resolved a problem with Base64 images not rendering in the Image component and container background property.
• CRUD Operations Column Expansion: Corrected the unexpected expansion of CRUD operations columns when using the toogle columns selector option.
• Table View Component Issue: Fixed the "add item" modal in the newly created Table view component, which was not closeable by default.
• Permission Configurations Import: Addressed a bug causing the application to break when importing permission configurations with ConfigMigrations.
• setFormData Initialization: Resolved an issue where setFormData used on Initialization did not append values to the specified field in forms.
• Backend Endpoint Management: Fixed the issue where the backend did not properly remove or reinstate endpoints when disabled or enabled.
• Duplicate Records from Button Clicks: Fixed a bug causing duplicate records due to multiple clicks on the default, custom buttons and datalist during network delays.
• Notes Component Overflow Issue: Fixed an issue where clicking 'More' on long notes caused them to overlap outside the line section on the Notes component.

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Enhancements

• Configurable Login Page: The login page has been converted to a configurable form, enhancing flexibility and customization options for user authentication.
• Image Background Support: Added support for rendering an image background on the container, allowing for more customizable and visually appealing designs.
• Additional Styling Properties: Exposed additional styling properties on autocomplete, image, textfield, and container components.
• Permission Check Enhancements: Improved the user.hasPermissionAsync API to allow checking for permissions scoped by permissionnedEntityId, providing more granular control over permission checks.
• Side Menu Update: Updated the Visibility property on the side menu to the Hidden property, improving clarity and functionality.
• User-Specific Settings: Added APIs to store user-specific settings and preferences, enhancing personalization options.

Bug Fixes

• SubForm Context Restriction: Restricted access to contexts for JavaScript code in components inside SubForms, enhancing security and data integrity.
• Wizard Validation Extension: Extended wizard validations to apply to subforms rendered within the wizard component, ensuring comprehensive validation coverage.
• Entity Configurations Formatting: Fixed an issue where formatting on the Entity Configurations was overwriting the component formatting on a DataTable, ensuring consistent formatting.
• React Error Resolution: Resolved "Minified React error #185" thrown when rendering Datalist with form sourceType in DataTable, improving stability and user experience.
• Side Menu Behavior: Addressed an issue where the side menu was unintentionally collapsing and expanding on page load, ensuring consistent navigation behavior.
• Permission-based Filter Access: Ensured that users without appropriate permissions cannot access filters that are assigned permissions, maintaining proper access control and security.
• Action Refresh Table: Fixed an issue where the refresh table action fails when used on custom buttons.
• Form Refresh Action: Resolved an error that occurred when the form:refresh action was used on a stand-alone form/table

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Enhancements

• Added an access property on form settings to support: Anonymous, Any authenticated, and Requires permissions values. This allows configurators to specify required access at a view level.
• Required permissions of Navigate to menu items now automatically inherit from the required permissions of the targeted view. Currently supports the form navigation option.
• Provided a helper function on SheshaAppServiceBase to perform MapToDynamicDtoListAsync.
• Cleaned up the logon and OTP tables in the starter template database.
• Added an advanced filter component with a badge to indicate that filtering has been applied.
• Removed AppService or custom endpoints from the backend when access is set to disabled.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the autocomplete custom query parameter was not accepting dynamically defined values.
• Removed dot in Select All Rows cell.
• Fixed a bug where updated query parameter values were not saved in action configurations.
• Resolved an issue preventing configuration of a custom create URL without enabling Can Edit Inline in DataTable configuration.
• Fixed an issue where the RichTextEditor component displayed the value on top of the placeholder text when rendered in an edit dialog.
• Fixed the table view selector component to save updated changes.
• Ensured the navigation link on hover appears only on action configurations set to navigate.
• Removed the default icon if not specified in the side menu configuration.
• Fixed an issue where the API actual access value was not updated until a refresh was performed.

Configuration Changes

• Updated forgot password to have access value.

UX Changes

• CSS and layout improvements of the forms designer.
• Cleaned up Permissioned Objects and Entity Configuration UI.

Breaking Changes

• Consolidated security-related settings into a single form. A backend update is also required.

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Enhancements

• Enhanced Image component to support additional image sources.
• 'Lightning' button is now selected by default upon binding a property.
• API security can now be configured.
• Implemented Icon Picker component styling.
• Hid irrelevant action options in the side menu.
• FormApi migration:
  • Migrated some form methods and variables into FormApi:
    • setFormData -> form.setFormData (deprecated, use form.setFieldsValue or form.setFieldValue in the future)
    • formMode -> form.formMode
    • formData -> form.data (used only for onNewRowInitialize and onRowSave custom events of DataTable and DataList)
• Added Disable item value property of dropdown component.

Bug Fixes

• Style property not working correctly on the Reference List status
• Error displayed twice for 'This Field is Required' on Button Type property.
• Side menu performs a hard-reload when the configuration used is a navigation URL.
• Switching off the edit mode switch auto-redirects to the configurable header design.
• RichTextEditor fails to display data when rendered in an edit dialog.
• Dragging and dropping an item outside a group in the side menu results in item duplication.
• Custom endpoint returns an int instead of the referenceList item name.
• Properties set to 'audited' in the Entity Configuration are not logged in the audit log.
• Components do not adhere to the specified permissions.
• Ghost property appended when files are attached to a dataList.
• Fixed sideways scroller when the canvas is zoomed.
• DataList component does not display data in designer mode.
• Fixed GetAuditTrail endpoint parameters.
• If a form has tab and button components configured, a 415 error is displayed upon saving.