Native lazy-loading is a modern web technology that has been implemented by all major browser vendors in the recent years. It defers loading images until they are scrolled into view and thus reduces the bandwidth needed for a page to be displayed in full.
The Scrivito.ImageTag component is now compatible with browser-level lazy loading by respecting the loading=“lazy” property.
Over the years, Scrivito’s in-place HTML editor has become a bit rusty and has accumulated several small issues so we modernized it!
Editors will notice the new link toolbar for opening the destination of an HTML link even while editing in-place. The second noticeable change is the paragraph format drop-down menu, which combines the mutually exclusive options for headings and pre-formatted text.
We preserved the overall look and feel of the tool so that the editing experience remains the same. Under the hood, however, the new editor rectifies the issues listed below. Note that the new in-place editing features are only available to users of edit.scrivito.com.
As an editor, you can now instantly see how many pages (or images, etc.) have been changed in a working copy simply by opening the “Working Copies” sidebar. Each element on this sidebar is now equipped with such a counter, enabling you to estimate the effort associated with the corresponding working copy.
For more convenience, pages can now also be duplicated from within the hierarchy browser. This eliminates the need to open the page before it can be duplicated in a second step using the corresponding item from the main menu.
The properties of a page or widget can be grouped by means of a propertiesGroups definition in the call to Scrivito.provideEditingConfig. The tabs representing such properties groups in properties views can now be rendered faster by following the React recommendation to make such lists individually identifiable using a unique key. For details, see the documentation.
For improved ease of use, when collaborating using workflows, the editing interface now displays buttons only for those actions that are available to the editor or reviewer.
For enhancing HTML markup as it can be found in attributes of the html type (used by text widgets, for example), the Scrivito.resolveHtmlUrls API method has been provided. It returns the markup passed in from such attributes, but with all internal URLs (pointing to content managed by the same Scrivito CMS) transformed to fully qualified URLs, allowing you to customize, i.e. further process, the markup before rendering it. This way, text fragments can be replaced, special highlighting can be applied, etc., to optimize the usability of your content for editors or visitors.
On properties views of pages (and other types of content) as well as widgets, the attributes to be displayed or made available for editing can now be determined dynamically. If, for example, selecting a specific option using an enum attribute causes other attributes to become irrelevant, they can now be hidden. For this, the list of properties (and also properties groups) to include on properties views can now be provided by means of a callback in the editing configuration concerned.
Custom components can show up either on a sidebar panel or in properties dialogs. Both use individual themes, dark and light respectively. Using the new Scrivito.uiContext method, such components can adapt their styles to their respective environment.
In some cases, HTML attributes in properties dialogs unexpectedly appeared as read-only. Editing rich text in properties dialogs now always works as expected.
Scrivito.ContentTag now handles clicks on links properly even if dangerouslySetInnerHTML has been passed in.
Bugfixes All API keys now work properly in Node.js environments In the Scrivito JS SDK, version 1.35.0, we added support for private API keys in a Node.js environment. Due to an encoding error when passing the credentials to the Scrivito backend, some keys didn’t grant access to restricted...
In an earlier Scrivito JS SDK release, we introduced data lists for seamlessly integrating not only individual data items but also collections of such items into your Scrivito app. Now, we are happy to present an even more powerful feature for data integration: Data details pages that can display...
Logged-in editors can now see their profile image If you have added a profile picture to the IdP (identity provider) account you use to log in, it is now displayed on the sidebar instead of your initials. For example, if you log in with your enterprise account, Scrivito uses the image from your...
This release introduces multi-line editing for string attributes, and improves several development-related aspects, also in the context of Node.js. Improvements Multi-line editing for string attributes As a developer, you can now enable multi-line editing for string attributes in the “Properties”...
Placeholders in lists In the previous Scrivito JS SDK release, we had introduced placeholders as a means to incorporate personalized data into textual content. Building upon that, we are excited to announce that in this release, we have expanded the functionality of placeholders so that they can...
Weaving data into website content using placeholders Editors can now insert placeholders representing specific pieces of data into textual website content, e.g., for personalization purposes. When the website is then visited, these placeholders are dynamically replaced with data provided by the...
Editing widget properties on the sidebar For more convenience and uniqueness, the properties of any widget can now also be edited on the sidebar after clicking the “Widget properties” menu item of the widget concerned. The editing interface uses the sidebar that originally was dedicated to the...
Selecting the published content versions to compare The publishing history now lets you compare pages in any version of the published content with the corresponding page in any other version. Several of our customers had asked for this to be made possible. In more detail, determining the changes...
Improved “Sites” sidebar The “Sites” sidebar panel is now clearer, so you can more easily access the language versions of the currently selected website. The order of the language groups in the “All Sites” section is now fixed, which makes it easier to navigate the list and pick a site. The...
Switching to Neoletter made easy The Scrivito editing interface now features a sidebar button for conveniently opening the Neoletter UI associated with the Scrivito CMS concerned. Thank you for using Scrivito! Please let us know what you would like to see improved.