Editor 1.7.1 release notes

Our first update of the Editor 1.7 series since it was initially announced focuses on addressing issues that have been found since that release. On the server-side the debug() method has been modified to be able to pass your own messages back to the client-side, which is useful for debuging event handlers - simply enable the debug mode as before and then call debug() with any messages or data you want to be able to see in the trace information.

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Release notes

New

• Javascript
  • upload and uploadMany now show "Processing" text on the upload button after the file has been uploaded and before the server returns the processed data. This can be controlled via the processingText option for both field types.
  • Standalone editor now allows multi-row editing by passing an array of ids to edit.
• PHP
  • Format::DATE_USA constant for m-d-Y date format.
  • Editor->debug() can now be used to add debug messages to send to the client-side. This can be useful for tracing errors in event handlers and other Editor callbacks. To send a message back simply call the debug() method with the data you want to send back (e.g. a string or an array). You need to make sure that you have the debug mode already enabled (->debug( true )) for the messages to be sent to the client.
• NodeJS
  • Add types option so TypeScript can pick up the included type files when compiling
  • Editor.debug() method which can be used to add debug messages to send to the client-side. This can be useful for tracing errors in event handlers and other Editor callbacks. To send a message back simply call the debug() method with the data you want to send back (e.g. a string or an array). You need to make sure that you have the debug mode already enabled (.debug( true )) for the messages to be sent to the client.
• .NET
  • 'Format.DATE_USA' short hand for MM-dd-yyyy date format.
  • Editor.Debug() method which can be used to add debug messages to send to the client-side. This can be useful for tracing errors in event handlers and other Editor callbacks. To send a message back simply call the Debug() method with the data you want to send back (e.g. a string or an array). You need to make sure that you have the debug mode already enabled (.Debug( true )) for the messages to be sent to the client.
• Examples
  • Soft delete example - don't actually delete a row from the database, but rather set a flag so it is hidden from the end user.

Updates

• JS
  • Throw an error if display is set to something that is not a valid display controller.
• PHP
  • Changing debugSql to debug in the returned data to reflect that it can contain more than just the SQL

Fixes

• Javascript
  • Individual cell selection and editing wasn't working (multiItem example).
  • If columns or cells were selected with Select, the delete button would be enabled, but rows couldn't be deleted. Please note that this fix requires Select 1.2.5 or newer.
  • datetime will now not show the previous / next arrow icons if the minDate / maxDate is outside the range that can be selected (i.e. the user can't move on to a month they can't select from).
  • Changing Editor's key event listener (for return, esc, etc) to be keyup rather than keydown. The end user should notice basically no difference, but it allows external event handlers such as keypress and dependent() to listen for events before Editor attempts to modify the form (e.g. submit or close)
  • Throw an error when attempting to use standalone editor with an id that doesn't exist on the page
  • Allow ajax.data to return a string of data to be submitted to the server on upload.
  • Bootstrap integration didn't correctly add a class for styling to select elements
  • JS error would occur if a primary key value was used which had an @ or # in it.
• Styling
  • Bootstrap 4 styling for inline editing improved
• PHP
  • Validation functions would cause an error with PHP 5.3.
• .NodeJS
  • When compiling with TypeScript, knex doesn't use a default export, so an error was given
• .NET
  • null data from an options list could result in an exception being thrown
  • DbClean usage without a field name specified would result in an error
• Examples
  • Confirm close example should ask for confirmation of closure, even if the X box is clicked, or esc presses, when values are different
  • Correct label for time duration field in row reorder example (typo)
  • Correct use of columns.className for field types example
• Docs
  • Incorrect example in field().input() documentation
  • Upload field types use display not render