Changelog

• Read the V4 introduction article

• Bugfix: restore WordPress integration settings in the LiveCanvas Sections Library

• Shades Color Palette: color choice widgets now show color shades for each color variable (eg Primary, Secondary, etc)
• Minor Fixes

• Tree View is now hidden when simplified mode option is enabled and page is being edited by an Editor
• Fixes for mod_pagespeed compatibility with the Editor

• Tree View, allowing precise inspecting and editing of the document. Read blog post
• Minor Fixes

• Update the “edit properties” panels to support Bootstrap 5.3 if available (declared by the Theme via lc_get_bootstrap_version)
• Sections library total refactoring to allow for different UI kits
• NinjaBootstrap UI kit integration
• Child themes can feed the Sections library via static html files organised in Folders
• Add lc_types taxonomy to sections.
• Added user bio section to dynamic single post template + enhanced lc_the_author shortcode to apply filters
• Forms API changes [Potentially breaking]: The form feedback element is now allowed in form parent too
• New Blocks: Simple Login and Registration form, in "WordPress Integration"
• Our get_posts tool / shortcode can now recall a theme partial php file as view: get_posts_theme_loop_view
• New Block to recall theme partials - enhanced shortcode: lc_get_template_part
• Enable custom fields on lc_partials, enabling handling of multiple headers/footers
• Add a date format attribute in the get_posts shortcode
• New Blocks: Generic Iframe, Button with Icon
• White-labeling minor fixes on link label for new LC page
• More granular icon size control
• Optionally allow for editor theme config files in the theme /child theme folder

• Post locking: allow only one user at a time to edit pages / resources
• Context sensitive AutoComplete in Code Editor, for class attribute, CSS variables in style statements and editable attribute
• Bugfix: Upon saving, focused fields are blurred so last edit is taken into account if saving immediately, if no further modifications were done to the document
• Fix bug where the right template could be lost upon updating CPTS in the wp backend post editing screen
• Fixes and ehnacements to lc_nav_menu: Remove useless classes, add a new items_wrap_class parameter for more control
• Fix the JS loading issue on WP 6.4 with legacy picostrap themes
• Enhancement: to help targeting better via CSS, add body classes 'is-using-livecanvas', 'lc-custom-header', 'lc-custom-footer' if appropriate 
• Added lc_the_order_by_widget for dynamic templating
• UnSplash is now pulling WEBP images
• Edit links (in pages listing, and single post edit screen) can now be whitelabeled

• Feature: Related Posts
• New Simple / Media Object view for "lc_get_posts"
• Added field fot "lc_get_posts" to customize the no results message
• Bugfix: Shortcode Preview Rendering Post ID
• Added Header & Footer WPML compatibility filtering
• Add GET parameter from_url to determine editor exit
• Update BS icons to 1.11.1
• Bugfix: Animation Once & Mirror settings in Properties panel
• Bugfix: template setting could be lost upon updating CPTS in the WP backend post editing screen
• Wp.com hosting compatibility New Page backend button

• Brand New Properties Panel
• Bugfix: remove dynamic template wrapper: lc-dynamic-template-ID-xxx
• Enhancement: [Dynamic Templating] : allow formats for date and time shortcodes
• WP multisite compatibility improvements
• More minor bugfixes  

• Dynamic Templating for Post Loops
• Fix link editing content update. This bug could case a data corruption issue.
  
• Added shortcodes: lc_get_categories lc_get_terms lc_get_tags 
• Rewritten shortcode: lc_the_excerpt. Breaking change: "link" parameter is now "read_more_link"
• Preview lc_function shortcode
• Update code Beautify libs to 1.14.7
• Added dynamic template starter templates for blog posts and front page
• In the lc_get_posts shortcode, if output view par is numeric, will call a dynamic template | excerpt read more text is now linked in post loop views
• Added shortcode: lc_function to call a 'templating' functions, useful eg for breadcrumbs nav xt integration  
• isolate dynamic shortcode rendering for templates / ordinary pages.  

• Compatibility fix for PHP 7.3

• WooCommerce Dynamic Templating support
• Add frontend adminbar link to edit dynamic templates
• Bootstrap Icons update to 1.10.0
• Added "Once" animation option
• Added lc_get_file shortcode & added embed rendering to lc_get_gt_block
• Allow readymade sections to contain section elements, preventing unnecessary nesting of sections upon inserting them on the page
• Addes a post display state column in pages in the list table to show better where LC is activated
• added parameter strip_label to shortcode lc_the_archive_title
• Forms API JS callback support
• fix lc_the_thumbnail_url shortcode
• added parent filtering feature for lc_the_terms / lc_the_categories / lc_the_tags shortcodes
• Shortcode enhancements: lc_the_terms, lc_the_pagination, lc_the_cf now show placeholder if empty value is returned, when editing dynamic templates
• Compatibility fixes: W3 Total Cache, WP Fastest Cache, WP Optimize

• WordPress Dynamic Templating support
• Bugfixes & spring cleaning

• Supports Color Opacity classes
• Polylang compatibility: allows translating of template partials (Header & Footer)
• Options to disable the built-in readymade blocks and sections in the editor
• get_posts shortcode now can use also slug to identify the elements
• Bugfix: on latest wp, button switch for lc appeared before post is saved
• Bugfix: activation on multisite: if it’s not main site, activation button links to unauth page
• Template partials menu is always shown in backend, also if custom header / footer not enabled, to encourage use of recallable partials
• Bugfix: CSS Editor was not reacting to font size change
• Enhancement: main labels eg to launch editor are now translatable
• Bugfix: On win11, number inputs now appear correctly
• Bugfix: with Picostrap MDB, color widgets are now properly painted
• Enhancement: suggest to publish CPTs before using get_post shortcode in side notice
• Fixed function lc_post_is_using_livecanvas, so editing link appears on frontend and backend to edit LC CPTs
• All LiveCanvas CPTs now have codemirror and the edit with LC button, and corrrectly keep highlighted the side menu
• Fixed a bug that could change template on CPTs when editing with LC
• Fixed a bug that could prevent readymades window to open upon launching the editor

• PHP8 compatibility fixes for ajax shortcode preview and video embed change
• Responsive spacing tools
• Hover preview on custom blocks as in custom sections
  
• Various minor enhancements

• Readymade Pages Library Integration
• Page Clone Feature
• Code editor now supports EMMET syntax
• Added new Media Blocks
• Added new Wireframing Sections
• Simplified Client UI opt-in feature
• SVG icon properties have now background, circle option, shadow and padding settings
• Iframes: added lazyload setting
• License activation management
• Keyboard shortcuts and documentation link in Options Menu
• Multisite compatibility enhancements
• Blocks/Sections accordion autoscroll enhancement
• Various minor fixes

• Admin UI allows disabling LC on selected Post Types
• History Bugfix
• Allows unfiltered XML import so LiveCanvas pages can be seamlessly moved with the XML import/export WP feature
• License Code Bugfix
• Search Form Readymade Header fix
  
• Added Accordion Custom View for get_posts

• Code editor: updated Beautify libraries
• Must Use Compatibility Fix
• Editing bar responsive fixes
• Minor editor JS bugfixes (fixes reload on some systems)
• Negative values on all margins (if using Bootstrap5)

• New Links Editing window
• Enhanced compatibility with third party plugins while launching the editor
• Negative Margin Top Widget (if using Bootstrap5)
• New Blocks available in WordPress Integration: Simple Contact Form and AJAX / PHP Custom Form
• New Forms API & Example Forms (documentation here)
  
• Minor Fixes and Upgrades

• New readymade sections
• Added mp4 video block
• Faster loading fix
• Menu shortcode second level fix
• Adds wp-media-id class to responsive images
• Updated PUC library
• Fixes editing on cover components
• Message to alert user about OB problem ("The page loading seems to fail. This is generally due to peculiar host environments. Please reach support for advice.").
• Backend Option to disable ob handling
• Supports BootScore via options override

• Minor fixes
• First steps to achieve compatibility with Bootstrap 5

• Allow scrolling the preview while having the HTML or CSS editor on screen
  
• Updated to Bootstrap Icons 1.3
  
• [BUGFIX]: Added in get_posts block: output_featured_image_class="card-img-top"
• Fixed plugin author tag
• [BUGFIX]: delete container
  
• [BUGFIX]: after editing text in some boxes, scrolling was getting yanky
  
• Learndash compatibility fix

• WordPress 5.6 compatibility fix (for image upload feature)
  

• Better export to HTML: inlines your custom Bootstrap build, and calls AOS for animations if necessary
• Added to readymade headers: a header with search field
• New default LC Footer with dynamic pages & posts listing
• New dynamic pages block in Blocks > Wp Integration
• New shortcode to pull custom field values in Blocks > Wp Integration
• BUGFIX: Preview position in readymade sections Browser
• ENH: Readymades: Header & footer sections are shown only when appropriate, by default
• BUGFIX: tabber padding on post loop, images and image bg panels

• Picostrap Theme compatibility fix
• Fixed WooCommerce + Yoast JS bug while editing single products

New features:

• New Blocks added: Icons and text, Cards
• New Mouse and keyboard shortcuts
  
• HTML Code Editor: added button to Go to parent element to easily navigate all your code
• Inline SVG icons: extensive support in all prebuilt HTML
• Link target field added to Image and SVG icon editing panels so you can assign links to icons and images
  
• To broaden compatibility with more BS4-based WordPress themes, a new backend option has been added to Enforce a built-in single template

Enhancements:

• UnSplash image search now allows for image format choice
  
• Property groups in properties panel are now an accordion
• Properties panel: the class field is enlarged on focus
• Added HTML lazy loading in gallery readymade sections
• Shortcodes are now parsed in gt_blocks
• Editor, when launched, adds a class to body of page being edited: “livecanvas-is-editing"
  

Bugfixes:

• Better onboarding theme recommendation message
• Image closing tag in posts loop shortcode
  
• In the Preview, some classes like are now "blacklisted" - so that elements stay clickable separately
  
• Sometimes saving error(b) was reported even if saving went good
  
• After deleting elements, properties panel is closed
• Adding a row to container, the title row gets lc-block where it should

• [NEW!] Text Wysiwyg editor can assign Bootstrap classes to text with a shiny new toolbar
• User Feedback on Wysiwyg editor to show active tags and classes
• <SPAN> is now allowed inside editable=“rich” fields
• Pasting text into editable fields now keeps line breaks
  
• Added Bootstrap width classes to image editing panel
• Updated Icons to Bootstrap SVG icons 1.0
• Adds support for new BS containers (requires BS 4.5, needs updating your UnderStrap copy from here)
• [BUGFIX] fixed text message about customizing colors in alert
• [BUGFIX] removed lc-helper attribute on served HTML
• [BUGFIX] Adding new sections does not substitute .fa icons with inline SVG forcefully
• [BUGFIX] Live shortcode rendering was not passing the post_id

• SVG Inline Icons
• Updated code beautify CSS & HTML libraries
• The Shortcode panel now uses textarea instead of input
• [BUGFIX] Now the Gutenberg related JS of LC is printed only on the post editing screen
• [BUGFIX] ACF WW backend editors are available upon ticking a box in the plugin options

• Yoast SEO fix
• [BUGFIX] ACF WW frontend editors are now unaffected
• [BUGFIX] Overlayed text on bg-image elements is clickable again

• Custom Header support
• Added field for iFrame SRC editing of embeds in the LC editor
• [BUGFIX] after coding new links in the editor, navigating away upon click is prevented
• Plugin back-end menu voices reorder

• Editor: Shortcut added: double clicking hamburgers opens the properties panel for each item
• [BUGFIX] WP image choice window is now linked to the "upload image" permission
• New tutorial video in backend
• Media Object Bootstrap block & Footers added
• Editor: Images get margins editing
• [BUGFIX] for using LC on single posts: template was being reset by wp upon post update in wp backend
• [BUGFIX]: select items wouldn't show their value on the newest Chrome due to a CSS quirk

• History
• Remote Update
• Licensing screen
• Admin page switch
• Ten new readymade sections
• Color picker icon gets bg white and text white
• Gutenberg blocks in LC pages
• Checkbox to open links in blank
• [BUGFIX] Prevent swiping while editing -
• [ENH] For animations, added speed / duration and intensity
• New footer handling
• Copypaste containers fixed

• New block BG is now semi-transparent
• Beautify saved HTML
• Static export to HTML includes custom CSS too
• Readymade sections refactoring: categories, light / dark mode, added many items

• Gutenberg switch fix
• Added color “none” to color widget
• Bugfix: "z" char in export
• Added Post Loop tabs ui & cards output
• Cleaned logic for template switching when enabling LC
• Chrome Browser recommendation alerts now only once

• Wp incompatibility with 5.3 solved
• Classic Editor Fix
• Allows SVG upload

• WP library Image & Bg image selection dialog
• Add Simple additional CSS via CSS editor - talking to Customizer api -
• Advanced color palettes, sensing BS dynamic variables
• Starts to work on Firefox and Safari (Clipboard emergency fix)
• New plugin page admin panel
• Moved AOS from extra plugin to LC: now animations are an opt-in to settings page
• Add dynamic footer switch to settings page
• Can enable LC on CPTs
• Can run LC to edit lc-sections or lc-blocks
• CustomStrap v2.2 compatible
• [ENH] Logged out sessions redirect to login AND open editor
• [ENH] More clear saving message
• [BUGFIX] Rearranging sections closes sidepanel
• [BUGFIX] New Page function calls a wp-admin url for better stability on peculiar hosts
• [ENH] Failed saves put content into clipboard as a kindness, and shows a more clear modal
• [ENH] Added Horiz & Vertical alignment
  

• Draggable bar to resize the code editor
• Code editor gets autocomplete
• New cobalt default theme
• Code editor gets translucent only after mouseleave
• Editor preferences are now saved in browser
• Code suggestions select https://www.dopewp.com/blog/creating-editable-regions/
• IMAGES: IMGIX fx are shown only on UnSplash images
• BACKGROUNDS: removed inline min-height
• BG image component is now using native BS class
• CSS textarea in panel gets a little styling
• Export as HTML standalone file (without header & footer, page content only)
• Image LazyLoad attribute support

• First public release. Per aspera ad astra