0.1.0

Cortext 0.1.0

Enhancements

Canvas

• Fill in the missing block editor UI and host the shell on a wp-admin page. (#6)
• Editor: autosave Cortext pages. (#9)
• Block: Hide "Add field" toolbar icon if collection invalid. (#49)
• Add page icons and covers. (#65)
• Add the page inspector sidebar. (#74)
• Add DataView settings to the block inspector. (#76)
• Open full-page collections as a block in the Canvas. (#255)
• Curate the Cortext block picker. (#277)
• Add the full block inserter. (#293)
• Add document post locks to avoid concurrent users. (#308)
• Add block variations to create or link collections. (#320)

Collections

• Add collection content model (+ dummy seed tooling & table view). (#21)
• Add a DataView block to render Collections. (#25)
• Collections: Add inline collection creation to the DataView block. (#27)
• Add rows query endpoint for the DataView block. (#30)
• Collections: Add inline row editing to the DataView block. (#31)
• Render typed cells for url, checkbox, number, select, and multiselect. (#36)
• Add Created, Created by, Last edited, Last edited by columns. (#38)
• Use filterSortAndPaginate for client-side filtering, sorting, and pagination. (#39)
• Collections: Add column resize and reorder to the DataView table. (#43)
• Enable client-side global search via filterSortAndPaginate. (#45)
• Collections: Add field management to the DataView block. (#46)
• Polish dataviews interactions. (#56)
• Add format options for number and date fields. (#57)
• Add bar and ring visualizations for number fields. (#59)
• Polish/rebuild the column header dropdown to match core DataViews. (#60)
• Collections: Add option management for select fields. (#61)
• Collections: Add footer calculation to table views. (#62)
• Add relations across collections. (#67)
• Add collection row detail views. (#68)
• Add rollups for relation fields. (#71)
• Implement server-backed row pagination. (#80)
• Add server row sorting, filtering, and search. (#178)
• Collections: Add field type conversions. (#185)
• Collections: Add single-row actions menu (open, duplicate, delete). (#187)
• Collections: polish UX when adding new/duplicated columns. (#189)
• Add Trash and restore for collection rows. (#191)
• Collections: Add drag-and-drop row ordering. (#192)
• Polish DataView block layout. (#194)
• Add bulk row selection and delete. (#200)
• Open the related row, not the parent collection, from a relation chip. (#209)
• Support full-page collections in the workspace. (#211)
• Collections: treat as first-class documents. (#221)
• Collections: add Rename, Duplicate, and Move to Trash. (#222)
• Collections: create and duplicate through documents. (#236)
• Create collections through WP REST. (#238)
• Move row properties into the document editor. (#248)
• Add field icons to collection tables and row details. (#258)
• Open field settings from row property labels. (#261)
• Let collections customize row detail properties. (#264)
• Add field descriptions and defaults. (#270)
• Grid layout: revamp the design to make it usable. (#271)
• Polish row properties editing. (#272)
• List layout: revamp the design to make it usable. (#273)
• Prototype: Notion to Cortext importer. (#275)
• Design feedback: Soften option chip colors. (#319)

Desktop

• Exploration: Add a standalone Cortext desktop app via Playground. (#197)
• Run the desktop app on native PHP. (#198)
• Desktop app: Add bundled PHP runtime support for the desktop app. (#203)
• Desktop app: Explore php -S tuning. (#210)
• Hide publishing and WordPress controls in desktop mode. (#296)

Performance

• Avoid re-renders by stabilising getRecordById reference. (#26)
• Performance: Add a collection performance benchmark. (#190)
• Performance: Add UI perf scenarios and row detail timing. (#195)
• Performance: Lazy-load Cortext editor surfaces. (#207)
• Perfformance: Lazy-load editor images. (#212)
• Make UI perf comments less noisy. (#213)
• Performance: Cache relation and rollup metadata while serving rows. (#216)
• Performance: Reuse bulk reads in field menus and breadcrumbs. (#217)
• Performance: Request only visible row fields. (#242)
• Performance: Make relation picker search server-side. (#243)
• Performance: Add a derived field value index. (#263)
• Perf: Use the field value index for supported row reads. (#266)

Publishing

• Render Cortext pages on the public side. (#42)
• Frontend: Render the DataView block on public pages. (#73)
• Add Published documents screen. (#234)
• Collections: publish toggle with unpublish-confirm listing public dependent pages. (#235)
• Frontend: Honour width constraints for align none/wide/full. (#265)
• Include collection items in Published documents. (#310)

Shell

• Add hierarchical pages with drag-and-drop to sidebar. (#1)
• Add routing with Tanstack. (#2)
• Shell: persist the current app path in the URL. (#11)
• Sidebar: Only show spinner on initial load. (#18)
• Route pages by id, create pages as auto-draft. (#20)
• Add collection navigation in sidebar. (#22)
• Cascade trash and restore through page descendants. (#37)
• Add page Trash UI, cascade-aware REST endpoints, and locked editor for trashed pages. (#40)
• Theming: Add light/dark theming to the editor shell. (#48)
• Simplify EntityRoute’s navigation state. (#52)
• Add breadcrumbs to the workspace top bar. (#53)
• View transitions: Add cross-fade effect between editor surfaces. (#54)
• Breadcrumb polishing. (#55)
• Sidebar & toolbar refresh. (#58)
• Add top bar back and forward navigation. (#63)
• Set any page as workspace home. (#64)
• Polish sidebar chrome states. (#66)
• Add Cortext command palette shell. (#69)
• Add workspace recents to the sidebar and palette. (#70)
• Add sidebar favorites. (#72)
• Make sidebar favorites more reliable. (#75)
• Add Cortext alpha notice modal. (#79)
• Add collapsible sidebar sections. (#169)
• Refine sidebar structure and favorites loading. (#170)
• Add document search to the command palette. (#208)
• Pin side peek to keep it open across navigation. (#220)
• Trash cascade: one engine for page, collection, and row. (#229)
• Make Cortext feel less jumpy while loading. (#231)
• Document Unification: Share sidebar rows through document descriptors. (#239)
• Document Unification: Support row favorites. (#241)
• Use server trash descendants in the sidebar. (#244)
• Resolve sidebar row targets from the row CPT. (#247)
• Favorites: support collection rows. (#252)
• Create collections from the sidebar. (#311)
• Drop the user's name from the sidebar brand. (#324)

Other

• Register the cortext_page custom post type. (#13)
• Use 'private' as the default post status for internal CPTs. (#23)
• Unify pages and rows as documents. (#77)
• Expand the demo seed with relations, images, and a compact/full toggle. (#81)
• Copy: polish/unify document/page/collection UI copy. (#306)
• Prepare Cortext copy and listing assets for the WordPress.org beta. (#314)

Bug fixes

Canvas

• Fix autosave debounce not resetting during continuous typing. (#17)
• Stop the canvas flash when navigating between pages and collections. (#51)
• Keep document headers fixed above body blocks. (#233)
• Stop canvas flashes during navigation. (#249)
• Match the canvas layout to theme support. (#278)
• Handle autosave failure snackbars. (#286)
• Flush edits when leaving the browser and prompt on dirty state. (#294)
• Ensure Cortext-owned editor blocks behave as app, not content. (#295)
• Scope the editor's media pickers to Cortext media. (#318)
• Scope the editor link picker to Cortext documents. (#321)
• Dark-mode canvas loading flicker. (#331)

Collections

• Default DataView to compact density and fix cell hover/edit fill. (#35)
• Avoid race condition when reconciling view settings against available fields. (#44)
• Keep nested table menus on screen. (#186)
• Fix row links opening the parent collection. (#204)
• Isolate row detail toolbars. (#240)
• Stop row detail transition jitter. (#254)
• Stop field schema changes from reloading the table. (#260)
• Show the empty row prompt under row properties. (#268)
• Fix the collection table blink after editing a cell. (#297)
• Row dnd reordering regression from #273. (#305)
• Clean up created fields when a Notion import fails. (#330)
• Stop row detail from flashing on open. (#338)

Desktop

• Desktop app visually broken on first load. (#336)
• Lock WordPress install in desktop by disabling auto updates. (#342)
• Properly quit desktop app on close. (#347)

Performance

• Fix performance benchmark JSON output. (#245)

Publishing

• Hide admin bar on public Cortext pages. (#307)
• Fix public DataView rendering and make it read-only. (#317)
• Public rendering of covers, icons, titles, and tables. (#327)
• Stopgap hide the publish toggle for collection rows. (#329)
• Format rollup values in the public table. (#334)

Shell

• Fix autosave adding the wrong row to Recents. (#202)
• Fix side peek reloading on navigation. (#218)
• Keep side peek above the inspector. (#227)
• Remove trashed DataView rows from Favorites. (#262)
• Dark mode for the Import and Published panes. (#312)

Other

• Wp-env fix: Properly mount the Cortext plugin in wp-env Playground. (#12)
• Fix prettier formatting in CollectionRow test. (#215)

Contributors

@mcsf @priethor

Opening the macOS app

This DMG is unsigned, so macOS may show a "Cortext is damaged" warning the first time you open it. Move Cortext to Applications. If that warning appears, click Cancel, open Terminal, and run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Cortext.app && open /Applications/Cortext.app.