v7.0.0-beta.1

⚡ PowerGrid 7.0.0-beta.1

This is the first beta release of PowerGrid 7.x — a major architectural rewrite focused on simplicity, performance, and a native skeleton. It drops legacy dependencies, introduces a modular plugin system, and fully separates HTML structure from visual styles.

⚠️ Beta disclaimer: this is a pre-release. APIs may change before the final 7.0.0 stable. Always read the UPGRADE.md guide before migrating.

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🚀 Highlights

• New theme architecture — all themes (Tailwind, DaisyUI, Flux) rebuilt around a single fluent struct() method returning a ThemeBuilder. HTML is fully separated from visual styles; no more theme conditionals in Blade.
• Server-side Actions — actions are rendered server-side as Blade components via renderActions(). No more JS processing or browser caches (window.pgActions is gone).
• Modular Plugin System — inline editing (Editable), toggles (Toggleable), date picker (Flatpickr), Export and the new Filter Builder are now isolated plugins, registered via the PowerGrid facade.
• PowerGrid Lite — a set of lightweight, theme-driven Blade components (<x-pg-table>, <x-pg-row>, <x-pg-cell>, ...) with optional traits (WithSorting, WithSearch, WithCheckbox, WithPersist) for simple tables without the full engine.
• Livewire DOM isolation / Hot Zones — pg-tbody, pg-pagination and pg-filters fragments (via power-components/partials) update only the affected region for a big performance boost.
• Multi-sort with state persistence.
• State persistence drivers — cookies (default), session or cache.
• Performance — new RowRenderer/CellRenderer, cached plugin CSS/JS and theme tokens, memoized column/filter resolution.
• Smarter scaffolding — powergrid:create can now source columns directly from the DB table.
• Removed legacy baggage — Bootstrap 5 theme, the "load more" lazy loading API (PowerGrid::lazy(), LazyManager) with no direct replacement (use standard pagination), Pulse integration, and third-party select CDN fallbacks.

Requirements

• PHP 8.3+
• Laravel 12 / 13
• Livewire 4.0+
• Tailwind CSS 4.x

Upgrade Guide (tmp)

See the full migration guide: UPGRADE.md

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What's Changed

Features

• feat: add multiSort functionality with state persistence for sorting
• feat: implement max per page limit and add Locked attributes for state management
• feat: introduce column source selection for auto-generated columns
• feat: port column source improvements from 6.x
• feat: optimize action rendering with CellRenderer and server-side attribute management
• feat: add RowRenderer for enhanced table row rendering and detail management
• feat: implement RowRenderer for optimized cell rendering in table rows
• feat: refactor RowRenderer constructor for improved dependency injection
• feat: implement toggleable plugin with global asset rendering and improved action rule caching
• feat: refactor Alpine.js components for improved state management and event handling
• feat: enhance column and filter handling with memoization and validation
• Implement Filter Builder plugin with validation and UI components
• Add filter persistence functionality to FilterBuilder
• Add validation and before-apply hooks to FilterBuilder for enhanced query control
• Add SelectColumns pipeline to prune hidden and searchable columns from queries
• Add Flux header and update layout for improved structure and styling
• Refactor pagination components in Flux and footer for improved layout and functionality
• Enhance PowerGrid Lite components with responsive design and new features
• Add responsive table body and toggle icon components
• Enhance searchableRaw macro to support dynamic SQL generation with closures
• Enhance toggleable component with theme-driven colors and add renderHeaderActions method for improved header button rendering
• Add new Blade components and enhance table theming for improved UI
• Add partials
• Add editable and toggleable plugins with corresponding styles and scripts
• Add support for configurable disk and directory in batch export
• Update default export format to openspout_v5 and enhance ASCII art rendering with gradient colors
• Refactor export plugin structure and enhance export functionality with progress tracking
• Refactor summaries to support batched queries and custom closures
• Normalize event names by converting table names to lowercase in detail toggle functionality

Fixes

• fix: ensure safe access to component properties and improve type handling in CreateCommand, HasActions, and ToggleablePlugin
• Handle null values for radio and checkbox attributes in row template
• Improve TomSelect integration by adding error handling for missing library and update UPGRADE.md for optional third-party select libraries
• Fix pagination macro to remove unnecessary PHPStan ignore directive
• Remove unnecessary lazy loading check in ModelProcessor for cleaner data transformation

Refactors & Performance

• Refactor action rendering to use server-side Blade components and remove obsolete JavaScript logic
• Optimize plugin rendering by caching JavaScript and CSS, and enhance token resolution with caching in ThemeManager
• Refactor caching logic in PowerGridComponent for improved performance
• Refactor export batch property to use computed attribute for improved performance
• Refactor filter handling to normalize filter values and improve multi-select behavior
• Refactor parameter handling in Listeners and update SQL generation in Macros for consistency
• Refactor event listeners and enhance plugin handling in PowerGridComponent
• Refactor ManageRow and table blade to use event dispatching for row templates
• Refactor enabled filters rendering to use wire partials and improve layout consistency
• Refactor filter builder UI components to use Flux elements for consistency
• Refactor filter component to improve filter retrieval logic and enhance data binding
• Refactor row rendering logic for improved readability and consistency
• Refactor table expansion logic to improve element visibility and enhance responsiveness
• Refactor Editable and Toggleable plugins to use pluginData for configuration and enhance rule management
• Refactor date picker view references to use Flatpickr for improved consistency
• Refactor export and toggle columns components for improved structure and consistency
• Refactor table theme classes for consistency across components
• Refactor UI components to use consistent color themes
• Refactor layout containers to improve spacing consistency
• Refactor Tailwind component styles for improved layout and responsiveness
• Refactor DaisyUI table rows for improved striped and non-striped styling
• Refactor DataSource and empty state terminology for consistency
• Refactor reflection cache access in Listeners to use self instead of static
• Refactor parameter types in plugin methods to use mixed type hinting
• Normalize filter keys and improve type handling across various components
• Refactor: improve handling of nested fields and enhance filter validation
• Refactor FilterBuilderValidator constants to use array syntax for consistency
• Refactor dropdown components
• Refactor import statement for PowerGridComponent for consistency
• Remove unused stdClass import from Sorting trait

Docs & Dev Experience

• Add PowerGrid 7.x Upgrade Guide with migration steps and architectural changes
• Add new skills and guidelines for PowerGrid 7.x AI agents, including plugin creation and architectural principles
• Enhance AGENTS.md with detailed skills documentation and usage protocols
• docs: update references and instructions for AI-assisted development and theme migration
• Update SKILL.md to reflect fluent builder pattern in v7 theme migration

Dependencies & Tooling

• Update dependencies for Laravel 12 and 13 compatibility in configuration files
• Update composer.json and UPGRADE.md for PHP 8.4 and Laravel 12 compatibility
• Update composer.json and UPGRADE.md for Laravel 12 support and dependency adjustments
• Update default export format to openspout_v5
• Update openspout dependency to version 5.0 in postgres.yml
• chore: update pestphp version constraint to support 5.0
• feat: update MySQL service configuration to use version 8.0 and enhance health check command
• Update slim-select CDN links to version 2.9.1 for improved stability
• Update dependency stability and CI environment versions

Tests

• Add tests for boolean, select, and number filters in PowerGridComponent
• test: port column source tests from 6.x (SchemaColumnsTest, BuildStubVarsTest, AskColumnSourceTest, ColumnSourceTest, PowerGridMakerTest)
• Refactor SelectColumnsTest to normalize SQL queries and update column references
• feat: update RulesTest to use class() syntax for anonymous classes
• feat: update RowRenderParityTest to use class() syntax for anonymous classes
• test: remove obsolete StubColumnBuilderTest (replaced by BuildStubVars in the new architecture)
• chore: remove unused helper functions (expectInputText, filterInputText, filterNumber, filterBoolean, getLaravelDir)
• chore: remove unused SQL Server test configuration

Housekeeping

• chore: remove trailing whitespace from multiple files
• chore: remove redundant columnSource property from PowerGridComponentMaker
• refactor: remove unnecessary docblock comments in HasActions.php
• Remove unused repository paths from composer.json
• Fix typo in composer.json suggestion for openspout
• Fix whitespace in composer.json for openspout suggestion
• chore: update minimum stability to dev in composer.json
• Remove openspout dependency version constraint from composer.json

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Full Changelog: v6.11.0...v7.0.0-beta.1