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New features

Customise the Open Graph image URL without duplicate meta tags

You can now customise the Open Graph image URL included in the head by setting the opengraphImageUrl Nunjucks option.

Also, the default Open Graph image URL meta tag will now only be included if you set the either opengraphImageUrl or assetUrl.

This was added in pull request #2673: Allow Open Graph image URL to be customised.

Localise the content licence and copyright statements

When using the footer Nunjucks macro, you can now translate the text of the Open Government Licence (OGL) and Crown copyright statements using the contentLicence and copyright parameters.

Visit The National Archives' documentation on OGL and Crown copyright for information on what you need to include in these statements.

This was added in pull request #2702: Allow localisation of content licence and copyright notices in Footer.

Pass HTML directly into compatible components

If using the Nunjucks macros, you can now pass HTML content directly into compatible components using the Nunjucks call syntax. If HTML is provided through the call syntax, the nunjucks macro will ignore the HTML and text options.

Components updated to support this syntax are:

  • Details
  • Error summary (mapped to descriptionHtml parameter)
  • Inset text
  • Notification banner
  • Panel

This was added in pull request #2734: Update various components to be callable.

Use new override classes to apply static spacing

You can now use static spacing override classes to apply spacing from the static spacing scale to elements of your design.

The new classes start with: govuk-!-static- followed by either margin- or padding-, and then a spacing unit number.

To apply spacing in a single direction, include left-, right-, top-, or bottom- just before the spacing unit.

For example:

  • govuk-!-static-margin-9 will apply a 60px margin to all sides of the element at all screen sizes
  • govuk-!-static-padding-right-5 will apply 25px of padding to the right side of the element at all screen sizes
  • govuk-!-static-margin-0 will remove all margins at all screen sizes

This was added in pull request #2672: Add static spacing override classes. Thanks to @patrickpatrickpatrick for this contribution.

Deprecated features

Remove deprecated govuk-header__navigation--no-service-name class in the header

We've deprecated the govuk-header__navigation--no-service-name class, and will remove it in a future major release.

This was added in pull request #2694: Deprecate .govuk-header__navigation--no-service-name.

Recommended changes

We've recently made some non-breaking changes to GOV.UK Frontend. Implementing these changes will make your service work better.

Add hidden to the mobile menu button in the header component

If you're not using the Nunjucks macros, add the hidden attribute to the mobile menu button in the header component. The mobile menu button is govuk-header__menu-button.

We've changed the header's mobile menu functionality to use the hidden attribute instead of using CSS to show/hide the mobile menu. Adding hidden to the mobile menu button by default will make sure that it does not display for users when javascript does not load.

This was added in pull request 2727: Make use of hidden in header navigation functionality. Thanks to @NickColley and @kr8n3r for their contributions.

Fixes

In pull request 2678: Replace ex units with ems for input lengths, we changed how we define input lengths in our CSS. Browsers might now display these inputs as being slightly wider than before. The difference is usually fewer than 3 pixels.

We’ve also made fixes in the following pull requests:

Contributors

edwardhorsford, NickColley, and 3 other contributors
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