Release v37.0.0-rc.0 · ckeditor/ckeditor5

MAJOR BREAKING CHANGES ℹ️

Upgraded the minimal versions of Node.js to 16.0.0 due to the end of LTS.

MINOR BREAKING CHANGES ℹ️

table: The table columns' widths are stored as model elements instead of a model element attribute. See #11479.
The @ckeditor/ckeditor5-watchdog package is no longer available as a standalone DLL build. It is now included in the main ckeditor5-dll.js build. See #13707.

Features

build-multi-root: Introduced a new editor build featuring the multi-root editor. (commit)
comments: Introduced comments archive. It is now possible to resolve a comment thread instead of removing it. Resolved comment threads can be reviewed in the comments archive and can be re-opened if the commented content is still available in the editor.
comments: Introduced comment:modify_all permission that will allow the user to edit or remove all comments.
engine: Introduced model.Writer#addRoot() and model.Writer#detachRoot(). Model roots can now be dynamically added to or detached from the document. All content gets removed from a detached root and new content cannot be inserted as long as the root is detached. Closes #13388. (commit)
engine: Introduced Differ.getChangedRoots() which returns the roots added or detached since last the differ reset. Differ#isEmpty and Differ#hasDataChanges() will return true if a root was added or detached. (commit)
mention: Limiting the dropdown on the singular feed level should now be possible. Closes #13504. (commit)
multi-root-editor: Introduced the multi-root editor type that allows defining multiple editable areas handled by a single editor instance. Closes #11493. (commit)

Bug fixes

build-*: Typings from the CKEditor 5 builds contain types of loaded plugins. Closes #13676. (commit)
clipboard: Dragging images in the editor should not lag in Firefox. Closes #13366. (commit)
engine: Dragging images in the editor should not lag in Firefox. Closes #13366. (commit)
engine: The Renderer should try to update existing DOM text nodes (instead of replacing them completely) so that external tools should not get lost if the watched DOM text node is removed and replaced with another one. Closes #13051. (commit)
engine: The elementToStructure() downcast helper should not skip attribute changes that happened with the modification of the children list. (commit)
html-support: Attributes on the <colgroup>, and <col> elements should be preserved in the data. Closes #11479. (commit)
html-support: Fixed description lists with name-value groups wrapped in div elements when upcasting using the General HTML Support feature. Closes #12240. (commit)
image: Fixed the image resize handle displaying NaN in some scenarios. Closes #10776. (commit)
link: The link text should update along with the URL if they were the same in the first place. Closes #12588. (commit)
mention: Mentions reexport the MentionFeed and ItemRenderer types. Closes #13705. (commit)
mention: Make a text property optional in the MentionFeedObjectItem type. Closes #13550. (commit)
mention: Mentions panel should be positioned left to the caret in editors with a right–to–left UI language. Closes #13459. (commit)
paste-from-office: Fixed handling of bold text in RTL lists pasted from MS Word. Closes #13711. (commit)
table: Changed detection on heading rows and columns on table upcast. Closes #3172. (commit)
track-changes: Suggestion annotation discard button state is now bound with the DiscardSuggestionCommand state, instead of AcceptSuggestionCommand.
track-changes: Fixed error thrown when a list item was created using autoformatting in the track changes mode.
track-changes: List style and document list style iss now applied directly to a non-list element when used in the track changes mode.