Backdrop CMS v1.16.0-preview Release Notes
Release Date: 2020-05-15 // almost 4 years ago-
🚀 This is the preview release of Backdrop 1.16.0. Please use this version if you would like to help us test the features in the new version of Backdrop -- prior to the official release on May 15, 2020.
⚡️ Notes for updating:
- 🚀 It will be necessary to run the update script (located at /update.php) for this release.
- 🚀 No changes have been made to the
.htaccess,robots.txtor defaultsettings.phpfiles in this release. Updating custom versions of those files is not necessary.
Major new features in Backdrop 1.16.0 Preview include:
- 🔧 Any configuration value can be overridden in settings.php backdrop/backdrop-issues#2805
- Autocomplete is now available on all link/path fields backdrop/backdrop-issues#3764
- Disabled text formats can now be re-enabled backdrop/backdrop-issues#1575
- Author and Date display can now be customized for each content type backdrop/backdrop-issues#2379
- Specific content types can now be excluded from the search index
backdrop/backdrop-issues#4197
Usability improvements
- Double dashes in the menu parent select list have been replaced with a Middot backdrop/backdrop-issues#4218
- 🔧 Text filter configuration has been moved into modals backdrop/backdrop-issues#1032
- The password field is now hidden when the Notification checkbox is checked on the user account creation form backdrop/backdrop-issues#4266
API additions
- 🚚 A
removed_blocksproperty has been added to theLayoutclass backdrop/backdrop-issues#4209 - A new
theme_has_color_support()function backdrop/backdrop-issues#4044 - 💻 Content can now have an active revision that is not the most recent revision (no UI included) backdrop/backdrop-issues#4354
- Cacheing is now enabled for core entity types, and available for all others backdrop/backdrop-issues#74
Cleanup tasks
- 🚚 Node actions code moved into a separate
node.actions.incfile. backdrop/backdrop-issues#3807