In-place edit for application entries
The entries of a newly-created AppWithinMinutes application are now editable in-place. For existing applications you will need to edit the application and go through the application wizard so that the application sheet is re-generated, but be aware that you might loose you customizations in the process.
In-place edit for plain wiki pages
You can now edit plain wiki pages in-place, if the WYSIWYG editor is the preferred content editor.
Support of Mentions
XWiki Standard now support by default User Mentions. You can mention a user by two ways: either by typing "@" in the WYSIWYG editor as displayed in the screenshot, or by inserting a Mention macro. Mentioning a user will have for effect to send a notification to that user, with the link to the page or place (can be a comment or an object) mentioning her/him.
Rich editor integration on comments and annotations
Comments and annotations are now edited using the preferred content editor specified in the user profile. They were previously edited using only a plain text editor. The WYSIWYG editor is now supported and it allows for easy insertion of mentions in comments and annotations.
Page Likes
The Page Like feature allows users to Like pages. By default, this application adds a small button at the bottom of the pages, allowing users to like them. It also displays the total number of likes for the page. Notifications are sent when pages are Liked and it's possible to see your own liked pages or who liked a page.
Simplified WYSIWYG Editor Toolbar
The WYSIWYG Editor toolbar has been simplified by grouping and reorganizing the buttons, removing those that were used very rarely. Here's a summary of the changes we did:
- the Format drop down is now the first item on the left side
- Strike, Underline, Subscript, Superscript and Remove Format have been grouped in a drop down menu
- the list buttons have been grouped in a dedicated drop down menu
- the Unlink button was moved from the main toolbar to the floating toolbar that is shown when you click on a link
- we enabled the image floating toolbar, visible when an image is selected
- Horizontal Line, Special Character and Import from Office have been grouped in a new Insert drop down menu
- we moved the Insert/Edit Macro button to the Insert drop down menu, where we also added shortcuts for common macros
- we removed the Copy, Cut and Paste buttons from the toolbar. They are available in the context menu
- we removed the Copy Formatting button, as we don't encourage the usage of in-line styles
- we removed the Language drop down because it was causing confusion with the wiki page language
As a result the toolbar now takes a single line by default.
Extended Page Information
The information tab displayed at the bottom of each page has been extended with more information such as the original page locale, the current page locale, the available page translations, the page syntax and whether the page is hidden or not. Moreover, some of the page information is now editable in-place, from view mode.
Selection preserved when switching between WYSIWYG and Source
We upgraded the CKEditor Integration extension and the new version comes with a long-awaited feature: the selection / caret is preserved when switching between WYSIWYG and Source area. This makes it really easy to:
- check the wiki syntax that corresponds to the current WYSIWYG selection
- check how the selected text from the Source area is rendered when switching back to WYSIWYG
Simplify usage of Include macro
It's now simpler to use the Include and Display macros. Some complex and never-used parameters have been removed from the WYISWYG editor's macro dialog UI. Specifically, the page parameter is now hidden and for the Include macro the context parameter is now deprecated (and thus hidden). This also allows to display a single way to choose the reference of the included/displayed page and to ensure that users use the provided page picker.
Like information are displayed in a live table
People liking a page are now displayed in a live table.
Object editor does not save automatically on object creation/deletion anymore
The behaviour of the Object editor changed to be more consistent: the changes performed like object addition or deletion are now only saved when clicking on the save button.
Note that for developers we introduced new saving parameters to allow adding and deleting objects on a single save.
Switch to source while editing in-place
You can now switch to source while editing in-place the content of a page.
Liked pages are displayed in a LiveTable
Liked pages are now displayed in a live table in the user profile.
Emoji Support Enabled in WYSIWYG Editor
You can now insert emoji from the WYSIWYG editor using the dedicated toolbar button. This is done using the Emoji CKEditor Plugin. See the CKEditor Integration for more information.
Translate page while editing in-place
If multilingual is on and the current page is not translated in the current user interface language then editing in-place will load the original page. If you wish to translate the page then you just need to click on the Translate button. Whatever changes you do next will be saved to the translated page.
In-place section editing
You can now edit in-place the sections of a plain wiki page, if the WYSIWYG editor is the preferred content editor. Unlike the old section editing, this allows you to edit the entire page, so that you don't loose the context, but it places the focus in the right section so that you don't have to scroll the page.
Live macro rendering when editing in-place
The new in-place edit mode runs the JavaScript code required by rendering macros, producing a true WYSIWYG editing experience.
Changing Page Syntax from WYSIWYG Editor
Changing the page syntax from the WYSIWYG Editor has suffered some updates:
- we don't reload the entire page anymore but only the WYSIWYG editor instance (in order to take into account the new syntax); the WYSIWYG editor has to be reloaded because the page syntax affects core editor configuration that cannot be changed on the fly (see the CKEditor Integration documentation for more information);
- the WYSIWYG editor is always reloaded when changing the syntax, no matter whether you choose to convert the content or not (for the reason mentioned above)
- the editing mode (Source vs. WYSIWYG) is preserved on reload
- if the new syntax doesn't support WYSIWYG editing (e.g. because it doesn't have a renderer) then the WYSIWYG editor will force the Source mode after the reload and disable the WYSIWYG mode, warning the user about the current limitation.
Checkout the Page Editing documentation for additional information.
Toggle Rendered Diff Context
You can now use the "Show context" toggle button to show / hide all the unmodified parts of the page rendered content when comparing two versions of a wiki page from its history. Check the user guide for more information.
Changing Page Syntax from View
Changing the page syntax from the Information tab, while viewing the page, has suffered some updates:
- XWiki will now propose to convert the page content and meta data to the new syntax, if the conversion is supported, but note that the changes will be saved only after saving the syntax
- if the syntax conversion is not supported then XWiki will warn the user about the limitation
- the page title and content are reloaded in order to allow the user to preview the effect of the syntax change before saving the new syntax
- canceling the syntax change will also reload the page title and content
User Avatar macro with user picker
When inserting the User Avatar macro from the WYSIWYG editor you can now select the target user with a user picker.
Comment form not displayed by default
The comment form is now hidden by default. This allows improving the loading performance of XWiki pages and makes the UI less cluttered.
A button allows you to display the comment form when you need to add a new comment.
Simplified Unliking
A modal was previously asking for confirmation for removing a like on a page. This has been removed to make it simpler and more consistent: liking and unliking are now both immediate actions.
View source in viewers menu section
The View source link has been moved to the Viewers menu sub-section of Other actions menu, to be consistent.
Mentions explained on the tips
The use of the mentions in WYSIWYG editor autocompletion is now explained on the tips.
View Likes in viewers menu section
The menu item for viewing Likes information has been moved to Viewers sub-section of the other options menu, for consistency.
New Comment button
The comments section at the bottom of pages used to have the comment editor visible. There's now a Comment button to click when wanting to add a comment. This was done for 3 reasons:
- For consistency with other actions where you have to click a button to do them (annotate, edit, create, etc).
- It makes the UI a bit less cluttered and avoids focusing the attention on comments which was very visible, especially since we moved to using the WYSIWYG editor by default in comments.
- It also improves the loading performance of XWiki pages since the editor doesn't need to be loaded when viewing pages
Changing Page Syntax from Wiki Editor
Changing the page syntax from the Wiki Editor has suffered some updates:
- the style of the syntax conversion confirmation modal has been improved to be consistent with the other modals we use in XWiki
- the syntax conversion is not saved right away anymore but when you save the Wiki Editor; canceling the Wiki Editor will also cancel any unsaved syntax change
- XWiki will warn you when the syntax conversion is not supported
Checkout the Page Editing documentation for additional information.
Rendered Changes Using Image Data
A change in the source URL, or reference, of an image displayed on a wiki page, where the image itself is not modified, doesn't appear in the rendered diff anymore when comparing the revisions of that page.
Improved Jump to Page
The Jump to Page modal (Ctrl+G) has been updated to use the new page picker which fixes the keyboard navigation and improves the display of page suggestions (page title and location are now shown).
More consistent menu icons
Updated class and object edit menu icons to make them more consistent with other places like the document tree viewer. The missing Annotations menu icon was also added.
