Changes Report

Updated attachments modal

The attachments pop-up that is displayed for deleting an attachment is now a bootstrap modal, having the same functionality as before.

New collection related toolkit

A new xwiki-commons-collection module has been introduced to share base collection related API

Filter group members by their full name

You can now filter the group members by their full name from the live table displayed on the group page or when editing a group from the administration, as long as the members are from the same wiki as the group itself. The members that are from a different wiki than the group can still be filtered by their reference (e.g. by user alias).

Sheet priority

The sheet query string parameter now has priority over anything else. It used to be skipped in various use cases.

New Export "excludes" parameter for XAR/HTML

The new excludes parameter now allows the API users to craft more expressive request, such as "export all this space except those pages". This new parameter is supported for both XAR Export and HTML Export.

Metadata are rendered in Annotated XHTML

Metadata provided in the page structure (XDOM) are now output when using the Annotated XHTML renderer.

Document index can be sorted by title

The main document index (and also the children/siblings of a page) can now be filtered and sorted by title. In previous versions this was not the case, because filtering and searching happens on the values stored in the database, which can be different from the displayed title.

While this obstacle has not been overcome now pages which have a displayed title which is different from the title stored in the database are now marked with the symbol "¹". If these pages are found in the result set, a note is displayed explaining why filtering and sorting might not work as expected for these pages. 

Maven "legacy" profile

The Extension Manager now automatically activates the legacy profile when reading a pom.

New tip to autocomplete links

New tip about typing the [ character when editing in WYSIWYG to get autocompletion for links.

Display Type property annotation

The PropertyDisplayType annotation has been introduced to allow specifying a display type (that can be different from the actual property type) which can be used when rendering properties (i.e. inputs of the WYSIWYG macros).

Deprecated macro parameters are hidden

When inserting a macro from the WYSIWYG editor the deprecated macro parameters are hidden in order to discourage their usage and to simplify the UI. A deprecated macro parameter is shown only if it has a value set (when editing a macro).

Advanced macro parameters shown last

When inserting a macro from the WYSIWYG editor the advanced macro parameters are shown at the end, most of the time hidden under the "More" link in order to simplify the UI. An advanced macro parameter might be shown at the top if it has a value set (when editing a macro).

New API to get backward dependencies

An API has been added to get backward dependencies including optional dependencies

New API to get orphaned dependencies

An API has been added to get orphaned dependencies

Job Waiting Information

You might now see a new information box instead of the progress bar if another job is currently performed against the pages you selected. In that case, you have to wait that the other job is finished or cancelled before yours start. The UI would refresh automatically.

Display page reference in the information viewer

You can now retrieve quickly the page reference of any page by going to the Information tab. The reference is by default displayed to the local wiki, but you can switch it to get a global reference for all wiki in a farm. The right button allow you to quickly copy it to the clipboard.

XClass Rename

The xobjects of an xclass are now updated automatically when the xclass is renamed if:

• the xclass is not moved to a different wiki
• the "Update Links" option is checked (which is the case by default)

Renaming xclasses is still considered a dangerous operation though, because xclasses are often used in scripts, which are not updated when an xclass is renamed.

Copy / Rename Events

The refactoring module introduces dedicated events for document copy and rename operations. Checkout the documentation for more information.

Macro Category Count

When inserting a macro through the WYSIWYG Editor the macro selector now shows the number of macros available in each category.

Ability to inject content in the HTML header

It is now possible to inject content dynamically in the "head" tag of the HTML pages via a dedicated extension point named org.xwiki.platform.head. It is useful typically for adding metadata to the pages. Checkout the extension point documentation for more information and an example.