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New features

All the new features that have been added to this version. Any changes in best practice.

Implementation of JoomlaDialog script​

Implementation of newly introduced JoomlaDialog javascript module (5.0) into standard modal fields, batch windows and multilanguage status overview.

  • Modal_Category field - PR: #42293
  • Modal_Contact field - PR: #42326
  • Modal_Newsfeed field - PR #42327
  • batch windows - PR: 42328
  • multilanguage status overview - PR #42082
  • Use Dialog for Module editing - PR #42423
  • Use Dialog for Plugins editing - PR #42447

For more detail check Joomla Dialog (popup) script.

PR: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/40150

FormField new method collectLayoutData()​

FormField class got a new method collectLayoutData(), to cache the data from getLayoutData(). This was made to prevent a multiple call of this method, which may lead to doubled Queries/Request that may happen in some circumstances.

it is recommended to update your fields to use new method to improve performance. Example:

// Old code
protected function getInput()
{
  return $this->getRenderer($this->layout)->render($this->getLayoutData());
}
protected function getLabel()
{
  $data = $this->getLayoutData();
  ...
  return $this->getRenderer($this->renderLabelLayout)->render($data);
}

// New code
protected function getInput()
{
  return $this->getRenderer($this->layout)->render($this->collectLayoutData());
}
protected function getLabel()
{
  $data = $this->collectLayoutData();
  ...
  return $this->getRenderer($this->renderLabelLayout)->render($data);
}

PR: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/42709

Dark Mode switch and Color scheme API​

Added a switch for changing color scheme "Dark"/"Light" for the Atum template. More about new Color scheme API

PR: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/42221