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Developer Note

Since this version of Joomla has not been released yet, this page can change anytime.

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