Congratulations to everyone involved on this wonderful release!
On 7 July 2011 22:43, Yaron Koren <yaron@...> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm excited to announce that version 2.2 of Semantic Forms has been
> released. This is a major new release, with a bunch of new features. Changes
> and additions in this version include:
>
> - Support was added for Semantic MediaWiki 1.6, the upcoming new version of
> SMW. It hasn't been officially released yet, but when it is, Semantic Forms
> will be ready. (I hope.)
>
> - Support was also improved for MediaWiki versions 1.18 and 1.19.
>
> - A new parser function was added, #autoedit, that creates a link that, when
> a user presses on it, automatically modifies one or more template fields
> within a specific page. The syntax and behavior are somewhat like the
> #formedit parser function - the difference is that, instead of taking the
> user to a new form, the link keeps the user where they are, and just
> modifies the other page behind the scenes. Thanks to Stephan Gambke for
> creating this cool new feature.
>
> - A new standard input type, "save and continue", now exists, that lets
> users save the current contents of the form into the page, while keeping the
> user on the form so they can continue to edit. (There was a discussion about
> such a thing on the mailing list a few months ago, where a bunch of people
> said that they wanted this feature.) Thanks to Stephan Gambke for this
> feature as well.
>
> - On that note, Stephan also did some rewriting of the SF internals to
> enable the automatic saving found in both "save and continue" and #autoedit.
> It has some minor side effects, including the nice one that hitting the
> "back" button in the browser, when you're in a form, brings you back to the
> right place (before, you had to hit "back" twice in quick succession, to
> actually go back).
>
> - By default, textareas now have a width of 100% of the form's width,
> instead of 80 characters - this required some changes to the overall CSS, so
> some tables in the forms may look different now, width-wise. (If you prefer
> the old look, add "|cols=80" to the tag for each such textarea.)
>
> - The "default filename" parameter, for "uploadable" fields, is now parsed,
> so it can include variables like {{PAGENAME}}, and parser functions, just
> like the "default" parameter is already.
>
> - Properties of type "Boolean" can now be handled by inputs of type
> "dropdown" and "radiobutton", instead of just "checkbox" - this is
> especially important if you don't want to require users to enter a value for
> this field (not checking a checkbox sets a value of "No" for the field).
>
> - The 'category' and 'categories' input types no longer display the "No
> subcategories" message, for categories with no subcategories.
>
> - The 'category' and 'categories' input types now also have a new parameter,
> 'hideroot', that hides the top-level category; thanks to "FlooD" for the
> initial patch for this feature.
>
> - The "delimiter" parameter in form fields now also defines the delimiter
> for the "values" parameter, if one exists.
>
> - #formlink now shows a red link if the target page it points to doesn't
> exist.
>
> - In Special:CreateForm, when running MW 1.17 or higher, the parameters for
> form fields now show up as "collapsed" by default; users have to click a box
> to view and edit the set of parameters for any field. (On MW 1.16 and lower,
> this new feature won't show up.)
>
> - In Special:CreateProperty, the "Allowed values" input only shows up now if
> certain types are selected (Page, String, etc.) instead of all types.
>
> - Remote autocompletion on concepts now works.
>
> - Default values in the free text field, when used with FCKeditor, now are
> always displayed correctly; thanks to Stephan Robotta for the fix.
>
> - Tags within the form definition, such as {{{field}}}, now work correctly
> even with extra whitespaces and newlines within them.
>
> - The syntax "{{{field|free text}}}", to define a free text field, has long
> been deprecated, in favor of "{{{standard input|free text}}}" - now it no
> longer works at all.
>
> - FancyBox, the Javascript library used for the upload window, was upgraded
> from version 1.3.1 to 1.3.4.
>
> - The bug in version 2.1.2 in which links within forms disappeared has been
> fixed.
>
> - There were various other bug fixes, made by myself and others.
>
> To read more about Semantic Forms, and to download the new version, see
> here:
>
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms
>
> -Yaron
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