Release notes

7.4.0

Released on 12th of February, 2020

• Fixed the problem, where the onCellMouseUp hook was fired for all mouse buttons except RMB, which was not consistent with the onCellMouseDown hook.
  To make the changes more consistent with the native dblclick event (which is triggered only for the LMB button), the onCellDblClick and onCellCornerDblClick hooks were modified to also fire only for LMB. (#6507)
• Updated moment, pikaday and numbro to their latest versions. (#6610)
• Fixed a bug with numbers not being presented properly with the pt_BR culture setting. (#5569)
• Extended the Babel config with the possibility to use private methods, optional chaining and nullish coalescing operator. (#6308)
• Updated some of the internal configs, updated dev-dependencies, housekeeping etc. (#6560, #6609, #6612, #6629, #6574, #6565)

7.3.0

Released on 12th of December, 2019

• Version 7.3.0 introduces a new option to the Context Menu plugin - uiContainer. It allows declaring a DOM container, where all the Context Menu's element will be placed. It may come espacially handy when using Handsontable inside of an iframe or some other content-trimming context. (#6283, #6417)
• We also added a uiContainer option to the Copy/Paste plugin. It works in a similar way to the one described above, but is used to declare the container for the Copy/Paste plugin's DOM elements. (#6343)

• Fixed a problem with table resizing on every scroll event on Firefox, when no table height was defined. (#6344)
• Updated the puppeteer package in the devDependencies section to get rid of the `npm audit` security error. (#6393)
• Removed the unneeded CNAME_ file from the repo. (#6389)
• Fixed a problem, where pasting data from Excel caused Handsontable to throw an error. (#6217)
• Fixed a bug, where data pasted from Excel would get improperly formatted in Handsontable. (#6258)
• Fixed a bug, where the & < > ' " characters in the pasted data would be automatically changed to their equivalent HTML entities. (#1535)
• Fixed a bug, where opening the system's context menu, hitting ESC and moving the cursor outside of the container would scroll the table. (#5846)
• Fixed a problem, where right-clicking on a disabled entry in Handsontable's context menu would open the system's context menu. (#5846)
• Fixed a bug, where right-clicking on an active entry in Handsontable's context menu would open another context menu. (#5846)
• Fixed a test case for Context Menu's scrolling. (#6449)
• Modified the container size in the the tests' DOM helper file. (#6446)

7.2.2

Released on 23rd of October, 2019

• Rolled back backward-incompatible changes in the TypeScript definition file introduced in 7.2.0. (#6351)
• Fixed a problem, where the Handsontable.helper.htmlToGridSettings threw an error on IE11, when the target table was a part of an iframe. (#6350)

7.2.1

Released on 16th of October, 2019

• Fix a problem caused by #6269, which made the move/resize handles hidden under the headers. (#6341)

7.2.0

Released on 15th of October, 2019

• Added cellProperties to the arguments of search's queryMethod so that it would be possible to tell what kind of data was being queried. (#4944)
• Fixed a bug with a disappearing column header, when the height option is was set to auto. (#6302)
• Fixed a problem with an error being thrown when trying the clear a column with the first cell set to readOnly. (#6246)
• Fixed a bug where it was impossible to set data for a readOnly-typed cell, when any cell was selected. (#6214)
• Fixed a problem with an error being thrown when pasting data to readOnly-typed cells. (#6209)
• Fixed a problem with the Undo feature not working for columns defined as functions. (#6147)
• Fixed a bug where this.TD was undefined in the editor's prepare method when fixedColumnsLeft and viewportColumnRenderingOffset were both set. (#6043)
• Fixed a bug where the cell selection frame overlapped the bottom fixed rows. (#5947)
• Fixed a problem with an error being thrown after initializing an empty table or removing all the data from the table and clicking the corner header. (#5126)
• Fixed a problem with reloading data with a new set in the Nested Rows plugin. (#6339)
• Rewrote some of the Walkontable methods to return correct information about the table. (#6191)
• Made some improvements to the TypeScript definition file. (#6168, #6107, #6102, #6239, #6266)
• Improved the documentation and definition files regarding the after- hooks for creating and removing rows/columns. (#6296)
• Improved the documentation for the totalColumn option. (#6281)
• Added a lint:fix script to be able to fix the lint errors from the CLI. (#6260)
• Fixed all the tests for Windows and added run-script, walkontable.watch. (#6187)
• Removed the unused check-es3-syntax-cli package to fix Github's security alert. (#6319)
• Updated the dependencies to fix errors thrown by npm audit (#6318)

7.1.1

Released on 12th of August, 2019

• Refactored the Walkontable table renderers. (#6089)
• Removed the yarn.lock file from the repository and updated the Node version in the Travis configuration file. (#6161)
• Added a missing rootInstanceSymbol property to Handsontable to allow using `new Handsontable.Core` properly. (#6040)
• Fixed a bug, where copying/pasting/deleting data for autocomplete-typed cells caused an error to be thrown. (#6033)
• Refactored the Custom Borders plugin to resolve problems with its performance. (#6052)
• Optimized the use of arrays for the V8 engine in the parseTable module. (#6060)
• Fixed a problem where scrolling the dropdown menu scrolled the entire table. (#5913)
• Fixed a bug where removing a change in the beforeChange hook callback broke the table. (#5893)
• Fixed a problem where cutting the value from a checkbox-typed cell made it switch to #bad-value#. (#4106)
• Fixed a bug where the getCell method returned undefined, while it wasn't supposed to. (#6079)
• Updated Jasmine and made changes to the tests and tests configuration in order for them to pass in the browser and prevent memory leaks. (#6077, #6096)
• Changed the way the afterColumnMove hook works, now it won't fire if beforeColumnMove hook callback canceled the action. (#5958)
• Fixed a problem with the Undo feature reverting the editing actions that didn't make any changes to the data. (#4072)
• Fixed a bug, where the dropdown editor did not work properly, when there were multiple Handsontable instances implemented on the page. (#6122)
• Fixed the tests for Windows. (#5878)
• Fixed the npm audit security errors. (#6130)
• Fixed a problem with scrolling not working properly when hovering over the Handsontable container. (#5212)
• Refactored the toMatchHTML Jasmine matcher to make tests pass on Firefox. (#6148)
• Fixed the getCell method for fixed bottom rows, which caused the selection not to work properly. (#6084)
• Fixed a bug, where the table height increased every time the window had been resized. (#3433)
• Corrected some minor mistakes in the JSDocs and Typescript definitions. (#6123, #6125, #6142, #6152, #6158, #6160, #6129)

7.1.0

Released on 11th of June, 2019

• Added a new feature, allowing users to parse HTML tables into Handsontable settings and Handsontable instances to plain HTML tables. This change introduces these new API methods:
  • `Handsontable.helper.instanceToHTML: (instance: Handsontable.Core) => string` - parses the provided Handsontable instance to an HTML table as a string
  • `Handsontable.helper.htmlToGridSettings(element: Element | string, rootDocument?: Document) => Handsontable.DefaultSettings` - analyses a static HTML table and returns a Handsontable-compatible settings object
  • `hotInstance.toTableElement: () => HTMLTableElement` - converts the Handsontable instance to a static HTML table
  • `hotInstance.toHTML: () => string` - same as Handsontable.helper.instanceToHTML, but the instance is already bound
  (#5684)
• Fixed a bug, where it wasn't possible to block Undo/Redo plugin keyboard shortcuts. (#6028)
• Corrected the ManualColumnMove type definitions. (#6011)
• Fixed a problem with pasting multi-line data from Excel and Google Sheets. (#5970, #5622)
• Fixed a bug, where it was impossible to paste merged cells from Excel. (#5940)
• Fixed a problem with copying cells with longer contents from Excel or Google Sheets. (#5925)
• Fixed a problem with Handsontable not adding the carriage return character to the pasted data. (#5826, #5647)
• Fixed some NestedRows performance issues on large datasets. (#5711)
• Fixed a bug, where placing SVG in a cell caused a ManualColumnMove error. (#4120)
• Fixed a bug, where using the Undo functionality, the selection was not reverted to its original position. (#6017)
• Fixed a bug, where the getCell method, when used with the topmost argument set to true, did not return the correct cell elements from the bottom overlay. (#5896)
• Added a possibility to return false from the beforeCreateCol hook to stop the column creation. (#5691)

7.0.3

Released on 13th of May, 2019

• Fix the skipRowOnPaste option to work similarly to skipColumnOnPaste and add it to the documentation. (#5845)
• Fix the font inconsistency in the dropdown menu. (#5948)
• Fix a problem with the manualColumnResize option not working properly alongside fixedColumnsLeft. (#5959)
• Fix a problem with the TextEditor not resizing the input field properly while being placed on the edge on the table and containing multi-line text. (#5969)
• Updated some of the dependencies to get rid of the security vulnerabilities thrown by npm audit. (#5995)
• Removed eval() from the formula-parser module to fulfill the Content-Security-Policy. (#5990)

7.0.2

Released on 9th of April, 2019

• Fixed a bug from 7.0.1, which made the scrolling on overlays (fixed rows/columns, headers) work improperly. (#5938)

7.0.1

Released on 8th of April, 2019

• Fixed the LICENSE.txt file link in README.md. (#5914)
• Replaced fixed positioning of the row/column resize handles with absolute to prevent misalignment issues in implementations based on CSS transform. (#5050)
• Updated webpack to version 4. (#5912)
• Fixed a problem with Handsontable throwing errors on scroll by adding support for EventListenerOption in the EventManager. (#5904, #4526)
• Added core-js to Handsontable's dependencies. (#5888)
• Added a ghost-table attribute to all cell elements generated with Ghost Table. (#5927)
• Fixed a bug, where the editor was visible despite not being open, when the table was positioned using CSS transform. (#5886)
• Fixed a bug, where the table scrolled up after clicking a cell when Handsontable was implemented inside of an iframe. (#5910)

7.0.0

Released on 6th of March, 2019

• Starting with version 7.0.0, there is only one Handsontable, as Handsontable Pro has been merged with Handsontable Community Edition.
• Handsontable is now "source-available" instead of "open source". The MIT license has been replaced with a custom, free for non-commercial license.
  
  Read our statement on GitHub for more details.
• Added the beforeTrimRows and beforeUntrimRows hooks and modified the argument list for the existing ones in the Trim Rows plugin.
  • Was:
    afterTrimRow: (rows)
afterUntrimRow: (rows)
  • Is:
    afterTrimRow: (currentTrimConfig, destinationTrimConfig, actionPossible, stateChanged)
afterUntrimRow: (currentTrimConfig, destinationTrimConfig, actionPossible, stateChanged)
  
  (#5662)
• Removed the deprecated selectCellByProp method. (#5174)
• Added hooks for the Hidden Rows and Hidden Columns plugins + added validation of the provided rows.
  
  • Before this change, passing an invalid set of indexes (for example, `[-1, 0, 1]`) would still hide the valid elements from the set.
  • After this change, an invalid set of indexes passed to the plugin will result in the termination of the performed action.
  
  (#165, #163, #5651, #5522)
• We no longer support Bower. To install Handsontable, use Npm or CDN instead.

• Refactored the following classes to ES6:
  • BaseEditor (#5628)
  • AutocompleteEditor (#5650)
  • HandsontableEditor (#5653)
  • SelectEditor (#5618)
  • TextEditor (#5646)
  • Walkontable -> Event (#5655)
  • EditorManager (#5683)
  • MultiMap (removed) (#5660)
  • TableView (#5690)
  • DataMap (#5699)
    
  (#5403)
• Fixed a problem where inserting a new row didn't update the TrimRows plugin properly. (#5761)
• Fixed a problem where removing a row didn't update the TrimRows plugin properly. (#5738)
• Added the possibility to declare the table's width/height using relative values (%, vh, vw, rem, em). (#5749)
• Added support for creating a Handsontable instance inside an iframe when the instance is initialized. (#5686, #5744)
• Extended the Hidden Rows' plugin's hooks argument list. (#5671)
• Updated the hot-formula-parser package in package.json. (#5665)
• Fixed a bug where the getCell method returned undefined in some specific cases. (#5608)
• Fixed a bug where an asynchronous validator would throw an exception when run after the table had been destroyed. (#5567)
• Fixed a bug where an input defined in the headers would lose focus right after clicking on it. (#5541)
• Fixed a bug where using preventOverflow would cause the editor offset to be incorrect when scrolling vertically. (#5453)
• Fixed a bug where selecting a mixed merged/non-merged section would cause improper results. (#4912)
• Fixed a problem where the Handsontable class export differed between UMD and other environments. (#4605)
• Fixed a bug where disabling colHeaders using updateSettings would not work properly. (#4136)
• Fixed a bug where the changes cancelled using the beforeChange hook were still validated. (#3381)
• Updated the documentation for the setSortConfig method of the Column Sorting plugin. (handsontable/docs#19)
• Fixed a problem, where passing an Array as a cell value would cause the populateFromArray method to fail. (#5675)
• Rewrote the TypeScript definition file, so it would match the actual structure of the library more precisely. (#5767)
• Fixed a problem where resizing the table would not trigger the rendering process. (#5730, #2766)
• Fixed a memory leak in the Context Menu plugin. (#5759)
• Fixed a problem with where it was impossible to add cell comments, due to the editor closing too early. (#5614)
• Fixed a bug where the Trim Rows plugin passed an unwanted value from the beforeCreateRow hook callback. (#5585)
• Fixed a problem with the context menu displaying an empty box when no available menu items were provided. (#3865)

6.2.2

Released on 19th of December, 2018

• Fixed a bug, where it was impossible to use mouse selection on a device which supported both mouse and touch events. (#5669)
• Fixed a bug, where the per-cell validation information was not shifted after removing rows. (#5674)

6.2.1

Released on 12th of December, 2018

• Updated babel to 7.x. (#5398)
• Fixed a bug, where calling updateSettings or loadData with a new, larger dataset caused an error to be thrown. (#5617)
• Fixed a bug, where the mobile keyboard opened on every cell selection on Android devices. (#5586)
• Fixed a bug, where the date validation did not work properly in some cases. (#5563)
• Fixed a problem with poor updateSettings performance when removing rows. (#5561)
• Fixed a problem with improper `carriage return` symbol usage in the pasted data. (#5477)
• Added some missing methods, options and hooks to the typescript definition file. (#5639, #5590)
• Corrected the CSS property assignment to zero from 0 to '0'; (#5291)
• Fixed a bug, where the autofill feature did not work properly with the mergeCells plugin, while working on an object-based dataset. (#5022)
• Fixed a problem with the observeChanges plugin causing a memory leak. (#4400)
• Fixed a problem with the scientific notation not being supported in the numeric editor. (#2030)
• Fixed a bug, where setting enterBeginsEditing to false allowed changing the state of checkbox-typed cells using the ENTER key. (#4162)

6.2.0

Released on 14th of November, 2018

• Added the Korean language support. (#5356)
• Added the Latvian language support. (#5186)
• Updated the TypeScript definition file for ColumnSorting and MultiColumnSorting. (#5545, #5445)
• Updated the TypeScript definition for beforeRowMove and beforeColumnMove. (#5416)
• Updated the TypeScript definition for some selection and context menu related methods and hooks. (#5307)
• Fixed a bug with the Copy/Paste plugin working incorrectly, when copying 0. (#5544)
• Fixed a problem with improper autoRowSize calculations. (#5527)
• Fixed a problem with the keyboard opening on every selection on mobile. (#5479)
• Refactored the columnSorting plugin to be reusable with the multiColumnSorting plugin. (#5457)
• Refactored the multiColumnSorting plugin to use the columnSorting plugin. (#148)
• Fixed a bug, where adding a new row cleared the data from the first row. (#5446)
• Fixed a bug, where using the `allowInvalid: false` option on date-typed cells broke the table. (#5419)
• Fixed a bug with the column header width being calculated incorrectly. (#5359)
• Fixed a problem with building Handsontable 3.0.0+ using hot-builder. (#5287)
• Fixed a bug, where opening the context menu on the column header sorted the column. (#4676, #176)
• Updated Jest to resolve a security issue with the merge package. (#5564, #179)
• Fixed some unstable tests, which caused the CI to fail frequently. (#5562)
• Fixed the ERR_ADDRESS_INVALID error when running e2e tests. (#5558)

6.1.1

Released on 23rd of October, 2018

• Fixed a bug, where the Context Menu's copy and cut options did not work.(#5535)
• Removed the unneeded yarn entry from the dependencies section in package.json

6.1.0

Released on 17th of October, 2018

• Moved the fixedRowsBottom functionality to Handsontable CE. (#5404, #146)
• Introduced a new functionality to the Copy/Paste plugin. From version 6.1.0, it supports the text/html data type alongside text/plain. This change, apart from allowing the user to copy data from Handsontable as an HTML table, allowed us to fix multiple bugs related to the plugin:
  • Fixed a bug, where it was impossible to copy the first row/column if it was declared as readOnly. (handsontable/handsontable#5392)
  • Fixed a bug, where the cell editor contained an unwanted empty line, if the previous value of the cell was pasted from Excel. (#5330)
  • Fixed a problem with copying and pasting data from rows after clicking the row headers. (#5300)
  • Fixed a bug where pasting multiple rows from Excel (below version 16) did not work properly. (#5277)
  • Fixed a bug with copying entire rows into Excel not working properly. (#5176)
  • Fixed a bug, where pasting data from Excel to Handsontable did not work on Safari. (#5121)
  • Fixed a problem with improper cell selection after pasting data into the table. (#4849)
  • Fixed a bug with Handsontable crashing after using updateSettings inside the afterSelectionEnd callback. (#4837)
  • Fixed a problem with pasting double quotation marks ("") into the table. (#4790, #4003)
  • Fixed a bug, where copying and pasting empty cells did not work properly. (#4725)
  • Fixed a problem with copying data on IE and pasting it on Chrome/Firefox. (#4717)
  • Fixed a bug, where copying and pasting entire columns did not work as expected. (#4456)
  • Fixed a problem with pasting multiline content into a single cell. (#4308)
• Added an Italian translation to the languages set. (#5407)
• Added a Dutch translation to the languages set. (#5156)
• Fixed a bug, where trying to open the cell editor while a cell outside of the viewport was being edited threw an error. (#5119)
• Fixed a bug, where the cell editor rendered improperly when the preventOverflow option was enabled. (#5073)
• Fixed a bug, where clicking on a cell caused the table container to scroll. (#4656)
• Fixed a bug, where using the Undo functionality did not work properly after sorting and removing rows. (#3188)
• Fixed a bug, where the contents of the Filters dropdown menu was scrollable horizontally. (#151)
• Fix a bug, where multi-column sorting did not work with the Filters plugin. (#149)
• Switched to using a CDN in the default jsfiddle link in the issue template. (#154)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 6.1.0.

6.0.1

Released on 2nd of October, 2018

• Fixed a bug where inserting new columns threw an error. (#140, #5422)
• Fixed a problem where the non-contiguous selection did not work properly in multiple scenarios. (#5427)
• Fixed a bug where a newly edited cell had the background of the previously edited cell. (#5402)
• Fixed a bug where an error was being thrown after clicking the top-left corner of the table. (#144, #5434)
• Fixed a bug where adding a new row cleared the data in the first row. (#142, #5431)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 6.0.1.

6.0.0

Released on 27th of September, 2018

This release contains changes to the ColumnSorting plugin exclusively. Detailed information about the changes can be found in the description of pull request #5411 and in our documentation.

• We refactored and rewrote parts of the ColumnSorting plugin in order for it to work seamlessly with the new MultiColumnSorting plugin for Handsontable Pro. This allowed us to fix multiple problems that the previous version of the plugin had.
  This introduced some backward-incompatible changes:
  • The configuration items (such as sortIndicator, sortEmptyCells, sortFunction) for the plugin were moved into the scope of the plugin config.
  • The initial plugin configuration is stored under the initialConfig property in the plugin configuration.
  • The sortFunction config item was renamed to compareFunctionFactory and converted to a factory returning a compare function (and moved into the plugin configuration scope, as mentioned above).
  • The sortIndicator config item was renamed to indicator (and moved into the plugin configuration scope, as mentioned above).
  • Comparator function structure changed: // Was: function numericSort(sortOrder, columnMeta) { return function ([, value], [, nextValue]) { // Is: function numericSort(sortOrder, columnMeta) { return function (value, nextValue) {
  • The sort method arguments were reorganized, so it accepts the sorting configuration as an object: hot.getPlugin('columnSorting').sort({ column: 0, sortOrder: 'asc' });
  • Some public methods were rewritten, renamed and set as private, namely:
    • getNextOrderState
    • loadSortingState
    • saveSortingState
  • The beforeColumnSort and afterColumnSort hooks receive a different set of arguments. For more information, check our documentation.
  • Calling the updateSettings method with columnSorting defined will set a fresh sort configuration.

Apart from the breaking changes above, this release introduces some additional changes to the sorting plugin:

• Added a new plugin - MultiColumnSorting. It allows multiple columns to be used when sorting the table.
  While it works similarly to CE's ColumnSorting, it introduces multiple new functionalities. Detailed information about this new feature can be found in the documentation and in the description of pull request #101.
• Replaced the current sorting indicators with new ones, in the form of arrows.
• The sorting indicators will be displayed by default.
• Added a possibility to disable the action of sorting by clicking on the headers, using the headerAction option.

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 6.0.0.

5.0.2

Released on 12th of September, 2018

• Fixed a bug where editor focusing caused the window to scroll. (#5220)
• Fixed a problem where double-clicking the fill handle filled the cells towards the left instead of down. (#5023)
• Fixed a bug where editing a cell showed improper values after sorting and using the setDataAtRowProp method. (#4289)
• Fixed a problem with editing autocomplete-typed cells after using similar cells in a different Handsontable instance. (#3374)
• Corrected a typo in AutoColumnSize typescript definition file. (#5364)
• Fixed a bug with calculating how many rows/columns need to be rendered. (#5365)
• Fixed a bug with column headers improperly rendering after expanding a previously-collapsed column. (#105)
• Finished the ESLint warning correction task (#107, #137), which included resolving problems with:
  • arrow-parens (#108)
  • eqeqeq (#114)
  • no-extra-semi (#115)
  • newline-per-chained-call (#112)
  • linebreak-style (#110)
  • no-constant-condition (#113)
  • no-unused-vars (#116)
  • prefer-template (#119)
  • consistent-return (#109)
  • object-curly-spacing (#118)
  • prefer-arrow-callback (#117)
  • max-depth (#111)
  • prefer-spread (#122)
  • prefer-const (#125)
  • no-unneeded-ternary (#126)
  • object-shorthand (#121)
  • space-before-function-paren (#124)
  • prefer-rest-params (#127)
  • no-plusplus (#123)
  • no-eq-null (#120)
  • one-var (#128)
  • no-var (#129)
  • no-undef (#130)
  • vars-on-top (#131)
  • no-use-before-define (#132)
  • no-restricted-properties (#133)
  • no-restricted-syntax (#134)
  • no-param-reassign (#136)
  • no-shadow (#135)

The corresponding Handsontable version is 5.0.2.

5.0.1

Released on 16th of August, 2018

• Fixed a bug, where the Cmd + F / Ctrl + F key combination enabled the multiple selection mode. (#5302)
• Added the getRegistered method to the typescript definition file. (#5262)
• Fixed a bug, where hiding the custom border through the setBorders method did not work. (#5240)
• Fixed a problem with opening the handsontable-typed cell multiple times. (#5195)
• Fixed a problem with inconsistent row height in certain situations. (#4888)
• Fixed a bug with autofill border overlapping the selection border. (#4810)
• Fixed a bug, where pressing the down arrow would not scroll the table, when the row header was selected. (#3560)
• Fixed a problem with calculating the column with after selecting a in-cell checkbox. (#3437)
• Updated an README.md entry regarding typescript. (#29)
• Changed an improper link in filters.js. (#103)
• Added tests for the fixedRowsBottom synchronization issue. (#96)
• Fixed a bug, where the fixed rows on the bottom of the table would get out of sync. (#5163)

The corresponding Handsontable version is 5.0.1.

5.0.0

Released on 11th of July, 2018

• Refactored the Custom Borders plugin. The API method was changed - added new methods such as getBorders, setBorders and clearBorders. The initial object configuration has been intact, it is still compatible with the previous releases. (#5017)
• Improved colors, cursor style and sizes of some parts of Handsontable. (#5170)

• Fixed an issue related with a lack of afterSelectionEnd hook being fired when contextmenu event is called for a cell. This fix additionally introduces two new hooks (afterOnCellContextMenu, beforeOnCellContextMenu). (#5201, #5232)
• Fixed an issue related with minifying CSS files where the z-index property was incorrectly modified by OptimizeCssAssetsPlugin webpack plugin. (#87)
• Cleaned up and improved the code readability of the ColumnSorting plugin. (#5228)
• Fixed sort indicator which didn't update after moving columns. (#3900)
• Added an ability to disable Byte Order Mark (BOM) while exporting table to the CSV file. (#86)

The corresponding Handsontable version is 5.0.0.

4.0.0

Released on 13th of June, 2018

• Changed the default values for the following configuration options (#5135)
  • autoInsertRow (was: true, is: false)
  • autoWrapCol (was: false, is: true)
  • autoWrapRow (was: false, is: true)
• Updated our number-handling dependency, Numbro to the latest version. (#5081, #77)
  In order to keep your implementation working correctly, you'll need to update the Numbro 2.x-compatible language files.
  
  For more information on those, take a look at the Numbro documentation.

• Updated the API documentation for the language settings. (#5099)
• Added a Norwegian translation to Handsontable. (#4694)
• Fixed a problem with the IME API, where an unwanted first character remained in the editor. (#4662)
• Fixed a bug, where there was a way to break the allowInvalid option, by making two editors active. (#4551)
• Fixed a problem with incomplete table rendering after sorting columns. (#4062)
• Fixed a problem with the filtering menu state after using any checkboxes in the table. (#4780, #72)

The corresponding Handsontable version is 4.0.0.

3.0.0

Released on 16th of May, 2018

The Column Sorting plugin is over the first stage of refactoring. (#5014) This resulted in the following breaking changes:

• The main instance's sort function was moved to the plugin
• The sortIndex property was removed from Handsontable's main instance
• Moved the sortColumn and sortOrder properties from the main instance to the plugin
• The sortOrder property now accepts string values (asc, desc, none), instead of booleans (true, false, undefined)

The Gantt Chart plugin had its API refactored, to allow generating year-related data for other years that the one displayed. (#67) Along the way, some of its lesser used API methods became private. Please refer to the documentation for the current state of the API.

• Added missing type definitions for the Search Plugin. (#5039)
• Added the Chinese (CN, TW) translations. (#5007, #4923)
• Added the French translation. (#4777)
• Added the Spanish (MX) translation. (#4900)
• Fixed a problem, where an error was being thrown when using the updateSettings method. (#4988)
• Fixed a problem, where using the TAB key removed some data, when minSpareCols was set to 1. (#4986)
• Fixed a bug, where an infinite hook loop was being created, when the table was initialized at the bottom of the page. (#4961)
• Fixed some issues with the CI stability. (#4925)
• Removed some unnecessary margins from the Filtering dropdown. (#69)
• Added an option to the Gantt Chart plugin, which allows skipping the incomplete weeks at the beginning and/or end of the month. (#65)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 3.0.0.

2.0.0

Released on 11th of April, 2018

• Rewritten the Search and Custom Borders plugins to ES6. (#4892, #4621)

These plugins will no longer be available from the main Handsontable instance. They will be accessible analogously to other plugins, as hot.getPlugin('search') and hot.getPlugin('customBorders').

• Added the beforeContextMenuShow hook, triggered within the Context Menu plugin. (#4973)
• Fixed problems with disappearing selection handles on mobile devices. (#4943, #4936)
• Fixed a problem, where clicking on links inside cells was not possible on mobile devices. (#4570)
• Fixed a bug, where sorting didn't work when filtering was applied (#4170)
• Fixed a problem with selecting entire columns, when multiple column header levels are declared. Mostly visible with Handsontable Pro's Nested Headers plugin. (#4951)
• Fixed a problem, where the Context Menu was too narrow for its contents. (#4933)
• Modified the look of the fill handle. (#4921)
• Fixed a bug, where pressing ENTER multiple times on a merged cell at the bottom of the table was not working properly. (#4915)
• Fixed a problem with highlighting headers, when selecting entire columns. (#4875)
• Fixed a bug, where removing the first row of a merged cell sometimes caused an error. (#3473)
• Added a Russian translation. (#4854)
• Fixed a bug with handsontable editor headers overlapped the table cells. (#4787)
• Fixed a problem, where the afterRowMove hook returned improper parameters. (#4444)
• Fixed a bug, where the afterCreateCol hook returned a wrong amount parameter. (#4210)
• Fixed problems with alignment and the undo/redo functionality. (#3319)
• Fixed a problem, where selecting and entire merged cell with non-contiguous selections did not highlight that merged cell. (#4860)
• Fixed a problem with the jsfiddle link in the issue templates. (#4983)
• Updated the pull request templates. (#4957)
• Added helpers for console.log, console.warn etc due to IE compatibility. (#4924)
• Fixed a problem, where scrolling the table on Chrome on a retina display created empty spaces. (#4498)
• Added an additional hook, beforeDropdownMenuShow for the dropdown menu plugin. (#56)
• Fixed a problem with the Dropdown Menu being to narrow for its contents. (#49)
• Added undo/redo test cases for the dropdown menu plugin. (#47)
• Fixed a problem, where the size of the buttons in the dropdown menu wasn't dynamically updated. (#44)
• Added extra parameters for the beforeFilter and afterFilter hooks. (#43)
• Fixed a problem with the jsfiddle link in the issue template. (#58)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 2.0.0.

1.18.1

Released on 20th of March, 2018

• Fixed a bug with duplicate fill handles on the edges of the table's overlays. (CE#4920)
• Fixed a problem, where the MergeCells class was added under Core in the docs. (CE#4941)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.38.1.

1.18.0

Released on 14th of March, 2018

• We removed the mobile editor from the repository. After this version, a standard editor will be used when using mobile devices. (CE#4911)

• Fixed a bug, where merged cells declared outside of the table were still partially rendered. (CE#4887)
• Added tests for mobile devices. (CE#4868)
• Fixed a bug, where rows were not being rendered, when scrolling the table on a mobile device. (CE#4856)
• Added some missing API for the non-contiguous selection feature. (CE#4811)
• Change the isObjectEquals function to isObjectEqual. (CE#4387)
• Fixed a problem with scrolling on Microsoft Edge. (CE#4320)
• Added a proper source argument value for removing data from the table using the Backspace and Delete keys. (CE#3916, CE#3539)
• Added a cellProperties argument for the beforeValueRender hook. (CE#4543)
• Fixed a problem, where the Filters dropdown contained misaligned elements. (#33)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.38.0.

1.17.0

Released on 1st of March, 2018

• The Merge Cells plugin has been rewritten to ES6 and completely refactored. Before 0.37.0 (1.17.0 with Handsontable Pro) the plugin was accessible from the mergeCells property in the main instance. After the refactor, you can access it just like every other plugin, which is with hot.getPlugin(‘mergeCells’). (#4214, #4858, #4870)

  Pre-0.37.0	Post-0.37.0
  hot.mergeCells	hot.getPlugin('mergeCells')
  hot.mergeCells.mergedCellInfoCollection	hot.getPlugin('mergeCells').mergedCellsCollection.mergedCells

  This update introduces new API (more information in the documentation) and four new hooks:
  • beforeMergeCells
  • afterMergeCells
  • beforeUnmergeCells
  • afterUnmergeCells

• The merged cells are now cleared (filled with nulls). The only value that remains, is the top-left corner cell's value, which is the visible one. (#2958)

• Added the common.css file, necessary for tests added to Handsontable CE.(#40)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.37.0.

1.16.0

Released on 16th of February, 2018

- Rewritten the PersistentState plugin to ES6. (#4618) From this version onward you can access the plugin like all regular plugins (hot.getPlugin('persistentState')), not from the main instance (the hot.storage object is now accesible from hot.getPlugin('persistentState').storage)

- Added support for selecting non-contiguous cells or ranges (#4708). That required some changes - some of them are backward incompatible:

• hot.getSelectedLast() Returns an array with coordinates of the last selected layer ([row, col, rowEnd, colEnd]). This method behaves as hot.getSelected() before the breaking change.
• hot.getSelectedRangeLast() Returns a CellRange object containing the last selection coordinates applied to the table. This method behaves as hot.getSelectedRange() before the braking change.
• hot.alter('remove_row', [[1, 4], [10, 1]]) Supports removing non-contiguous rows. Instead of passing the row index, we can pass an array of arrays, where the first item is the index of the row and at the second item is the amount of rows to be removed;
• hot.alter('remove_col', [[1, 4], [10, 1]]) Same as above, but for the columns. Only "remove" actions support that new feature.

• hot.getSelected() Returns an array of arrays with the coordinates of all layers ([[row, col, rowEnd, colEnd], [row, col, rowEnd, colEnd] ...]);
• hot.getSelectedRange() Returns an array of CellRange objects with the coordinates of all layers ([{CellRange}, {CellRange} ...]);
• Previously hot.selection.empty(), now hot.emptySelectedCells();
• Changed selection colors:
  - area borders, was #89aff9 -> is #4b89ff
  - area background, was #b5d1ff -> is #005eff
  - current selection border, was #5292f7 -> is #4b89ff
• Removed the multiSelect setting and replaced it with selectionMode: 'single';
• Added a new selectionMode option, which can be set either as 'single' (previously as multiSelect: false), 'range' (previously as multiSelect: true) or 'multiple' (new non-contiguous mode);

• afterSelection
  - previously: afterSelection(row, column, rowEnd, columnEnd, preventScrolling)
  - now: afterSelection(row, column, rowEnd, columnEnd, preventScrolling, selectionLayerLevel)
• afterSelectionByProp
  - previously: afterSelectionByProp(row, prop, rowEnd, propEnd, preventScrolling)
  - now: afterSelectionByProp(row, prop, rowEnd, propEnd, preventScrolling, selectionLayerLevel)
• afterSelectionEnd
  - previously: afterSelectionEnd(row, column, rowEnd, columnEnd)
  - now: afterSelectionEnd(row, column, rowEnd, columnEnd, selectionLayerLevel)
• afterSelectionEndByProp
  - previously: afterSelectionEndByProp(row, prop, rowEnd, propEnd)
  - now: afterSelectionEndByProp(row, prop, rowEnd, propEnd, selectionLayerLevel)

We've added a selectionLayerLevel argument for all the hooks listed above. The selectionLayerLevel is a number indicating which selection layer is currently being modified. For the first selection, this value is 0, with the new added layers this number increases.

• Fixed a problem with unneeded rows being added when using Filters along with minRows or minSpareRows. (#24)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.36.0.

1.15.1

Released on 25th of January, 2018

• Fixed a problem, where the language files were not generated properly in some specific cases. (#23)
• Fixed a problem with the afterValidate hook's arguments with trimRows enabled. (#11)
• Updated the moment version because of a ReDoS vulnerability.

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.35.1.

1.15.0

Released on 6th of December, 2017

From now on you will able to translate messages and elements of the UI to your specific language. Read more about this new feature.

• We have renamed our locale and language-related configuration options to free the namespace required for multi-language support introduced within this release.

What used to be defined as:

{
  format: '0,0.00 $',
  language: 'de-DE'
}

{
  numericFormat: {
    pattern: '0,0.00 $',
    culture: 'de-DE'
  }
}

• to version 1.14.3
• from version 1.15.0

• Removed unwanted dependencies. (#13)
• Fixed problems in test cases for the Filters plugin. (#12)
• Added multi-language support for the table. Please, take a look at https://docs.handsontable.com/tutorial-internationalization.html for more information. (#6)
• Added a weekHeaderGenerator option for the GanttChart plugin. (#19)
• Fixed a bug, where formulas did not work on nested coordinates. (#15)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.35.0.

1.14.3

Released on 12th of October, 2017

• Added the allowSplitWeeks option for the Gantt Chart plugin (defaults to true) (#2)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.34.5.

1.14.2

Released on 13th of September, 2017

• Added a missing moment import. (#4514)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.34.4.

1.14.1

Released on 12th of September, 2017

• Fix a problem, with the table instance removed its sibling on destroy.

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.34.3.

1.14.0

Released on 12th of September, 2017

• Since version 1.14.0, it is required to pass a valid Handsontable Pro license key in the settings object under the licenseKey property. If a valid key is not provided, Handsontable will display a small notification below the table.
  Please review your implementation to make sure your setup remains intact.

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.34.2.

1.13.1

Released on 6th of September, 2017

• Fixed a problem with the Filters plugin improperly trimming the table rows.
• Updated documentation for the Trim Rows plugin.
• Fixed a problem with the Filters plugin dropdown components not being updated properly.
• Fixed a problem with hot-table not being initialized properly.
• Fixed a problem with Handsontable throwing an error when moving the cursor outside the table.
• Updated the setDataAtCell TypeScript definition.
• Updated the Bootstrap css files.

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.34.1.

1.13.0

Released on 2nd of August, 2017

• We've unified the types of coordinates passed to these plugin hooks: beforeGetCellMeta, afterGetCellMeta, afterSetCellMeta. Now they'll be operating on visual table coordinates (so do the getCellMeta and setCellMeta methods). Please make sure you update your hook callbacks to use them properly. (#4409)

• Updated the Filters documentation.
• Fixed a problem where the Filters plugin threw an error when there was a condition with too many arguments applied.
• Added support for the EXP formula in the Filters plugin.
• Changed the text in the warning message thrown when the amount of conditions exceeded the capacity of the dropdownMenu.
• Fixed the alignment of the checkboxes in the Filters dropdown menu.
• Fixed a problem where the Filters plugin threw an error when adding a condition with an improper name.
• Fixed a problem where the Filters plugin threw an error when using the disablePlugin method while the Dropdown Menu plugin was not enabled.

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.34.0.

1.12.0

Released on 11th of July, 2017

• We've refactored the Copy/Paste plugin and removed the ZeroClipboard dependency. Please make sure it works as expected in your setup before updating to this version.
• Some of the Filters plugin's API methods has changed. Please check GH#4358 for detailed information.

• Fixed a bug where Filters were broken when doing a custom build.
• Added a workaround for npm incorrectly generating the package-lock.json file.
• Removed ZeroClipboard from dependencies.
• Extended the Filters API for with extra operations between conditions.
• Updated the Handsontable dependencies.
• Fixed a problem with a missing method import. (#4367)
• Added a new config option for the Comments plugin (displayDelay), allowing to customize the delay for showing the comment box. (#4323)
• Fixed a problem, where using the Autofill option upwards with a group of cells gave unexpected results. (#4298)
• Updated the Handsontable dependencies. (#4280)
• Fixed an issue with different gap sizes in the dropdown menu for Firefox and Chrome. (#2832)
• Updated documentation for some methods in our API. (#4191, #4032, #3895, #3876, #3170, #3025, #2298, #2259)
• Added a helper for template literals. (#4354)
• Updated our ESlint rules list. (#4366)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.33.0.

1.11.0

Released on 31th of May, 2017

• Migration from Traceur to Babel. (#4070)

We're now using Babel to transpile our code. That means that we had to make breaking changes, please take a look if you have to make some adjustments in your implementation before moving to this version.

• The Bootstrap CSS files were merged to Handsontable's default CSS.
• The /plugins directory was deleted (with the "removeRow plugin" included)
• Some global variables were reorganized and/or removed. Please take a look.

• Changed the way in which custom cell types are being registered. (#4254)

We improved the public API to give developers an ability to register cell behaviors and types separately. We strongly recommend to use a registered alias in Handsontable settings to increase the code maintainability.

An example on how to add a custom editor/renderer/validator:

Handsontable.cellTypes.registerCellType('my-custom-select', {
  editor: MyCustomSelectEditor,
  renderer: MyCustomSelectRenderer,
  validator: MyCustomSelectValidator,
});

Handsontable.validators.registerValidator('credit-card', function(query, callback) {
  callback(/* passed `true` or `false` depending on a query value */);
});

new Handsontable(document.getElementById('element'), {
  data: data,
  columns: [{
    data: 'id',
    type: 'my-custom-select'
  }, {
    data: 'name',
    renderer: 'my-custom-select'
  }, {
    data: 'cardNumber',
    validator: 'credit-card'
  }]
})

• Fixed documentation for the autoRowSize config option. (#4267)
• Fixed documentation for the cells config option. (#4185)
• Fixed a problem with the maxRows functionality. (#4180)
• Fixed a problem with the maxCols functionality. (#4156)
• Fixed a bug, where passing integer values to a dropdown caused the cell to be marked as invalid. (#4143)
• Added the TypeScript definitions to the repository. (#4112)
• Fixed a bug with getCoords throwing an error when used on non-cell elements. (#4074)
• Data copied from the table will no longer have a newline at the end. (#3801)
• Fixed a problem with scrolling on IE9+. (#2350)
• Fixed a wrong variable in a listener of the mouse wheel event. (#4255)
• Fixed an issue related to defining a cell metadata for non-existing cells. (#4024)

The corresponding Handsontable CE version is 0.32.0.