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These are the release notes for Handsontable 7.x.

7.4.2

Released on February 19, 2020.

For more information on this release, see:

Blog post
GitHub release tag

Changes

  • Fixed an issue where the cell value could not be edited on mobile devices. (#6707)
  • Fixed an issue where white lines appeared at the bottom of cell headers. (#6459)
  • Fixed a bug, where resizing the window (while using Angular) would result in Handsontable not stretching properly and throwing an error. (#6710)

7.4.1

Released on February 19, 2020.

Due to technical issues, version 7.4.2 patch needed to be released.

All the changes from 7.4.1 are included in the 7.4.2 release.

7.4.0

Released on February 12, 2020.

For more information on this release, see:

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GitHub release tag

Changes

  • 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 December 12, 2019.

For more information on this release, see:

GitHub release tag

New features

  • Added a new uiContainer option to the Context Menu plugin. It lets you declare a DOM container for all Context Menu elements - useful when using Handsontable inside an iframe or another content-trimming context. (#6283, #6417)
  • Added a uiContainer option to the Copy/Paste plugin. (#6343)

Changes

  • Fixed a problem with table resizing on every scroll event on Firefox when no table height was defined. (#6344)
  • Updated the puppeteer package in devDependencies to address an 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 got improperly formatted in Handsontable. (#6258)
  • Fixed a bug where the &, <, >, ', " characters in the pasted data were automatically changed to their equivalent HTML entities. (#1535)
  • Fixed a bug where opening the system’s context menu, hitting Escape and moving the cursor outside the container scrolled the table. (#5846)
  • Fixed a problem where right-clicking on a disabled entry in Handsontable’s context menu opened the system’s context menu.
  • Fixed a bug where right-clicking on an active entry in Handsontable’s context menu opened another context menu.
  • Fixed a test case for Context Menu’s scrolling. (#6449)
  • Modified the container size in the tests’ DOM helper file. (#6446)

7.2.2

Released on October 23, 2019.

For more information on this release, see:

GitHub release tag

Changes

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

7.2.1

Released on October 16, 2019.

For more information on this release, see:

GitHub release tag

Changes

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

7.2.0

Released on October 15, 2019.

For more information on this release, see:

GitHub release tag

Changes

  • Added cellProperties to the arguments of search’s queryMethod so it is possible to identify what kind of data is being queried. (#4944)
  • Fixed a bug with a disappearing column header when the height option was set to auto. (#6302)
  • Fixed a problem with an error thrown when clearing 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 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 thrown after initializing an empty table or removing all 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 improvements to the TypeScript definition file. (#6168, #6107, #6102, #6239, #6266)
  • Improved the documentation and definition files for the after- hooks for creating and removing rows/columns. (#6296)
  • Improved the documentation for the totalColumn option. (#6281)
  • Added a lint:fix script to fix lint errors from the CLI. (#6260)
  • Fixed all tests for Windows and added the walkontable.watch run script. (#6187)
  • Removed the unused check-es3-syntax-cli package to fix a GitHub security alert. (#6319)
  • Updated dependencies to fix errors thrown by npm audit. (#6318)

7.1.1

Released on August 12, 2019.

For more information on this release, see:

GitHub release tag

Changes

  • Refactored the Walkontable table renderers. (#6089)
  • Changed the underlying format for empty cells. From now on, all empty cells are stored internally as null. The only exceptions are empty cells that have been edited and saved as an empty string, and empty cells that have been copied and pasted - in both of these cases they are stored as an empty string (''). (#4106)
  • 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 or deleting data for autocomplete-typed cells caused an error to be thrown. (#6033)
  • Refactored the Custom Borders plugin to resolve performance problems. (#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#.
  • Fixed a bug where the getCell method returned undefined when it was not supposed to. (#6079)
  • Updated Jasmine and made changes to the tests and tests configuration so they pass in the browser and prevent memory leaks. (#6077, #6096)
  • Changed the way the afterColumnMove hook works - it does not fire if the beforeColumnMove hook callback canceled the action. (#5958)
  • Fixed a problem with the Undo feature reverting editing actions that did not 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 minor mistakes in the JSDocs and TypeScript definitions. (#6123, #6125, #6142, #6152, #6158, #6160, #6129)

7.1.0

Released on June 11, 2019.

For more information on this release, see:

GitHub release tag

New features

  • Added a feature that allows parsing HTML tables into Handsontable settings and Handsontable instances into plain HTML tables. New API methods: Handsontable.helper.instanceToHTML, Handsontable.helper.htmlToGridSettings, hotInstance.toTableElement, and hotInstance.toHTML. (#5684)

Changes

  • Fixed a bug where it was not 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 the possibility to return false from the beforeCreateCol hook to stop column creation. (#5691)

7.0.3

Released on May 13, 2019.

For more information on this release, see:

GitHub release tag

Changes

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

7.0.2

Released on April 9, 2019.

For more information on this release, see:

GitHub release tag

Changes

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

7.0.1

Released on April 8, 2019.

For more information on this release, see:

GitHub release tag

Changes

  • 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 an iframe. (#5910)

7.0.0

Released on March 6, 2019.

For more information on this release, see:

GitHub release tag

Breaking changes

  • 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.
  • Added the beforeTrimRows and beforeUntrimRows hooks and modified the argument list for the existing ones in the Trim Rows plugin. (#5662)
  • Removed the deprecated selectCellByProp method. (#5174)
  • Added hooks for the Hidden Rows and Hidden Columns plugins and added validation of the provided rows. Before this change, passing an invalid set of indexes (for example, [-1, 0, 1]) still hid the valid elements from the set. After this change, an invalid set of indexes passed to the plugin results in the termination of the performed action. (#5651, #5522)
  • Removed Bower support. To install Handsontable, use npm or CDN instead.

Changes

  • Refactored the following classes to ES6: BaseEditor, AutocompleteEditor, HandsontableEditor, SelectEditor, TextEditor, Walkontable Event, EditorManager, MultiMap (removed), TableView, DataMap. (#5403)
  • Fixed a problem where inserting a new row did not update the Trim Rows plugin properly. (#5761)
  • Fixed a problem where removing a row did not update the Trim Rows plugin properly. (#5738)
  • Added the possibility to declare the table’s width and height using relative values (%, vh, vw, rem, em). (#5749)
  • Added support for creating a Handsontable instance inside an iframe when the instance is initialized outside of it. (#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 threw an exception when run after the table had been destroyed. (#5567)
  • Fixed a bug where an input defined in the headers lost focus right after clicking on it. (#5541)
  • Fixed a bug where using preventOverflow caused the editor offset to be incorrect when scrolling vertically. (#5453)
  • Fixed a bug where selecting a mixed merged/non-merged section caused 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 did 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.
  • Fixed a problem where passing an Array as a cell value caused the populateFromArray method to fail. (#5675)
  • Rewrote the TypeScript definition file so it matches the actual structure of the library more precisely. (#5767)
  • Fixed a problem where resizing the table did not trigger the rendering process. (#5730, #2766)
  • Fixed a memory leak in the Context Menu plugin. (#5759)
  • Fixed a problem 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)

Older versions

The changelogs from older versions of Handsontable are available on GitHub.