2.18.0-rc.1 (2025-12-18)

Bug Fixes

• ui5-*: improve vertical alignment of inline web comps (#12718) (dda0591)
• ui5-breadcrumbs: remove role='link' from current page element (#12797) (878d8a3), closes #12780
• ui5-panel: toggle on ENTER keydown (#12794) (ce1bd8f)
• ui5-search-field: add scope-value property (#12795) (fdd67e4)
• ui5-slider: rework tooltips states (#12725) (7f94de3), closes #12553
• ui5-toolbar-select: sync programmatic selection (#12790) (fc063f0), closes #12619

Features

• ui5-avatar: implement accessibilityInfo getter (#12613) (a6bc028)
• ui5-search: enhance accessibility support (#12717) (e97c302)
• ui5-user-settings: add UserSettingsAppearanceView components (#12739) (5f8bf37)