ckeditor5 35.4.0

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Release highlights

We are happy to announce the release of CKEditor 5 v35.4.0.

• Allow list indexing to start from 0.
• Added track changes integration for lists, document list properties, and table resize features.
• Introduced the trackChanges.trackFormatChanges configuration property which can be used to disable tracking of format changes.
• Added an option for dynamic filenames in the editor’s configuration for PDF/Word export.
• More editor packages migrated to TypeScript.

Read about release highlights in a dedicated blog post: https://ckeditor.com/blog/ckeditor-5-v35.4.0-with-track-changes-expansions--and-better-control-over-the-pdf-and-word-converters/

MINOR BREAKING CHANGES ℹ️

• engine: HtmlDataProcessor skips HTML comments by default. Set its skipComments property to false to retain comments (or use the HtmlComment plugin).

Features

• image: Upcast the <img> element with the display:block style as a block image. Closes #12811. (commit)
• lists: Allow list indexing to start from 0. Closes #12827. (commit)
• track-changes: Added track changes integration for lists, document list properties, and table resize features.
• track-changes: Introduced the trackChanges.trackFormatChanges configuration property which can be used to disable tracking of format changes.

Bug fixes

• clipboard: Replace a tab with four spaces when pasting data from clipboard. Closes #12806. (commit)
• comments: It is no longer necessary to make two mouse clicks to move the selection if the annotation in a wide sidebar was focused before.
• comments: Long user names will no longer break annotations styling in inline and narrow sidebar display modes.
• comments: Comment view should not lose focus or hide after clicking the cancel icon in the deletion confirmation box.
• comments: Removing a comment thread imported from a Word file with at least one reply, no longer results in an error where only the first comment was removed instead of the whole thread.
• engine: Fixed a bug which in some scenarios caused rendering with an outdated selection state when the editor was focused (on Chromium browsers). Closes #12967. (commit)
• engine: The Model#insertObject() method should not crash when attempting to set a selection after inserting an inline element. Closes #12809. (commit)
• html-support: Markers should not be lost while upcasting a plain table (without the <figure> element). (commit)
• html-support: Basic styles formatting now works well with the remove format feature. Closes #12626. (commit)
• real-time-collaboration: In some scenarios the document content was not updated by remote changes until the editor was focused.
• special-characters: The special character label in dropdown should be updated when navigating with keyboard. Closes #12393. (commit)
• special-characters: Special characters form a header should use a heading markup. Closes #12464. (commit)
• table: The table width and height attributes should be upcasted from the <figure> element if it exists. Closes #12812. (commit)
• Table: Improved the label positioning in RTL editor mode in the insert table dropdown. Closes #12833. (commit)
• track-changes: Fixed editor crash when the TrackChangesData plugin was used with some editor configurations including real-time collaboration plugins.
• track-changes: Fixed editor crash when the TrackChangesData plugin was used with pagination plugin.
• track-changes: Fixed various incorrect scenarios related to the document list integration with track changes.
• track-changes: Use all ranges in the markMultiRangeFormatBlock suggestion accept.
• track-changes: Fixed the editor crash when the document list properties config is overwritten.
• ui: The keyboard navigation in grid dropdowns should not be reversed in RTL editor. Closes #12871. (commit)
• ui: The split button divider should stretch to the edges of the button. Closes #10936. (commit)
• widget: Screen readers should now read the keyboard shortcuts to type around a widget. Closes #11936. (commit)

Other changes

• engine: The HtmlDataProcessor exposes an option to skipComments. Closes #12813. (commit)
• enter: Made the enterBlock() helper publicly accessible through EnterCommand#enterBlock(). Closes #12885. (commit)
• export-pdf: Added support for callbacks in the fileName configuration option.
• export-word: Added support for callbacks in the fileName configuration option.
• import-word: Imported comments will keep only basic styling by default. This behavior can be changed using the new importWord.commentsStyles config property.
• list: Added access to list-related utils functions through the new ListUtils plugin to make it possible to use them in other packages. (commit)
• list: Added access to list-related utils functions through the new DocumentListUtils and DocumentListPropertiesUtils plugins to make it possible to use them in other packages. (commit)
• table: TableWidthResizeCommand will now reset the size values if an optional execution parameter is skipped. Closes #12916. (commit)
• utils: Removed the I generic parameter from the Collection class. See #12763. (commit)
• Several packages have been rewritten to TypeScript:
  • @ckeditor/ckeditor5-editor-balloon: closes #12617. (commit)
  • @ckeditor/ckeditor5-editor-classic: closes #12618. (commit)
  • @ckeditor/ckeditor5-editor-decoupled: closes #12619. (commit)
  • @ckeditor/ckeditor5-editor-inline: closes #12620. (commit)
  • @ckeditor/ckeditor5-essentials: closes #12621. (commit)
• Updated translations. (commit)

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