ckeditor5 38.0.0-rc.0

on Node.js NPM

Release highlights

"Powered by CKEditor" logo

From version v38.0.0 onwards, all open-source installations of CKEditor (using it under the GPL terms) will carry a small “Powered by CKEditor” logo in the bottom right corner of the editing area. This new logo links directly to the CKEditor website to strengthen the awareness of who’s powering and modernizing their rich text editor.

This change does not affect customers with commercial licenses. You can reach out to our Technical Support team, using this form, if you have any questions.

You can read more about this change in the announcement on GitHub, the update guide and the Managing the "Powered by CKEditor" logo guide.

Color picker

Until v38.0.0 users were only able to choose from predefined colors in features like font color, font background color, table border color, etc. Starting from v38.0.0 they are now also able to use a color picker to choose any possible color.

The color picker is now available in font color and font background color features. In the coming versions (next month) it will also be added to the table-related color features.

If you're interested in keeping the old behavior where the user was able to choose only from predefined colors, check out the update guide.

MAJOR BREAKING CHANGES ℹ️

• Introduced the "Powered by CKEditor" logo.

MINOR BREAKING CHANGES ℹ️

• font: Color picker is now added by default to the font color and fonto background color dropdowns allowing to apply any color to it. In places where users should only use a limited number of colors, it is possible to disable color picker using a configuration option.
• track-changes: Introduced new values for the trackFormatChanges configuration parameter. Previously possible values were true or false. New possible values are 'always', 'default' (the old true) and 'never' (the old false). Please update your configuration accordingly.
• Changed the look of the buttons in the comments and suggestions annotations. Previously, the buttons to add a comment, a reply or to save the edited comment were represented by icons. Now they are proper buttons with text labels.

Features

• clipboard: Introduced an experimental support for block drag & drop. Closes #14033. (commit)
• comments: Added support for resolved comment threads imported from Word.
• editor-multi-root: Introduced the MultiRootEditor#disableRoot() and MultiRootEditor#enableRoot() methods that allow to switch only a particular root to a read-only state. (commit)
• engine: Introduced the Model#canEditAt( selectable ) method that checks whether a given selectable is at an editable place in the model. It should be used instead of Editor#isReadOnly in multi-root integrations as it acknowledges the roots read-only state. (commit)
• font: Introduced the color picker feature for font and font background colors. Closes #10988. (commit)
• style: The styles dropdown now applies link styles only to the whole link. Closes #11709. (commit)
• style: Added custom styling support for the <td>, <th>, <caption> and <figcaption> elements. Closes #13777. (commit)
• style: Added support for the document lists feature. Closes #11590, #12668. (commit)
• style: The <figure> element can now be styled. See #11590. (commit)
• track-changes: Added a more granular changes tracking.
• track-changes: Introduced a new config parameter: mergeNestedSuggestions: boolean (default true). Introduced new values for the trackFormatChanges config parameter. Please see the API reference.
• ui: Introduced the color picker view. See #10988. (commit)

Bug fixes

• comments: The mentions dropdown no longer appears behind the comments archive dropdown panel and is now accessible.
• comments: Fixed an error thrown when a resolved comment thread was received in a particular scenario.
• comments: The comments archive panel is now correctly visible when the comments archive is opened from various toolbars.
• comments: The comment thread attributes are now correctly returned in CommentsRepository#getCommentThreads().
• comments: Fixed the comment thread input area which was incorrectly displayed or hidden in particular cases.
• comments: Fixed the editor crash when a comment was added to a comment thread imported from a Word file.
• core: Added the licenseKey property to the EditorConfig interface. Closes #13906. (commit)
• document-outline: The document outline and table of contents features should now support the multi-root editor.
• document-outline: The document outline and table of contents features should not display placeholders for empty headings by default.
• engine: TypeScript should suggest editingDowncast and dataDowncast in conversion.for. Closes #13750. (commit)
• engine: The editor should not crash when a custom element with an invalid attribute name is pasted. Closes #13841. (commit)
• font: Screen readers should now announce the selected option in dropdown lists for the font size, font family, and heading features. Closes #13250. (commit)
• heading: Screen readers should now announce the selected option in dropdown lists for the font size, font family, and heading features. Closes #13250. (commit)
• html-support: Fixed the editor crash when pasting a table from Google Sheets. Closes #13876. (commit)
• html-support: HTML classes from a paragraph created after pressing the enter key in a heading are now removed. Closes #11578. (commit)
• paste-from-office: Fixed the width of tables pasted from Google Sheets. Closes #13746. (commit)
• revision-history: Fixed the editor crash when a legacy revision (created using the editor in version 37.1.0 or older) was restored.
• style: The remove format feature should also remove styles. Closes #11580. (commit)
• style: The classes of the removed style are now preserved if other active styles also use them. Closes #11748. (commit)
• table: Removed comments with both CK_DEBUG and istanbul that breaks the vite integration. See #13922. (commit)
• track-changes: Fixed the integration of the remove format and format painter features.
• ui: The mousedown event should not be canceled on a UI button press so it can be dragged. See #14033. (commit)
• ui: The toolbar should not disappear when clicked on the toolbar separator. The toolbar view should be focusable the same as the dropdown panel views. Closes #12172. (commit)
• ui: Select all (Ctrl+A) should now be enabled by default in an input field placed in a dropdown panel. Closes #13982. (commit)
• Screen readers should announce the selected option in dropdown lists for the code-block, language, image (resize options), special characters (categories), and table (border style) features. Closes #13748. (commit)

Other changes

• comments: Changed the annotations buttons style from icons to labelled buttons.
• comments: The comments archive header is now fixed at the top of the dropdown panel.
• image: Changed the export type to export for plugins in the @ckeditor/ckeditor5-image package. Closes #13868. (commit)
• track-changes: Changed the annotations buttons style from icons to labelled buttons.
• Optimized icons. (commit)
• Updated translations. (commit, commit)
• Introduced the "Powered by CKEditor" logo. (commit)

Released packages

Check out the Versioning policy guide for more information.