Contao 5.3.20

2 January 2025

Contao version 5.3.20 is now available.

Upgrading to Contao 5.3.20

What's New in Contao 5.3.20

• Use CAST(… AS BINARY) instead of BINARY (leofeyer)
  
• Fix the help wizard (bytehead)
  
• Add the missing relations to the DCAs (aschempp)
  
• Add the domain to the "root page dependent module" configuration (aschempp)
  
• Disallow creating or updating elements with invalid parent record (aschempp)
  
• Handle ampersands in the alt attribute of the picture insert tag (markocupic)
  
• Use the correct session bag in the preview link listener (leofeyer)
  
• Make the default (global) operations more consistent (aschempp)
  
• Disable overlayClick for SimpleModal (zoglo)
  
• Fix the base path for canonical URLs (fritzmg)
  
• Do not normalize the resampling-filter array key (ausi)
  
• Make sure the correct test-case package is installed in Contao (aschempp)
  

• Fix the sorting when copying multiple form fields as a non-admin user (qzminski)
  
• Replace insert tags in Twig surrogate parent templates (ausi)
  
• Enable double encoding for JSON in Twig (ausi)
  
• Handle null result in 404 router provider (aschempp)
  
• Make Contao 5.3 compatible with PHP 8.4 (bytehead)
  
• Fix the "lost password" module (leofeyer)
  

• Show section headlines in the back end preview (leofeyer)
  
• Allow basic entities in section headlines (leofeyer)
  
• Make the abstract entities migration case-sensitive (leofeyer)
  
• Prevent possible type error in DC_Table::getClipboardPermission (fritzmg)
  
• Do not load the CAPTCHA script in the back end preview (leofeyer)
  
• Skip fragments which inherit legacy modules in debug:fragments (bytehead)
  
• Remove superfluous domain encoding (falkgeist)
  
• Cache hot path in model (Toflar)
  
• Allow page controllers to create the response context (fritzmg)
  
• Consider the doNotDeleteRecords setting when deleting child records (patrickjDE)
  
• Fix login redirect and session usage (fritzmg)
  
• Fix the permissions check for "save and duplicate" (aschempp)
  
• Decode entities for favorites labels (fritzmg)
  
• Use the RateLimiter component to limit password reset requests (bytehead)
  
• Flag deprecated Twig functions as deprecated (m-vo)
  
• Harden CSP header parsing (bytehead)
  

• Fix the ContentElementTypeListener (Toflar)
  

• Deprecate Controller::sendFileToBrowser() and add the postDownload hook to the UPGRADE.md file (Toflar)
  
• Check permissions on all operations in the PermissionCheckingVirtualFilesystem decorator (m-vo)
  
• Use a listener to set the allowed element types (aschempp)
  
• Enable pauseOnMouseEnter in the Swiper template by default (fritzmg)
  
• Fix a type error in CalendarContentVoter (fritzmg)
  
• Improve the template DX when overwriting variables (m-vo)
  
• Improve the VFS extra metadata handling (m-vo)
  
• Do not redefine existing fragments (bytehead)
  
• Replace newlines in CSP headers (bytehead)
  
• Fix an invalid array access in the Model::cloneOriginal() method (Toflar)
  
• Add the missing root--dark icon (zoglo)
  
• Fix tooltips on mobile devices (fritzmg)
  
• Do not save long file extensions during filesync (fritzmg)
  
• Use the resource finder in the Twig template locator (aschempp)
  
• Move fieldset legend padding to button (fritzmg)
  
• Remove PDF remnants (fritzmg)
  
• Fix a type error in NewsContentVoter (fritzmg)
  
• Add a null check for a possible empty array (bytehead)
  

• Handle string IDs in the article content voter (aschempp)
  
• Only add the galleryTpl field to the legacy gallery element (fritzmg)
  
• Correctly handle news feed URLs in the page routing listener (leofeyer)
  
• Fix the parent record loading in the dynamic parent table voter (aschempp)
  
• Fix the description list markup for template templates (fritzmg)
  
• Fix type error in downloads content element (fritzmg)
  
• Fix the name of symlinked filesystem adapters (fritzmg)
  
• Fix the line height of the ellipsis containers (leofeyer)
  
• Consider subfolders and Twig templates within the theme export (zoglo)
  

• Fix the content element player start time (kllmanu)
  
• Show a warning if a personal data module allows to change the password (leofeyer)
  
• Add voters for content elements (aschempp)
  
• Generate a new session ID after a member has changed their password (leofeyer)
  
• Allow toggling fieldset states with keyboard actions (A11Y) (zoglo)
  
• Improve the web worker time limit (ausi)
  
• Restore the previous messages order in DC_Table (fritzmg)
  
• Use ERR.submit in all DC forms (fritzmg)
  
• Improve the visibility of the .limit_toggler in the back end (lukasbableck)
  
• Encode mailto addresses in the markdown element (Toflar)
  
• Add the DataContainer::getActiveRecord() method (Toflar)
  
• Prevent endless recursion when copying elements with children (ausi)
  

• Clone content elements with all data (aschempp)
  
• Make sure to add the assets/files context to all image paths (leofeyer)
  
• Use maxLines: Infinity to automatically resize the ACE editor (leofeyer)
  
• Make the theme icons forward compatible (leofeyer)
  
• Fix the double form submission script (leofeyer)
  
• Skip database backups if the remaining migrations will not be executed (fritzmg)
  
• Fix the padding of the main content area on mobile devices (leofeyer)
  
• Fix the z-index of the limit height toggle (leofeyer)
  
• Use the modified element when cloning (aschempp)
  
• Use the widget attributes to generate the DCA row (aschempp)
  
• Cleanup a leftover service argument (Toflar)
  
• Do not limit the number of download items (mpitz)
  
• Add the :never return type to methods that never return (aschempp)
  
• Generate public URIs for automatically mounted adapters replacing symlinks (m-vo)
  
• Handle .<ext>.twig file extensions in DC_Folder (m-vo)
  

• Fix the priority of the web worker and improve memory handling (Toflar)
  
• Fix missing submitter in form data (ausi)
  
• Fix infinite loop in encore dev --watch (zoglo)
  

• Remove two leftover clearing DIVs (leofeyer)
  
• Prevent double form submission (ausi)
  
• Fix symlinked file not inside root directory (ausi)
  
• Evaluate scripts in Ajax form responses (ausi)
  
• Fix toggling nodes if there is no global operation (leofeyer)
  
• Fix drag and drop in the file manager (leofeyer)
  
• Skip sleeping in messenger web worker (ausi)
  
• Return to the list view after adding items to the clipboard (aschempp)
  
• Fix missing query parameters in the file insert tag (ausi)
  
• Use the translator language instead of the request language for the iflng and ifnlng insert tags (Toflar)
  
• Check CSRF and private response after the session (ausi)
  
• Replace non-routable URLs with an empty string for the {{link*}} insert tags (fritzmg)
  
• Initialize the Contao framework when working with opt-in tokens (aschempp)
  
• Rework the messenger integration (Toflar)
  
• Remove the process timeout in the SuperviseWorkersCommand (md-netdesign)
  
• Undeprecate using $model->classes (aschempp)
  
• Cache relative paths in the ContaoFilesystemLoader (m-vo)
  
• Replace insert tags when parsing widget templates (fritzmg)
  
• Use the original ID for nested fragments if available (aschempp)
  
• Fix more edge cases in the HtmlAttributes class (ausi)
  
• Overwrite the page metadata before parsing the news article (lukasbableck)
  
• Fix an endless loop in the DC_Folder::getParentFilemounts() method (leofeyer)
  
• Do not trigger the PHP header() deprecation for certain headers (fritzmg)
  

• Invalidate the pagemounts cache in the back end access voter when duplicating a page (lukasbableck)
  
• Remove a redundant strlen() check (leofeyer)
  
• Correctly set the status code of the fallback route to 404 (veronikaplenta)
  
• Make Twig 3.10.2 the minimum requirement (leofeyer)
  
• Fix the CSS class of legacy templates in new elements and modules (veronikaplenta)
  

• Handle quoted columns names in the boolean fields migration (ausi)
  
• Skip permissions checks for child records (aschempp)
  
• Hide migrated news feeds in the navigation menu (leofeyer)
  
• Fix the ParsedSequence::serialize() method (ausi)
  
• Allow contao.insert_tag tags without method and priority (fritzmg)
  
• Do not use the deprecated replaceInsertTags hook (ausi)
  
• Check access to fieldsOfTable for the file edit operation (aschempp)
  
• Show all page types in the help wizard (leofeyer)
  
• Allow hyphens in custom legacy template names (fritzmg)
  
• Add the component style sheets before the user style sheets (leofeyer)
  
• Implode arrays recursively when showing undo records (leofeyer)
  
• Allow to move an error page within its root (aschempp)
  
• Correctly set the defer attribute for combined deferred scripts (ReneLuecking)
  
• Use the new onpalette_callback to unset fields in the file manager (aschempp)
  
• Fix invalid HTML markup in splash screens (bennyborn)
  
• Store enum fields in the DCA extractor cache (SeverinGloeckle)
  
• Fix non-existent "contao.image.image_factory" in FeedItem.php (stefansl)
  
• Disable the search index listener in the back end (Toflar)
  
• Fix the PHP subprocess call once again (Toflar)
  
• Catch the URL generator exception in the news insert tag (qzminski)
  
• Test the deserialize Twig filter (ausi)
  
• Add a deserialize Twig filter (leofeyer)
  

• Make the member group voter cacheable (aschempp)
  
• Make the PhpTemplateProxyNode class compatible with Twig 3.9 (ausi)
  
• Fix the elements check in the sectionwizard.js script (qzminski)
  
• Use PhpSubprocess instead of Process in the ProcessUtil class (Toflar)
  

• Ensure compatibility with Twig 3.9 (leofeyer)
  
• Handle empty strings in the StringResolver class (qzminski)
  

• Fix the order of the media block in the text element markup (ausi)
  
• Use Encore to minify the SVG icons (leofeyer)
  
• Add the missing styles to the new table element (zoglo)
  
• Enable the sortAttrs option in the SVGO configuration (leofeyer)
  
• Fix the elements check in the modulewizard.js script (qzminski)
  
• Use display: grid in the image gallery preview (zoglo)
  
• Initialize Handorgel on the element (zoglo)
  
• Add the missing WysiwygStyleProcessor autowiring alias (Toflar)
  
• Also unset the disable, start and stop fields when an admin edits themselves (aschempp)
  
• Cache SQL queries in the page type voter (aschempp)
  
• Fix some edge cases when parsing HTML style attributes (ausi)
  

• Fix a bug in setIfExists() with Stringable objects (ausi)
  
• Fix double encoding/decoding in the HtmlAttributes class (ausi)
  

• Add the csp_unsafe_inline_style Twig filter (ausi)
  

• Revert the changes to the "file uploaded" check (fritzmg)
  
• Harden mime type handling in the FilesystemItem class (m-vo)
  
• Show headlines in article teasers again (zoglo)
  
• Use the fragment registry in the debug:fragments command (bytehead)
  
• Allow version 5 of lcobucci/jwt (leofeyer)
  
• Register theme templates in the global namespace, too (ausi)
  
• Enable collapsible fieldsets without storage (aschempp)
  
• Override the access decision strategy instead of the manager (aschempp)
  
• Fix a PHP 8 warning in the tl_article.getActiveLayoutSections() method (qzminski)
  
• Fix the traceable access decision manager (aschempp)
  
• Return to the list view after adding items to the clipboard (aschempp)
  
• Use voters for theme permissions (aschempp)
  
• Add the user access voter (aschempp)
  
• Fix the front end module permissions (aschempp)
  
• Make the ParentAccessTrait::hasAccessToParent() method private (aschempp)
  
• Improve permission error message for DCA actions (aschempp)
  
• Set the email message priority to "high" (Toflar)
  
• Disable background workers if they are not supported (Toflar)
  
• Convert protocol-relative URLs in the string resolver (aschempp)
  

• Register the dotenv:dump command by default in the Contao managed edition (Toflar)
  

• Cache Image::getHtml() to speed up the tree view (Toflar)
  
• Fix the newsfeed migration (aschempp)
  
• Use Model::findById() instead of Model::findByPk() (leofeyer)
  
• Show the route configuration in the news feed page (aschempp)
  
• Fix the dotenv:dump command (aschempp)
  
• Allow using insert tags in image alt and title attributes (leofeyer)
  
• Deprecate inheriting CSS classes in nested elements (aschempp)
  
• Use UrlUtil::makeAbsolute() when converting relative URLs (leofeyer)
  
• Fix a type error in the login module (aschempp)
  
• Use attrs().mergeWith() in Twig templates (leofeyer)
  
• Make sure the .env.local.php is loaded correctly (Toflar)
  
• Fix double inheritance of legacy templates in Twig (ausi)
  
• Correctly register the AutoRefreshTemplateHierarchyListener (m-vo)
  
• Fix that the guests migration only migrates one field at a time (aschempp)
  
• Correctly generate the URLs to subscribe to comments (leofeyer)
  
• Improve the performance of the database dumper (Toflar)
  
• Correctly check if a "jump to" page is set when generating event feeds (leofeyer)
  
• Make full authentication optional in the personal data module (leofeyer)
  
• Handle unicode strings in insert tag flags (ausi)
  
• Add a button to the "invalid request token" template (leofeyer)
  
• Correctly implement the ImageFactoryInterface (leofeyer)
  
• Fix the Twig loader infrastructure (m-vo)
  
• Use files instead of data: resources to avoid breaking CSP (leofeyer)
  
• Only make string URL absolute if it does not have a scheme (aschempp)
  
• Fix two CSS issues (leofeyer)