MODx 2.7.0-pl

9 December 2018

MODx version 2.7.0-pl is now available (major release).

Upgrading to MODx 2.7.0-pl

What's New in MODx 2.7.0-pl

• Add recursive method to replace reserved characters
  
• Update phpThumb to 1.7.15-201810050741
  
• Fixed error log line wrapping problem
  
• Fixed call to a member function deprecated() of null
  
• Deprecate 0.9.x parser migration utilities for removal in 3.0
  
• Add some deprecated logging
  
• Validate the ID target for symlinks and weblinks
  
• Add native PHP password hashing
  
• Enable automatic static elements workflow
  
• Fix and normalize combo-boolean tv option values
  
• Allow a middle mouse click to open links in a new tab/window
  
• Fixing getlist processors for combos that have a page size
  
• Improved messages on plugin editor page
  
• Add "OnBeforeRegisterClientScripts" event
  
• Trash manager
  
• Implemented quick create buttons on tree nodes for documents
  
• Copy file/folder path to clipboard
  
• Add method for logging deprecated method usage
  
• Fixing user combo with preselected user ids
  
• Restore the setup options window title, if two packages are installed with setup options
  
• On PHP 5.4+, clone the modSystemEvent object so values can be transmitted between plugins
  
• Make path for custom MODX error handler class configurable
  
• Resolve issue with package update window when clicked multiple times
  
• Update Smarty to 3.1.33
  
• Fixed the name of system setting about allowing or not eval in TV
  
• Hide Input Option Values for TV types where irrelevant
  
• Improve display of double-height dashboard widget
  
• Fix for the password length error message during setup
  
• Apply containerOptions correctly when creating database during installation
  
• Use max_input_nesting_level for max depth argument in modX::sanitize
  
• Pass missing signature to lexicon when package uninstall fails
  
• Prevent double-click resulting in blank page from media browser
  
• Clear system/phpthumb connector properties to prevent unnecessary warnings
  
• Constrain MODx.Window to browser's viewable area by default
  
• Delete files in media browser with '&' in the file name
  
• Prevent invalid relative media source path from revealing root path contents
  
• Prevent an infinite loop in sendErrorPage()
  
• Got rid of bower from theme build process
  
• Set the min-height of a x-combo-list-item when it is empty (no text)
  
• Fixed manager header height on resize
  
• Improved performance and requests timing by changing the counting of children via subqueries
  
• Improved the isBinary checks in modFileHandler class
  
• Fixing images escaping their container in media browser
  
• New RewriteRule to hide dot directories from the public access.
  
• New system setting with default media source type value
  
• Fixed handling $depth variable during recursive calls in getTree method
  
• Prevent header overriding in included template of error unavailable
  
• Add ability to see all elements under tree nodes for Categories
  
• Correct display of policy permissions in access control grids
  
• Make the resource class a little closer to SOLID principles
  
• Smart detecting of used plugins for expanding rows in grids
  
• Login forgotten password improvements
  
• Enhancement for dashboard jumping around on page load
  
• Set the caption for node elements inside categories
  
• Make policies in grid sortable by enabled/disabled mark
  
• Remove non-functional cache_disabled system setting
  
• Reduce log level to WARN when calling non-cacheable tags inside cacheable ones
  
• Remove cache_system_settings from system settings
  
• Prevent directory traversal and limit files deleted when clearing modFileRegister
  
• Filtering user parameters before passing them into phpthumb class
  
• Update phpThumb to 1.7.15-201806071234
  
• Require minimal PHP version (in composer.json)
  
• Prefer ampersand replacement of the the translit class
  
• Add iconv_ascii transliteration
  
• Add set_sudo permission
  
• Log setlocale errors
  
• Various improvements regarding password generation and validation
  
• Make error.log location customizable
  
• Add system setting for partial resource cache clearing feature
  
• Prevent line-wrap in error log
  
• Add template icon for resources in search results in the uberbar
  
• Remove duplicate code of password generator and fix an issue with the empty value of password_generated_length setting
  
• Add ID number to manager pages (resources and elements)
  
• Add option to supply waitMsg on submit in MODX windows
  
• Show validation errors when setting a new user password
  
• Add CLI install script for use with composer create-project
  
• Allow extension packages to have an empty table_prefix
  
• Add wildcard support to form customization actions
  
• Make HTTPS server check accept any non-empty value
  
• Add ability to search by id on all objects in manager search
  
• Add automatic_template_assignment feature
  
• Media Browser optimizations
  
• Add "Purge Old Versions" button to the package version listing to clean up old versions
  
• New resource option "Use current alias in alias path" to allow hiding resources from the URI
  
• Make $modx->setDebug support E_LEVEL constants (e.g. E_NOTICE/E_ERROR) and fix setting debug to 1 not working
  
• Use stricter check for string type in resource tree to avoid uncaught error in edge cases
  
• Allow plugins OnDocFormRender to set templates with $resource->set('template', 3)
  
• Add "filterPathSegment" output filter to turn a string into url-safe string
  
• Make sure requests to containers without the container suffix are redirected to the right url with container suffix
  
• Ignore spaces in allowedExtensions properties and relevant system settings to ensure the right file types show up
  
• Add list of recent manager log entries to the Resource Overview page
  
• Prevent notices for undefined Smarty placeholders
  
• Remove some unused images
  
• Fix incorrect hex colors in TV input options description
  
• Change modResource.description column to text
  
• Fix modDbRegister->clear and use fully qualified name