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MODx 3.1.1-pl

10 March 2025

MODx version 3.1.1-pl is now available (major release).

Upgrading to MODx 3.1.1-pl

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What's New in MODx 3.1.1-pl

3.1.1

Dashboard & Manager UI Improvements

Fallback for widgets in custom manager themes: Ensures custom themes display widgets correctly. #16705
Fix manager menu for sql_mode "ANSI_QUOTES": No more menu issues when using strict SQL modes. #16680
Fix navbar z-index issue: Keeps navigation elements where they should be. #16690
Fix for MODX updates widget: Ensures accurate and up-to-date MODX version information. #16694
Fixes missing "Install" button in the Packages Grid: It now displays the correct buttons in the Installer #16675
Fix links not clickable in 3rd-level menu items: Navigation issue resolved! #16671

System & Security Enhancements

Deprecate modUserProfile->sessionid: Improves security by not recording session identifiers in user profiles. #16697
Fix Remember Me login feature: Ensures smoother authentication flow. #16685
Fix datetime settings keys: Correctly displays datetime settings. #16687
Fix display of notifications when user passwords are created/updated: Improves clarity for user account management. #16668

Performance & Compatibility

Update superboxselect.js to version 1.6: Now with HTML entity encoding for better text handling. #16702
Fix namespaces getlist processor when cache_db is active: Prevents issues with cached database entries. #16681
Fix typos in Access Lexicon: More polished user experience. #16689

3.1.0

Highlights - User Experience and Accessibility

Keyboard accessibility improvements (#16613)
Reveal current username in User menu (#16579)
Add Help! label to Menu Item (#16586)
Enhance textarea TV type (#16553)
Make sure left margin is consistent when expanding/collapsing tabs (#16406)
Store last opened media browser path in browser history / URL parameters to re-open last path (#16394)
Add names of elements in context menu (#16449)
Prioritize exact matches in manager search results (#16388)
Add resource alias in template picker as needed (#16361)
Add checkbox TV input option to display inputs as switches/toggles (#16631)
Reorganize main menu (#16530)
Make date display consistent across manager components (#16604)
Fix separator for menu item without children (#16647)

Highlights - Security and User Management

Improve generate password logic (#16521)
New password generation method: send user email (#16519)
Enhance usergroup permission handling and display (#16469)
Native DKIM capability for emails (#16421)
Clarify message when changing user passwords (#16502)
Provide global control to set autocomplete="off" (#16225)

Highlights - Performance and Optimization

Fix max parser iterations for resources without a template (#16596)
S3 Speed Up (#16438)
Update uploadObjectsToContainer method (#16196)
Big trash refactor (#16600)

Highlights - Development and API

Use modX::getInstance (#16571)
Add OnContextInit System Event (#16552)
Added proxy options for PSR-7 Service (#16539)
REST service case insensitive sub level search (#16276)
Add missing OnUserBeforeRemoveFromGroup and OnUserRemoveFromGroup events (#16423)
PHP 8.4 compatibility updates (#16654)
Replace use of deprecated date function in setup (#16627)
UI and Grid Improvements
Add grid filtering via URL parameters to most grids in manager (#16369)
Apply grid filtering persistence via URL parameters to most grids in the manager (#16369)
Settings grid adjustments for Extras support (#16414)
Add filtering for ACL policy and policy template grids (#16219)
Fix and enhance UserGroup ACL Permissions Grids and Filtering (#16355)

Bug Fixes - User Interface

Fix Dashboard Updates widget's display of the most recent modx version (#16608)
Fix/improve messages grid permissions and styles (#16602)
Fix TV Category not found in Template and TV editing panels (#16610)
Fix grouping grid sorting in ACL grids (#16529)
Fix element tree in property sets (#16599)
Fix errors when hovering action column header (#16484)
Fix horizontal overflow on Context Access grid (#16380)
Fix active tab state for FC when disabling regions (#16401)
Avoid errors and incorrect listings in Trash Manager (#16433)
Fix undefined global variable $_SESSION in a CLI connector (#16422)
Remove Unused Window Config for Lexicons Grid (#16392)
Fix tab tracking error in package manager (#16354)
Fix tab tracking issue for plugin panel (#16364)
Fix user messages GetList processor (#16635)
Fix saving resources when Date TV has no input properties (#16652)

Bug Fixes - Core Functionality

Fix User Date of Birth Validation and Processing (#16620)
Fix error suppression for PHP 8+ (#16615)
Fully support comma-separated constraint lists in Form Customization (#16555)
Fix preview thumbnailing for images with ampersand (&) in file name (#16609)
Support dot followed by space in directories (#16578)
Fix issues extending modSessionHandler and flushing all sessions (#16522)
Add secondary regex option for transliterated file uploads (#16582)
Make authority a unique index on modUserGroupRole (#16587)
Fix Role Authority Editability (#16568)
Restore ability to render multi-select listbox TV values by selection order (#16561)
Fix return type for modResource::getTVValue() (#16567)
Fix working with non-standard ports (#16541)
Fix default value for modManagerLog.occurred column (#16526)
Fix saving time for date TVs created in MODX 2.x (#16505)
Fix recently edited resources (sub)query (#16460)
Fix ability to view Manager Actions (#16473)
Fix PHP Fatal error: Cannot declare class modTemplateVarInputRenderText (#16410)
Fix ability to rename content field (#16444)
Fix date TV parsing bug when time is hidden (#16398)
Fix fatal error in package provider if the provider returns invalid xml (#16326)
Fix parsing modifiers when encountering literal brackets (#16302)
Fix parsing long template tags under some conditions (#16316)

Bug Fixes - File Management

Fix S3 media sources by adding No Bucket Check (#16496)
Improve file system error feedback (#16479)
Skip files with specified extensions (#15479)

Other Improvements

Resource icons in resource groups tree (#16099)
Various lexicon typo corrections (#16559)
Log SQL errors during context cache generation (#16508)
Add ability to revert lexicon entries for any namespace (#16447)
Add missing system setting for profile photo media source (#16515)
Trim context setting keys on creation (#16500)
Add session garbage collector check (#16448)
Make "root" a reserved key for Contexts (#16475)
Only show resource types in template picker and context menus if user has permission to create them (#15893)
Remove deprecated fields from modResource (#16187)
Optionally pin "installer-entry" to top (#16435)
Change order of variables in config.inc.php (#16451)
Harden Security/Profile/Get processor (#16437)
Add guard-clause to clearDirty method (#16404)
Update minimum PHP version to 7.4 and recommended version to 8.0.0 (#16405)
Upgrade legacy modSessionHandler class references in settings (#16379)
Modify (un)delete and (un)publish processors to respect syncsite setting (#16374)
Add PHP 8.2 as CI target, include php compat checker in phpcs, and fix some minor compatibility issues (#16327)
Suggest installing the PHP Internationalization extension (#16365)
Remove unnecessary settings for uploaded files (#16349)
Support multi select in MODx.Browser when multiSelect: true is provided (#16348)
Cleanup legacy PHP version references (#16359)

Developer Notes

Do not dynamically assign modProcessorResponse to modConnectorResponse (#16564)
Use proper alias when not set explicitly in modRestController (#16395)
Add unit test coverage for modRestService (#16381)
Fix deprecation of dynamic properties (#16440)
Add .nvmrc file targeting same build version as github workflow (#16478)
Allow missing namespace in select areas via phpcs (#16470)
Add missing namespaces partition to cache refresh process (#16431)
Avoid deprecated notice in modAccessibleObject::checkPolicy (#16443)
Fix return type in GetProcessor->initialize() (#16462)
Fix class_key in modDocument constructor (#16452)
Populate scriptProperties in Resource\Locks\Steal processor (#16418)
Use Codecov in informational mode (#16397)
Only post coverage comment when coverage changes. (#16358)