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Introducing Major New Features

This update brings several enhancements to nuBuilder Forte, improving both usability and developer experience:

• Info Bar — A new unified notification system to display important information directly in forms and on user home pages.
• Tooltip Icons — Add contextual help icons using nuOnToolTipIcon() for better user guidance.
• Multi-Select Searchable Popups — nuSearchableMultiPopup() now supports selecting multiple items at once.
• SQL Function nu_filter_match() — Simplifies complex filtering logic in browse forms.

These features, combined with numerous fixes and improvements, make this release a significant step forward.

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Added

• Browse: SQL function nu_filter_match() Eases filtering in browse forms.
• Forms: Label custom position with data-nu-label-position='custom' Allows handling custom label placement on form objects.
• Forms: Info Bar jQuery Plugin Reusable plugin for managing Info Bars across the app.
• Database: Connection error handling and creation UI Improves UX when configuring or failing to connect to databases.
• JavaScript: nuCallWindowFunction() Provides unified callback execution across windows.
• JavaScript: nuOnToolTipIcon() Adds contextual help icons to UI elements.
• JavaScript: nuSearchableMultiPopup() Introduces multi-select support in searchable popups.
• JavaScript: nuSelectInParentContext(), nuSelectInParentDocument(), nuSelectInParentBody() Utilities for selecting elements in parent frames/documents.

Fixed

• Forms: 'Forms' Form preview button Gets correct form type for preview action.
• Forms: Subform tabs not displayed when type is 'Form' Fixes missing tabs in embedded forms.
• Forms: nuSaveAction(true) Properly calls nuAfterSave() and closes form.
• Arrange Objects: Prevent context menu during arranging Avoids UI interruptions when arranging objects.
• JavaScript: nuGetLookupId() Prevents passing hash to subsequent AJAX requests.
• JavaScript: nuSearchablePopup() reset page number on search Corrects search navigation behavior.
• PHP: nuEncodeQueryRowResults() handling of prefixedData Ensures query results are correctly encoded.
• Console error on Ctrl + Shift when logged out Eliminates unnecessary errors triggered by shortcut keys.

Improved

• Arrange Objects Dialog Refactored code, improved button states, adjusted iframe dimensions/min-height.
• JavaScript: nuAddAction() Prevents adding actions outside of browse form type.
• JavaScript: nuSearchablePopup() Improved empty value filtering and handling.
• JavaScript: nuAttachHelpIconsToObjects() Improved callback support, theme consistency, accessibility, and arrow indicators.
• JavaScript: nuWindowPosition() Added null checks for safer dialog/window positioning.

Changed

• Browse: .nuBrowseTitle background set to white Ensures consistent styling across browse titles.
• Arrange Objects: Options UI and button styling Refined for better usability and consistency.
• Forms: Objects Form uses Info Bar when altering/adding columns Aligns with new Info Bar system for notifications.
• User Home: Show Info Bar instead of Message Box Modernized user notifications on home page.

Removed

• CSS: .ql-editor (Quill Editor) Dropped unused styles for cleaner stylesheet.

Optimised

• PHP: nuChangeFile() Refactored for clarity and consistency.

Updated

• App Cloner (Dev) Latest improvements and compatibility updates.