After successfully launching Scrivito in mid-February this year and collecting valuable feedback from testers and customers, we set ourselves to work: There is nothing that cannot be improved.
After successfully launching Scrivito in mid-February this year and collecting valuable feedback from testers and customers, we set ourselves to work: There is nothing that cannot be improved.
Wouldn't it be nice if the changes made by other editors were instantly reflected in your browser window? At Scrivito, we are working hard to make auto-updating a reality. This will be extremely helpful for editors working on the same page in the same working copy.
With this release we’ve gotten one step closer to this goal. If you are in a working copy in preview mode, Scrivito now looks for new changes every two seconds and makes them visible to you. In editing mode, page content is not yet updated automatically, but will be in a future release.
And now enjoy the show:

The number of steps that needs to be taken to start your first editing session has been reduced: Switching from the preview to the editing mode without a working copy being available yet now causes a working copy to be automatically created for you. Start editing right away!
Widget handles and frames are now fading out after a short period of time, making it easier to edit widget content in place.
The new Scrivito.finishLoading() function notifies the application that the current page has been rendered completely (and is not waiting for content required to render it). This can be quite useful, e.g., to defer the loading or execution of expensive JavaScript code until a page has been fully displayed, or to notify a prerendering service that the page content is now ready to be captured.
It is now possible to open links in HTML fields in new tabs or windows by holding the modifier key (Cmd in OS X, Ctrl in Windows) when clicking, or clicking with the middle mouse button.

As an editor, it is now possible to clear attributes of the integer and float types.
Scrivito now copes better with unreliable network connectivity or slow response times: it doesn't throw an error anymore but retries the request instead.
The performance of the in-place editing UI has been improved by minimizing the amount of page components that require rerendering after changing content.
Editable reference fields now change the mouse pointer to a cursor when hovered.

Bugfix Release HTML link insertion functionality restored > There was an issue where the link tool would stop working after inserting the first HTML link on a page. While editors could still add further links after reloading the page or navigating to a different one, this behavior disrupted the...

We’re excited to introduce a comprehensive interface redesign across our entire product suite for an improved overall user experience. This modern refresh is being gradually rolled out across all our cloud products from JustRelate, including Web Builder, Email Builder, CRM, Home, Automations, and...

Bugfix Release Fixed compatibility issue with React 18 > A compatibility issue that could cause a runtime error in applications using React 18 has been fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused! Thank you for using JustRelate Web Builder!

Added support for Ruby on Rails 8.1 The Scrivito for Rails SDK now supports Ruby on Rails 8.1. It requires Ruby 3.2 or later. Earlier Rails versions are no longer supported by Scrivito. For instructions and details on updating your application to Rails 7.2, see: Ruby on Rails Guides – Upgrading...

Improvements Anonymous data classes > If your application needs to load and cache (and maybe even create, update or delete) some internal backend data not be exposed to editors or high-level developers, you can now provide nameless data classes. > If no name is passed to provideDataClass, the...

We recently announced email notifications in the editorial cycle, but these could only be addressed to individual reviewers, not teams. From now on, you can still request a publish from individual users, but alternatively or additionally from entire teams. For this, the “request publication”...

Improvements Using extensions for rendering individual properties > For extended customizability, individual attributes specified via the properties option in the editing configuration of an object class (for having them shown on the “General” tab) can now be rendered by a Scrivito extension. To...

Improvements Widgets being edited in the sidebar are highlighted Opening the sidebar for editing a widget’s properties now highlights the selected widget. This makes it easier to identify the widget you are currently working on. Dimension picker for string values For string attribute values the...

Intelligent Image Analysis Available now for AI integration customers Managing digital assets has never been easier. Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of AI-powered image tagging in JustRelate’s Web Builder – a game-changing feature that automatically analyzes your images and generates...

Improvements Localized “Click to edit” placeholder The “Click to edit” placeholder is now displayed in the editor’s selected language. Color picker supports transparency The color picker editor now lets editors choose transparent and semi-transparent colors directly in the Web Builder, making it...