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Gravity Forms v1.9.9 Released

By Carl Hancock Published May 18, 2015

Gravity Forms v1.9.9 is now available via automatic update and the customer downloads page. This is a maintenance and developer focused releases that introduces new hooks and paves the way for new Add-Ons that will be launching very soon.

What’s New in Gravity Forms v1.9.9

• Added gform_is_form_editor, gform_is_entry_detail, gform_is_entry_detail_view, gform_is_entry_detail_edit filters.
• Added security hardening enhancements.
• Added ‘gf_placeholder’ class to placeholder option for selects to support special styling and easier selection via JS.
• Added gform_form_pre_update_entry filter to allow dynamically populated fields to get populated before the entry is updated.
• Updated styles for messages in Resend Notifications UI (on entry list and entry detail views).
• Updated styles for meta boxes on entry detail view (includes minor markup changes).
• Fixed an issue with the saving of entry field values (log gave the impression that the honeypot field was being saved).
• Fixed a PHP notice related to the HTML5 attributes of the year input of the Date field.
• Fixed an issue with the form list where the filter labels may not be displayed.
• Fixed an issue with the settings page which may prevent the settings being saved in some situations.
• Fixed an issue with the bulk printing of entries for some field types. This fixes an issue with the Survey Add-On where values are lost on bulk printing of entries.
• Fixed issue with the addon browser where the license key wasn’t getting sent along with the remote request.
• Fixed an issue with the formatting of Paragraph, Post Body and Post Excerpt field values when merge tags are processed in some situations.
• Fixed a database error on setup in certain scenarios.
• Fixed uninstall process to drop also rg_incomplete_submissions table.
• Fixed issue when upgrading indexes using utf8mb4 (default since WP 4.2).
• Fixed bug where entry list would display icon with invalid link if multi-file upload field was an empty array.
• Fixed bug where Resend Notifications Override setting was still visible after resending notifications (on entry detail view).
• Fixed bug where notification checkboxes were still checked after Resend Notifications UI was reset (in entry list view).
• Fixed bug where rg_lead_meta table creation fails under some database storage engine and collation combination (e.g. MyISAM with utf8mb4).
• Fixed an issue with HTTPS/SSL and the math challenge type Captcha field.

Add-On Framework Updates in Gravity Forms v1.9.9

• Added editor support to the textarea settings field (enable using the “use_editor” argument).
• Fixed an issue with the date_created case in GFAddOn::get_field_value() which could prevent the date being returned in some situations.
• Fixed issue “checkbox_and_select”; if checkbox name property was provided it would not display the select on load when enabled.
• Fixed an issue which could prevent the gf_addon_feed table from being created in some situations.
• Added “checkbox_and_select” field setting; check the checkbox and the select will appear with additional options.
• Added support for tooltips on sections.
• Updated markup/styles for delay payment options to better match standard settings (appear on PayPal Standard feed).
• Fixed an issue with repeater.js which could cause rows to be added in the incorrect order.
• Field map choices now have an empty first option when a field type is set.

API Updates in Gravity Forms v1.9.9

• Added gfMultiFileUploader.setup() to gravityforms.js to make it easier to set up the multi-file upload field.

You can update to the latest version of Gravity Forms using Automatic Update. Just visit the Updates page under the Forms navigation in your WordPress Dashboard. Update deployment is staged so if you do not see the update available, try again in a few hours. You can also download the latest version of the plugin from the Downloads page.

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