We’re excited to announce that Gravity Forms 2.5 Release Candidate 2 is now live! Inside this release, you’ll find a number of fixes and updates, including improvements to the form editor functionality and further support for RTL languages.

As the release of Gravity Forms 2.5 grows ever closer, we are asking everyone in our community to try out 2.5, and test forms, plugins, themes, and community add-ons (in a sandbox environment). With 2.5-RC-2 live today, now is the perfect time to install 2.5, have a play around, and become familiar with the up-coming version of Gravity Forms.

Ready to find out more?…

What’s New With 2.5 Release Candidate 2?

Gravity Forms Release Candidate 2 sees a key focus on support for RTL (right-to-left) languages. 

We believe that providing translations for Gravity Forms is pivotal to user and customer experience. This is why we support 13 professionally translated locales, as well as 16 unofficial community translations. 

As part of the 2.5 release, we are working hard to ensure that our plugin is accessible in all the languages we support, including Arabic and Hebrew. RTL fixes and improvements in 2.5-RC-2 include…

• Fixed drag-and-drop functionality in the form editor to work with RTL languages.
• Fixed the positioning of the image that appears in the fields area of an empty form with RTL languages. 
• Fixes tooltip margins for RTL languages.

For more information on the support Gravity Forms offers for translations, check out this article from the blog – Gravity Forms: Now Translated into 29 Languages.

Find Out More About Gravity Forms 2.5

The upcoming release of Gravity Forms 2.5 sees impressive improvements and additions to our form builder and the form building experience it provides. With a focus on accessible forms, and a complete redesign of our form editor, we know that 2.5 is going to make a big difference to all of our customers.

If you’ve missed our previous announcements on 2.5, here’s a quick recap of what you can expect…

• Accessibility – Ethically and legally, creating accessible forms is becoming more and more essential. 2.5 provides the tools you need to easily create accessible frontend forms for your users – helping you to engage with your audience and boost form submissions. So whether you’re running a .gov or .org website, you’re in charge of an educational institution or non-profit organization, or you’ve got a small business or services site that you want to make is accessible to all, Gravity Forms 2.5 will help to ensure your forms are accessible.
• The Form Editor – The Gravity Forms editor has been revamped, making it easier to use than ever before. You can expect a complete redesign of the form building experience, with new ways of working and a beautiful look and feel.
• Drag-and-Drop Column Control – 2.5 introduces drag-and-drop column control so you can easily manage form layouts. Enjoy column control for up to four columns, enabling you to position form fields in the order and layout of your choice, and create unique forms to your exact requirements.
• Updates to Markup and Styles – 2.5 provides new and improved markup and styles, making it easier to customize frontend forms as well as create accessible forms.
• Added Security Enhancements – Security has always been, and will continue to be, a top priority for Gravity Forms. This is reflected in the security enhancements added in 2.5.

For more information on 2.5, and what you can expect with this release, check out the Gravity Forms 2.5 Guide: Everything You Need to Know.

Test 2.5-RC-2 Today!

Whether you have hundreds of forms or just one, or whether you’re an agency, community add-on developer, or one of our thousands of everyday users, we’d love you to get onboard with Gravity Forms 2.5 by testing Release Candidate 2.

When it comes to testing 2.5-RC-2, there are two options available…

Note: 2.5-RC-2 should NOT be tested on a production site. Please ensure that you only install 2.5-RC-2 in an isolated sandbox environment.

• Install 2.5-RC-2 on a Test Site – For those of you who previously installed a 2.5-RC-1, but don’t have automatic updates enabled, simply update the Gravity Forms 2.5-RC plugin within your WordPress dashboard. Or, if you haven’t yet tested 2.5, you can download 2.5-RC-2 by logging into your Gravity Forms account and going to the Downloads area of your account dashboard.
• Sign Up for Your Free 2.5 Demo Site – We know that not everyone will have a development site to test 2.5 on, which is why we have created a 2.5 demo experience. Once you’ve signed up, you’ll have your own personal 2.5 sandbox, where you can install themes, plugins, and add-ons, as well as import your existing forms, giving you the ability to test everything 2.5 in a safe environment.

If you come across any problems with 2.5-RC-2 we really want to know about them. Please report any issues directly to the Gravity Forms support team via our 2.5 feedback form.

Gravity Forms 2.5-RC-2 Changelog

• Added a loading placeholder that provides loading feedback when a form field is duplicated on slower networks.
• Fixed an issue where fields can’t be dropped into columns when no conflict mode is enabled.
• Fixed an issue where some select fields using the enhanced UI display with the wrong height and width.
• Fixed an issue that causes 2.4 forms with conditional logic to show that section as not enabled when viewed in the new form editor.
• Fixed drag and drop functionality in the form editor to work with RTL languages.
• Fixed the positioning of the image that appears in the fields area of an empty form on RTL.
• Fixed the basic CSS theme to import all required CSS for correct functionality and reasonable layout for forms.
• Fixed tooltip margins in RTL.
• Fixed an issue with stacked icon buttons causing misalignment in some browsers.
• Fixed a PHP error that appears when uploading and replacing a Gravity Forms Add-On if the Gravity Forms auto-update API is unavailable.
• Fixed the unsaved changes warning so that it correctly displays on Gravity Forms settings pages.
• Fixed the display of the field name and description in the field editor sidebar when editing a field.
• Fixed the display of the product field with user defined quantity to display price and quantity inline in form editor and Gutenberg block.
• Fixed the display of the full width settings container so its contents maintain that layout when notifications are displayed.
• Fixed an accessibility issue with form editor accordions and keyboard navigation.
• Fixed the display of forms with new markup when they share a page with legacy forms.
• Fixed the display of the new Gravity Forms icons on all Gravity Forms sidebars in the WordPress admin.
• Fixed the conditional logic display on the form settings page.
• Fixed issues with form display in IE11.
• Fixed the product field so it displays consistently in all themes.
• Fixed an issue with the accessibility of the character counter on text fields with max characters.
• Fixed an issue that causes complex fields, such as the Name Field, to be misaligned in some themes.
• Fixed an issue that causes fields in the Editor to use legacy wrapper markup even when Legacy Markup is disabled.
• Fixed an issue where using Legacy markup caused credit card field styling issues in the form editor.
• Fixed an issue where the default value of checkbox_and_select Settings fields were not honored.
• Fixed a layout issue with checkbox_and_select Settings fields.
• Updated the display of the autocomplete dropdown for merge tags so that the active element has a background color.
• Updated the Single Product Quantity Field to provide better Screen Reader feedback.
• Updated the appearance of the “Select Entry Table Columns” modal.
• Updated the drag handle icons in the form editor and add-on settings areas.

Gravity Forms 2.5-RC-2 API Changelog

• API: Added new JavaScript namespaces and utilities to gravityforms.js.
• API: Fixed an issue with the Checkbox and Select settings field which causes validation of its values to fail.
• API: Added back in the gform_currency_setting_message action to allow outputting markup after the Currency Setting.
• API: Added the admin icon kit as separate file for third party use.
• API: Fixed the legacy Font Awesome kit so it won’t override other Font Awesome instances found in the WordPress admin.

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