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Gravity Forms 2.5-beta-2 Update – Install it Today!

By Jonathan Calderon Published September 30, 2020

We are excited to announce the release of Gravity Forms 2.5 beta 2. With beta-2, you can now test 2.5 with all the Gravity Forms official add-ons as well as third-party add-ons – something we’ve all been waiting for!

In this recent update, you’ll find:

• Added cosmetic tweaks.
• Added $tab_id as the second parameter to the gform_field_settings_tab_content filter.
• Added the settings submenu dropdown back to the form editor.
• Complete changelog below

Gravity Forms 2.5-beta-2 Changelog

• Added cosmetic tweaks.
• Added $tab_id as the second parameter to the gform_field_settings_tab_content filter.
• Added the settings submenu dropdown back to the form editor.
• Added a warning when the user attempts to navigate with unsaved changes in Form Settings.
• Added MultiSelects back as an input option for Post Category and Post Tags fields and added a warning about their accessibility implications.
• Added scrollbar back into the form editor.
• Added indicator for hidden fields in the form editor.
• Added header to validation summary tooltip.
• Added the gform_editor_field_settings filter to allow the settings to be filter for a field in the form editor.
• Added icons to the settings tabs on the import/export page.
• Added accessibility enhancements to the credit card field and the Post Custom Field.
• Added the gform_selectwoo script to the list of no conflict scripts. Credit: the team at Gravity PDF.
• Updated the settings panel interface for choices fields.
• Updated the display of admin notifications.
• Updated the asset enqueuing process to be more DRY and testable.
• Updated the Field Search box in the Editor to be universal instead of per-field-group.
• Updated the active icons to be SVGs for use on hi-res displays.
• Updated the settings page styles.
• Updated the uninstall tab to allow for uninstalling all add-ons.
• Updated the title of the dashboard widget.
• Updated the design of progress bar, added new design options.
• Updated the Field Sidebar display in the Form Editor to show Field IDs next to the Field Type.
• Updated third-party scripts dependent on core scripts to use the defer attribute.
• Removed the conditional logic animations from the admin pages.
• Fixed the display and functionality of merge tags for textarea fields.
• Fixed the path to the legacy forms css file for the tiny mce editor.
• Fixed an issue with field settings inputs width on the form editor.
• Fixed an issue where text could overlap the success and error icons in the settings pages.
• Fixed an issue on the Edit Entry screen where date and time inputs are inappropriately sized.
• Fixed spacing between required asterisk and field label on Feed Settings screen.
• Fixed an issue where a Section field is stuck in a column.
• Fixed how field map settings fields count the number of possible choices.
• Fixed a PHP notice on Custom Settings Pages created by AddOns.
• Fixed an issue with CSS specificity for front-end theme styles.
• Fixed an issue with Options fields not updating dynamically to display Product Fields as options.
• Fixed the appearance of form switcher dropdown.
• Fixed an issue with the display of Entry page metabox expand/collapse arrows.
• Fixed an issue with translations so new translations are downloaded when user switches languages.
• Fixed an issue with the markup for the choices for checkboxes and radio button fields.
• Fixed an issue with the dropdown field width on the form editor.
• Fixed an issue with third-party addons potentially introducing security risks by calling deprecated validate_*_settings methods.
• Fixed an issue with a broken aria reference in the file upload field.
• Fixed an issue with Form Previews showing a FOUT before rendering completely.
• Fixed an issue with Form Columns not responding to browser width changes.
• Fixed an issue with Multiselect inputs not updating when choices were modified.
• Fixed an issue on the Edit Entry screen where date and time inputs were inappropriately sized.
• Fixed an issue with Textarea placeholders not updating on Form Save.
• Fixed a fatal error on admin pages when user doesn’t have administrator permissions.
• Fixed an issue with the Locking modal not displaying on the Form Settings page.
• Fixed wording on text field conditional logic.
• Fixed inconsistent margins on import/export pages.
• Fixed the color of the icon in the “Add Form” button in TinyMCE.
• Fixed inconsistent fonts.
• Fixed the default margins setting on the HTML field.
• Fixed the styles of the success message on form settings pages.
• Fixed a deprecation notice with PHP 7.2+ which occurs when using the Captcha field and the reCAPTCHA keys are not configured. Credit: The Gravity PDF team.
• Fixed the width of checkboxes and radio inputs on the Entry Details Edit page.
• Fixed an issue that allows Honeypot fields to be visible in forms.
• Fixed an issue with REST API Credentials.
• Fixed styles on some settings pages.
• Fixed left and right label alignment.
• Fixed an issue with form submission when the selected page is invalid.
• Fixed an issue with warnings on the Logging settings page.
• Fixed styles on some settings pages.
• Fixed left and right label alignment.
• Fixed an issue with form submission when the selected page is invalid.
• Fixed an issue with warnings on the Logging settings page.
• Fixed database column widths for MySQL 8.0.17+.
• Fixed some RTL issues in the form editor. Some RTL issues are pending.
• Fixed success message when form settings are saved.
• Fixed valid and invalid feedback markers on text fields.
• Fixed a conflict between the form switcher and other Select2 instances on the page.
• Fixed an issue with support for custom form settings.
• Fixed an issue with the form editor which doesn’t allow fields to be dragged into a column on the first row of fields.
• Fixed an issue with forms rendered in the WordPress dashboard; init scripts are now rendered in the admin footer.

Gravity Forms 2.5-beta-2 API Changelog

• Settings API – fixed an issue with select fields without any choices throwing a warning.
• Settings API – fixed an issue with settings fieldsets not adhering to proper mark-up rules.
• Settings API – fixed an issue with Payment Feed Add-ons displaying Trial fields incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue with field name parsing not working for those with array values.
• Settings API – Fixed mismatched border colors when using the append property with a Text field.
• Settings API – Fixed field value feedback only applying to text inputs.
• Settings API – Added support for localized strings when enqueuing scripts.
• Settings API – fixed an issue which prevents custom settings from uploading files.
• Fixed missing table headers on field map settings fields.
• Fixed issue with the select custom settings field. This addresses issues in the settings for the User Registration and Twilio Add-Ons.
• Fixed issue with the select custom settings field. This addresses issues in the settings for the User Registration and Twilio Add-Ons.
• Fixed radio button choices with icons not appearing on the same line.
• Fixed issues with the field map setting and the checkbox and select setting.

Gravity Forms 2.5-beta-2 Add-On Framework Changelog

• Fixed the add_note method so it displays the proper styles for successes and errors.
• Fixed an issue with the timing of the settings initialization which can result in add-ons not displaying settings correctly.