Hey Weavers,
We’re back with a new beta of RapidWeaver Elements 3.0. This is the third beta and fixes a number of long-standing issues and adds a few more quality-of-life improvements.
Enjoy!
What’s New in Elements 3.0.2 Beta?
- Fixed dark mode link colours not being applied in the Text Component
- Navbar folders now show active styling when a child page is active
- Fixed a fatal error when using multiple CSV tables on one page
- Fixed margins not applying for opaque PNGs in the Shapes Component
- You can now configure the maximum upload size for the Online Editor and MCP server
- Fixed the Online Editor rich text editor incorrectly encoding YouTube embed code
- Fixed the Online Editor resource browser modal getting trapped inside the front matter sidebar
- Fixed the threshold slider so it updates in the Text Wrap Component
- API: Resource UI controls now support accept/exclude MIME type.
What’s new so far in Elements 3
- Upgraded to Tailwind 4.3.2
- Faster Publishing and Export
- Updated all themes to use Tailwind 4
- Updated border Radius and Shadow tokens to match Tailwind 4
- Update opacity utilities to use Tailwind 4 opacity modifiers
- Added Mauve, Olive, Mist, and Taupe colours from Tailwind 4 to all themes
- Global controls now use Tailwind 4 syntax and generate cleaner spacing classes
- New Mask Component
- New 3D Transforms Component
- New Shapes Component to allow text to flow around shapes!
- Added caption and author support to Gallery Lightbox
- Added CSV (local or remote) support to Table Component
- Added Google Sheets support to Table Component
- Added Drop Zone support to Table Component
- Added box-shadow colour and opacity controls
- Added support for radial and conical Gradients
- Added support for adding custom HTML attributes to the Container component
- Added a new requiresPhp key to the Elements API
- Components that require PHP will now prompt to switch page extensions
- Improved CMS Online Editor UI on Mobile devices.
- Online CMS Metadata sidebar is now resizable with an increased maximum width
- Fixed issue when creating new posts in the online CMS
- Upgraded the editor styling engine to reduce CSS conflicts and improve isolation
- Markdown Preview option added to the editor
- Fix white edge lines appearing on dark JPEGs in the edit-mode preview.
- Fix missing global override unlink for Switch and Checkbox inspector controls.
- Numerous other bug fixes and improvements
- The Editor now preserves alpha transparency for WebP and AVIF images!
- Added alt text support for CMS Custom Image resources.
- Added Custom URL and CMS Image sources to the Text Wrap component.
- Labels in the Inspector no longer overflow, and the label column is wider.
How to Update to the Beta
While we believe the betas of Elements 3 are very stable, however, we don’t recommend using it on live, mission-critical websites. The Tailwind 4 framework touches most parts of the app, including how webpages render, so please check your sites for layout issues or changes before re-publishing.
To install the beta, launch your current build of Elements and go to Settings/Preferences. Under the Updates section, enable beta updates.
Once beta updates are enabled, go to the Elements menu and select “Check for Updates…”.
How to rollback to a previous build
Should you run into an issues when using a new build of Elements you can always rollback to a previous version via the Release Notes page while you wait for a fix.
Keep the feedback coming
Thanks for being part of Elements and for helping us shape the future of web design on the Mac. Your feedback during the beta has already been hugely valuable and will play a big role in where Elements goes from here!
We’re excited to keep building, refining, and shipping, and we really can’t wait to show you what’s coming next.
Thanks
Team Elements
