Hello again,
It’s been over three weeks since the last beta, and we’ve made a ton of exciting changes. We’ve added V2 Components, Light and Dark mode support, Text Editing, Typography, and so much more. It’s a lot, and it’s all in this new beta!
Because of the huge amount of changes, this beta should be treated as an experimental build. Proceed with caution…
There are still quite a few rough edges, especially in the Typography area, which is currently unfinished. There’s no sensible defaults right now, just know that we’re aware of this and the next few betas will solidify things greatly. A couple more things to note before you update:
- The V2 components in this build are NOT final. There are many bugs, but we’d love your feedback so we can rapidly improve them for the next beta(s).
- Scroll animation is temporarily missing from V2 Components but will return soon.
- Some V2 components are missing, most notably the Gallery, which will also return soon!
- The Typography section in Theme Studio is UNFINISHED.
TL;DR There’s a lot of moving parts going on behind the scenes, so please excuse the mess while we re-arrange the furniture. It’ll all come together in the next few betas…
What’s New in Element Beta B17
- Updated Tab Bar UI
- Inline Text Editor (Work-in-progress)
- Bold, Italic, Underline, Font Family, Size, Color, Link, Classes.
- Added Typography in the Theme Studio Update
- Dark/Light Mode Colour Support
- Option to disable dark mode, for those that don’t like the night!
- QuickLook Finder Documents
- We also store Light and Dark Snapshots of the home page in the bundle now. We have future plans where this will be super useful. Stay tuned!
- V2 Components Added (Work-in-progress)
- Old Components are now renamed with a (V1) at the end, they will be going away in a future build. Please migrate your websites to the V2 components.
- Custom Class area is now responsive on all Components!
- New “Standard” Navigation menu component added
- Page visibility now supported
- Folders can now be shown in menu
- Hide/Show Page (in menu) now works
- Publish/Don’t Publish now works
- Editor now updates when changing page names
- Fixed various issues with the Resources Browser (Still more to do here).
- Numerous fixes.
Get the Update
Elements should prompt you while it’s running to let you know there’s an update, if it doesn’t you can select the “Check for Updates…” menu option from the “Elements” app menu.
Please note: Sometimes it takes a while for the update to propagate. if you don’t see the update in-app, you can download the latest build of Elements from the confirmation email you received as that link will ALWAYS give you the latest version.
Give Feedback
If you are using the beta, please post all feedback in the Elements Beta Feedback Forum. You can use the Elements > Send Feedback… menu item to automatically pre-fill the build number into a new topic.
Can I join the Beta?
We’re not taking on any more beta testers at this time, however you should sign-up up here to be notified as more places become available.
It wasn’t clear that I needed to click the plus sign in the upper right corner in the theme studio. I think it would be clearer for the user if the plus sign were placed next to the text ‘Custom Typography.’
Had to force quit unfortunately.
- This one took a while. Eventually, while I got the hang of it, I am not a big fan. Learning curve a bit steeper than with the V1 grid. I had to constantly remember to go back and set the background color so I didn’t have a white patch on the page. Is it possible for the container, when used as a grid item, to be transparent so that it “uses” the color of the container it is in?? Also, to be able to center the items in the grid, there was one setting I had to change for it to work which took me a while to find it / figure it out. (Container → Sizing → Auto instead of Breakpoint where it was defaulted)
