8.5.2 Release Notes

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New Features

You can now control the number of results in the file manager from the file manager directly without loading the advanced search dialog (thanks marvinde)
You can now delete all entries from an existing Express object without deleting the object.
Update CKEditor from 4.11.1 to 4.12, add Placeholder plugin (thanks mlocati)
Add the ability for each Express Form block to have its own from address (thanks dimger)
Added the ability to set a background color for thumbnails and for use with the image editor (thanks marvinde)
Added the ability to search attributes when adding attributes to the page composer form (thanks iampedropiedade)
The Page Attribute block can now use custom templates (thanks danklassen)
Add GUI to configure trusted headers received by a proxy (thanks mlocati)
Add dashboard page to change database character set / collation (thanks mlocati)
ReCaptcha is now included as a captcha option in the core (thanks edbeeny and mlocati)
You can now include page aliases in searches in the Dashboard advanced page search (thanks HamedDarragi)
Allow email sending enable/disable from the dashboard (thanks biplobice)
Make it configurable whether or not to ignore page permissions for RSS feeds (thanks hissy)
Added the ability to show captions by default for the YouTube block (thanks ahukkanen)
Added a new install theme console command (thanks AdamBassett)

Behavioral Improvements

Add MySQL version and SQL_MODE to environment information (thanks mlocati)
Removed the extraneous exception stack trace when the MySQL connection fails during installation (thanks mlocati)
Added support for right-to-left languages in the concrete5 translate UI (thanks mlocati)
Fix error where sitemap panel would show up even if the user has no access to add pages or to the sitemap.
Improved uniformity between search interfaces in the Dashboard and dialogs for things like files, pages. Miscellaneous display bug fixes for search interfaces.
Add the author column on express entries CSV export (thanks biplobice)
Added file read route to the rest api (thanks deek87)
Use the HTTP 303 code for downloading files instead of HTTP 302 (thanks dimger)
Simplify the error message when copying a file to folder (thanks mlocati)
Added Choose New File to the top of the file selector menu to help users confused by the “Replace” option further below (thanks mlocati)
If the form redirects to a thank you page, pass the entry id so that the page can interact with the entry if desired. (thanks JeffPaetkau)
We now separate titles and content of installation errors if you encounter them (thanks mlocati).
In the desktop draft block, deleting a draft now no longer redirects you to the home page (thanks hamzaouibacha)
Improved reliability when uploading large files into the file manager (thanks mlocati)
RSS feed URL slugs can now have hyphens in them (to match the behavior of other concrete5 URL slugs) (thanks bikerdave)
Added rel=noopener noreferer to different places in the core where we link to external pages, enabling better process management (thanks dimger)
Added Twitch Social Link (thanks core77)
Composer and block editing will no longer log you out while you are editing for a long period of time (thanks mlocati)
Remember me 2 weeks value is now configurable (thanks iampedropiedade)
Routing system now handles response objects returned by any controller on_start() methods (thanks mlocati)
Add a config key to support script-specific locales (thanks hissy)
Added the ability to disable checking for core and package updates when using concrete5 via composer (thanks mlocati)
Improvements to the display of the feature block icon selector (thanks shahroq)
PageTypeDefaults::SetupOnChildPages: Make Update forked blocks optional (thanks HamedDarragi)
Reduced the number of errors Doctrine complains about when inspecting the mapipng information for the core entity classes (thanks macserv)
Spelling errors fixed in certain error messages (thanks edbeeny)
Set quoted-printable encoding for outgoing emails for better compatibility (thanks mlocati)
Improvements to how the My Account menu was displayed in certain themes (thanks mlocati)
Don't ask to preserve old page path of external URLs (thanks mlocati)
When creating external links, the URL slug we generate is now based off the name of the link instead of the link (thanks dimger)
Better localization in edit mode of calendar, by including localized version of moment.js (thanks mlocati)
Brought back the ability to drag a file immediately into the file manager and have it begin uploading (Thanks mlocati)
Add asset version number to cache bursting query string (thanks mnakalay)
Show only the message when we have in case of UserMessageException (thanks mlocati)
Fixed - SEO issue: tag ignores any actions of page/block controller (thanks hissy)
Attribute controllers can now define the “No Value” text (thanks mlocati)
Reduced size of bundled bootstrap libraries; removed missing references to glyphicon font file

Bug Fixes

Fixed bug where XSS could be passed through to the select form helper under certain conditions.
Fixed bug when using the document library when MySQL has ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY enabled (thanks dimger)
Fixed bug where additional cancel and submit search buttons were showing up in advanced search dialogs.
"Order Entries" page is not installed on upgrading from version 7 (thanks hissy)
Fixed buggy behavior when searching by associations in Express.
Fixed: Search Presets in dialog not actually submitting (thanks deek87)
Fixed: Bugs with search presets not being deletable, searching JS errors when working with search presets (thanks deek87)
Fixed bug with autoplay not starting in YouTube block due to https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/09/autoplay-policy-changes (thanks edbeeny)
Fixed bug when Express form sends notification with an image/file attribute and it’s not filled out (thanks a3020)
Add new Italian Province: South Sardinia (thanks mlocati)
Fix error where adding an image or a file to composer would complain about it not being present, even if it was.
Fixed error where file usage dialog did not work with files linked in the content block (thanks jeverd01)
Fixed bug where navigating directly to dispatcher.php would throw PHP errors.
Fixed error where global password reset didn’t require typing the confirm code.
FIxed inability to unapprove a page version in the versions menu (thanks kzn-a)
Fixed: Password Requirements dashboard page was not installed via 8.5.0 & 8.5.1 fresh install (thanks katzueno and hissy)
Fixed bug where clicking publish on a composer page draft could still create an extra version in some cases (thanks ahukkanen)
Fixed: ccmAuthUserHash cookie and "Stay signed in" functionality allows user impersonation if hash table is leaked (thanks mlocati)
Remove Guest from "Group to enter on registration" options (thanks hissy)
Fixed: Copy page does not change the mpRelationID of the new page (thanks 1stthomas)
Fixed error with user attribute not calling its method on the correct user object, leading to strange results (thanks deek87)
Fixed: If you dropped an image into the rich text description of an FAQ entry, when you went back to edit the entry, the image didn't show up (thanks JeRoNZ)
Fixes error where Download file does not show up for files that aren’t images (thanks MrKarlDilkington.)
Fixed: $c->getPageWrapperClass() removes all other specified classes (thanks HamedDarragi)
Fixed: UI: Can not select topic in large tree on Page Search (thanks hissy)
Fixed error in Redis cache backend: Password set in config is not sent Redis connection process (thanks HamedDarragi)
Fixed untranslated text in the Event List block (thanks iampedropiedade)
Fix showing empty error message when a problem occurred using Setup on Child Pages (thanks HamedDarragi)
Fixed error where bumping the concrete5 version number without changing a version_db number wouldn’t re-trigger an upgrade.
Fixes issue with broken links to files in textarea(richtext) attribute (thanks dimger)
Check $search_path is set and string in search block view (thanks r-kumazaki)
Fixed errors in full page caching under multisite setups. (thanks ahukkanen)
Fixed errors in full page caching with blocks that used special parameters – the page was saved properly but it would replace the contents of the pages without parameters (thanks ahukkanen)
Fixed: 8.5.2RC1 - Adding external link with URL "/" breakes the whole site (thanks mlocati)
Fix error on delete user who has express enties (thanks hissy)
Fix: calendar feed parameter and validation (thanks myq)
Fixed: Calendar events displayed only on starting month when they span multiple months (thanks cirdan)
Fixed bug with rich text editor not exporting content properly (thanks ahukkanen)
Fixed bug where we displayed an error when browsing directly to /dashboard/system/environment/entities/update_entity_settings (thanks mlocati)
Fixed bug where users who first created would be deactivated if automatic deactivation based on last login were turned on and they hadn’t yet logged in yet.
Fixed: blocks added to stacks that use JavaScript or CSS assets in their view templates were not working when the block was cached.
Fixed errors in localization class not including the Config class (thanks haeflimi)
Fixed login error complaining about Groups being a reserved word under Percona MySQL 8.0 (thanks macserv)
Fixed issue where in page list block, missing input validation results in mysql-error (thanks krebbi)
Fixed: Default Express Entry List search functionality does not allow for searching for multiple fields simultaneously (thanks suuuth)
Fixes bug where Express form answers were emailed in a random order, rather than in the order they displayed in the form (thanks joe-meyer)
Login page will now no longer let you render parts of authentication type forms if those types are not enabled.
Fixed bug where images or files added to front-end forms wouldn’t be included in the email notification about those forms.
Fixed bugs and cleaned up code in the Workflow classes (thanks mlocati)
Prevent leading/trailing commas from triggering errors in Legacy Form block (thanks MrKarlDilkington)
Fixed bugs when arranging stack proxy blocks in pages as a non-super user with advanced permissions enabled (thanks mlocati)
Blocks no longer remain in their target area if there was something about the move operation that failed (thanks mlocati)
Fixed multiple bugs when working with the HTML Upload interaction type in the image/file attribute (thanks mlocati)
Fix the layout of the search fields in "Page Report" page (thanks shahroq)
Fixed: Migration to ut8mb4 incomplete due to problems with schema (thanks mlocati)
Fixed bug where the hovering image in a file manager window didn’t disappear when clicking on the image record (thanks mlocati)
Fix inability to connect to marketplace on sites behind SSL when that site is also behing a proxy like Cloudflare (thanks mlocati)
Fixed: All Day Events are not determined correctly (thanks haeflimi)
Fix calendar block issues with all-day events (thanks biplobice)
Fixed inconsistencies when using Ctrl key to deselect images in the file manager (thanks mlocati)
Fix some issues installing content with the content XML format by disabling request cache during XML installation (thanks mlocati)
Fixed Issues when removing Custom Workflow Types (thanks deek87)
Fixed Issues when adding Workflows that have custom workflow types. (thanks deek87)
Refactored Workflow Types Class to use newer code. (thanks deek87)
Upgrading jQuery UI to 1.12.1 and downgrading jQuery to 1.12.2 to fix security issue (
Fixed bug when clicking on folders in Document Library (thanks dimger)
Fixed: When you add a datetime attribute into the search form, you'll get a JavaScript error.
Fixed: When paging through versions in stacks or on a page, clicking version doesn't show menu
Fixed errors when sorting attributes, inability to sort attribute sets as a regular administrator and not the super user (thanks mlocati)
Fixed: When opening existing repeated events, selected days were not selected.
Fixed: Unpublished repeated events get published after deleting part of events.
Bug fixes when updating a site from 5.7 (thanks deek87, mlocati)
Fixed warnings when sending mail with the intl extension enabled (thanks mlocati)
Fixed entity not found exception when retrieving author of a file when the author had been deleted (thanks mlocati)
Fixed StorageLocationFactory::fetchByName should return an instance (thanks hissy)
Miscellaneous cleanup in URL Resolver classes (thanks mlocati)
Fixed null pointer exception when user attempted to view calendars in the Dashboard but didn’t have permission access to the first calendar retrieved (thanks kaktuspalme)
Bug fixes when upgrading from previous versions of concrete5 (https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5/pull/7837) (thanks mlocati)
Fixed bug where account menu was floating underneath the concrete5 toolbar (thanks mlocati).
Fixed problems overriding the Express form context registry (thanks ahukkanen)
Fix block templates that edit the scope variables within the block view (thanks ahukkanen)
Fixed bug where default contact form in Elemental wasn’t set to store its form data in the backend, only to email it.
Fix H1 Report 643442 (thanks hissy)

Developer Improvements

Add 'noCountryText' option to Form::selectCountry() (thanks mlocati)
Check that LIBXML constants are defined (thanks mlocati)
Render jQueryUI dialog buttons in concrete5 style (see https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5/pull/7588 for example) (thanks mlocati)
Add CkeditorEditor::outputEditorWithOptions (thanks mlocati)
Updated Punic library to 3.4 (thanks mlocati)
Added app() global helper method to return an instance of the Application object (thanks rikzuiderlicht)
Update phpseclib from 2.0.13 to 2.0.21 (thanks mlocati)
Updated Bootstrap to 3.4.1 to fix XSS issue.
Added two new events: on_page_alias_add and on_page_alias_delete (thanks faker-ben-ali)
changing instructions order to send collection version with updated data when triggering approve page version event (thanks faker-ben-ali)
Add new DestinationPicker form widget to enable users to specify an object to link to, and get a nice widget instead of having to paste a URL (Thanks mlocati)
Update composer.json to add PDO ext as dependency for project (thanks gavinkalinka)
Upgrading Spectrum color picker color palette library to 1.8.0 (thanks mlocati)
Miscellaneous code cleanup and php documentation (thanks mlocati, biplobice, deek87, concrete5russia)
Update IPLib from version 1.6.0 to version 1.9.0 (thanks mlocati)
Add native lazy loading and JavaScript lazy loading support to the "html/image" service (thanks MrKarlDilkington)
Added optgroup functionality to the selectMultiple form helper method (thanks mlocati)
Force attribute keys to be in one set only during import (thanks mlocati)