TerraForm 2.5: What's New?

Here are some of the new features you'll find in TerraForm 2.5.

• Cross-browser performance
  This was the primary focus of the 2.5 release and we've made some big advances. While not all features appear in all browsers, we've taken care to design elements to degrade gracefully. New format degrade() functions define a degrade path for each format based on browser.
  
  
• Improved multilingualization
  We've built on TerraForm's existing internationalization / localization (I18n / L10n) functionality, adding multilingual field captions and labels. We've improved the language pack module design to allow for automatic support for downloaded modules. The English (US) and English (UK) language packs are included in the core download.
  
  
• Easier and expanded database support
  Generic datatypes should perform with any ODBC-compliant database. But database-specific datatypes for SQL Server, Access, and mySQL are included in core package should you need them.
  
  
• Easier WYSIWYG editor support
  The HTMLArea format is built in and ready to go. soEditor and ActivEdit extension modules are now included in core download (the third-party tags must still be purchased separately).
  
  
• Samples Gallery
  Explore our new samples gallery - a package of samples you can download and install as one convenient package. Adapt our code for your next task.
  
  
• Debugging
  We've tidied up the debug output from your form (view this using the cf_terraform debug attribute).
  
  
• Disabled fields
  Custom TerraForm fields now honor the disabled attribute, but (unlike regular HTML forms which don't pass a disabled field) bypass user input and pass any existing value directly to the followup page.
  
  
• Accessibility
  We've added automatic access key flagging in labels.
  
  
• Usability
  the new jsMask attribute supports key filtering in some browsers.
  
  
• Bugfixes
  cf_TerraRule failed in some cases. Real numbers rounded. Most datatypes have been tweaked slightly. Calendar was failing where two forms on a page. A few bugs in enhancedfile.
  
  
• Formats
  Added disabledDates attribute to calendar. Much better layout control for checkboxes and radio buttons. Added HTMLArea. Timepicker now supports null.
  
  
• Presets
  Added gender. Added countrycodes to country preset. Added timezone preset.
  
  
• Environment data
  Added substantial localization info to request.terraform.locale. Added request.terraform.cfsqltype to supplement request.terraform.null.
  
  
• New ways to edit data
  inputscopelist previously allowed scopes, structures and query record sets. The attribute now also supports individual variables, functions, CFC methods, and parsed XML docs.
  
  
• Working with
  You can now use the cf_terraform attribute to read data from an document and return the submitted data in the updated document.
  
  

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See also TerraForm 2.1: What's New?