Changelog

v1.7.1

14 oct 2024

Fixed support for .otf and .woff fonts files in combination with MSDF generator

v1.7.0

14 oct 2024

Added cleanup upon component destroy of effects generated by global reactivity

v1.6.0 / v1.6.1

9 oct 2024

Abstracted app create functionality to separate package
Cleaned up dependencies
Fixed issue with item reference in for loop
Fixed issue with looping directly over <Text> components

v1.5.1

7 oct 2024

Added export of symbols
Various small performance improvements related to component creation

v1.5.0

1 oct 2024

Fixed issue with interrupting running / scheduled transitions with a new transition on the same prop
Fixed issue with (incompatible) SDF text renderer being loaded when renderMode is set to canvas
Added support for handling key release (i.e keyup) events

v1.4.3

26 sept 2024

Fixed issues with sprites in minified production build
Bumped renderer to v2.2.0 (with fixes for nested alpha / show issue)
Fixed reactivity in plugins not using reactivity mode setting
Fixed named slots functionality

v1.4.2

24 sept 2024

Fixed timing issue with calculation of percentages
Improved check to see if object is a Blits component, so it's more robust in case of code minification

v1.4.1

18 sept 2024

Fixed support for inspector, compatible with renderer 2.x changes

v1.4.0

16 sept 2024

Added support for fit attribute to enable resizeModes for images (cover, contain)
Added priority parameter for event emitters + ability to stop propagation
Added Global App State plugin
Added Theme plugin
Standardized built-in utility methods (i.e. focus, select, setTimeout, etc.) to all be prefixed with a $.
Added support for triggering nested state variables with dot-notation (i.e foo.bar.bla)
Added support for watching nested state variables (i.e foo.bar.bla)
Fixed bug with Log plugin not picking up on debugLevel setting
Fixed bug when using hex-colors in an effect
Upgraded to latest version of the renderer (2.1.1)

v1.3.1

27 aug 2024

Moved this.$log functionality to a plugin, which delays the instantation and allows it to pick up launch settings (bug fix)

v1.3.0

19 aug 2024

Fixed bug in for-loop when key is not a string but a number
Added $shallow-modifier to for-loop
Added several performance optimizations
Added support for dynamic arguments in object notation (i.e. mount="{x: $x, y: $y}")

v1.2.0

5 aug 2024

Added plugin system for Blits
Added Language plugin, modeled after L2-SDK Language plugin
Removed unused built-in Image component
Marked this.trigger()-method as deprecated in definition file
Removed double assignment of this.node during element creation

v1.1.0

25 july 2024

Made holdTimeout configurable and added to launch settings
Improved test coverage
Removed imporChunkUrl dependency as it’s no longer needed
Abstracted path from pre-compiler, to make it more reusable (in playground for example)
Added defaultFont launch setting to boilerplate example

v1.0.0

15 july 2024

Added multiple optimizations that improve the performance
Fixed mountY prop setting
Added functionality for providing custom shaders
Added initial support for accessing children
Added first version of Layout component
Improved test coverage
Refactored transitions and fixed promise resolve issues
Upgraded to renderer v1.0.0

v0.10.0

17 june 2024

Updated renderer to version v0.9.1
Updated font generation to use the new @lightningjs/msdf-generator-package with required font metrics
Added queue mechanism to font generation to prevent hanging process
Added functionality to pass a component into the Component :is attribute

Please read refer to the breaking changes in the renderer related to MSDF fonts. When you have custom msdf fonts in your /public folder you may need to regenerate them (or remove the files and let Blits take care of generating for you from a .ttf)

v0.9.9

22 may 2024

Added support for rtt-attribute (Render To Texture)
Refactored Component for efficiency and readability
Improved type definitions
Fixed error when no settings object is supplied to Launch method
Fixed issue with parent variable being set on the global window object
Improved code of firing transitions
Bumped renderer to version 0.8.4

v0.9.8

25 apr 2024

Fixed issue with removing children during navigation with the router
Added support for overflow (as an inversed alias of clipping)
Upgraded to latest version of renderer (0.8.3)
Introduced renderMode setting (webgl or canvas)

v0.9.7

15 apr 2024

Added support for direct assignment of an Array element and triggering reactivity
Added support for .env in boilerplate
Fixed issue with Blits component being wrapped in a Proxy when assigned to a state variable
Fixed built-in hasFocus-state to also work for components that don't have state in their config object

v0.9.6

4 apr 2024

Added before hook to router
Upgraded Lightning renderer to v0.8.2

v0.9.5

29 mar 2024

Fixed cancelling of scheduled / running transitions when starting a new transition on the same prop (broke in v0.7.1).
Added viewport relates lifecycle hooks

v0.9.4

28 mar 2024

Upgraded Lightning renderer to v0.8.0
Fixed issue with reactivity in a forloop when initial array is empty
Introduced new gpuMemoryLimit launch setting

v0.9.3

25 mar 2024

Added support for mount / pivot on Text elements and Sprites.

v0.9.2

21 mar 2024

Fixed issue with updates not triggering during array operation

v0.9.1

21 mar 2024

Improved support for reactive advanced array operations (i.e. splice(), concat(), sort())
Upgraded Lightning renderer to v0.7.6
Reverted removal of destroy of child nodes (added in v0.8.1)
Introduced viewportMargin setting
Added undefined-check for props sent to renderer

v0.9.0

18 mar 2024

Added symbol for id on component
Fixed issue in for loop when :key is a number (and not a string)
Added built-in hasFocus state variable, available on every Component
Refactored font loading, removed the need for temporary src/fontLoader.js file
Replaced using component name with unique identifier for registering and emitting hooks

v0.8.1

9 mar 2024

Added pre-processing of hardcoded colors used in the template
Upgraded Lightning renderer to v0.7.5
Removed explicit destroy of child nodes, as the renderer now takes care of this
Re-added support for clipping

v0.8.0

1 mar 2024

Added this.$clearIntervals() and this.$clearTimeouts() methods that clear all intervals and timers set on a certain component
Breaking change: Renamed the key function to easing in the transitions object used to specify a custom easing functio (deprecation notice added)

v0.7.4

28 feb 2024

Fixed dependency for on the fly MSDF font generation

v0.7.3

28 feb 2024

Added functionality that forces focus hook to fire when parent receives focus from child
Improved destroy sequence of nodes to be disposed
Fixed issue with tracking reactive objects multiple times (potential max call stack error)
Added on the fly MSDF font generation from a .ttf file placed in publics/fonts
Added support for pre-compilation for files with more than 1 Blits component
Fixed transitions on scale attribute when passed an object with x and y values

v0.7.2

23 feb 2024

Added small fix to support for (re)assigning an array used in a for-loop
Added option to enable the Lightning inspector in launch setting (inspector: true/false)

v0.7.1

22 feb 2024

Fixed clean up of children nodes when routing to a new view
Fixed test cases for code generator (100% coverage)
Added support for colorizing sprites
Removed before setup and setup lifecycle events and optimized lifecycle instance in components
Added support for (re)assigning an array used in a for-loop
Refactored delay of transitions (using the now available built-in delay in the renderer)
Added preliminary support for frameTick hook
Upgraded to latest version of the renderer (0.7.4)

v0.7.0

20 feb 2024

Added support for dynamic components through the is-attribute (<Component is="Poster" /> or <Component is="$dynamicComponent" />)
Added functionality to pass extra data / props when navigating to a new route ( breaking change in signature of router.to() method - previously: router.to(path, options), now: router.to(path, data, options))
Added configuration option to set the canvas color (aka clear color)

v0.6.13

16 feb 2024

Upgraded to 0.7.2 of the renderer
Introduced new maxheight attribute (besided the existing maxlines attribute) for the <Text /> component
Fixed issue with order of lifecycle event emits
Fixed logic to not unfoces a parent when it passes focus to a child
Removed temporary fix for renderer issue #123

v0.6.12

9 feb 2024

Added type hinting for this.$clearInterval and this.$clearTimeout
Fixed issue with .gitignore in app create flow
Added support for dynamic route parts in the router (i.e /tv/:series/episodes/:episode)

v0.6.11

7 feb 2024

Enabled the use of type as a component prop or state variable
Removed setting focus to AppComponent on back key press in RouterView
Fixed broken app create flow caused by missing dev dependencies in npx command (temporary fix)

v0.6.10

2 feb 2024

Added FPS counter from Example App as a built-in Blits component (available as <FPScounter />)
Added precompilation to all built-in Blits components for increased performance
Updated flow to create a new App project with an interactive prompt of questions (npx @lightningjs/blits@latest)
Upgraded to latest version of the Lightning 3 renderer (0.7.1)

v0.6.9

31 jan 2024

Fixed single quote escaping for all browsers (removing sometimes unsupported negative lookahead)
Fixed issue with focus when navigating back to a page that is kept in history

v0.6.8

29 jan 2024

Reverted fix (initially) empty for-loops

v0.6.7

26 jan 2024

Added this.$clearInterval and this.$clearTimeout helper functions to Component
Updated Lightning renderer to version 0.7.0
Added lineheight and textoverflow attributes to <Text />-component
Added setting for specifying maximum number of web workers to spawn (webWorkersLimit)
Added fix for issue with setting up reactivity for (initially) empty for-loops

v0.6.6

24 jan 2024

Added temporary fix for renderer issue #123
Fixed issue with setting mount, pivot and scale values to zero (0) in object literal with x and y key
Added automatic mapping of ref string to each item in a for-loop

v0.6.5

16 jan 2024

Added path to boilerplate vite.config.js for deployments in a sub folder
Improved error handling in the template parser, with more contextual error messages

v0.6.4

15 jan 2024

Added fix for sprites not working on certain devices

v0.6.3

12 jan 2024

Removed prepending protocol and host from sprite image

v0.6.2

12 jan 2024

Fixed issue with Sprites not working correctly due to missing background color

v0.6.1

8 jan 2024

Fixed issue with using single quotes as Text content
Added first Text-to-Speech / Announcer functionality

v0.6.0

4 jan 2024

Added pre-compilation functionality to improve performance. Requires an update to the vite.config.js to enable. Read more details in this blog post
Added defaultFont to the Launch settings

v0.5.10

3 jan 2024

Updated and improved documentation
Added screenResolution and pixelRatio options to settings

v0.5.9

21 dec 2023

Changed transition-end callback to receive real prop value from node
Implemented symbol for wrapper on Component (freeing up the name wrapper to be used in Component state)
Added functionality to prevent a route ending up in the history stack (route option: inHistory: false)
Improved router backtracking logic
Added functionality to override route options during navigation
Upgraded to latest version of the renderer (0.6.1) which contains a fix for animations not finishing correctly

v0.5.8

15 dec 2023

Internal refactor of the Element

v0.5.7

13 dec 2023

Added history and backhandling to the router
Linked effects directly to the available shaders exposed by the L3 renderer (starting 0.6.0)
Added setting reactivityMode to control whether Proxy (default) or defineProperty is used to trigger reactive side effects

v0.5.6

11 dec 2023

Upgraded to version 0.6.0 of the Lightning 3 renderer

v0.5.5

5 dec 2023

Fixed regression in Slots functionality caused by forloop cleanup fix in 0.5.4

v0.5.4

5 dec 2023

Fixed issue with Components and Elements not always being cleaned up in forloop
Added support for nested children inside a forloop on an Element

v0.5.3

4 dec 2023

Added transition start and tranition end callbacks

v0.5.2

30 nov 2023

Fixed issue in code generator leading to creation unnecessary child nodes
Added focus handler to router view (that passes focus to the current active page)

v0.5.1

29 nov 2023

Fixed issue with unexpected unfocus
Added fastforward of transitions on the same property
Added functionality to skip focus change on key hold

v0.5.0

23 nov 2023

Introduced wordwrap and maxlines attributes on the Text-component, replacing the previous w and h attributes (breaking change!)

v0.4.2

22 nov 2023

Improved parser and added more template validation (i.e. one single root element in a template)
Fixed typo in documentation

v0.4.1

13 nov 2023

Added support for using dynamic import of components in routes
Added support for returning components in an async function / Promise in routes

v0.4.0

9 nov 2023

Fixed bug related to animating percentage based values
Added (customizable) navigation transitions to the router
Renamed .eslintrc.js to .eslintrc.cjs in boilerplate code to make linting work on new projects
Fixed issue in Settings when the default value was set to false
Replace underscored keys for private properties with Symbols
Added keepAlive option to the router (i.e. keeping a page in memory when navigating to a new page)
Introduced a this.$trigger function to force a reevaluation of a reactive value (without changing the value)
Exposed currentRoute, routes and navigating on the this.$router object
Upgraded to lates version of @lightningjs/renderer (v0.5.0)

v0.3.15

23 oct 2023

Added support for slots
Added support for defining custom keymapping
Improved error handling of the template parser

v0.3.14

19 oct 2023

Fixed error when <Text />-component doesn't have any content
Removed generic escape key handler that closed the App
Introduced quit()-method on the root Application component
Updated to v0.4.0 of the renderer

v0.3.13

18 oct 2023

Added support for borderTop, borderBottom, borderLeft, borderRight and grayScale effects
Fixed @loaded and @error events on <Text/> componenent only firing once (and not for each change)
Fixed loading of web canvas2d fonts
Fixed error when using this-reference in component state
Added basic support for inline text (i.e. <Text>My text with a {{$dynamic}} value</Text>)

v0.3.12

17 oct 2023

Fixed path to logo on readme

v0.3.11