Next Generation Authoring- usability enhancements
Release date: 28th May 2025
This release includes some enhancements to make Next Generation Authoring even easier to use. An improved validation header allows users to navigate straight to validation errors in the authoring experience. We've also added some features to the rich text editor.
About Next Generation AuthoringLink copied!
Next Generation Authoring provides an enhanced authoring experience, with features for users and developers.
An enhanced "look and feel" available "out of the box" when you switch on Next Generation Authoring
New developer features such as customizable input fields and schema enhancements such as conditionals
Control over form layout using tabs, grids and dividers
Content palettes to make it easier to work with flexible lists of different types of content
Visit the What's new page for an introduction to the new features.
Improved validation headerLink copied!
The new validation header makes it easier to navigate to invalid fields compared to the original authoring experience. The new header clearly flags any issues, allowing you to fix the problems and save your content.
If some fields are not valid when you try to save a content item, then the fields are highlighted and a "Check highlighted fields" message is shown in the header, including the number of fields that are invalid.
Navigate to the first field that needs your attention by clicking the arrow in the right of the header. Once a field is valid, you can use the arrow in the header to go to the next field.
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In the example below, we have 3 fields that don't meet validation. The first field is configured to require an integer that is a multiple of 10, the second requires a list of at least two items, and the third field is a required date. Clicking in the header to go directly to the date field opens up the tab that it's displayed within.
With all the validation errors fixed, we can save the content.
Rich text editor updatesLink copied!
The built-in rich text editor has also been updated to include support for superscript and subscript. You can use the icons in the toolbar to change the selected text to subscript or superscript, as shown in the image below.
It's also now easy to choose whether a link should open in a new tab or the same tab. In the "Add hyperlink" dialog, click the icon on the right to set the link to open in a new tab, or keep it unselected to open the link in the same tab.
When the option to open a link in a new tab is chosen, the markdown text for the link includes target="_blank", as shown in the example below.
Fixed issuesLink copied!
This release also includes fixes for a number of bugs. See the FAQs page for the latest bug fixes and outstanding issues.