For this release we put the emphasis on accessibility - or to be more specific on screen reader compatibility. Examples for this are the "add profile picture" button and links to profiles in various places. The "headline with menu" macro and the "action drawer" button both work better with screen readers now, als well as various icons within the Space Directory and the Linchpin Sidebar.
For Linchpin User Profiles we've added the ability to use several more field types as filters in the user directory. We've also adjusted the logic of link detection to avoid false positives (e.g. for academic titles).
An of course this release also brings a lot of other improvementsandbugfixes.
We greatly improved the compatibility of Linchpin Essentials with screen readers. For more information, visitseibert.biz/accessibilityinlinchpinand read the remaining release notes below!
Linchpin User Profiles
Extended filters and screen reader improvements
Accessibility
We added screen reader compatibility for the "add profile picture" button and for several links to profiles
New features
We added the ability to use several more field types as filters in the user directory: full name, phone and IM
We adjusted the logic of link detection to avoid false positives (e.g. for academic titles)
Improvements
If you use "User & Group Sync" by re:solution (version 2.6 or newer) to fill Linchpin User Profile "IdP" fields, org charts and personalization will now pick up updated values immediately. You don't need to clear caches manually anymore.
Linchpin Theme
Accessibility
We added screen reader support for the "headline with menu" macro and the "action drawer" button
We improved screen reader support for the Space Directory and Linchpin Sidebar
New Features
We added the dark feature "seibertmedia.linchpin.navigation.scroll.menu" to display scroll arrows in top level navigation instead of a line break, if there is not enough space for menu items
Bugfixes
We adjusted the intranet name element and hide the header, if it is not needed
We fixed the doubled header in the Terms of Use apps' disclaimer view
Complete changelog
Here is a complete overview of all of the changes that we've implemented in our Linchpin Essentials release.
Accessibility
We added screen reader compatibility for the "add profile picture" button and for several links to profiles
We added screen reader support for the "headline with menu" macro and the "action drawer" button
We improved screen reader support for the Space Directory and Linchpin Sidebar
New features
We added the ability to use several more field types as filters in the user directory: full name, phone and IM
We adjusted the logic of link detection to avoid false positives (e.g. for academic titles)
We added the dark feature "seibertmedia.linchpin.navigation.scroll.menu" to display scroll arrows in top level navigation instead of a line break, if there is not enough space for menu items
Improvements
If you use "User & Group Sync" by re:solution (version 2.6 or newer) to fill Linchpin User Profile "IdP" fields, org charts and personalization will now pick up updated values immediately. You don't need to clear caches manually anymore.
Bugfixes
We adjusted the intranet name element and hide the header, if it is not needed
We fixed the doubled header in the Terms of Use apps' disclaimer view