Orbeon Forms 2019.2
Last updated
Last updated
Monday, December 30, 2019
Today we released Orbeon Forms 2019.2! This release introduces some new features and bug-fixes.
You can now set the PDF page size and orientation (portrait or landscape) with the Form Builder Form Settings or with configuration properties.
For details, see the .
You can now opt for a fluid form width, where the form takes all the width available in the browser window. This works with or without the wizard view, as well as in the view mode. Form Builder also shows the form being edited with a fluid width, which makes it easier to edit forms that require a wider view.
This release adds the new option of clearing (or resetting) a repetition. When this option is activated, all data entered by the user in the repetition is cleared and all default values for the repetition are set.
New features
Other fixes and enhancements
refactoring and library upgrades
See also:
Form Builder (creating forms)
Chrome 79 (latest stable version)
Microsoft Edge 17 and 18
Safari 13 (latest stable version)
Form Runner (accessing form)
All browsers supported by Form Builder (see above)
IE11, Edge 15 and Edge 16
Safari Mobile on iOS 13
Chrome for Android (stable channel)
There should be no impact unless you have client-side code which specifically looks for hardcoded short prefixes.
The following properties are removed:
oxf.xforms.client.events.filter: this was deprecated since Orbeon Forms 4.5.
oxf.xforms.client.events.mode: specifically, the deferred mode is removed.
oxf.xforms.cache-combined-resources: HTTP reverse proxies can cache resources without having access to a file on disk, which makes this feature obsolete.
Before upgrading, check whether your properties-local.xml contains these properties. It is unlikely, but if it does, and the properties are not blank or with a default value, please ask Orbeon for advice.
In the past, if you wanted a specific PDF page orientation or size, you had to use custom CSS.
oxf:url-serializerThis low-level XML processor was rarely used and is now removed.
We hope you enjoy this release!
For details, see the and .
The now supports importing date and time formats. Cells that contain values formatted as date/time, date, or time in the Excel spreadsheet are automatically converted to their respective ISO formats before being stored as form data.
See also the .
Repeated grids and sections support a allowing inserting, moving and removing repetitions.
Including the features and enhancements above, we since .
Ability for "new" button on summary page to always use the latest version of the form ()
Ability for form authors and admins to reload resources for a form, instead of restarting the server ()
Issues with nested <fr:data-iterate> ()
JavaScript API to obtain the data status ()
Ability to pass headers to the send() action ()
Font embedding: support path relative to resources ()
New low-level
Allow clearing the value of drodpowns with search ()
Lower-level reset-form-data action ()
Consider making closed sections load lazily ()
Handwritten signature doesn't work with Java embedding API ()
PDF Template: time field doesn't work ()
Show messages about existing documents inline, instead of using dialogs ()
Fields date looks bad ()
Keep respective order of javascript: loads and other scripts ()
Help icon not showing after adding help message ()
Large form is slow in Form Builder in part due to createTemplateContentFromBindName ()
Don't set the focus on the first field on page load on mobile ()
Actions Editor to use dropdown with search to select controls ()
Wizard: navigate pages with the keyboard ()
Mark wizard navigation as ARIA navigable ()
Migrate from YUI Connection to the Fetch API ()
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Firefox 71 (latest stable version) and the current
This was disabled by default since 2017.2.3 and 2018.1. See the .
Instead, we now recommend using Form Builder settings and/or configuration properties. See above for details.
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