The upcoming Umbraco 17 introduces significant changes, notably replacing AngularJS with modern web technologies like Web Components. This transition affects custom backoffice extensions, requiring some to be rewritten. However, simpler extensions can be repackaged with minimal effort. Kenn Jacobsen provides guidance on adapting property editors for the new architecture.
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In response to the mobile usability issues in Umbraco 14 and 16, Luuk Peters proposes a lightweight, mobile-focused backoffice prototype utilizing the Management API. This proof of concept allows for easy content browsing, editing, and publishing on mobile devices, highlighting the potential for a dedicated mobile backoffice mode in Umbraco's future.
Rick Butterfield discusses loading custom fonts in Umbraco 14+ BlockPreview, highlighting that fonts must be loaded at the outermost layer to cascade properly. By creating an `umbraco-package.json` and using a `backofficeEntryPoint`, he successfully injects the IBM Plex Sans font into the backoffice, ensuring it renders correctly.
In this post, Yari Mariën discusses enhancing Umbraco 14 by adding actions to the sidebar context menu using built-in Entity Actions. He details the registration of actions via manifests, rendering them in the UI, implementing action logic, and handling action results to refresh the tree structure dynamically.
In this post, Yari Mariën outlines the process of enhancing a custom section in Umbraco 14 by adding routing, creating a root page, and displaying detailed views for tree items. Key components include defining routes for creating and editing forms, utilizing a shared component for both functionalities, and implementing navigation through tree items.