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Release notes (consolidated)

Release notes (consolidated)

Apps 1.55.0 - July 18, 2025

Added

Introduced the option to restrict image icon selection for user-added apps, allowing only images from SharePoint organization asset libraries

Fixed

Removed the Azure Virtual Desktop User.Access API permission, as it did not function as expected

Added

.agent files now display the correct icon in file pickers

Fixed

Improved file type validation when uploading files through the file picker
File pickers now display a fallback icon for uncommon or unknown file types
Opening the Admin Center via the context menu in a widget header no longer causes the application to break

Embed 1.12.0 - July 16, 2025

Added

It's now possible to select an embed sample for a TikTok post

Fixed

Increased widget security by enforcing the sandbox attribute on iframe elements, restricting behavior to specific safe scenarios

Removed

Removed the deprecated Twitter/X embed sample, as this feature is no longer supported by X.com
Removed the redundant clock embed samples since there's already a dedicated World Clock widget that serves this purpose

Inbox 1.24.0 - July 16, 2025

Fixed

Email body preview is no longer incorrectly rendered as HTML

Added

Configuration package improvements:
- Support for multiple personal boards
- Control over available board templates for managed and additional boards
- Ability to specify which personal board widgets should be pushed to
- A default configuration package for Everyone is now always present (lowest priority, cannot be deleted but can be configured)
Option to disable pushed widgets in a board template

Changed

Analytics events for Primary board and Additional board are now unified under a new Personal Board category
UI improvements across the Admin Center, including:
- Configuration packages
- Board templates
- Urgent message lists
Enhanced UI for the board template editor
Improved navigation UI in the Admin Center

Fixed

Deleting a shared board from the Admin Center only worked if the board was pinned to the user’s navigation
Central board resets were always applied Silently, regardless of the configured setting
Additional Buddy Bar widgets were pushed even when a buddy of the same type was already present
Teaching Tip for a pushed widget could appear partially outside the visible window
'Add navigation group' action was missing when the user wasn’t allowed to create boards
Added some missing translation keys
Editing urgent messages during daylight saving time (DST) no longer adds an extra hour to the publication date

Upcoming Meetings 1.16.0 - July 15, 2025

Fixed

Fixed a minor issue related to caching

Upcoming Meetings 1.15.0 - July 14, 2025

Added

You can now display calendars that others have shared with you (requires the additional Graph permission: Calendars.Read.Shared)
Added Italian 🇮🇹 translations, enabling Italian-speaking users to navigate the software in their native language

Changed

Refreshed various parts of the UI for improved clarity and consistency

Search 1.8.0 - July 14, 2025

Added

URL-based query support for central search bar

Changed

Added some details to required API permissions needed to run the widget

Birthdays 1.17.0 - July 14, 2025

Added

Added the ability to force a refresh of loaded birthdays, bypassing any cached data
Users can now update their birthday at any time, even if one is already set

News 1.46.0 - July 10, 2025

Added

Site labels can now be configured with custom colors on a per-site basis

Events 1.28.0 - July 10, 2025

Added

Site labels can now be configured with custom colors on a per-site basis

Fixed

Corrected several incorrect German translations

Birthdays 1.16.0 - July 09, 2025

Changed

Added some details to required API permissions needed to run the widget

Power BI 1.68.0 - July 09, 2025

Changed

Added some details to required API permissions needed to run the widget

Apps 1.54.0 - July 09, 2025

Changed

Added some details to required API permissions needed to run the widget

Changed

Rebuilt the mechanism for ensuring correct API permissions are granted
Simplified the installation of Ichicraft Boards by removing the separate ‘API Permissions’ step, now handled as part of the automatic installation process
Widgets missing required API permissions now display clearer, more descriptive error messages
API permissions for widgets can now be marked as optional and include a justification to explain why the permission is needed
When shared boards or urgent messages are deleted through the Ichicraft Boards UI, they are now moved to the recycle bin and can be restored

Fixed

The app no longer continues fetching urgent messages after the user navigates to a different SharePoint page or site
It is no longer possible to duplicate a personal board when the setting to allow multiple personal boards is disabled

Fixed

Organizational assets libraries should now show up correctly for all users across all file pickers

Power BI 1.67.0 - June 25, 2025

Fixed

Removed redundant caching that could cause the browser’s local storage to fill up
Corrected a broken Italian translation

Birthdays 1.15.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Web Part Container 1.2.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Teams 1.9.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Tasks 1.19.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Tableau Reports 1.11.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Sticky Notes 1.11.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Search 1.7.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Saved for Later 1.11.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

External Feeds 1.24.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Power BI 1.66.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Fixed

The widget should no longer fail rendering when running in Teams

Bookmarks 1.13.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

People Search 1.20.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

News 1.45.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Marketplace 1.3.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Inform and Onboard 1.17.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Inbox 1.23.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Followed Sites 1.14.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Files 1.25.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Events 1.27.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Embed 1.11.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Countdown 1.12.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

World Clock 1.9.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Apps 1.53.0 - June 19, 2025

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Added

Italian 🇮🇹 translations added, allowing Italian-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language.

Power BI 1.65.0 - June 13, 2025

Changed

Removed popout functionality, as PowerBI is not supporting this anymore (for now).

Fixed

Implemented a token workaround in SharePoint for PowerBI Dashboards and Scorecards.

Fixed

Creating or resetting a board when no templates are available no longer prevents users from adding widgets

Power BI 1.64.0 - June 10, 2025

Fixed

Various improvements were made to loading a user's access token to improve stability

Power BI 1.63.0 - June 06, 2025

Fixed

Implemented a fallback mechanism for retrieving the API token, addressing this SharePoint issue

Fixed

Board reset now works even when no templates are available to the user
Fixed a crash when resetting a board that contains a broken or unavailable widget with configuration
Re-enabled the ability to delete broken widgets from the Buddy Bar

Added

Added icb-Board-Scroll class to the root scrollable element of the application

Inform and Onboard 1.16.0 - June 04, 2025

Fixed

Exception handling didn't take place in all possible scenarios.

External Feeds 1.23.0 - June 03, 2025

Fixed

Resolved an issue where the widget would render with an error if items couldn't be stored in the browser cache

Fixed

Widget audience rules were not being enforced for widgets already added to the board
Shared board layout editor was not functional when accessed by an administrator
Some elements were hard to reach on touch-only devices like tablets

Inbox 1.22.0 - May 22, 2025

Fixed

Choosing shared mailbox but not selecting an account should no longer cause an exception

News 1.44.0 - May 21, 2025

Fixed

The widget no longer incorrectly displays “no sites selected” when no news articles are available

Events 1.26.0 - May 21, 2025

Fixed

The widget no longer incorrectly displays “no sites selected” when no events are available

Power BI 1.62.0 - May 20, 2025

Fixed

Restored expected functionality of the list view

Power BI 1.61.0 - May 20, 2025

Added

Page-level audience targeting for reports

Changed

Enhanced tooltip UI for improved clarity
Refined UI for horizontal page navigation

Search 1.6.0 - May 19, 2025

Fixed

The widget should no longer crash when deselecting data sources in the configuration panel

Events 1.25.0 - May 19, 2025

Fixed

Resolved an issue where the widget would render with an error if items couldn't be stored in the browser cache

Files 1.24.0 - May 19, 2025

Added

Support for selecting folders when choosing templates

Changed

Enhanced tooltip UI for better clarity and usability

Fixed

Fixed an issue where checking if a user can create shared boards sometimes results in an exception for the user

Added

Duplicate functionality for widgets and boards
Create a shared board based on a personal board
Create a personal board based on a shared board
Copy a widget directly to another board or to the buddy bar
Improved board library in Admin Center
View who is currently working on a draft
View owners, visitors and push information
Manage access, duplicate, delete shared boards
View draft & owner information when pinning shared boards
You can now move widgets to a shared board
You can now set your start board (enabled through configuration packages)

Changes

Improved widget error state UI
Improved widget rename UI
Improved widget & board context menus
Moved 'Edit navigation' action to a separate context menu in the horizontal navigation

Fixes

Fixed widgets still being rendered even when they're not allowed in that scope (personal, shared, buddy)

Inbox 1.21.0 - April 24, 2025

Added

Option to split the inbox into Focused and Other categories
Clickable sender profile pictures that link to their profiles

Changed

Enhanced UI for message previews, tooltips, and empty states

Tasks 1.18.0 - April 24, 2025

Added

Support was added for linked resources in To Do, such as email attachments for flagged emails.

Changed

Improve padding around tile content to be consistent with other widgets

News 1.43.0 - April 24, 2025

Changed

Improved UI for small news tiles in the Tiles (Hero) layout

Files 1.23.0 - April 18, 2025

Fixed

Fix Favorite action for folders

Power BI 1.59.0 - April 18, 2025

Fixed

Fix vertical navigation setting being used in Scorecard & Dashboard sources

Web Part Container 1.1.0 - April 14, 2025

Changed

Improved the explanation of how to use the widget.

Fixed

The widget should no longer crash when trying to add a new banner tile.

Web Part Container 1.0.0 - April 03, 2025

Initial release 🚀

Changed

It's now possible to force the web part to render in full height, even when other web parts are on the page.

Fixed

The app should no longer crash when performing a board reset when a user had one or more widgets on its board that weren't available anymore.

Inform and Onboard 1.15.0 - March 26, 2025

Changes

Increased maximum widget width from 2 to 6 columns
Improved UI for tooltips

Fixes

Increased resolution for auto-generated thumbnail images

Changed

Improved quality of rendered banner images.

Events 1.24.0 - March 25, 2025

Changed

Improved the loading of images from the stock gallery.
Further enhanced item rendering, potentially resolving issues with missing or incorrect images.

Inbox 1.20.0 - March 21, 2025

Fixed

Using an e-mail address to configure a shared inbox no longer causes an error or infinite spinner when using the user picker

Fixed

Urgent messages now work correctly when a user's language preference is set to Italian 🇮🇹.
The vertical navigation menu, opened via the hamburger menu button, can now be styled properly.
.webp files now display the correct file type icon in the file picker.

Added

Administrators can now force a reset of users' personal boards, ensuring that updates—such as a revised board template—are applied. This option is available in the Advanced section of the Admin Center.

Files 1.22.0 - March 14, 2025

Fixed

The location picker in the 'New Document' flow now correctly displays all sites a user has access to.
Various issues affecting file previews for OneDrive-stored files have been resolved.
OneDrive tabs now correctly display an icon.

Changed

Introduced a new site picker for selecting site collections in SharePoint tabs. This also resolves an issue where not all sites were available in larger environments.

Added

Option to maintain previously made widget settings when resetting your board

Changed

Improved UI for special element surfaces, such as an Empty Board
Improved Polish translations

Fixed

Missing translations in Layout Editor

Tasks 1.17.0 - March 12, 2025

Changed

Improve polish translations

Events 1.23.0 - March 06, 2025

Fixed

Carousel not working when only an Events widget is placed on a board
Event images not loading properly

Tasks 1.16.0 - March 05, 2025

Fixed

An issue where it was impossible to filter on specific plans in the Planner tab

Countdown 1.11.0 - March 05, 2025

Added

Color slot support

Events 1.22.0 - March 05, 2025

Added

Color slot support
New color field for Overlay Text color

Sticky Notes 1.10.0 - March 05, 2025

Fixed

An issue where the rich text editor logic conflicted with other rich text editors in Ichicraft Boards

News 1.42.0 - March 05, 2025

Added

Color slot support
New color fields for Text and Subtext in the Tiles layout

Changed

UI improvements for site labels and news preview

Power BI 1.58.0 - March 05, 2025

Added

New content source: Scorecard
Requires a new permission: Scorecard.Read.All

Fixed

Scorecard embeds not working when selected through the "Report" content source

Inform and Onboard 1.14.0 - March 05, 2025

Fixed

An issue where the rich text editor logic conflicted with other rich text editors in Ichicraft Boards

Added

It is now possible to select users and/or groups that need to see the Ichicraft Boards What's New section, as opposed to the all or nothing toggle it used to be

Fixed

An issue where using rich text editors in the admin center caused errors when used in combination with the Sticky Notes widget

Files 1.21.0 - March 03, 2025

Fixed

An issue where the breadcrumb in the tab editor wasn't always correct
An issue where previewing OneDrive files didn't work properly
An issue where selecting multiple sites in the tab editor didn't reflect correctly in the tab itself
An issue where using Office templates to create files didn't work well in Teams personal apps or root site collections

Apps 1.51.0 - February 22, 2025

Added

Color slot support for color fields

Changed

On mobile, apps with a description now open directly on click

Added

Color Slot integration for all color fields
CSS override support for banner tiles
Font size setting for banner tiles

Fixed

An issue where the hamburger left navigation didn't work well with large numbers of menu items
An issue where menu item titles were cut off without giving access to the original long title
An issue where 6-column layout wasn't available anymore on larger screens in combination with left navigation
An issue where discarding someone else's widget changes wasn't possible due to a UI issue

Countdown 1.10.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Embed 1.10.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Bookmarks 1.12.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Power BI 1.57.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language
Person detail cards added to user picker controls used in widget settings

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Fixed

An issue where external users with capital '#EXT#' in their username weren't correctly recognized as external

External Feeds 1.22.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language
Person detail cards added to user picker controls used in widget settings

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Fixed

An issue where external users with capital '#EXT#' in their username weren't correctly recognized as external

Sticky Notes 1.9.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Tableau Reports 1.10.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language
Person detail cards added to user picker controls used in widget settings

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Fixed

An issue where external users with capital '#EXT#' in their username weren't correctly recognized as external

Tasks 1.15.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language
Person detail cards added to user picker controls used in widget settings

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Teams 1.8.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Upcoming Meetings 1.14.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Search 1.5.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language
Person detail cards added to user picker controls used in widget settings

Changed

Use native SharePoint people card fly-out in favor of MGT card to reduce JavaScript bundle size
Various under-the-hood performance updates

Fixed

An issue where in rare cases, the widget could fail rendering when no tab was selected
An issue where external users with capital '#EXT#' in their username weren't correctly recognized as external

Files 1.20.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language
Person detail cards added to user picker controls used in widget settings

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Fixed

An issue where external users with capital '#EXT#' in their username weren't correctly recognized as external

World Clock 1.8.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Birthdays 1.14.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Use native SharePoint people card fly-out in favor of MGT card to reduce JavaScript bundle size
Widget can now be resized to span up to 6 columns instead of 2
Various under-the-hood performance updates

Events 1.21.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Fixed

An issue where external users with capital '#EXT#' in their username weren't correctly recognized as external

Followed Sites 1.13.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Inbox 1.19.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language
Person detail cards added to user picker controls used in widget settings

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Inform and Onboard 1.13.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language
Person detail cards added to user picker controls used in widget settings

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Fixed

An issue where external users with capital '#EXT#' in their username weren't correctly recognized as external

Marketplace 1.2.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

News 1.41.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language
Person detail cards added to user picker controls used in widget settings

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Fixed

An issue where external users with capital '#EXT#' in their username weren't correctly recognized as external

People Search 1.19.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Use native SharePoint people card fly-out in favor of MGT card to reduce JavaScript bundle size
Various under-the-hood performance updates

Saved for Later 1.10.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Apps 1.50.0 - February 19, 2025

Added

Polish 🇵🇱 translations added, allowing Polish-speaking users to navigate and use the software in their native language
Person detail cards added to user picker controls used in App settings

Changed

Various under-the-hood performance updates

Fixed

An issue where external users with capital '#EXT#' in their username weren't correctly recognized as external

Added

Additional design options, such as colors for the header, navigation and badges
Globally defined colors, for easier configuration of color fields
Configuration of multiple themes / brandings
Theme setting for configuration packages
Configuration of multiple backgrounds users can choose from
Polish translation support

Changed

Increased widget row height
Improved UI for board navigation, badges and Color Picker fields
Replaced custom User Card behavior with the default SharePoint behavior
Optimized bundle size for faster initialization

Fixed

An issue where the installation of Ichicraft Boards couldn't proceed due to a failure in detecting granted API permissions

Fixed

A bug where the Buddy Bar didn't disappear completely when the placeholder was dismissed
A bug where selecting a tab from within a widget's code didn't work correctly
A bug where the correct boardType wasn't provided to a widget when a widget resides in the Buddy Bar
Some issues in the analytics feature, not providing the correct event details in all cases

Tasks 1.14.0 - January 20, 2025

Fixed

An issue where priority and due date filters didn't work correctly for To Do tasks

Files 1.19.0 - January 14, 2025

Fixed

An issue where Office templates were not available in the Teams client, due to it being detected as a mobile platform.

Files 1.18.0 - January 08, 2025

Fixed

An issue where the Sites.ReadWrite.All permission was expected by the Graph API, but not required by the widget
An issue where the My Files context was opened when trying to create files from a OneDrive tab that wasn't My OneDrive
An issue where an undefined error would occur when a tab was missing oneDriveSettings

Fixed

An issue where a removed Shared Board could cause the app to fail when users try to navigate to that missing board
An issue where the Buddy Bar teaching tip wasn't presented to users that immediately get buddies from a configuration package

Changed

Some small visual improvements to the rendering of the Buddy Bar

Fixed

An issue where widget titles that were supposed to be clickable (like with Inbox and Upcoming Meetings), no longer were

Inform and Onboard 1.12.0 - December 16, 2024

Added

Badge count when the widget is used as a buddy in the new Buddy Bar
New Checklist layout (also includes upcoming items)
Custom icon for content items
Custom introduction text (only in Checklist layout)
Custom completion text (shown when the user has completed all their items)

Changed

Improved UI for News layout

Fixed

A bug where the new Buddy Bar rendered twice on mobile devices in some scenarios

Files 1.17.0 - December 16, 2024

Added

Ability to select a Drive while browsing files (instead of always browsing the root drive)
Ability to create new files
Create file based on admin-defined Office templates
New folder
Upload file
New location picker dialog to choose a file location
Additional menu options for files
Copy link
Manage access
Favorite / Unfavorite
Delete
Rename
Move to
Copy to
Details
Improved filter system
Choose which filters to show in a tab
Custom Aggregation filters
Query template support for 'Flat list' tabs
Context menu support for Folders

Changed

Improved tab UI
Improved Share dialog

Tasks 1.13.0 - December 16, 2024

Added

Badge count when the widget is used as a buddy in the new Buddy Bar

Inbox 1.18.0 - December 16, 2024

Added

Badge count when the widget is used as a buddy in the new Buddy Bar

Search 1.4.0 - December 16, 2024

Added

Custom sort options
File Type filter for file scopes
Add Manage Access option for files

Changed

Improve Share dialog for files

Added

The Buddy Bar (quickly check out our blog for the details!)
The ability to move widgets between personal boards and the Buddy Bar
Various new CSS classes that can be used to override styling Ichicraft Boards
Some minor improvements to the administration of configuration packages

Fixed

An issue where sometimes the buttons in the header (top right) remained active when hovering over them quickly
Inconsistencies with some translations

Tasks 1.12.0 - November 11, 2024

Fixed

An issue that caused the Planner tab to fail rendering when tasks were assigned to users that no longer exist
An issue where Shared Board owners could select personal To Do lists that don't work for other users
An issue where users without a M365 license or without their mailbox in M365, caused the widget to fail in the To Do tab without giving a proper error message

Tasks 1.11.0 - November 08, 2024

Added

'Edit' functionality for ToDo and Planner tasks
'Add' functionality for Planner tasks
'Checklist' functionality for Planner tasks

Changed

Improved UI for tasks

Apps 1.49.0 - November 07, 2024

Fixed

A bug where a widget didn't reflect changes in layout options made as an administrator when those changes were still in draft

Added

New feature that allows Urgent Message editors to send push notifications to the audience of a message. These notifications appear as activities in the end user's Teams activity feed. Check out our blog for more information!

Changed

Made various improvements to the API permission panel in the admin center

Fixed

An issue where an error was rendered when opening an empty folder or library in the file picker component
An issue where the organizational library couldn't be used for centrally managed assets from within the file picker component
An issue where audience targeting didn't always work correctly with external users (widget updates will follow)

Added

An About page to the Admin Center with contact information
A changelog section to the About page that shows information about new releases of Ichicraft Boards

Search 1.3.0 - October 09, 2024

Updated

Some internals

Fixed

An issue where users see duplicate personal boards in their navigation

Fixed

An issue where using the Configuration Packages tab fails in the Admin Center for some older installations
An issue where additional personal boards are falsely automatically created

Fixed

A bug that can cause older installations to fail when navigating to the Configuration Packages feature in the Admin Center

Fixed

Multiple issues in using configuration packages without using the Shared Boards features
An issue where, as an administrator, you couldn't always update a shared board
An issue where in some cases, warning symbols weren't immediately visible when entering the admin center

Changed

It's now possible to create configuration packages without preselected boards and only include a central search box configuration
Creating a new shared board from the admin center now automatically has admin view

News 1.40.0 - September 24, 2024

Fixed

An issue where news articles that use SharePoint stock images, didn't render acceptable thumbnails

Search 1.2.0 - September 19, 2024

Added

A new [SP.CurrentLanguage] token to be used in query templates, which will be replaced by the user's current UI language in SharePoint.

Changed

Improved some tooltips with links to documentation
Improved News scope template. Now sorted from new to old, and localized articles are filtered based on the user's language.

Fixed

Acronyms not showing up in the promoted results
Wildcard Search toggle not working
Custom sort order not working

News 1.39.0 - September 18, 2024

Changed

Improved refreshing news articles in background
Improved logging

Changed

Added some extra logging
Removed a duplicate call to an internal function

World Clock 1.7.0 - September 17, 2024

Fixed

A bug where timezones that consist of 3 parts only used the middle part for the title

Changed

Introduced scrolling list readability

Changed

Made some improvements to dark mode rendering

News 1.38.0 - September 13, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations
Improved admin panel readability
Improved image quality of news article thumbnails

Saved for Later 1.9.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Sticky Notes 1.8.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Changed

Improved German translations.

Birthdays 1.13.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Apps 1.48.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

World Clock 1.6.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Followed Sites 1.12.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Events 1.20.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Marketplace 1.1.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Files 1.16.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Countdown 1.9.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Inform and Onboard 1.11.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Inbox 1.17.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

People Search 1.18.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Bookmarks 1.11.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Power BI 1.56.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

External Feeds 1.21.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Tableau Reports 1.9.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Tasks 1.10.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Teams 1.7.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Upcoming Meetings 1.13.0 - September 10, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Search 1.1.0 - September 10, 2024

Fixed

An issue where a certain API permission wasn't requested during installation
An issue where in some scenarios, date formatting caused a fatal exception
Some UI issues in dark mode

Embed 1.9.0 - September 09, 2024

Changed

Improved German translations.

Search 1.0.0 - September 07, 2024

Initial release 🚀

Added

A central search box can now be provided to open our new search center (using our the new Search Widget)
Ability to use tab navigation in a widget header

Changed

The concept of Navigation Policies has evolved into Configuration Packages, where it's now possible to select boards, but also configure a central search box
Updates to the rendering of the core command bar buttons in the top right

Fixed

German translations used by the core product

External Feeds 1.20.0 - August 14, 2024

Update

Update CORS reverse proxy url to use our own domain instead of a more generic azurewebsites.net url

Apps 1.47.0 - August 14, 2024

Added

Add toggle for catalog management for widget admins

Updated

Updated internal URL used to fetch AVD apps

Fixed

An issue where navigating back and forth between a page with the Ichicraft Boards web part and another SharePoint page sometimes results in an error in Ichicraft Boards.

Added

Support for our new API and CDN URL's that run under our own ichicraft.com domain

Fixed

An issue where during a clean installation, multiple attempts are done to store draft configuration items even though the storage list isn't provisioned yet

Changed

Automatically fetching urgent messages now stops after 5 failed attempts
Made some improvements to recover from a connection loss to central PnP JS object
Added more user role information to widget context, to be used by widget logic

Followed Sites 1.11.0 - July 25, 2024

Fixed

Following and unfollowing now use a new API, hopefully making it more robust

Changed

Sites now open in a new tab again instead of in a modal dialog. We reverted this behavior due to issues with opening a team site in the dialog where the left navigation won't render.

Fixed

An issue with the new widget administrators functionality that caused an error for end users

Apps 1.46.0 - July 12, 2024

Fixed

A bug where adding or updating apps failed when SharePoint audience targeting is enabled in the apps storage list

Apps 1.45.0 - July 11, 2024

Added

Widget administrator compatibility with app storage list

Fixed

An issue where only a maximum of 100 catalog apps are fetched instead of the whole list
An issue where a null value inside the dismissedAppIds property of the stored config results in an error

Added

'Widget administrators' field for a widget variant, to allow other users/groups to edit its admin configuration
'Open in admin center' button to the widget command bar ,for administrators
Rich text support for widget instructions
Open/close button for filter panel in the admin widget library

Changed

Rebranded admin settings menu to 'Admin center'
Widget variant titles and subtitles now have a maximum length of 40 and 60, respectively
Improved UI for the admin widget library
Improved UI for the vertical board navigation panel
Improved board template editor for administrators

Fixed

An issue where the 'Show' button in the vertical board navigation panel would be positioned incorrectly
An issue when trying to parse an incorrect etag value
An issue where an installation file would always be fetched, even though the application was already installed
An issue where the SuiteNavPlaceholder element of SharePoint sites was still visible when embedding them in a dialog

Followed Sites 1.10.0 - July 09, 2024

Added

User settings panel where users can find more sites to follow, or unfollow sites
Carousel layout when widget is 1 row tall
Ability to resize widget over multiple columns

Changed

Followed sites are now opened in a dialog (with the option to open them in a new tab)
UI improvements

Changed

Widget header is now always visible in Card layout

People Search 1.17.0 - July 04, 2024

Changed

Show empty state instead of 'people I work with' when user has no license

Added

New properties provided to the WidgetContext (sp, spHttpClient, spHttpClientConfiguration), used to communicate with the SharePoint REST api

Changed

Improved ColorPicker UI
Improved bundle size

Apps 1.44.0 - June 26, 2024

Changed

Improved bundle size by using a centralized PnPjs implementation
Improved UI for tooltips and menus

Fixed

Caching issue where App Catalog cache was shared between different Ichicraft Boards installations
Wrong rendering of the app preview when editing an app in the user config panel

Files 1.15.0 - June 17, 2024

Fixed

Opening files from within Teams no longer goes through the browser

Added

File preview option for Excel files

Changed

UI improvements
Use new url dialog for file previews
Improve error handling when user is missing needed M365 licenses

Fixed

'Open in Teams' url not working anymore

Added

Layout editor for Shared Boards
Missing tooltips for disabled board/widget actions
Ability to render widget command bar buttons in the more/overflow menu
Additional properties for widget command bar buttons
Disabled
Highlighted
Cursor

Changed

Widget command bar will now automatically move overflowed items to the More menu
Improved styling for Shared Boards preview and publish bars
Improved styling for tooltips across entire software
Improved styling for Add and More buttons in the main command bar

Countdown 1.8.0 - June 12, 2024

Added

New Count-up display type
Years count when the 'days' count reaches above 365

Changed

Minor UI improvements

Fixed

An issue where trying to restore an Ichicraft Boards backup that doesn't contain urgent messages or shared boards, resulted in an error
Some translations
Various issues in Ichicraft Boards Lite
Dismissed pushed widgets not resetting when resetting your Home board
Widget titles sometimes not being tracked in analytics
Security validation errors when SharePoint token expires after 30 minutes
An issue where a unique Teams package ID wasn't always generated after installing Ichicraft Boards

Power BI 1.55.0 - May 27, 2024

Fixed

An issue where scrolling a longer list of Power BI content didn't work correctly in the administration settings of the widget
An issue where adding predefined content in user settings resulted in visually wrongly positioned elements

Apps 1.43.0 - May 27, 2024

Fixed

An issue where adding predefined content in user settings resulted in visually wrongly positioned elements

Events 1.19.0 - May 23, 2024

Changed

Followed sites are now cached for 15 minutes (instead of 24 hours)

News 1.37.0 - May 23, 2024

Changed

Followed sites are now cached for 15 minutes (instead of 24 hours)

Power BI 1.54.0 - May 22, 2024

Added

Deeplinking functionality for Power BI content
Info flyout when hovering over content items in list view
Multi-column display for list layouts

Changed

Improved UI for list view and dialogs
Improved UX for Admin configuration

Fixed

Moving items to 'no group assigned' not working correctly

Added

Support for deep linking, to be used by widgets
Additional debug information for widget developers when debugging a widget locally

Changed

Tweaked UI of urgent messages

Fixed

Full height not working anymore in Teams personal app
An issue where the urgent messages link in the navigation didn't show consistently
An issue where shared boards weren't always pushed correctly

Apps 1.42.0 - May 15, 2024

Changed

Improve UI and CSS overrides

Fixed

An issue where embedded Excel documents did not render correctly

Inform and Onboard 1.10.0 - May 15, 2024

Added

Rich text functionality to item description

Fixed

An issue where embedding an Excel document would not work

Added

Quick edit button for urgent messages (if the user has the correct permissions)

Fixed

A redirect issue when clicking on a link in the urgent message short description
Image picker components not having the correct height

Added

Short description field for urgent messages

Changed

Improved urgent message UI
Increased width threshold where vertical navigation is hidden

Fixed

An issue where urgent messages did not appear when timezone UTC+00:00 was selected
An issue where embedded Excel files were not rendered correctly
An issue when importing a backup with the shared boards feature disabled

Events 1.18.0 - May 06, 2024

Added

CSS override class to style the site button

Changed

Minor UI improvements

News 1.36.0 - May 06, 2024

Added

CSS classes to style the site button and author label

Changed

Minor UI improvements

People Search 1.16.0 - May 06, 2024

Added

Admin configurable account filters

Changed

UI improvements

Fixed

An issue where person cards were not interactable anymore

Apps 1.41.0 - May 03, 2024

Added

CSS override class to control the app grid

Changed

Removed gray border around apps in the default Grid layout

Fixed

Default click behavior not working as expected

Apps 1.40.0 - May 02, 2024

Added

New 'list' layout option for apps
Compact layout settings for a condensed list or grid
CSS override classes for the new layouts
CSS override class for the app description callout

Changed

Improved app dialog
Improved app UI

Fixed

An issue where the installation would fail when the 'Everyone except external users' group is missing

Countdown 1.7.0 - April 26, 2024

Changed

Improved UI for countdown dialog

Events 1.17.0 - April 26, 2024

Added

An overview dialog to view all events in a list, accessible via the Show All button

Changed

Improved UI for dialogs and event items

News 1.35.0 - April 26, 2024

Changed

Improved UI for dialogs and news items

Added

Improvements of the iframe dialog used by certain widgets to open URLs
Added 'back' and 'forward' buttons for SharePoint sites
Added 'open in new window' button
Added ability to override dialog header icon and title

Fixed

Some visual issues in the widget header link buttons (e.g. show all)
An issue where a missing publication date caused the urgent messages becoming unmanageable

Removed

Redundant functionality to import and export board configuration files

Added

Layout options for Tiles and Cards

Changed

Optimized loading of banner images
Banners now support 2-line titles.

Marketplace 1.0.0 - April 25, 2024

Initial release 🚀

Changed

Minor update in generated SharePoint package file

Fixed

Removed logs to the developer console

Events 1.16.0 - April 16, 2024

Fixed

Removed log to the developer console

Fixed

An issue where navigating from a page with Ichicraft Boards to another (web part) page caused the scrollbar to disappear
An issue where navigating from one installation of Ichicraft Boards to another installation in the same tenant sometimes caused the wrong information to appear

News 1.34.0 - April 05, 2024

Added

A Show More button in the header, giving access to an archive of news articles

News 1.33.0 - April 05, 2024

Added

Automatically including news articles from all sites that are associated to a SharePoint hub site
Filtering news articles on certain managed properties, both globally across the entire widget, or specifically for news coming from certain sites
Possibility to render a "Show all" link in the widget header
Showing more details of a news article like the author and a snippet of the article

Changed

Rendering of the Side-by-side view is updated, with the option to render one item as a 'top story'

Events 1.15.0 - April 05, 2024

Added

The site title is now displayed together with the event details

Fixed

An issue where the product didn't always render correctly in full-height

Power BI 1.53.0 - April 02, 2024

Added

Button to save persistent filters / bookmarks manually from a dialog or popout window
Button to move content between groups without dragging

Changed

Improved UX design for User Configuration and Admin Configuration
Grouping functionality is no longer dependent on layout setting
Persistent filters are saved automatically when opening a popout window

Power BI 1.52.0 - March 28, 2024

News 1.32.0 - March 27, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core

Fixed

An issue where failing to store news articles in browser cache causes the widget to render an error

Inform and Onboard 1.9.0 - March 27, 2024

Fixed

An issue where, after restoring a backup of Ichicraft Boards in a site with a different default language than the source site, an error occurs in the widget when editing existing content of which titles were not already available in the new language

Added

Widgets can now render a textual link in the widget header (command bar)

Fixed

An issue where the publication date of urgent messages wasn't correctly exported in the back-up process

Events 1.14.0 - March 27, 2024

Changed

Completely revamped the widget to work more like the News widget
Improved UI

Inform and Onboard 1.8.0 - March 26, 2024

Fixed

An issue where storing items that don't have a publication date (and don't require one) caused an error when trying to save

Apps 1.39.0 - March 26, 2024

Fixed

An issue where in some cases, a faulty '0' was rendered at different places in the UI

Power BI 1.51.0 - March 26, 2024

Fixed

An issue where failing to store data in browser cache caused the widget to render an error

Apps 1.38.0 - March 26, 2024

Fixed

An issue where failing to store apps in browser cache causes the widget to render an error

Inform and Onboard 1.7.0 - March 22, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core

Tableau Reports 1.8.0 - March 22, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

Saved for Later 1.8.0 - March 22, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

Embed 1.8.0 - March 22, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

Followed Sites 1.9.0 - March 22, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

Sticky Notes 1.7.0 - March 22, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

Bookmarks 1.10.0 - March 22, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

People Search 1.15.0 - March 22, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

World Clock 1.5.0 - March 21, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

Birthdays 1.12.0 - March 21, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

Files 1.13.0 - March 21, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core
Small UI fixes

Apps 1.37.0 - March 21, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

External Feeds 1.19.0 - March 21, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

Countdown 1.6.0 - March 21, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

Teams 1.6.0 - March 21, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

Upcoming Meetings 1.12.0 - March 21, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

Tasks 1.9.0 - March 21, 2024

Changed

Upgraded Fluent UI 8 dependency to match version used by Boards Core.

Inbox 1.16.0 - March 21, 2024

Fixed

An issue where an e-mail without a sender caused the widget to fail rendering correctly

Fixed

An issue with UX layers that was introduced when upgrading to a new version of Fluent UI

Fixed

An issue where changes to large configurations couldn't be stored as draft
An issue where urgent messages couldn't be published at a predefined time

Added

Multiple administrators can now update Ichicraft Boards configuration simultaneously
Draft configuration changes are now maintained/remembered between browser sessions/reloads
Administrators can now select which sections of their draft configuration they want to save/discard
Missing documentation was added for a CSS override class used by the App Launcher Widget

Changes

Improved Widget Library UX in admin panel
Improved responsiveness of admin panel

Fixed

An issue where pushed widgets weren't pushed correctly to users who created their personal board in an older version of Ichicraft Boards
An issue where a required API permission scope like 'User.ReadWrite' was listed as 'not granted', even though the permission scope 'User.ReadWrite.All' (which is an extension of User.ReadWrite) was granted
An issue where a widget that was resizable, movable and pushed to the top-right corner of a board, could not be resized in the horizontal direction

Countdown 1.5.0 - March 04, 2024

Added

Admin configurable countdowns
Toggle to control user configurable countdown
Autoplay settings (in case of multiple countdowns)
Font size options for title and subtitle
Image picker for background image

Changed

Renamed description to subtitle

People Search 1.14.0 - February 29, 2024

Changed

Handling of missing M365 license is improved with a clearer message to the user

Apps 1.36.0 - February 29, 2024

Added

A CSS class icb-App-Launcher-Group-Title that can be used to override the styles of an app group title

Sticky Notes 1.6.0 - February 29, 2024

Changed

Handling of missing M365 license is improved with a clearer message to the user

Inbox 1.15.0 - February 29, 2024

Changed

Handling of missing M365 license is improved with a clearer message to the user

Upcoming Meetings 1.11.0 - February 29, 2024

Changed

Handling of missing M365 license is improved with a clearer message to the user

Fixed

A bug where uploading a custom widget in some scenarios results in a fatal error
Some incorrect translations

Changed

Made improvements to storing user configuration

Inform and Onboard 1.6.0 - February 14, 2024

Fixed

A bug where, after installing with the Complete or Essential configuration or after importing a previously created back-up, issues could occur when adding new items

Apps 1.35.0 - February 14, 2024

Fixed

A bug where, after installing with the Complete or Essential configuration or after importing a previously created back-up, issues could occur when adding new Apps

Added

The ability to change the default language of an installation of Ichicraft Boards

Changed

Improved many translations across different languages

Fixed

An issue where declared analytics preferences in custom widget manifests were discarded upon uploading the manifest file
An issue where the wrong language was used in the application and some widgets failed rendering in scenarios where the user uses a language not available as an Ichicraft Boards system language (like Polish)
An issue where the wrong keys where used when storing settings in local storage cache

Events 1.13.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Birthdays 1.11.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

World Clock 1.4.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Countdown 1.4.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Embed 1.7.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Inbox 1.14.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Inform and Onboard 1.5.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

News 1.31.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

People Search 1.13.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Bookmarks 1.9.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

External Feeds 1.18.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Saved for Later 1.7.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations

Sticky Notes 1.5.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Tableau Reports 1.7.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Teams 1.5.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Upcoming Meetings 1.10.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Files 1.12.0 - February 08, 2024

Fixed

A bug where a user, trying load a Team or Site files tab without having proper permissions, got a generic error message without explaining what was wrong

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Apps 1.34.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Power BI 1.50.0 - February 08, 2024

Changed

Improved translations (FR)

Fixed

An issue where the current board resets when switching tabs in the file picker

Apps 1.33.0 - January 30, 2024

Changed

Implemented logic to retry adding/updating app items in case of a certain server error (0x80131904)

Apps 1.32.0 - January 29, 2024

Fixed

An issue where a user could not add new apps to the app catalog

Changed

Improved app grid styling and layout

Power BI 1.49.0 - January 25, 2024

Fixed

Horizontal and Vertical page navigation options not working in pop-out
Pop-out window title resetting when opening filter menu

Fixed

A bug where urgent messages couldn't be managed if Shared Boards feature wasn't activated

Added

An alternative way to move boards to a different group using a new Move option in their contextual menu

Changed

Urgent messages can now be targeted to multiple shared boards
Urgent messages now display the publication date

Power BI 1.48.0 - January 24, 2024

Added

A new 'Open in new window' functionality for PBI content dialogs (not available in MS Teams client)

Fixed

Source dropdown icons not applying theme color

Added

Option to add navigation groups to organize your boards

Changed

Element border radius is now applied to most context menus in the core product
Hamburger menu is now also used on mobile when using the horizontal navigation layout setting
'Change title' option for boards is now called 'Rename', to be consistent with renaming widgets
Titles for personal boards are now edited within a dialog instead of in-line
Improved design for various dialogs (Add/edit personal board, delete board, reset board)
Improved UI for horizontal navigation layout

Removed

Option to move boards left and right when using the horizontal navigation layout setting (this can now be done through the 'Edit navigation' option

Fixed

Board templates overflowing when there are 6 or more to choose from.
Vertical navigation menu closing when dismissing nested dialogs
Board navigation hover animation triggering on initial load

Fixed

A bug where no board was displayed when using a non-existing board ID in the url
A bug where the main personal board of a user gets a new ID upon each visit

News 1.30.0 - January 09, 2024

Fixed

An issue where an embedded new article would disappear when scrolling
Potential vulnerable dependencies in package.json

Fixed

An issue where it was possible to select a blank board on the primary personal board on first run

Tasks 1.8.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Upcoming Meetings 1.9.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Teams 1.4.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Countdown 1.3.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

External Feeds 1.17.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Apps 1.31.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Files 1.11.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Birthdays 1.10.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

News 1.29.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

World Clock 1.3.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

People Search 1.12.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Power BI 1.47.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Bookmarks 1.8.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Tableau Reports 1.6.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Sticky Notes 1.4.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Events 1.12.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Followed Sites 1.8.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Inform and Onboard 1.4.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Saved for Later 1.6.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Embed 1.6.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were logged

Fixed

An issue where duplicate log messages were sent
An issue where, after resetting ones profile, a board wouldn't appear until a browser refresh was done

Inbox 1.13.0 - December 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue where duplicate diagnostics were sent

Fixed

An issue where diagnostic logging sent duplicate messages

Added

The ability to share links to shared boards with colleagues

Changed

The Teams package generator to include more options and allow versioning

Fixed

Various issues to smoothen the installation process

Saved for Later 1.5.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Tableau Reports 1.5.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Teams 1.3.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

People Search 1.11.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic
Upgrade to Graph Toolkit V3

Birthdays 1.9.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic
Upgrade to Graph Toolkit V3

Upcoming Meetings 1.8.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Tasks 1.7.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Fixed

An issue where "recently completed tasks" showed all completed tasks, regardless of when they were completed

Sticky Notes 1.3.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

External Feeds 1.16.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Power BI 1.46.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Bookmarks 1.7.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

News 1.28.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Inform and Onboard 1.3.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Followed Sites 1.7.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Files 1.10.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Events 1.11.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Embed 1.5.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Countdown 1.2.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Apps 1.30.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Fix language errors during installation

World Clock 1.2.0 - December 13, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Inbox 1.11.0 - December 12, 2023

Changed

Internal refactoring of logging logic

Power BI 1.45.0 - December 11, 2023

Added

Support for the Power BI embed action bar

News 1.27.0 - December 11, 2023

Changed

The widget now uses higher resolution images for news articles

Added

A whole new installation experience, where default configurations can be picked to allow for a more complete first experience of Ichicraft Boards
A new CSS class icb-Board-RootInner for overrides on one of the core elements of Boards

Changed

Removed the manual "Full height" setting and replaced this with smart detection of optimal rendering

Fixed

Several issues with the new Backup and Restore advanced features

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Power BI 1.44.0 - November 30, 2023

Fixed

An issue where switching source type to Dashboard caused an exception

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Upcoming Meetings 1.7.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Tasks 1.6.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Sticky Notes 1.2.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

External Feeds 1.15.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Bookmarks 1.6.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

News 1.26.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Inform and Onboard 1.2.0 - November 30, 2023

Fixed

An issue where the carousel didn't always proceed to the right slide
An issue where missing content translations could cause an error

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Inbox 1.10.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Followed Sites 1.6.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Files 1.9.0 - November 30, 2023

Fixed

A bug where using createdBy filter on Recent tab caused an error
A bug where using either modifiedBy or createdBy filter, suggestions weren't rendered correctly

Changed

Improved exception logging
Optimization of widget script bundle size

Events 1.10.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Embed 1.4.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Countdown 1.1.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

World Clock 1.1.0 - November 30, 2023

Fixed

A bug where the hour after midnight, time was rendered as 24:xx instead of 00:xx

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Birthdays 1.8.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

Apps 1.28.0 - November 30, 2023

Changed

Optimization of widget script bundle size

News 1.25.0 - November 23, 2023

Fixed

Slow initial loading time
Removed icon thumbnail image

Fixed

Slow initial loading time

Apps 1.27.0 - November 23, 2023

Added

Support for 6 column layouts

Inform and Onboard 1.1.0 - November 22, 2023

Added

Support for import/export feature

Apps 1.26.0 - November 22, 2023

Changed

Minor styling change in carousel component to allow for more controlled overrides

Added

Support for new Boards import/export feature

Added

New functionality to fully backup (or restore) an installation of Ichicraft Boards

Fixed

An issue where the wrong fields were rendered in the Teams admin section
An issue where the navigation showed a footer section under the wrong circumstances
An issue where an error occurred if the manifest of a widget could not be loaded
An issue where an error occurred if no translations were available in the manifest of a widget

Changed

Widgets can now have an icon as default thumbnail

Power BI 1.43.0 - November 15, 2023

Fixed

An issue with the user picker, used for audience targeting

Changed

Removed 15 minute cache delay

News 1.24.0 - November 13, 2023

Changed

Implemented retrying fetching news articles on sporadic API errors

Added

Auto refreshing is now available, making sure items keep updating in the background when window is open for a longer period of time

Fixed

An issue where in some cases the icon for resetting something wasn't visible
An issue where selecting a board template in some screen resolutions caused automatic deselecting, leaving a user unable to pick a template

News 1.23.0 - November 08, 2023

Fixed

An issue where once boosted news articles were no longer visible in certain configurations

News 1.22.0 - November 02, 2023

Changed

Sites now display the Site logo thumbnail instead of the Site logo
News posts now use a different thumbnail url, resulting in higher resolution images in most cases

Fixed

an issue where the People Picker didn't always store data correctly

Added

Several CSS classes to the navigation elements to override the show/hide toggle

World Clock 1.0.0 - October 12, 2023

Initial release 🚀

News 1.21.0 - October 11, 2023

Added

News preview in admin config
Option to change the overlay color and opacity

Changed

Improved UX of user picker fields
Empty widget now shows thumbnail icon

Added

Widget variants can now have an icon representation instead of just a thumbnail

Changed

Improved widget details panel

Fixed

A bug where custom theme colors didn't work correctly
A bug where in the Teams client, the navigation bar wasn't scrollable when there are lots of menu items

Power BI 1.42.0 - October 05, 2023

Fixed

An issue where cached filters were not applied on load

Fixed

An issue where creating urgent messages fails in certain scenarios

Inbox 1.9.0 - October 04, 2023

Added

Shared mailbox now supports adding an e-mail address if a user could not be found

Changed

Improved UI for user configuration panel

Fixed

An issue in Boards Lite where shared mailbox functionality could not be used

News 1.20.0 - October 02, 2023

Added

Autoplay on slides
Audience mechanism on selected sites
Expanded push mechanism on selected sites
Ability for users to manage their own sites

Changed

Improved news post rendering
Improved overall UI and UX
Improved site selection functionality
Sites now display their own icon
Simplified followed sites feature

Fixed

Some smaller issues with the recently released urgent messages feature (wrong icon, missing sorting in drop-down list, unfiltered list of messages during onboarding, etc)
A German translation that wasn't correct

Power BI 1.41.0 - September 28, 2023

Fixed

An issue where the horizontal page navigation would not correctly apply the selected page

Initial release 🚀

Power BI 1.40.0 - September 15, 2023

Fixed

An issue where Power BI embeds are reloaded when resizing the browser window

Sticky Notes 1.1.0 - September 13, 2023

Fixed

An issue where invalid nodes were appended to the Lexical root element

Sticky Notes 1.0.0 - September 12, 2023

Initial release 🚀

Minor system update

Birthdays 1.7.0 - September 09, 2023

Fixed

An issue that occurs in a situation where users' login names aren't identical to their primary e-mail addresses

Added

A new feature that allows designated users to publish urgent messages to specific boards or to the entire organisation

News 1.19.0 - September 01, 2023

Changed

Site titles in news items are now clickable and navigate to appropriate site

Fixed

An issue where searching for sites in the followed sites picker resulted in endless refreshes
An issue where in a specific scenario, news items could show up twice in the widget

External Feeds 1.14.0 - August 25, 2023

Added

Support for an extra field that could contain the image url: media.group > media:thumbnail

Apps 1.25.0 - August 24, 2023

Fixed

An issue where extended description callouts would always open on touchscreen devices
An issue where touchscreen devices would always render the widget in compact mode
An issue where no top padding was applied in the extended description dialog
An issue in Boards Lite where the save/cancel buttons in the UserConfig panel were not clickable

Apps 1.24.0 - August 24, 2023

Fixed

An issue where the new App launcher didn't work in Boards Lite

Power BI 1.39.0 - August 24, 2023

Fixed

An issue where horizontal navigation pivots for list layouts would not update correctly

Apps 1.23.0 - August 23, 2023

Added

Default value support for managed metadata fields

Fixed

Carousel visualization
Backwards compatibility issues where it is assumed an app catalog already exists
Missing translation key for contact details
Localization issues when migrating to catalog system

Changed

Improved UX design for admin configuration
Improved UX design for user configuration
Different info icon in the app list when an extended description is available

News 1.18.0 - August 22, 2023

Fixed

An issue with error handling for News article thumbnails
Unnecessary use of the date-fns package

Fixed

An issue with a newer version of the installation package failing to load the Boards web part correctly

Added

A new feature that allows users to update their profile right from their boards
A warning message when admins leave the page without saving board configuration updates
Searching for widgets is now possible on a widget's subtitle
Automatically filling the Ichicraft Product Key during subsequent installations within a single tenant

Fixed

An issue where the catalog of installable widgets wasn't sorted alphabetically
An issue where the buttons in the widget configuration panel were rendered on top of content
An issue where a hex color in CSS wasn't applied correctly in Teams
An issue where board configuration cache invalidation didn't work correctly in certain scenarios

External Feeds 1.13.0 - August 15, 2023

Fixed

An issue where the widget only shows one RSS feed at a time

External Feeds 1.12.0 - August 15, 2023

Added

Support for an extra field that could contain the image url: media:thumbnail

Changed

Complete refactoring of solution to match new standards

Inform and Onboard 1.0.0 - August 15, 2023

Changed

New visualization for carousel

News 1.17.0 - August 14, 2023

Added

Number of views per article
A new 'Open in new window' button from within a dialog
An animation when hovering over an article

Changed

The number of articles placed on a grid row, offering more space for articles
Small visual improvements

Fixed

A bug where sometimes the recent sites can't be loaded in the Create News Post dialog

Added

Option to quickly access a widget's admin configuration from a widget on a board using the widget's context menu
Browser check to warn a user that changes in board configuration might get lost when board updates aren't saved yet

Changed

Minor updates to styling of widget's context menu
Changed positioning of Configuration and Trial message bars

Fixed

An issue where the web part wouldn't render correctly when the (SP) page is in edit mode

Power BI 1.38.0 - August 10, 2023

Fixed

An issue where the embed disappears when resizing window or going fullscreen
An issue where slicers are not updated when using the clear button on the embed

Changed

Refactored the content dialog to reuse the same embed code as the carousel & preview

Fixed

An issue where the navigation panel sometimes closed automatically in Teams

Added

The option to collapse the left navigation
Some extra CSS override classes in the welcome message

Changed

Audience targeted widgets are no longer visible to visitors of a shared board who are not in the audience of that widget

Fixed

An issue where in some specific scenario, a non-owner of a shared board was able to update that board

External Feeds 1.11.0 - July 14, 2023

Added

Support for an extra field that could contain the image url: itunes:image

Changed

Upgraded UI to use new carousel

Power BI 1.37.0 - July 13, 2023

Added

The ability to configure a subtitle for PBI content

News 1.16.0 - July 11, 2023

Added

Support for SharePoint audience targeting
Possibility to create new news articles straight from the widget header
Support for the Repost Page content type (news from external sources)

Changed

Carrousel is updated to reflect new style

Apps 1.20.0 - July 03, 2023

Fixed

An issue where AVD apps didn't open from within Teams client

Apps 1.19.0 - June 29, 2023

Fixed

An issue where provisioning the app storage list failed due to limited permissions

Apps 1.18.0 - June 28, 2023

Fixed

An issue where improper initialisation of the Apps list caused an error in some occasions

Apps 1.17.0 - June 27, 2023

Added

A new experimental feature that enables integration with Azure Virtual Desktop applications and desktops
The ability to reuse the same app across multiple widget variants

Changed

Storage of apps is now done in a designated SharePoint list instead of apps being part of the greater Ichicraft Boards configuration

Fixed

An issue where in some scenarios the onboarding of new users was impossible due to a disabled "Let's get started" button

Fixed

An issue where failing to retrieve account creation date/time results in infinite loading board

Inform and Onboard 0.5.0 - June 21, 2023

Fixed

An issue where, in an onboarding scenario, the widget could be removed by a user after all items were marked as complete, even though (unread) items are scheduled to be visible in the future.

Upcoming Meetings 1.6.0 - June 20, 2023

Changed

Update solution to stop using beta API from Microsoft where it's no longer needed

Added

Navigation policies (New Feature!) to specify the boards (personal + shared) that should be in a user's navigation (only available if and when Shared Boards feature is active)

Fixed & Changed

Many small fixes and improvements done with regards to UI (initial loading, switching back and forth between Ichicraft Boards and other SharePoint pages, the way that widgets appear and are

Power BI 1.36.0 - June 19, 2023

Fixed

An issue where report pages were synched incorrectly between the widget board and content dialog

Files 1.8.0 - June 13, 2023

Added

A new preview option for files

Fixed

An issue where the Recent tab failed when a user no longer has access to one ore more files or to the sites these files are stored in
An issue where Loop files that reside in a new hidden storage location can't programmatically be accessed properly, resulting in an error
An issue where only 10 items were visible in the default Favorites t

Apps 1.15.0 - June 12, 2023

Added

Added new button to widget header to quickly add new apps
CSS override options for more visual control over Apps
Personalized URLs by using the tokens [User.Email] or [User.UPN]

Changed

Improved user experience in the User Configuration for adding/removing apps
Improved Layout option behaviour
Improved carousel design

Power BI 1.35.0 - May 26, 2023

Fixed

An issue where cached filters were not applied on first render of PBI content
An issue where visuals of a hidden page were not selectable from the PBI content Add/Edit dialog
An issue where the content preview would crash when changing content source
An issue where the PBI content Add/Edit dialog would crash when selecting a dashboard tile

Changed

Removed the Clear functiona

Fixed

An issue where the people picker didn't work correctly all the time
An issue where the newly generated sppkg package included too many assets
An issue where the newly generated sppkg package introduced an issue with conflicting React versions

Changed

(non-functional) Upgraded underlying SPFx version to 1.17.2

Changed

Support for different language codes included that come from Teams
Some updates under the hood to support other shapes of etags

Power BI 1.34.0 - May 16, 2023

Fixed

An issue where rendering a single visual in a widget and using a full report as zoom content results in an error when using the zoom function

Power BI 1.33.0 - May 16, 2023

Fixed

An issue where users applying changes to slicers on one shared board, see the same changes applied on other shared boards that use the same report.

Power BI 1.32.0 - May 16, 2023

Fixed

An issue where working with the new slicers feature could cause an error in the configuration panel

Power BI 1.31.0 - May 15, 2023

Added

Support for slicer override and manipulation

External Feeds 1.10.0 - May 01, 2023

Added

An icon depicting that a link is taking a user outside the current web page or client

Embed 1.3.0 - April 20, 2023

Added

Dynamic theme support for embeds

Inform and Onboard 0.4.0 - April 18, 2023

Fixed

An issue where items and categories could not be updated unless they used the age range feature

Power BI 1.30.0 - April 18, 2023

Fixed

an issue where live filters weren't working for multiple columns at once

Embed 1.2.0 - April 14, 2023

Fixed

an issue where the file picker sometimes falls behind another dialog

Inform and Onboard 0.3.0 - April 13, 2023

Added

Podcasts item type
Min and Max account age range filter
FilePicker functionality to generate an embed code

Changed

Visual revamp (in line with News widget)
Renamed 'Mark as read' functionality to 'Mark as completed'

Files 1.7.0 - April 13, 2023

Fixed

an issue where the file size of the widget bundle file was very large due to invalid sharing of external libraries

Fixed

An issue where API permissions could no longer be requested from admin panel
An issue with loading (very) old configurations

Power BI 1.29.0 - April 06, 2023

Added

Live filters within the same table
Apply formatting to filter values (specifically DateTime strings)
Tooltip when hovering over filter values & people picker values

Changed

Remove page- and visual level filters from available filters list

Fixed

Displayname fix
Fix number & boolean filters not working
Fix performance on large collection of filter values (e.g. date filter)
Fix horizontal page navigation cutting off part of the embed
Fix available filters when selecting a Visual
Fix report filters not resetting when enabling custom filters

Fixed

An issue with missing resource files

Added

The option to onboard new users without showing a welcome message if no interaction is required
Functionality to the File Picker control so it can be used by widgets properly
The option for a user to completely reset a his/her profile (by using SHIFT key when board settings menu is open)

Fixed

An issue where no primary personal board was provisioned when the Personal Boards

Power BI 1.28.0 - March 27, 2023

Changed

Minor system update to prevent flooding logs with failed access token retrieval

Power BI 1.27.0 - March 24, 2023

Fixed

An issue where changes in default filters from an admin perspective weren't visible to the user due to caching issues

Power BI 1.26.0 - March 23, 2023

Fix local storage reset when editing admin config.

Power BI 1.25.0 - March 21, 2023

Fixed

Various small bugs introduced in last release

Power BI 1.24.0 - March 20, 2023

Changed

Some minor feature improvements and fixes for bugs introduced in previous release

Added

The ability to show multiple custom command bar buttons per widget

Power BI 1.23.0 - March 17, 2023

Added

The ability to group PBI-content in the list view
The ability to apply filters on PBI-content directly in the widget
Improvements to the add/edit PBI-content dialog

Saved for Later 1.4.0 - March 13, 2023

Fixed

A breaking issue where saved items could no longer be loaded, caused by an updated service endpoint @ Microsoft

External Feeds 1.9.0 - March 07, 2023

Added

The ability to detecting feed item images by looking for image urls in the description, allowing for more feeds to display images

Power BI 1.22.0 - February 17, 2023

Fixed

An issue with page visibility in horizontal navigation

Power BI 1.21.0 - February 15, 2023

Added

The ability to select individual report visuals to render
The ability to clone PBI content for quicker creation of content
PBI content previews as part of the content management
Content viewed and clicked events to feed the Ichicraft Boards analytics feature

Added

The ability to log additional user data as part of the Analytics feature
More events related to recently added features to the Analytics feature

Fixed

An issue where in some cases a pushed widget could not be resized when configuration dictates it should be able to do so
An issue where in some cases a move lock appeared even though a pushed widget was allowed to be moved

Fixed

An issue where the file picker navigation failes sometimes

Fixed

An issue where some configurations didn't load correctly after previous release
An issue where the file picker didn't work correctly after previous release

Added

You can now configure a custom theme to be used by Ichicraft Boards (includes dark mode!)

Changed

Url to Ichicraft announcements updated to ichicraft.com domain

Added

Ichicraft Boards announcements are now visible from within the product

Fixed

A small visual issue where some icons weren't visible in dark mode

Apps 1.13.0 - December 19, 2022

Added

Support for users and shared board owners to create their own apps

Countdown 0.1.0 - December 19, 2022

Initial release 🚀

Birthdays 1.6.0 - December 19, 2022

Fixed

An issue where in some cases a user couldn't update his/her birthday

Inbox 1.8.0 - December 19, 2022

Added

Ability for adminstrator to set default inbox type (Personal/Shared)
Better support for Inbox widget in Shared Board context

Fixed

An issue where opening a Shared inbox from widget header didn't work at all

Files 1.6.0 - December 19, 2022

Added

Fully customizable tabs
Advanced filter capabilities
Showing files not only from OneDrive but also from Teams & SharePoint
Different ways to open a file directly from the widget
Flexible display options like column selection, (default) sorting, flat/hierarchy view, etc
Sharing capabilities

Changed

Renamed: "OneDrive Widget" is now "Files Widget"

Tasks 1.5.0 - December 16, 2022

Changed

The default setting is now that users can update configuration of this widget

Events 1.9.0 - December 15, 2022

Changed

Allow Shared Board owners to specify the sites that serve as news source for the widget

News 1.15.0 - December 15, 2022

Changed

Allow Shared Board owners to specify the sites that serve as news source for the widget

Changed

Under-the-hood update where info about board type and user role is provided to widgets

Tasks 1.4.0 - December 14, 2022

Added

Support for lists in To Do (show list info, choose lists to show, add items to list)
Choose which plans to show in Planner pane
Filter capabilities on both Planner & To Do tasks
Option to show either To Do or Planner (not both per se)

Changed

Visual improvements

Power BI 1.20.0 - December 08, 2022

Changed

Loading page navigation on 'loaded' instead of 'rendered'

Birthdays 1.5.0 - December 07, 2022

Added

Flyout cards with personal information of a user
Ability to directly congratulate someone having a birthday using Teams chat or e-mail
Ability to update your own birthday
Better support for small factor widget (horizontal rendering)

Changed

Completely refactored widget code
Updated visual elements in widget with more focus for birthday user

Apps 1.12.0 - November 30, 2022

Fixed

An issue where in some cases the app tiles continuously triggered redraws of hidden div elements (LineEllipsis)

Changed

Removed last jsdelivr CDN pointers
Removed redundant log messages

Apps 1.11.0 - November 24, 2022

Fixed

An issue where a dialog doesn't render nicely on mobile devices
An issue where not in all cases an event is raised on app-click

Changed

There is now a 32 character limit on app titles
If title doesn't fit on two lines, we now show ellipsis (...) to make this clear

Added

Board templates can now also be defined for shared boards
Specify if widgets (variants) are available for either personal boards, shared boards, or both

News 1.14.0 - November 11, 2022

Changed

Greatly improved the loading speed of the widget

Added

Option to push a Shared Board to (groups of) users

Added

It's now possible for a user to change the order of boards in the left navigation

Fixed

An issue where renaming or deleting a widget on a shared board caused an error in some cases

Added

Introducing the first version of Ichicraft Board's newest feature: Shared Boards!

Events 1.8.0 - September 27, 2022

Fixed

An issue where sorting wasn't correct
An issue where long event titles weren't cropped correctly

Changed

Now loading events for 6 months ahead instead of 2

Fixed

An issue where pushed widgets were re-pushed after a user suffered from a connection error

Fixed

An issue where the (advanced) export / import feature fails in certain circumstances

Power BI 1.19.0 - September 21, 2022

Fixed

An issue where all of a sudden the report page picker didn't work due to an update in the underlying Power BI REST API

Fixed

An issue where the wrong current language was passed to a widget if that language wasn't configured as a content language
An issue where the confirmation dialog didn't close after deleting a content language
An issue where the API Permissions tab showed all variants of a widget type where only one would suffice to give the proper permissions

Changed

Big under-the-hood update to prepare for separate licenses for product features including the upcoming feature "Shared Boards"

Events 1.7.0 - September 16, 2022

Added

The same "follow sites logic" as in the News widget is now available in the Events widget too!

Fixed

An issue where following the root site collection returns events from all other site collections

Fixed

An issue where the background color of the header bleeds out when the web part is placed in a non full-width section

Apps 1.10.0 - September 05, 2022

Added

[#234] An even better way to manage apps with a redesigned layout picker
A new setting to configure the click behavior of an app item

Added

[#234] Some extra options to open urls in a dialog (used by widgets)

News 1.13.0 - September 02, 2022

Added

[#239] Support for boosted news articles
Optional click event tracking for Boards Analytics feature

Fixed

An error where the new category management feature causes an issue in some cases

Fixed

An issue where the widget library throws an error

Power BI 1.18.0 - August 25, 2022

Added

Option to open a Power BI visual in full screen

Added

[#220] Improved ways to organize widgets using category sets and hierarchies
[#219-1] When adding a widget it's now visible which widgets are already on your board
[#219-2] Adding multiple widgets is now easier for the end user
[#219-3] Browsing the widget library is easier for users with new filter options

Apps 1.9.0 - August 25, 2022

Added

Functionality to group/categorize apps
Easy image picker/uploader for app icons
Option to use a Fluent UI font icon instead of an image for app icons
Option to use characters as an app icon
Option to style the app with different foreground and background colors

Fixed

An issue where selecting an image in the file picker (from within settings panel) didn't work correctly when using the checkbox to select a file

Changed

Prepared the internal file picker component so it can be used by widgets too. There's now a function openFilePicker as part of the WidgetContext that can be used from within widgets.

Followed Sites 1.5.0 - August 24, 2022

Fixed

A minor issue where an invalid label was rendered in case something went wrong in getting a user's sites

Fixed

[#232] An issue where fetching a user's security groups could result in a fatal error in case local storage quota was exceeded

Power BI 1.17.0 - July 21, 2022

Changed

PBI content in hidden carrousel slides is no longer loaded in the background. Instead, it's loaded upon navigating to the slide. This is to prevent unnecessary burdening of the browser.

Fixed

[#192] An issue where in rare cases the first name of a user could not be retrieved correctly and a weird message [object Object] is displayed instead

Added

[#221] Ability to add subtitles to widgets, allowing for more distinguishable widget headers

People Search 1.10.0 - July 14, 2022

Changed

Upgraded underlying Graph Toolkit version

Power BI 1.16.0 - July 12, 2022

Fixed

An issue where long words with no spaces could break the UI of list views of Power BI content

Changed

Behavior of zooming in on content is now consistent with the Tableau Reports widget. This means that to open the zoomed in report you now have to click either the title of the widget or the zoom button in the widget header. Clicking on the content (report) itself will no longer

Tableau Reports 1.4.0 - July 12, 2022

Added

Zoom behavior so you can open a full-screen view of Tableau content
[#211] Additional layout to render a list of Tableau content instead of a carousel

Changed

Refactoring and updating to match Power BI widget visualization

Upcoming Meetings 1.5.0 - July 06, 2022

Changed

Updated look & feel to better match new styling of Ichicraft Boards

Fixed

An issue where the widget continued to try to refresh content indefinitely even if connection was lost or failed for a while

Inbox 1.7.0 - July 06, 2022

Fixed

An issue where the widget continued to try to refresh content indefinitely even if connection was lost or failed for a while

Fixed

[#214] An issue where sometimes category filters were visible that had no selectable widgets in them
An issue where widget's production script was always loaded before a widget's script running in debug mode

Added

Time-based analytics feature allowing events to be raised and sent to third party analytics tools like Google Analytics, Segment, CrazyEgg and many more using the Analytics library

Fixed

A bug where icon buttons don't work consistently in Teams and Viva Connections

Inbox 1.6.0 - June 23, 2022

Changed

Changed the look & feel to match the new styles of the widget board
Improved exception logging
Upgraded underlying Graph Client SDK
Removed logic to get unread item count because we no longer support the old notification messages

Power BI 1.15.0 - June 22, 2022

Changed

Power BI content not visible in the carousel is now lazily loaded, giving priority to initially visible content

News 1.12.0 - June 17, 2022

Fixed

An issue where (hub) site navigation was visible when viewing a news article in the lightbox
An issue where filtering for items coming from the root site also included news articles from other sites
An issue where adding sites to followed sites didn't clear local cache of followed sites immediately

Apps 1.8.0 - June 15, 2022

Changed

Removed unnessecary cache feature that caused confusion

Fixed

An issue where 4-column layouts in SharePoint were no longer enforced correctly
An issue where icon buttons in some occasions didn't load in Teams

Apps 1.7.0 - June 02, 2022

Fixed

An issue with the carousel buttons not rendering correctly

Apps 1.6.0 - June 02, 2022

Changed

Improved user picker readability for long group names

Fixed

An issue where the WidgetBoard_Assets library was no longer visible in the Admin panel
An issue where the title of a widget could grow out of the bounds of the header
An issue where users from China were no longer able to use widget due to a CDN being blocked
Other minor improvements

Power BI 1.14.0 - May 24, 2022

Changed

Added automatic browser refresh when token retrieval fails
Improved resizing of widgets and effect this has on responsive reports
Used PBI bootstrap to speed up loading of PBI content
Introduced a retry button for when the widget isn't able to render somehow

Followed Sites 1.4.0 - May 17, 2022

Fixed

An issue where the widget would fail if updated Graph permissions weren't set yet

Followed Sites 1.3.0 - May 17, 2022

Changed

Introduced a refresh button to load fresh list of followed sites
Included a clean-up script to fix issues with old site titles and deleted sites showing up in the list

News 1.11.0 - May 17, 2022

Changed

Reverted API permissions again to Sites.Read.All since we no longer use Graph API to follow/unfollow but use SharePoint Social API instead

Fixed

An issue caused by the SharePoint API and the Graph API returning inconsistent lists of followed sites

Power BI 1.13.0 - May 13, 2022

Fixed

An issue where report page navigation didn't offer a scroll bar if the number of pages exceeds page height

Changed

Color scheme used by report page navigation

Added

An alternative way to store board configuration to support large configurations (> 1MB) (experimental feature for now)

News 1.10.0 - May 11, 2022

Fixed

Revert required API permission level to Sites.ReadWrite.All because (un)following sites requires these permissions

Power BI 1.12.0 - May 10, 2022

Added

An option to render alternative page navigation next to a report

People Search 1.9.0 - May 10, 2022

Fixed

Now works much better with new styling/branding options in Ichicraft Boards

Power BI 1.11.0 - May 06, 2022

Fixed

An issue where a custom PBI Content title was falsely overwritten in some scenarios

Power BI 1.10.0 - May 05, 2022

Added

New layout mode "List", to display a list of items instead of displaying Power BI content directly.

Changed

The way the widget board loads when configuration cache is available, speeding up initial load time considerably
Added caching to profile picture, preventing a fresh fetch on each page load

Power BI 1.9.0 - May 03, 2022

Added

Possibility to select a specific page in an embedded report to display by default
Possibility to hide page navigation in embedded reports

Fixed

Handling of title generating based on selected Power BI content

Power BI 1.8.0 - May 02, 2022

Added

The possibility to open different Power BI content in the lightbox than what is shown in the widget.

Changed

The term "(Power BI) Tile" is replaced with "(Power BI) Content" to better reflect that we support different types of content to be rendered.

Added

An experimental feature to import and export board configuration to your local file system.

Fixed

A bug where widgets rerendered when moved around the grid
A bug where resizing or dragging a widget with an iframe as content, sometimes caused the widget to lock in a strange place

People Search 1.8.0 - April 26, 2022

Changed

Updated rendering of result list to support new Board UI

News 1.9.0 - April 24, 2022

Added

All new design for this widget that goes along nicely with the new design for Ichicraft Boards

Added

A whole new design experience to Ichicraft Boards! Check the Design tab in the Board Adminsitration Panel for all the new options.

Inform and Onboard 1.0.0 - April 15, 2022

Initial release 🚀

Events 0.1.0 - April 15, 2022

Initial release 🚀

Added

A temporary work-around to help users with an issue that occurs in older Viva Connections apps in Teams

Birthdays 1.4.0 - March 18, 2022

Fixed

An issue where the date was sometimes falsely displayed one day too early

Changed

Changed necessary API Permission scope to a lower level

Added

The long awaited feature that allows a user to edit the title of a widget

People Search 1.7.0 - March 10, 2022

Fixed

A bug where duplicate people where sometimes displayed in "People I work with"

Added

A handy search box in the Add widget panel
A handy search box in the Widgets maintenance panel

Power BI 1.7.0 - March 08, 2022

Added

The ability to pick and display a report directly from a workspace

Changed

Automatic authentication token refresh in the background (for long browser sessions)
Sorting of dropdown lists is now alphabetical

Changed

Replaced permission requirement User.ReadWrite.All with less privileged User.ReadWrite

Added

Support for only making a widget variant available for new employees (to support onboarding scenarios)
Some new properties and functions to the widget context object (for custom development)

Fixed

A bug where content languages weren't displayed in board config panel but a spinner was shown instead
A bug where sometimes a custom tooltip re-appeared unintentionally in the widg

Fixed

A UI issue where the Save/Cancel buttons were hidden below the scroll in a large admin config panel
A minor issue where detecting a user's language in Teams didn't work with 'en-GB'

Bookmarks 1.5.0 - November 19, 2021

Added

A search box to quickly find the bookmark you're looking for (available from 6 bookmarks and above)

Changed

Minor change in product name in sppkg package

Events 1.6.0 - November 10, 2021

Added

Full support for dark themes in MS Teams and SharePoint

Inbox 1.5.0 - November 10, 2021

Added

Full support for dark themes in MS Teams and SharePoint

Upcoming Meetings 1.4.0 - November 10, 2021

Added

Full support for dark themes in MS Teams and SharePoint

People Search 1.6.0 - November 10, 2021

Added

Full support for dark themes in MS Teams and SharePoint

News 1.8.0 - November 10, 2021

Added

Full support for dark themes in MS Teams and SharePoint

Saved for Later 1.3.0 - November 10, 2021

Added

Full support for dark themes in MS Teams and SharePoint

External Feeds 1.8.0 - November 10, 2021

Added

Full support for dark themes in MS Teams and SharePoint

Bookmarks 1.4.0 - November 10, 2021

Added

Full support for dark themes in MS Teams and SharePoint

Apps 1.5.0 - November 10, 2021

Added

Full support for dark themes in MS Teams and SharePoint

Tableau Reports 1.2.0 - November 10, 2021

Added

Full support for dark themes in MS Teams and SharePoint

Power BI 1.6.0 - November 10, 2021

Added

Full support for dark themes in MS Teams and SharePoint

Added

Full support for dark themes in MS Teams and SharePoint
Name of editing board template to modal header
Various new properties to WidgetContext for use in widgets

Fixed

A bug where pressing <esc> or clicking the "clear" icon in a search box resulted in an error

External Feeds 1.7.0 - November 02, 2021

Added

Support for rendering images on feeds that conform to Media RSS Specification

Fixed

An issue where a feed item with missing pubDate caused the widget to crash

Apps 1.4.0 - October 25, 2021

Fixed

An issue where clearing the search box in the configuration panel resulted in an error

External Feeds 1.6.0 - October 25, 2021

Fixed

An issue where clearing the search box in the configuration panel resulted in an error

Power BI 1.5.0 - October 25, 2021

Fixed

An issue where clearing the search box in the configuration panel resulted in an error

News 1.7.0 - October 25, 2021

Fixed

An issue where clearing the search box in the configuration panel resulted in an error

People Search 1.5.0 - October 25, 2021

Fixed

An issue where clearing the search box in the configuration panel resulted in an error

Changed

Small (~10%) optimization in bundle size
Upgrade to FluentUI version 8

Fixed

a bug where initial installation fails if a user doesn't pick a single widget to install
a faulty message to indicate that no board templates have been created yet

Fixed

An issue where a pushed widget that was later removed from board configuration could break a user's board
An issue where in some cases exceptions didn't show friendly error messages

Bookmarks 1.3.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

95% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Saved for Later 1.2.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

82% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Apps 1.3.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

85% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Birthdays 1.3.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

65% optimization in bundle size due to use of external module`s
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Teams 1.2.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

72% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Embed 1.1.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

90% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Events 1.5.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

87% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Followed Sites 1.2.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

37% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

OneDrive 1.5.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

41% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Power BI 1.4.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

84% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

External Feeds 1.5.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

70% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Tasks 1.3.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

81% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Tableau Reports 1.1.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

82% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

News 1.6.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

72% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

People Search 1.4.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

61% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Inbox 1.4.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

87% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Upcoming Meetings 1.3.0 - October 07, 2021

Changed

85% optimization in bundle size due to use of external modules
Upgraded underlying Fluent UI component library from version 7 to 8

Changed

This version of the widget board supports V2 widget manifests. V2 introduces 'externals', allowing async loading and sharing of modules/libraries among widgets. Make sure you upgrade your widgets using this wiki page to benefit from these optimizations.

Inbox 1.3.0 - September 24, 2021

Added

New options in the so called 'pushed widget' feature: it's now possible to define if a pushed widget is deletable, movable or resizable by the user.
An optional toggle in 'board template' feature to disable strict audience mismatch warnings

Events 1.4.0 - September 01, 2021

Changed

Improved query and search result sorting to always include only most relevant events

Fixed

A bug where upcoming events appeared to be missing in some cases where more than 100 items matched the search query
A bug where events that were created over 2 months ago, were missing in the results

Fixed

A bug where the main user board layout gets messed up when an extra board is edited

News 1.5.0 - August 25, 2021

Updated

Improved search experience when adding sites to configured source sites

Added

All new Board Template editing experience

Changed

Minor update to Portuguese resources

Inbox 1.2.0 - July 07, 2021

Added

Users can now use the widget for shared mailboxes
Users can now configure the display density of the widget (options are Full, Medium and Compact)
Users can now configure whether they want a notification/summary in the welcome box for unread messages
Widget can now span 2 columns instead of only 1

Changed

Improved display of unread messages for better readability

OneDrive 1.4.0 - June 30, 2021

OneDrive 1.3.0 - June 30, 2021

Fixed

An issue where a missing webDavUrl property can result in an exception in the widget

OneDrive 1.2.0 - June 30, 2021

Changed

Implementation of logging functionality
Updates to Portuguese resources

Power BI 1.3.0 - June 04, 2021

Added

Support for Power BI Apps, you can now view complete reports/apps in a single widget

Changed

Improved visualization of loading Power BI data

External Feeds 1.4.0 - April 21, 2021

Fixed

A bug where for some feeds, images could not be loaded
A bug where for some feeds, the publication date of items wasn't interpreted correctly
A situation where for failing feeds, the widget kept showing a spinner

People Search 1.3.0 - April 19, 2021

Fixed

Fixed an issue where for some person results the fly-out wouldn't render

Saved for Later 1.1.0 - April 19, 2021

Fixed

Fixed a bug where saved for later articles wouldn't open in a dialog in MS Viva Connections

News 1.4.0 - April 19, 2021

Fixed

Fixed a bug where news articles wouldn't open in a dialog in MS Viva Connections

Fixed

Hopefully solved an issue where in rare cases the pageContext property of the web part context is undefined

Changed

Various improvements to initialization of widget board (lower timeout, auto refresh once on error, etc.)
New visualization of fatal error, introducing retry button and admin panel button

Fixed

A bug where the indicator of missing API permissions was no longer visible in admin panel

People Search 1.2.0 - April 02, 2021

Added

The ability to include other user properties in the search so you can also search in job title and deparment details

Fixed

A bug where people results only included people close to the user doing the search. We now include the entire organization

Removed

We had to remove the ability to include external users since we now depend on a different endpoint in MS Graph to search

Added

Option to use a 6 column layout in SharePoint on high resolution screens

Changed

Improved initialization of widget board with optional retries for service calls that sometimes fail
Improved handling of user resetting his/her board by clearing all cache items

Fixed

A bug where sometimes the widget board stays empty when user's groups failed loading
A bug where a notification could grow beyond the board header's max width

Birthdays 1.2.0 - March 23, 2021

Fixed

Bug where timezones weren't taken into consideration correctly in displaying birthdays

Upcoming Meetings 1.2.0 - March 23, 2021

Added

Next day's meetings
Visualization of event status (busy, free, out-of-office, tentative, etc.)

Changed

Improved translations/labels
Clicking the widget title now opens Outlook calendar in new window
Improved handling of connection errors and exception logging

Fixed

Bug where masked private events sometimes did show details

Inbox 1.1.0 - March 23, 2021

Changed

Clicking the widget title now opens Outlook in new window
Some minor updates to text labels/translations

Events 1.3.0 - March 12, 2021

Added

Support for Multi-Geo tenants

News 1.3.0 - March 12, 2021

Fixed

Fixed a bug where opening items from other domains (in multi-geo setup) in a dialog resulted in an error

News 1.2.0 - March 12, 2021

Added

Support for Multi-Geo tenants
Support for multi-language content

Changed

Improved error handling and exception logging
Updates in Portuguese resources after review

Fixed

Minor bug where essential/pushed sites were in some scenarios also rendered as followed sites in user config

Embed 1.0.0 - March 08, 2021

Initial release 🚀

Fixed

Fixed an issue with z-indexes being too high for widget elements, causing stacking issues with new App Bar in SharePoint

Fixed

Hotfixed an issue that could occur in browsers that don't support customElements

People Search 1.1.0 - March 03, 2021

Fixed

Added missing API permission People.Read for Microsoft Graph

Saved for Later 1.0.0 - February 25, 2021

Initial release 🚀

People Search 1.0.0 - February 24, 2021

Initial release 🚀

Added

Added additional static class names to allow CSS overrides of the board navigation (part of board header)
Added teamsSdk and userEmail to WidgetContext which are now available for widgets

Changed

Moved "Reset widget board" from main command bar to new 'Danger zone' in admin panel
Renamed "About" to "Registration"
Applied higher z-index (CSS) to 'top' widgets to allow expansion over 'bottom' widgets
Updated breakpoints in widget grid to prevent widgets from becoming too small (in width)

Fixed

Fixed minor issue with caching of debugging widget manifest

Events 1.2.0 - February 22, 2021

Changed

Replaced automatic data refresh with manual refresh button
Updates to Portuguese translations after review
Improvements to exception handling and logging

Apps 1.2.0 - February 04, 2021

Changed

Updates to Portuguese translations after review
Improvements to exception handling and logging

Power BI 1.2.0 - February 04, 2021

Changed

Updates to Portuguese translations after review
Improvements to exception handling and logging

Fixed

Fixed a bug where updating admin configuration as an admin didn't result in clearing local cache

External Feeds 1.3.0 - February 04, 2021

Changed

More improvements to exception handling and logging

External Feeds 1.2.0 - February 04, 2021

Changed

Updates to Portuguese translations after review
Improvements to exception handling and logging

Fixed

Fixed a bug where updating admin configuration as an admin didn't result in clearing cache

Added

Posibility to target (variants of) widgets to specific audiences

Changed

Updates to Portuguese translations after review