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Backwards incompatible changes for 1.0

LiveView 1.0 removes the client-based phx-feedback-for annotation for showing and hiding input feedback, such as validation errors. This has been replaced by Phoenix.Component.used_input?/2, which handles showing and hiding feedback using standard server rendering.

A backwards-compatible shim can be used to maintain phx-feedback-for in your existing applications:

Save the phx_feedback_dom.js shim to your local assets/js/phx_feedback_dom.js.
Import it into your assets/js/app.js.
Add a new dom option to your LiveSocket constructor, or wrap the existing value:

import {Socket} from "phoenix";
import {LiveSocket} from "phoenix_live_view"
import phxFeedbackDom from "./phx_feedback_dom"

let csrfToken = document.querySelector("meta[name='csrf-token']").getAttribute("content");
let liveSocket = new LiveSocket("/live", Socket, {
  params: {_csrf_token: csrfToken},
  dom: phxFeedbackDom({})
})

Migrating from phx-feedback-for

While we provide a shim for existing applications relying on phx-feedback-for, you might want to migrate to the new approach.

The following guides you through the necessary changes assuming a project generated with a recent (Phoenix 1.7), but pre LiveView 1.0 version of the phx generators. For more general use cases, please also have a look at the documentation for used_input?/1.

First, ensure that you are using the latest versions of :phoenix_ecto and :phoenix_html. At the time of writing:

{:phoenix_ecto, "~> 4.5"},
{:phoenix_html, "~> 4.1"},

Core components

Adjust the core components to omit the phx-feedback-for attribute and the phx-no-feedback classes. This shows one example for the textarea input, but there are more cases that need to be adjusted accordingly:

   def input(%{type: "textarea"} = assigns) do
     ~H"""
-    <div phx-feedback-for={@name}>
+    <div>
       <.label for={@id}><%%= @label %></.label>
       <textarea
         id={@id}
         name={@name}
         class={[
-          "mt-2 block w-full rounded-lg text-zinc-900 focus:ring-0 sm:text-sm sm:leading-6",
-          "min-h-[6rem] phx-no-feedback:border-zinc-300 phx-no-feedback:focus:border-zinc-400",
+          "mt-2 block w-full rounded-lg text-zinc-900 focus:ring-0 sm:text-sm sm:leading-6 min-h-[6rem]",
           @errors == [] && "border-zinc-300 focus:border-zinc-400",
           @errors != [] && "border-rose-400 focus:border-rose-400"
         ]}

The following regex could be used to find and replace the relevant phx-no-feedback classes: /phx-no-feedback:[\w\-\d:]+/.

Filter the errors in the initial function for Phoenix.HTML.FormFields:

   def input(%{field: %Phoenix.HTML.FormField{} = field} = assigns) do
+    errors = if Phoenix.Component.used_input?(field), do: field.errors, else: []

     assigns
     |> assign(field: nil, id: assigns.id || field.id)
-    |> assign(:errors, Enum.map(field.errors, &translate_error(&1)))
+    |> assign(:errors, Enum.map(errors, &translate_error(&1)))
     |> assign_new(:name, fn -> if assigns.multiple, do: field.name <> "[]", else: field.name end)
     |> assign_new(:value, fn -> field.value end)
     |> input()
   end

You can remove the phx-no-feedback tailwind variant helper from your tailwind.config.js:

    //
-   plugin(({addVariant}) => addVariant("phx-no-feedback", [".phx-no-feedback&", ".phx-no-feedback &"])),
    plugin(({addVariant}) => addVariant("phx-click-loading", [".phx-click-loading&", ".phx-click-loading &"])),

phx.gen.auth

The settings page generated by phx.gen.auth creates a form to change the user's email as well as the password. Because of the way the current password is checked in previous variants of the code, the error message for an invalid password is not visible when migrating to used_input?. To make this work, two changes need to be made to the generated user module:

add a new virtual field :current_password to the schema:

    field :hashed_password, :string, redact: true
+   field :current_password, :string, virtual: true, redact: true

cast the current_password field in the validate_current_password function:

   def validate_current_password(changeset, password) do
+    changeset = cast(changeset, %{current_password: password}, [:current_password])
+
     if valid_password?(changeset.data, password) do

1.0.0-rc.7

Enhancements

Throw a more informative error when JS.dispatch/2 is used with an input event on an invalid target
Validate slot options (prevents typos like slot :myslot, requird: true)

Bug fixes

Fix stream items not reapplying JS commands when joining after a disconnect
Fix unnecessary remount when navigating back
Fix character composition mode not working properly in Safari when an input is patched
Fix cannot redirect socket on update error raised erroneously under rare circumstances
Fix upstream morphdom issue that could cause elements being removed from the real DOM instead of a cloned tree while some elements are locked
Don't dispatch click event when moving mouse away from initial click target
Fix formatter formatting expressions that are strings with escaped quotes incorrectly

Deprecations

Deprecate the name attribute of Phoenix.Component.dynamic_tag/1 in favor of tag_name

1.0.0-rc.6 (2024-06-27)

Bug fixes

Fix issue with phx-submit where the form container would not be updated while awaiting phx-submit acknowledgement

Enhancements

Support blocking: false option to all JS commands that accept :transition, to avoid blocking DOM updates during the transition

1.0.0-rc.5 (2024-06-21)

Bug fixes

Fix form recovery when targeting LiveComponents
Fix formatter incorrectly formatting script tags
Fix client version mismatch warning for rc.3

1.0.0-rc.4 (2024-06-20)

Bug fixes

Fix bug allowing focused input to be overwritten on acknowledgement

1.0.0-rc.3 (2024-06-20)

Bug fixes

Fix issue where locked data-phx-ref containers would still be patched in some cases
Fix issue where locked data-phx-ref containers would fail to have pending updates like streams applied after acknowledgment
Fix issue where a LiveComponent issuing live navigation sends an acknowledgement too early before its parent LiveView handle_params diff is sent
Fix issue allowing phx-remove elements to remain interactive while transitioning out from the page

1.0.0-rc.2 (2024-06-19)

Bug fixes

Fix bug introduced in rc.1 causing incorrect patching on form elements when awaiting acknowledgements

1.0.0-rc.1 (2024-06-18)

Enhancements

Warn when rendering an input named "id"
Allow form recovery to work on forms in nested LiveViews
Allow using form/3 with inputs outside the form
Allow setting page title to an empty string
Fix warnings on Elixir 1.17

Bug fixes

Fix used input tracking on checkboxes and hidden inputs
Fix phx-debounce=blur incorrectly sending change event to the next page in some cirumstances
Fix race condition when destroying Live Components while transitions are still running
Fix page reload when disconnecting LiveSocket if using Bandit
Fix formatter changing <% to <%= when it shouldn't

Deprecations

Deprecate live_flash in favor of Phoenix.Flash.get
Deprecate push_redirect in favor of push_navigate

Removal of previously deprecated functionality

phx-capture-click has been removed (deprecated in 0.17.0)

1.0.0-rc.0 🚀 (2024-05-08)

Backwards incompatible changes

Remove phx-feedback-for in favor of Phoenix.Component.used_input?. See the changelog for a backwards compatible phx-feedback-for shim to add to existing applications.

Removal of previously deprecated functionality

live_component/2 and live_component/3 helpers (not the function component) have been removed

Bug fixes

Fix attributes of existing stream items not being updated on reset
Fix nested LiveView within streams becoming empty when reset
Fix phx-mounted firing twice, first on dead render, then on live render, leading to errors when a LiveComponent has not yet mounted
Fix JS.toggle_class error when used with a transition
Fix updated form values not being sent in some circumstances when phx-trigger-action is used
Fix phx-viewport bindings when html or body element has overflow property

Enhancements

Warn on mismatched client and server versions

0.20.16 (2024-06-20)

Bug fixes

Fix bug introduced in 0.20.15 causing incorrect patching on form elements when awaiting acknowledgements

0.20.15 (2024-06-18)

Enhancements

Warn when rendering an input named "id"
Warn on mismatched client and server versions
Allow form recovery to work on forms in nested LiveViews
Allow using form/3 with inputs outside the form
Allow setting page title to an empty string
Fix warnings on Elixir 1.17

Bug fixes

Fix attributes of existing stream items not being updated on reset
Fix nested LiveView within streams becoming empty when reset
Fix phx-mounted firing twice, first on dead render, then on live render, leading to errors when a LiveComponent has not yet mounted
Fix JS.toggle_class error when used with a transition
Fix phx-debounce=blur incorrectly sending change event to the next page in some cirumstances
Fix race condition when destroying Live Components while transitions are still running
Fix page reload when disconnecting LiveSocket if using Bandit
Fix formatter changing <% to <%= when it shouldn't
Fix updated form values not being sent in some circumstances when phx-trigger-action is used
Fix phx-viewport bindings when html or body element has overflow property

Deprecations

Deprecate live_flash in favor of Phoenix.Flash.get
Deprecate push_redirect in favor of push_navigate

Removal of previously deprecated functionality

phx-capture-click has been removed (deprecated in 0.17.0)
live_component/2 and live_component/3 helpers (not the function component) have been removed

0.20.14 (2024-03-13)

Bug fixes

Fix warning caused by optional Floki dependency

0.20.13 (2024-03-12)

Bug fixes

Fix LiveComponent rendering bug causing elements to disappear when a LiveComponent child is removed and added back by the server

Enhancements

Warn when accessing the socket in a function passed to assign_async / start_async

0.20.12 (2024-03-04)

Enhancements

Phoenix LiveView requires Elixir v1.13+

Bug fixes

Do not send Telemetry metadata as Logger event, this avoids the metadata from being accidentally copied to other processes
Ensure LiveViewTest does not crash on IDs with foreign characters, such as question marks
Fix a bug where LiveViewTest could not perform a connected mount on a page with certain streams

0.20.11 (2024-02-29)

Bug fixes

Fix auto uploads with invalid entries incorrectly proceeding with a form submit instead of halting, causing entries in progress errors
Fix auto upload entries failing to be uploaded on submit after moving into a valid state, such as falling within max_entries
Fix TagEngine clause warning

0.20.10 (2024-02-28)

Bug fixes

Fix cancelled uploads being re-added
Fix form submits for previously submitted invalid upload entries causing errors instead of preflighted new upload entries
Fix HTML formatter not respecting phx-no-format for script tags

Enhancements

Add additional HEEx debug annotations for the caller locations of function component invocations
Abandon form recovery if recovery event fails

0.20.9 (2024-02-19)

Bug fixes

Fix error in LiveViewTest when a phx-update="ignore" container is added dynamically to the DOM

0.20.8 (2024-02-19)

Bug fixes

Fix live uploader issue when a form contained more than one <.live_file_input>
Fix phx-remove on re-added stream items trigging the remove when it should not
Fix js error attempting to re-order an element that does not exist in the DOM

Enhancements

Align LiveViewTest with JavaScript DOM patching behavior for phx-update="ignore" when updating attributes in LiveViewTest

0.20.7 (2024-02-15)

Bug fixes

Fix phx-skip containers leaking into DOM on first patch in some cases (#3117)
Fix phx-feedback-for failing to be properly updated in some cases (#3122)

0.20.6 (2024-02-14)

Bug fixes

Fix stream items being excluded in LiveViewTest
Fix stream items failing to properly update nested streams or LiveComponents
Fix debounce/blur regression causing unexpected events to be sent

0.20.5 (2024-02-08)

Deprecations

Deprecate phx-feedback-group introduced in the previous release, the goal is to move feedback handling into Elixir and out of the DOM

Bug fixes

Fix blur event on phx-debounce being dispatched incorrectly
Fix open_browser not working on WSL for project under UNIX file systems
Match browser stream insert ordering behavior in LiveViewTest
Fix phx-click-away not working when element is partially hidden
Fix phx-feedback-for classes not being applied in some cases
Fix form submitter failing to be sent as key/value pair in some cases
Fix null form reference causing errors on some DOM patches

0.20.4 (2024-02-01)

Bug fixes

Fix phx-remove on sticky LiveViews
Fix phx-disabled-with not restoring button disabled state on empty diff acknowledgement
Fix stream reset not ordering items correctly
Send {:shutdown, :cancel} to handle_async/3 on cancel_async
Prevent events from child LiveViews from bubbling up to root LiveView when child is not mounted yet
Fix phx-mounted being called twice for stream items
Never move existing stream items if they already exist (use stream_delete and then stream_insert instead)
Fix live component rendering breaking when the server adds a component back that was pruned by the client (#3026)
Allow redirect from upload progress callback
Fix nested components getting skipped when resetting a stream
Fix nested components getting skipped in LiveComponents
Fix stream limits not being applied correctly when bulk inserting
Fix click-away being called incorrectly on form submits
Fix inconsistencies between LiveViewTest and browser stream implementations
Fix phx-feedback-for being reapplied when there are multiple inputs with the same name
Ensure phx-update="ignore" behaves consistently: updates from the server to the element's content and attributes are ignored, except for data attributes

Enhancements

Add JS.toggle_class
Add JS.toggle_attribute
Force update select options when the options changed from the server while a select has focus
Introduce phx-feedback-group for handling feedback for composite input groups
Add validate_attrs to slots
Support phx-viewport bindings in scrollable containers
Perform client redirect when trying to live nav from dead client to avoid extra round trip
Allow regular buttons with name/value attributes to send form events and adjusted dynamic form documentation to reflect this
Allow form attribute on live_file_input

Removal of previously deprecated functionality

live_component/2 and live_component/3 helpers (not the function component) have been removed

0.20.3 (2024-01-02)

Bug fixes

Fix phx-viewport bindings failing to fire after navigation
Preserve order of appended items in stream in LiveViewTest
Fix order of items on client when resetting a stream to existing set of items

Enhancements

Support JS.push from dead views

0.20.2 (2023-12-18)

Bug fixes

Fix JavaScript error when submitting a form that has in progress uploads
Fix JS command :target failing to work when used as phx-submit or phx-change with a selector-based target
Fix JS.focus() failing to focus negative tabindex
Fix LiveViewTest failing to remove items after stream reset
Fix phx-window-blur and phx-window-focus events not firing
Fix SVG anchor links throwing errors when clicked

Enhancements

Speed up DOM patching performance 3-30x 🔥
Support handle_async lifecycle callback
Extend visibility checks for phx-click-away to better handle whether an element is visible in the viewport or not
Allow JS.patch and JS.navigate to be tested with render_click
Support :supervisor option to assign_async and start_async

Deprecations

Deprecate phx-update="append" and phx-update="prepend" in favor of phx-update="stream"

0.20.1 (2023-10-09)

Bug fixes

Fix error with live uploads auto_upload: true when a file fails to preflight
Fix error with live uploads where an early exit can cause a map key error
Fix match error on live navigation when reconnecting from client

Enhancements

Support new meta() method on File/Blob sublcasses on JavaScript client to allow the client to pass arbitrary metadata when using upload/uploadTo from hook. The %UploadEntry{}'s new client_meta field is populated from this information.
Improve void tagging and error messages

0.20.0 (2023-09-22)

Deprecations

Deprecate the ~L sigil in favor of ~H
Deprecate preload/1 in LiveComponent in favor of update_many/1
Deprecate live_component/2-3 in favor of <.live_component />
Deprecate live_patch in favor of <.link patch={...} />
Deprecate live_redirect in favor of <.link navigate={...} />
Deprecate live_title_tag in favor of <.live_title />

Backwards incompatible changes

Remove previously deprecated render_block/2 in favor of render_slot/2
Remove previously deprecated live_img_preview/2 in favor of <.live_img_preview />
Remove previously deprecated live_file_input/2 in favor of <.live_file_input />

Bug fixes

Fix uploads with auto_upload: true failing to propagate errors when any individual entry is invalid
Fix uploads with auto_upload: true failing to auto upload valid entries errors when any individual entry is invalid
Fix error on form recovery with auto_upload: true
Fix issue on form recovery where hidden inputs would be selected by mistake
Fix form recovery when phx-change is a JS command
Fix stream reset on nested live components with nested streams
Fix window location resetting to null when using nested LiveView on connection error
Fix anchors within contenteditable causing LiveSocket disconnects

Enhancements

Add heex debug annotations via config :phoenix_live_view, debug_heex_annotations: true, which provides special HTML comments that wrap around rendered components to help you identify where markup in your HTML document is rendered within your function component tree
Add assign_async, start_async, <.async_result> and, AsyncResult for declaratively handling async operations in a LiveView or LiveComponent.
Supporting passing @myself for Phoenix.LiveView.send_update/3
Support change tracking on Access.get
Allow overriding id of <.live_img_preview>

0.19.5 (2023-07-19)

Backwards incompatible changes

The close/1 callback of Phoenix.LiveView.UploadWriter is now close/2 with the close reason passed as the second argument.
The write_chunk callback of Phoenix.LiveView.UploadWriter must now return the updated writer state when an error occurs. Instead of {:error, reason}, return {:error, reason, new_state}.

Enhancements

Pass close reason to Phoenix.LiveView.UploadWriter close.
Dispatch phx:navigate window events when LiveView changes the history state

Bug fixes

Call Phoenix.LiveView.UploadWriter close callback when LiveView goes down or connection is lost
Fix JS.patch to a Phoenix router scope with :host causing errors
Fix immediate navigation after patch not updating URL
Fix stream reset on nested streams inside live components causing nested stream children to be removed

0.19.4 (2023-07-10)

Enhancements

Introduce Phoenix.LiveView.UploadWriter

0.19.3 (2023-06-21)

Bug fixes

Fix push_event inside component update not being sent in some cases
Bring back accidentally deprecated upload_errors/1

0.19.2 (2023-06-12)

Bug fixes

Fix issue when <input name="value" /> is used

0.19.1 (2023-06-06)

Enhancements

Allow accept attribute on <.live_file_input> to override default values

Bug fixes

Fix issue causing anchor clicks to disconnect LV when they were already handled via preventDefault() by other scripts

0.19.0 (2023-05-29)

Backwards incompatible changes

Drop support for passing an id to the phx-feedback-for attribute. An input name must be passed instead.
Remove previously deprecated let attribute. Use :let instead
Remove previously deprecated <%= live_img_preview(entry) %>. Use <.live_img_preview entry={entry} /> instead
Remove previously deprecated <%= live_file_input(upload) %>. Use <.live_file_input upload={upload} /> instead
Remove previously deprecated <%= live_component(Component) %>. Use <.live_component module={Component} id=\"hello\" /> instead
Don't convert underscores to dashes automatically when rendering HTML attributes. Use dashes or underscores where appropriate instead.

Enhancements

Support stream resets with bulk insert operations
Support ordered inputs within inputs_for, to pair with Ecto's new sort_param and drop_param casting
Send form phx-value's on form events

Deprecations

Deprecate passing :dom_id to stream/4 in favor of stream_configure/3
Deprecate render_block/2 in favor of render_slot/2
Deprecate <%= live_img_preview(entry, opts) %>. Use <.live_img_preview entry={entry} {opts} />
Deprecate <%= live_file_input(upload, opts) %>. Use <.live_file_input upload={upload} {opts} />
Deprecate stateless LiveComponent in favor of function components or in favor of <.live_component id={...} /> (note the id is required)

Bug fixes

Fix LiveView disconnects when clicking a download link
Fix stream deletes not being sent on nested for comprehensions
Fix phx-disconnected bindings not firing on mount failures
Support form recovery on forms with only hidden inputs

0.18.18 (2023-03-16)

Bug fixes

Allow :live_action to be assigned in a component
Only filter internal function component attributes in assigns_to_attributes
Only include submitter with name

Enhancements

Add JS.exec command for executing commands defined on other element attributes

0.18.17 (2023-03-09)

Bug Fixes

Fix callbacks like handle_info failing to be invoked in development after a code change with the Phoenix code reloader

Enhancements

Support submitter on form submit events.
Avoid compile-time dependency for attr when referencing structs
Validate reserved assigns. Attempting to assign :uploads, :streams, :live_action, :socket, :myself will now raise in LiveView and LiveComponent

0.18.16 (2023-02-23)

Enhancements

Support streams in Live Components
Optimize plug error translation when a Plug.Exception is raised over connected LiveView

Bug Fixes

Fix formatter issues when there are multiple HTML comments

0.18.15 (2023-02-16)

Bug Fixes

Fix JS.transition applying incorrect classes

Enhancements

Reset phx-feedback-for errors on type="reset" inputs and buttons

0.18.14 (2023-02-14)

Bug Fixes

Fix LiveViewTest failing to find main live view

0.18.13 (2023-02-10)

Enhancements

Improve error message when failing to use Phoenix.Component

0.18.12 (2023-02-10)

Enhancements

Introduce streams for efficiently handling large collections
Allow replies from :handle_event lifecycle hooks
Add <.inputs_for> component to Phoenix.Component
Support replies on lifecycle :handle_event hooks

Bug Fixes

Fix change tracking when re-assigning a defaulted attribute to same default value
Fix upload drag and drop failing to worka after using file select dialog
Fix form recovery when form's first input is phx-change

0.18.11 (2023-01-19)

Bug Fixes

Fix socket unloading connection for forms that have defaulted prevented

0.18.10 (2023-01-18)

Bug Fixes

Fix svg tags with href incorrectly unloading socket on click
Fix form submits with target="_blank" incorrectly unloading socket on submit

0.18.9 (2023-01-17)

Bug Fixes

Fix regular form submits failing to be dispatched

0.18.8 (2023-01-16)

Enhancements

Restore scroll position on back when previous navigation was live patch

Bug Fixes

Fix live layout not being applied until connected render

0.18.7 (2023-01-13)

Bug Fixes

Fix live layout not being applied when passed to :live_session during disconnect render
Fix external anchor clicks and links with hashes incorrectly unloading socket

0.18.6 (2023-01-09)

Bug Fixes

Fix external anchor click unloading on external click

0.18.5 (2023-01-09)

Bug Fixes

Fix external anchor click unloading socket

0.18.4 (2023-01-05)

Enhancements

Support string upload name to support dynamically generated allow_upload's

Bug Fixes

Fix nested LiveView race condition on live patch causing nested child to skip updates in some cases
Fix browser history showing incorrect title when using live navigation with @page_title
Fix undefined _target param when using JS.push for form changes
Fix phx-no-feedback missing from inputs added after a form submit
Fix phx-disconnected events firing when navigating away or submitting external forms

0.18.3 (2022-10-26)

Enhancements

Add embed_templates to Phoenix.Component for embedding template files as function components
Raise on global slot attributes

Bug Fixes

Fix bug on slots when passing multiple slot entries with mix if/for syntax

0.18.2 (2022-10-04)

Bug Fixes

Fix match error when defining :values before :default
Allow tuples in external redirects
Fix race condition on dispatching click away when enter is pressed
Fix formatter breaking inline blocks when surrounded by text without whitespace

Enhancements

Add intersperse component for rendering a separator between an enumerable

0.18.1 (2022-09-28)

Bug Fixes

Fix phx-loading class being applied to dead views
Fix <.live_img_preview /> causing invalid attribute errors on uploads
Do not fire phx events when element is disabled

Enhancements

Support :include option to extend global attributes on a case-by-case basis
Warn when accessing a variable binding defined outside of ~H

0.18.0 (2022-09-20)

LiveView v0.18 includes a major new feature in the form of declarative assigns with new attr and slot APIs for specifying which attributes a function component supports, the type, and default values. Attributes and slots are compile-time verified and emit warnings (requires Elixir v1.14.0+).

v0.18 includes a number of new function components which replace their EEx expression counterparts <%= ... %>. For example, live_redirect, live_patch, and Phoenix.HTML's link have been replaced by a unified Phoenix.Component.link/1 function component:

<.link href="https://myapp.com">my app</.link>
<.link navigate={@path}>remount</.link>
<.link patch={@path}>patch</.link>

Those new components live in the Phoenix.Component module. Phoenix.LiveView.Helpers itself has been soft deprecated and all relevant functionality has been migrated. You must import Phoenix.Component where you previously imported Phoenix.LiveView.Helpers when upgrading. You may also need to import Phoenix.Component where you also imported Phoenix.LiveView and some of its functions have been moved to Phoenix.Component.

Additionally, the special let attribute on function components have been deprecated by a :let usage.

Deprecations

live_redirect - deprecate in favor of new <.link navigate={..}> component of Phoenix.Component
live_patch - deprecate in favor of new <.link patch={..}> component of Phoenix.Component
push_redirect - deprecate in favor of new push_navigate function on Phoenix.LiveView

Enhancements

[Component] Add declarative assigns with compile-time verifications and warnings via attr/slot
[Component] Add new attrs :let and :for, and :if with HTML tag, function component, and slot support. We still support let but the formatter will convert it to :let and soon it will be deprecated.
[Component] Add dynamic_tag function component
[Component] Add link function component
[Component] Add focus_wrap function component to wrap focus around content like modals and dialogs for accessibility
[Logger] Add new LiveView logger with telemetry instrumentation for lifecycle events
[JS] Add new JS commands for focus, focus_first, push_focus, and pop_focus for accessibility
[Socket] Support sharing Phoenix.LiveView.Socket with regular channels via use Phoenix.LiveView.Socket
Add _live_referer connect param for handling push_navigate referal URL
Add new phx-connected and phx-disconnected bindings for reacting to lifecycle changes
Add dead view support for JS commands
Add dead view support for hooks

Bug fixes

Fix external upload issue where listeners are not cleaned up when an external failure happens on the client
Do not debounce phx-blur

0.17.12 (2022-09-20)

Enhancements

Add support for upcoming Phoenix 1.7 flash interface

0.17.11 (2022-07-11)

Enhancements

Add replaceTransport to LiveSocket

Bug fixes

Cancel debounced events from firing after a live navigation event
Fix hash anchor failing to scroll to anchor element on live navigation
Do not debounce phx-blur events

0.17.10 (2022-05-25)

Bug fixes

[Formatter] Preserve single quote delimiter on attrs
[Formatter] Do not format inline elements surrounded by texts without whitespaces
[Formatter] Keep text and eex along when there isn't a whitespace
[Formatter] Fix intentional line breaks after eex expressions
[Formatter] Handle self close tags as inline
[Formatter] Do not format inline elements without whitespaces among them
[Formatter] Do not format when attr contenteditable is present

Enhancements

[Formatter] Introduce special attr phx-no-format to skip formatting

0.17.9 (2022-04-07)

Bug fixes

Fix sticky LiveViews failing to be patched during live navigation
Do not raise on dynamic phx-update value

0.17.8 (2022-04-06)

Enhancements

Add HEEx formatter
Support phx-change on individual inputs
Dispatch MouseEvent on client
Add :bubbles option to JS.dispatch to control event bubbling
Expose underlying liveSocket instance on hooks
Enable client debug by default on localhost

Bug fixes

Fix hook and sticky LiveView issues caused by back-to-back live redirects from mount
Fix hook destroyed callback failing to be invoked for children of phx-remove in some cases
Do not failsafe reload the page on push timeout if disconnected
Do not bubble navigation click events to regular phx-click's
No longer generate csrf_token for forms without action, reducing the payload during phx-change/phx-submit events

0.17.7 (2022-02-07)

Enhancements

Optimize nested for comprehension diffs

Bug fixes

Fix error when live_redirect links are clicked when not connected in certain cases

0.17.6 (2022-01-18)

Enhancements

Add JS.set_attribute and JS.remove_attribute
Add sticky: true option to live_render to maintain a nested child on across live redirects
Dispatch phx:show-start, phx:show-end, phx:hide-start and phx:hide-end on JS.show|hide|toggle
Add get_connect_info/2 that also works on disconnected render
Add LiveSocket constructor options for configuration failsafe behavior via new maxReloads, reloadJitterMin, reloadJitterMax, failsafeJitter options

Bug fixes

Show form errors after submit even when no changes occur on server
Fix phx-disable-with failing to disable elements outside of forms
Fix phx ref tracking leaving elements in awaiting state when targeting an external LiveView
Fix diff on response failing to await for active transitions in certain cases
Fix phx-click-away not respecting phx-target
Fix "disconnect" broadcast failing to failsafe refresh the page
Fix JS.push with :target failing to send to correct component in certain cases

Deprecations

Deprecate Phoenix.LiveView.get_connect_info/1 in favor of get_connect_info/2
Deprecate Phoenix.LiveViewTest.put_connect_info/2 in favor of calling the relevant functions in Plug.Conn
Deprecate returning "raw" values from upload callbacks on Phoenix.LiveView.consume_uploaded_entry/3 and Phoenix.LiveView.consume_uploaded_entries/3. The callback must return either {:ok, value} or {:postpone, value}. Returning any other value will emit a warning.

0.17.5 (2021-11-02)

Bug fixes

Do not trigger phx-click-away if element is not visible
Fix phx-remove failing to tear down nested live children

0.17.4 (2021-11-01)

Bug fixes

Fix variable scoping issues causing various content block or duplication rendering bugs

0.17.3 (2021-10-28)

Enhancements

Support 3-tuple for JS class transitions to support staged animations where a transition class is applied with a starting and ending class
Allow JS commands to be executed on DOM nodes outside of the LiveView container

Optimization

Avoid duplicate statics inside comprehension. In previous versions, comprehensions were able to avoid duplication only in the content of their root. Now we recursively traverse all comprehension nodes and send the static only once for the whole comprehension. This should massively reduce the cost of sending comprehensions over the wire

Bug fixes

Fix HTML engine bug causing expressions to be duplicated or not rendered correctly
Fix HTML engine bug causing slots to not be re-rendered when they should have
Fix form recovery being sent to wrong target

0.17.2 (2021-10-22)

Bug fixes

Fix HTML engine bug causing attribute expressions to be incorrectly evaluated in certain cases
Fix show/hide/toggle custom display not being restored
Fix default to target for JS.show|hide|dispatch
Fix form input targeting

0.17.1 (2021-10-21)

Bug fixes

Fix SVG element support for phx binding interactions

0.17.0 (2021-10-21)

Breaking Changes

`on_mount` changes

The hook API introduced in LiveView 0.16 has been improved based on feedback. LiveView 0.17 removes the custom module-function callbacks for the Phoenix.LiveView.on_mount/1 macro and the :on_mount option for Phoenix.LiveView.Router.live_session/3 in favor of supporting a custom argument. For clarity, the module function to be invoked during the mount lifecycle stage will always be named on_mount/4.

For example, if you had invoked on_mount/1 like so:

on_mount MyAppWeb.MyHook
on_mount {MyAppWeb.MyHook, :assign_current_user}

and defined your callbacks as:

# my_hook.ex

def mount(_params, _session, _socket) do
end

def assign_current_user(_params, _session, _socket) do
end

Change the callback to:

# my_hook.ex

def on_mount(:default, _params, _session, _socket) do
end

def on_mount(:assign_current_user, _params, _session, _socket) do
end

When given only a module name, the first argument to on_mount/4 will be the atom :default.

LEEx templates in stateful LiveComponents

Stateful LiveComponents (where an :id is given) must now return HEEx templates (~H sigil or .heex extension). LEEx templates (~L sigil or .leex extension) are no longer supported. This addresses bugs and allows stateful components to be rendered more efficiently client-side.

`phx-disconnected` class has been replaced with `phx-loading`

Due to a bug in the newly released Safari 15, the previously used .phx-disconnected class has been replaced by a new .phx-loading class. The reason for the change is phx.new included a .phx-disconnected rule in the generated app.css which triggers the Safari bug. Renaming the class avoids applying the erroneous rule for existing applications. Folks can upgrade by simply renaming their .phx-disconnected rules to .phx-loading.

`phx-capture-click` has been deprecated in favor of `phx-click-away`

The new phx-click-away binding replaces phx-capture-click and is much more versatile because it can detect "click focus" being lost on containers.

Removal of previously deprecated functionality

Some functionality that was previously deprecated has been removed:

Implicit assigns in live_component do-blocks is no longer supported
Passing a @socket to live_component will now raise if possible

Enhancements

Allow slots in function components: they are marked as <:slot_name> and can be rendered with <%= render_slot @slot_name %>
Add JS command for executing JavaScript utility operations on the client with an extended push API
Optimize string attributes:
- If the attribute is a string interpolation, such as <div class={"foo bar #{@baz}"}>, only the interpolation part is marked as dynamic
- If the attribute can be empty, such as "class" and "style", keep the attribute name as static
Add a function component for rendering Phoenix.LiveComponent. Instead of <%= live_component FormComponent, id: "form" %>, you must now do: <.live_component module={FormComponent} id="form" />

Bug fixes

Fix LiveViews with form recovery failing to properly mount following a reconnect when preceded by a live redirect
Fix stale session causing full redirect fallback when issuing a push_redirect from mount
Add workaround for Safari bug causing <img> tags with srcset and video with autoplay to fail to render
Support EEx interpolation inside HTML comments in HEEx templates
Support HTML tags inside script tags (as in regular HTML)
Raise if using quotes in attribute names
Include the filename in error messages when it is not possible to parse interpolated attributes
Make sure the test client always sends the full URL on live_patch/live_redirect. This mirrors the behaviour of the JavaScript client
Do not reload flash from session on live_redirects
Fix select drop-down flashes in Chrome when the DOM is patched during focus

Deprecations

<%= live_component MyModule, id: @user.id, user: @user %> is deprecated in favor of <.live_component module={MyModule} id={@user.id} user={@user} />. Notice the new API requires using HEEx templates. This change allows us to further improve LiveComponent and bring new features such as slots to them.
render_block/2 in deprecated in favor of render_slot/2

0.16.4 (2021-09-22)

Enhancements

Improve HEEx error messages
Relax HTML tag validation to support mixed case tags
Support self closing HTML tags
Remove requirement for handle_params to be defined for lifecycle hooks

Bug fixes

Fix pushes failing to include channel join_ref on messages

0.16.3 (2021-09-03)

Bug fixes

Fix on_mount hooks calling view mount before redirecting when the hook issues a halt redirect.

0.16.2 (2021-09-03)

Enhancements

Improve error messages on tokenization
Improve error message if @inner_block is missing

Bug fixes

Fix phx-change form recovery event being sent to wrong component on reconnect when component order changes

0.16.1 (2021-08-26)

Enhancements

Relax phoenix_html dependency requirement
Allow testing functional components by passing a function reference to Phoenix.LiveViewTest.render_component/3

Bug fixes

Do not generate CSRF tokens for non-POST forms
Do not add compile-time dependencies on on_mount declarations

0.16.0 (2021-08-10)

Security Considerations Upgrading from 0.15

LiveView v0.16 optimizes live redirects by supporting navigation purely over the existing WebSocket connection. This is accomplished by the new live_session/3 feature of Phoenix.LiveView.Router. The security guide has always stressed the following:

... As we have seen, LiveView begins its life-cycle as a regular HTTP request. Then a stateful connection is established. Both the HTTP request and the stateful connection receives the client data via parameters and session. This means that any session validation must happen both in the HTTP request (plug pipeline) and the stateful connection (LiveView mount) ...

These guidelines continue to be valid, but it is now essential that the stateful connection enforces authentication and session validation within the LiveView mount lifecycle because a live_redirect from the client will not go through the plug pipeline as a hard-refresh or initial HTTP render would. This means authentication, authorization, etc that may be done in the Plug.Conn pipeline must also be performed within the LiveView mount lifecycle.

Live sessions allow you to support a shared security model by allowing live_redirects to only be issued between routes defined under the same live session name. If a client attempts to live redirect to a different live session, it will be refused and a graceful client-side redirect will trigger a regular HTTP request to the attempted URL.

See the Phoenix.LiveView.Router.live_session/3 docs for more information and example usage.

New HTML Engine

LiveView v0.16 introduces HEEx (HTML + EEx) templates and the concept of function components via Phoenix.Component. The new HEEx templates validate the markup in the template while also providing smarter change tracking as well as syntax conveniences to make it easier to build composable components.

A function component is any function that receives a map of assigns and returns a ~H template:

defmodule MyComponent do
  use Phoenix.Component

  def btn(assigns) do
    ~H"""
    <button class="btn"><%= @text %></button>
    """
  end
end

This component can now be used as in your HEEx templates as:

<MyComponent.btn text="Save">

The introduction of HEEx and function components brings a series of deprecation warnings, some introduced in this release and others which will be added in the future. Note HEEx templates require Elixir v1.12+.

Upgrading and deprecations

The main deprecation in this release is that the ~L sigil and the .leex extension are now soft-deprecated. The docs have been updated to discourage them and using them will emit warnings in future releases. We recommend using the ~H sigil and the .heex extension for all future templates in your application. You should also plan to migrate the old templates accordingly using the recommendations below.

Migrating from LEEx to HEEx is relatively straightforward. There are two main differences. First of all, HEEx does not allow interpolation inside tags. So instead of:

<div id="<%= @id %>">
  ...
</div>

One should use the HEEx syntax:

<div id={@id}>
  ...
</div>

The other difference is in regards to form_for. Some templates may do the following:

~L"""
<%= f = form_for @changeset, "#" %>
  <%= input f, :foo %>
</form>
"""

However, when converted to ~H, it is not valid HTML: there is a </form> tag but its opening is hidden inside the Elixir code. On LiveView v0.16, there is a function component named form:

~H"""
<.form :let={f} for={@changeset}>
  <%= input f, :foo %>
</.form>
"""

We understand migrating all templates from ~L to ~H can be a daunting task. Therefore we plan to support ~L in LiveViews for a long time. However, we can't do the same for stateful LiveComponents, as some important client-side features and optimizations will depend on the ~H sigil. Therefore our recommendation is to replace ~L by ~H first in live components, particularly stateful live components.

Furthermore, stateless live_component (i.e. live components without an :id) will be deprecated in favor of the new function components. Our plan is to support them for a reasonable period of time, but you should avoid creating new ones in your application.

Breaking Changes

LiveView 0.16 removes the :layout and :container options from Phoenix.LiveView.Routing.live/4 in favor of the :root_layout and :container options on Phoenix.Router.live_session/3.

For instance, if you have the following in LiveView 0.15 and prior:

live "/path", MyAppWeb.PageLive, layout: {MyAppWeb.LayoutView, "custom_layout.html"}

Change it to:

live_session :session_name, root_layout: {MyAppWeb.LayoutView, "custom_layout.html"} do
  live "/path", MyAppWeb.PageLive
end

On the client, the phoenix_live_view package no longer provides a default export for LiveSocket.

If you have the following in your JavaScript entrypoint (typically located at assets/js/app.js):

import LiveSocket from "phoenix_live_view"

Change it to:

import { LiveSocket } from "phoenix_live_view"

Additionally on the client, the root LiveView element no longer exposes the LiveView module name, therefore the phx-view attribute is never set. Similarly, the viewName property of client hooks has been removed.

Codebases calling a custom function component/3 should rename it or specify its module to avoid a conflict, as LiveView introduces a macro with that name and it is special cased by the underlying engine.

Enhancements

Introduce HEEx templates
Introduce Phoenix.Component
Introduce Phoenix.Router.live_session/3 for optimized live redirects
Introduce on_mount and attach_hook hooks which provide a mechanism to tap into key stages of the LiveView lifecycle
Add upload methods to client-side hooks
[Helpers] Optimize live_img_preview rendering
[Helpers] Introduce form function component which wraps Phoenix.HTML.form_for
[LiveViewTest] Add with_target for scoping components directly
[LiveViewTest] Add refute_redirected
[LiveViewTest] Support multiple phx-target values to mirror JS client
[LiveViewTest] Add follow_trigger_action
[JavaScript Client] Add sessionStorage option LiveSocket constructor to support client storage overrides
[JavaScript Client] Do not failsafe reload the page in the background when a tab is unable to connect if the page is not visible

Bug fixes

Make sure components are loaded on render_component to ensure all relevant callbacks are invoked
Fix Phoenix.LiveViewTest.page_title returning nil in some cases
Fix buttons being re-enabled when explicitly set to disabled on server
Fix live patch failing to update URL when live patch link is patched again via handle_params within the same callback lifecycle
Fix phx-no-feedback class not applied when page is live-patched
Fix DOMException, querySelector, not a valid selector when performing DOM lookups on non-standard IDs
Fix select dropdown flashing close/opened when assigns are updated on Chrome/macOS
Fix error with multiple live_file_input in one form
Fix race condition in showError causing null querySelector
Fix statics not resolving correctly across recursive diffs
Fix no function clause matching in Phoenix.LiveView.Diff.many_to_iodata
Fix upload input not being cleared after files are uploaded via a component
Fix channel crash when uploading during reconnect
Fix duplicate progress events being sent for large uploads

Deprecations

Implicit assigns when passing a do-end block to live_component is deprecated
The ~L sigil and the .leex extension are now soft-deprecated in favor of ~H and .heex
Stateless live components (a live_component call without an :id) are deprecated in favor of the new function component feature

0.15.7 (2021-05-24)

Bug fixes

Fix broken webpack build throwing missing morphdom dependency

0.15.6 (2021-05-24)

Bug fixes

Fix live patch failing to update URL when live patch link is patched again from handle_params
Fix regression in LiveViewTest.render_upload/3 when using channel uploads and progress callback
Fix component uploads not being cleaned up on remove
Fix KeyError on LiveView reconnect when an active upload was previously in progress

Enhancements

Support function components via component/3
Optimize progress events to send less messages for larger file sizes
Allow session and local storage client overrides

Deprecations

Deprecate @socket/socket argument on live_component/3 call

0.15.5 (2021-04-20)

Enhancements

Add upload_errors/1 for returning top-level upload errors

Bug fixes

Fix consume_uploaded_entry/3 with external uploads causing inconsistent entries state
Fix push_event losing events when a single diff produces multiple events from different components
Fix deep merging of component tree sharing

0.15.4 (2021-01-26)

Bug fixes

Fix nested live_render's causing remound of child LiveView even when ID does not change
Do not attempt push hook events unless connected
Fix preflighted refs causing auto_upload: true to fail to submit form
Replace single upload entry when max_entries is 1 instead of accumulating multiple file selections
Fix static_path in open_browser failing to load stylesheets

0.15.3 (2021-01-02)

Bug fixes

Fix push_redirect back causing timeout on the client

0.15.2 (2021-01-01)

Backwards incompatible changes

Remove beforeDestroy from phx-hook callbacks

Bug fixes

Fix form recovery failing to send input on first connection failure
Fix hooks not getting remounted after LiveView reconnect
Fix hooks reconnected callback being fired with no prior disconnect

0.15.1 (2020-12-20)

Enhancements

Ensure all click events bubble for mobile Safari
Run consume_uploaded_entries in LiveView caller process

Bug fixes

Fix hooks not getting remounted after LiveView recovery
Fix bug causing reload with jitter on timeout from previously closed channel
Fix component child nodes being lost when component patch goes from single root node to multiple child siblings
Fix phx-capture-click triggering on mouseup during text selection
Fix LiveView push_event's not clearing up in components
Fix <textarea> being patched by LiveView while focused

0.15.0 (2020-11-20)

Enhancements

Add live uploads support for file progress, interactive file selection, and direct to cloud support
Implement Phoenix.LiveViewTest.open_browser/2 that opens up a browser with the LiveView page

Backwards incompatible changes

Remove @inner_content in components and introduce render_block for rendering component @inner_block
Remove @live_module in socket templates in favor of @socket.view

Bug fixes

Make sure URLs are decoded after they are split
Do not recover forms without inputs
Fix race condition when components are removed and then immediately re-added before the client can notify their CIDs have been destroyed
Do not render LiveView if only events/replies have been added to the socket
Properly merge different components when sharing component subtrees on initial render
Allow variables inside do-blocks to be tainted
Fix push_redirect from mount hanging on the client and causing a fallback to full page reload when following a clicked live_redirect on the client

0.14.8 (2020-10-30)

Bug fixes

Fix compatibility with latest Plug

0.14.7 (2020-09-25)

Bug fixes

Fix redirect(socket, external: ...) when returned from an event
Properly follow location hashes on live patch/redirect
Fix failure in Phoenix.LiveViewTest when phx-update has non-HTML nodes as children
Fix phx_trigger_action submitting the form before the DOM updates are complete

0.14.6 (2020-09-21)

Bug fixes

Fix race condition on phx-trigger-action causing reconnects before server form submit

0.14.5 (2020-09-20)

Enhancements

Optimize DOM prepend and append operations
Add Phoenix.LiveView.send_update_after/3

Bug fixes

Fix scroll position when using back/forward with live_redirect's
Handle recursive components when generating diffs
Support hard redirects on mount
Properly track nested components on deletion on Phoenix.LiveViewTest

0.14.4 (2020-07-30)

Bug fixes

Fix hidden inputs throwing selection range error

0.14.3 (2020-07-24)

Enhancements

Support render_layout with LiveEEx

Bug fixes

Fix focused inputs being overwritten by latent patch
Fix LiveView error when "_target" input name contains array
Fix change tracking when passing a do-block to components

0.14.2 (2020-07-21)

Bug fixes

Fix Map of assigns together with @inner_content causing no function clause matching in Keyword.put/3 error
Fix LiveViewTest failing to patch children properly for append/prepend based phx-update's
Fix argument error when providing :as option to a live route
Fix page becoming unresponsive when the server crashes while handling a live patch
Fix empty diff causing pending data-ref based updates, such as classes and phx-disable-with content to not be updated
Fix bug where throttling keydown events would eat key presses
Fix <textarea>'s failing to be disabled on form submit
Fix text node DOM memory leak when using phx-update append/prepend

Enhancements

Allow :router to be given to render_component
Display file on compile warning for ~L
Log error on client when using a hook without a DOM ID
Optimize phx-update append/prepend based DOM updates

0.14.1 (2020-07-09)

Bug fixes

Fix nested live_render's failing to be torn down when removed from the DOM in certain cases
Fix LEEx issue for nested conditions failing to be re-evaluated

0.14.0 (2020-07-07)

Bug fixes

Fix IE11 issue where document.activeElement creates a null reference
Fix setup and teardown of root views when explicitly calling liveSocket.disconnect() followed by liveSocket.connect()
Fix error_tag failing to be displayed for non-text based inputs such as selects and checkboxes as the phx-no-feedback class was always applied
Fix phx-error class being applied on live_redirect
Properly handle Elixir's special variables, such as __MODULE__
No longer set disconnected class during patch
Track flash keys to fix back-to-back flashes from being discarded
Properly handle empty component diffs in the client for cases where the component has already been removed on the server
Make sure components in nested live views do not conflict
Fix phx-static not being sent from the client for child views
Do not fail when trying to delete a view that was already deleted
Ensure beforeDestroy is called on hooks in children of a removed element

Enhancements

Allow the whole component static subtree to be shared when the component already exists on the client
Add telemetry events to mount, handle_params, and handle_event
Add push_event for pushing events and data from the server to the client
Add client handleEvent hook method for receiving events pushed from the server
Add ability to receive a reply to a pushEvent from the server via {:reply, map, socket}
Use event listener for popstate to avoid conflicting with user-defined popstate handlers
Log error on client when rendering a component with no direct DOM children
Make assigns.myself a struct to catch mistakes
Log if component doesn't exist on send_update, raise if module is unavailable

0.13.3 (2020-06-04)

Bug fixes

Fix duplicate debounced events from being triggered on blur with timed debounce
Fix client error when live_redirected route results in a redirect to a non-live route on the server
Fix DOM siblings being removed when a rootless component is updated
Fix debounced input failing to send last change when blurred via Tab, Meta, or other non-printable keys

Enhancements

Add dom option to LiveSocket with onBeforeElUpdated callback for external client library support of broad DOM operations

0.13.2 (2020-05-27)

Bug fixes

Fix a bug where swapping a root template with components would cause the LiveView to crash

0.13.1 (2020-05-26)

Bug fixes

Fix forced page refresh when push_redirect from a live_redirect

Enhancements

Optimize component diffs to avoid sending empty diffs
Optimize components to share static values
[LiveViewTest] Automatically synchronize before render events

0.13.0 (2020-05-21)

Backwards incompatible changes

No longer send event metadata by default. Metadata is now opt-in and user defined at the LiveSocket level. To maintain backwards compatibility with pre-0.13 behaviour, you can provide the following metadata option:

  let liveSocket = new LiveSocket("/live", Socket, {
    params: {_csrf_token: csrfToken},
    metadata: {
      click: (e, el) => {
        return {
          altKey: e.altKey,
          shiftKey: e.shiftKey,
          ctrlKey: e.ctrlKey,
          metaKey: e.metaKey,
          x: e.x || e.clientX,
          y: e.y || e.clientY,
          pageX: e.pageX,
          pageY: e.pageY,
          screenX: e.screenX,
          screenY: e.screenY,
          offsetX: e.offsetX,
          offsetY: e.offsetY,
          detail: e.detail || 1,
        }
      },
      keydown: (e, el) => {
        return {
          altGraphKey: e.altGraphKey,
          altKey: e.altKey,
          code: e.code,
          ctrlKey: e.ctrlKey,
          key: e.key,
          keyIdentifier: e.keyIdentifier,
          keyLocation: e.keyLocation,
          location: e.location,
          metaKey: e.metaKey,
          repeat: e.repeat,
          shiftKey: e.shiftKey
        }
      }
    }
  })

Bug fixes

Fix error caused by Chrome sending a keydown event on native UI autocomplete without a key
Fix server error when a live navigation request issues a redirect
Fix double window bindings when explicit calls to LiveSocket connect/disconnect/connect

Enhancements

Add Phoenix.LiveView.get_connect_info/1
Add Phoenix.LiveViewTest.put_connect_info/2 and Phoenix.LiveViewTest.put_connect_params/2
Add support for tracking static asset changes on the page across cold server deploys
Add support for passing a @myself target to a hook's pushEventTo target
Add configurable metadata for events with new metadata LiveSocket option
Add "_mounts" key in connect params which specifies the number of times a LiveView has mounted

0.12.1 (2020-04-19)

Bug fixes

Fix component innerHTML being discarded when a sibling DOM element appears above it, in cases where the component lacks a DOM ID
Fix Firefox reconnecting briefly during hard redirects
Fix phx-disable-with and other pending attributes failing to be restored when an empty patch is returned by server
Ensure LiveView module is loaded before mount to prevent first application request logging errors if the very first request is to a connected LiveView

0.12.0 (2020-04-16)

This version of LiveView comes with an overhaul of the testing module, more closely integrating your LiveView template with your LiveView events. For example, in previous versions, you could write this test:

  render_click(live_view, "increment_by", %{by: 1})

However, there is no guarantee that there is any element on the page with a phx-click="increment" attribute and phx-value-by set to 1. With LiveView 0.12.0, you can now write:

  live_view
  |> element("#term .buttons a", "Increment")
  |> render_click()

The new implementation will check there is a button at #term .buttons a, with "Increment" as text, validate that it has a phx-click attribute and automatically submit to it with all relevant phx-value entries. This brings us closer to integration/acceptance test frameworks without any of the overhead and complexities of running a headless browser.

Enhancements

Add assert_patch/3 and assert_patched/2 for asserting on patches
Add follow_redirect/3 to automatically follow redirects from render_* events
Add phx-trigger-action form annotation to trigger an HTTP form submit on next DOM patch

Bug fixes

Fix phx-target @myself targeting a sibling LiveView component with the same component ID
Fix phx:page-loading-stop firing before the DOM patch has been performed
Fix phx-update="prepend" failing to properly patch the DOM when the same ID is updated back to back
Fix redirects on mount failing to copy flash

Backwards incompatible changes

phx-error-for has been removed in favor of phx-feedback-for. phx-feedback-for will set a phx-no-feedback class whenever feedback has to be hidden
Phoenix.LiveViewTest.children/1 has been renamed to Phoenix.LiveViewTest.live_children/1
Phoenix.LiveViewTest.find_child/2 has been renamed to Phoenix.LiveViewTest.find_live_child/2
Phoenix.LiveViewTest.assert_redirect/3 no longer matches on the flash, instead it returns the flash
Phoenix.LiveViewTest.assert_redirect/3 no longer matches on the patch redirects, use assert_patch/3 instead
Phoenix.LiveViewTest.assert_remove/3 has been removed. If the LiveView crashes, it will cause the test to crash too
Passing a path with DOM IDs to render_* test functions is deprecated. Furthermore, they now require a phx-target="<%= @id %>" on the given DOM ID:
```
<div id="component-id" phx-target="component-id">
  ...
</div>
```
```
html = render_submit([view, "#component-id"], event, value)
```
In any case, this API is deprecated and you should migrate to the new element based API.

0.11.1 (2020-04-08)

Bug fixes

Fix readonly states failing to be undone after an empty diff
Fix dynamically added child failing to be joined by the client
Fix teardown bug causing stale client sessions to attempt a rejoin on reconnect
Fix orphaned prepend/append content across joins
Track unless in LiveEEx engine

Backwards incompatible changes

render_event/render_click and friends now expect a DOM ID selector to be given when working with components. For example, instead of render_click([live, "user-13"]), you should write render_click([live, "#user-13"]), mirroring the phx-target API.
Accessing the socket assigns directly @socket.assigns[...] in a template will now raise the exception Phoenix.LiveView.Socket.AssignsNotInSocket. The socket assigns are available directly inside the template as LiveEEx assigns, such as @foo and @bar. Any assign access should be done using the assigns in the template where proper change tracking takes place.

Enhancements

Trigger debounced events immediately on input blur
Support defaults option on LiveSocket constructor to configure default phx-debounce and phx-throttle values, allowing <input ... phx-debounce>
Add detail key to click event metadata for detecting double/triple clicks

0.11.0 (2020-04-06)

Backwards incompatible changes

Remove socket.assigns during render to avoid change tracking bugs. If you were previously relying on passing @socket to functions then referencing socket assigns, pass the explicit assign instead to your functions from the template.
Removed assets/css/live_view.css. If you want to show a progress bar then in app.css, replace
```
- @import "../../../../deps/phoenix_live_view/assets/css/live_view.css";
+ @import "../node_modules/nprogress/nprogress.css";
```
and add nprogress to assets/package.json. Full details in the Progress animation guide

Bug fixes

Fix client issue with greater than two levels of LiveView nesting
Fix bug causing entire LiveView to be re-rendering with only a component changed
Fix issue where rejoins would not trigger phx:page-loading-stop

Enhancements

Support deep change tracking so @foo.bar only executes and diffs when bar changes
Add @myself assign, to allow components to target themselves instead of relying on a DOM ID, for example: phx-target="<%= @myself %>"
Optimize various client rendering scenarios for faster DOM patching of components and append/prepended content
Add enableProfiling() and disableProfiling() to LiveSocket for client performance profiling to aid the development process
Allow LiveViews to be rendered inside LiveComponents
Add support for clearing flash inside components

0.10.0 (2020-03-18)

Backwards incompatible changes

Rename socket assign @live_view_module to @live_module
Rename socket assign @live_view_action to @live_action
LiveView no longer uses the default app layout and put_live_layout is no longer supported. Instead, use put_root_layout. Note, however, that the layout given to put_root_layout must use @inner_content instead of <%= render(@view_module, @view_template, assigns) %> and that the root layout will also be used by regular views. Check the Live Layouts section of the docs.

Bug fixes

Fix loading states causing nested LiveViews to be removed during live navigation
Only trigger phx-update="ignore" hook if data attributes have changed
Fix LiveEEx fingerprint bug causing no diff to be sent in certain cases

Enhancements

Support collocated templates where an .html.leex template of the same basename of the LiveView will be automatically used for render/1
Add live_title_tag/2 helper for automatic prefix/suffix on @page_title updates

0.9.0 (2020-03-08)

Bug fixes

Do not set ignored inputs and buttons as readonly
Only decode paths in URIs
Only destroy main descendents when replacing main
Fix sibling component patches when siblings at same root DOM tree
Do not pick the layout from :use on child LiveViews
Respect when the layout is set to false in the router and on mount
Fix sibling component patch when component siblings lack a container
Make flash optional (i.e. LiveView will still work if you don't fetch_flash before)

Enhancements

Raise if :flash is given as an assign
Support user-defined metadata in router
Allow the router to be accessed as socket.router
Allow MFArgs as the :session option in the live router macro
Trigger page loading event when main LV errors
Automatically clear the flash on live navigation examples - only the newly assigned flash is persisted

0.8.1 (2020-02-27)

Enhancements

Support phx-disable-with on live redirect and live patch links

Bug Fixes

Fix focus issue on date and time inputs
Fix LiveViews failing to mount when page restored from back/forward cache following a redirect on the server
Fix IE coercing undefined to string when issuing pushState
Fix IE error when focused element is null
Fix client error when using components and live navigation where a dynamic template is rendered
Fix latent component diff causing error when component removed from DOM before patch arrives
Fix race condition where a component event received on the server for a component already removed by the server raised a match error

0.8.0 (2020-02-22)

Backwards incompatible changes

Remove Phoenix.LiveView.Flash in favor of :fetch_live_flash imported by Phoenix.LiveView.Router
Live layout must now access the child contents with @inner_content instead of invoking the LiveView directly
Returning :stop tuples from LiveView mount or handle_[params|call|cast|info|event] is no longer supported. LiveViews are stopped when issuing a redirect or push_redirect

Enhancements

Add put_live_layout plug to put the root layout used for live routes
Allow redirect and push_redirect from mount
Use acknowledgement tracking to avoid patching inputs until the server has processed the form event
Add CSS loading states to all phx bound elements with event specific CSS classes
Dispatch phx:page-loading-start and phx:page-loading-stop on window for live navigation, initial page loads, and form submits, for user controlled page loading integration
Allow any phx bound element to specify phx-page-loading to dispatch loading events above when the event is pushed
Add client side latency simulator with new enableLatencySim(milliseconds) and disableLatencySim()
Add enableDebug() and disableDebug() to LiveSocket for ondemand browser debugging from the web console
Do not connect LiveSocket WebSocket or bind client events unless a LiveView is found on the page
Add transport_pid/1 to return the websocket transport pid when the socket is connected

Bug Fixes

Fix issue where a failed mount from a live_redirect would reload the current URL instead of the attempted new URL

0.7.1 (2020-02-13)

Bug Fixes

Fix checkbox bug failing to send phx-change event to the server in certain cases
Fix checkbox bug failing to maintain checked state when a checkbox is programmatically updated by the server
Fix select bug in Firefox causing the highlighted index to jump when a patch is applied during hover state

0.7.0 (2020-02-12)

Backwards incompatible changes

live_redirect was removed in favor of push_patch (for updating the URL and params of the current LiveView) and push_redirect (for updating the URL to another LiveView)
live_link was removed in favor of live_patch (for updating the URL and params of the current LiveView) and live_redirect (for updating the URL to another LiveView)
Phoenix.LiveViewTest.assert_redirect no longer accepts an anonymous function in favor of executing the code prior to asserting the redirects, just like assert_receive.

Enhancements

Support @live_view_action in LiveViews to simplify tracking of URL state
Recovery form input data automatically on disconnects or crash recovery
Add phx-auto-recover form binding for specialized recovery
Scroll to top of page while respecting anchor hash targets on live_patch and live_redirect
Add phx-capture-click to use event capturing to bind a click event as it propagates inwards from the target
Revamp flash support so it works between static views, live views, and components
Add phx-key binding to scope phx-window-keydown and phx-window-keyup events

Bug Fixes

Send phx-value-* on key events
Trigger updated hook callbacks on phx-update="ignore" container when the container's attributes have changed
Fix nested phx-update="append" raising ArgumentError in LiveViewTest
Fix updates not being applied in rare cases where an leex template is wrapped in an if expression

0.6.0 (2020-01-22)

Deprecations

LiveView mount/2 has been deprecated in favor of mount/3. The params are now passed as the first argument to mount/3, followed by the session and socket.

Backwards incompatible changes

The socket session now accepts only string keys

Enhancements

Allow window beforeunload to be cancelled without losing websocket connection

Bug Fixes

Fix handle_params not decoding URL path parameters properly
Fix LiveViewTest error when routing at root path
Fix URI encoded params failing to be decoded in handle_params
Fix component target failing to locate correct component when the target is on an input tag

0.5.2 (2020-01-17)

Bug Fixes

Fix optimization bug causing some DOM nodes to be removed on updates

0.5.1 (2020-01-15)

Bug Fixes

Fix phx-change bug causing phx-target to not be used

0.5.0 (2020-01-15)

LiveView now makes the connection session automatically available in LiveViews. However, to do so, you need to configure your endpoint accordingly, otherwise LiveView will fail to connect.

The steps are:

Find plug Plug.Session, ... in your endpoint.ex and move the options ... to a module attribute:
```
 @session_options [
   ...
 ]
```
Change the plug Plug.Session to use said attribute:
```
 plug Plug.Session, @session_options
```

Also pass the @session_options to your LiveView socket:

 socket "/live", Phoenix.LiveView.Socket,
   websocket: [connect_info: [session: @session_options]]

You should define the CSRF meta tag inside <head> in your layout, before app.js is included:

 <meta name="csrf-token" content={Plug.CSRFProtection.get_csrf_token()} />
 <script type="text/javascript" src="<%= Routes.static_path(@conn, "/js/app.js") %>"></script>

Then in your app.js:

 let csrfToken = document.querySelector("meta[name='csrf-token']").getAttribute("content");
 let liveSocket = new LiveSocket("/live", Socket, {params: {_csrf_token: csrfToken}});

Also note that the session from now on will have string keys. LiveView will warn if atom keys are used.

Enhancements

Respect new tab behavior in live_link
Add beforeUpdate and beforeDestroy JS hooks
Make all assigns defined on the socket mount available on the layout on first render
Provide support for live layouts with new :layout option
Detect duplicate IDs on the front-end when DEBUG mode is enabled
Automatically forward the session to LiveView
Support "live_socket_id" session key for identifying (and disconnecting) LiveView sockets
Add support for hibernate_after on LiveView processes
Support redirecting to full URLs on live_redirect and redirect
Add offsetX and offsetY to click event metadata
Allow live_link and live_redirect to exist anywhere in the page and it will always target the main LiveView (the one defined at the router)

Backwards incompatible changes

phx-target="window" has been removed in favor of phx-window-keydown, phx-window-focus, etc, and the phx-target binding has been repurposed for targeting LiveView and LiveComponent events from the client
Phoenix.LiveView no longer defined live_render and live_link. These functions have been moved to Phoenix.LiveView.Helpers which can now be fully imported in your views. In other words, replace import Phoenix.LiveView, only: [live_render: ..., live_link: ...] by import Phoenix.LiveView.Helpers

0.4.1 (2019-11-07)

Bug Fixes

Fix bug causing blurred inputs

0.4.0 (2019-11-07)

Enhancements

Add Phoenix.LiveComponent to compartmentalize state, markup, and events in LiveView
Handle outdated clients by refreshing the page with jitter when a valid, but outdated session is detected
Only dispatch live link clicks to router LiveView
Refresh the page for graceful error recovery on failed mount when the socket is in a connected state

Bug Fixes

Fix phx-hook destroyed callback failing to be called in certain cases
Fix back/forward bug causing LiveView to fail to remount

0.3.1 (2019-09-23)

Backwards incompatible changes

live_isolated in tests no longer requires a router and a pipeline (it now expects only 3 arguments)
Raise if handle_params is used on a non-router LiveView

Bug Fixes

[LiveViewTest] Fix function clause errors caused by HTML comments

0.3.0 (2019-09-19)

Enhancements

Add phx-debounce and phx-throttle bindings to rate limit events

Backwards incompatible changes

IE11 support now requires two additional polyfills, mdn-polyfills/CustomEvent and mdn-polyfills/String.prototype.startsWith

Bug Fixes

Fix IE11 support caused by unsupported getAttributeNames lookup
Fix Floki dependency compilation warnings

0.2.1 (2019-09-17)

Bug Fixes

[LiveView.Router] Fix module concat failing to build correct layout module when using custom namespace
[LiveViewTest] Fix phx-update append/prepend containers not building proper DOM content
[LiveViewTest] Fix phx-update append/prepend containers not updating existing child containers with matching IDs

0.2.0 (2019-09-12)

Enhancements

[LiveView] Add new :container option to use Phoenix.LiveView
[LiveViewTest] Add live_isolated test helper for testing LiveViews which are not routable

Backwards incompatible changes

Replace configure_temporary_assigns/2 with 3-tuple mount return, supporting a :temporary_assigns key
Do not allow redirect/live_redirect on mount nor in child live views
All phx-update containers now require a unique ID
LiveSocket JavaScript constructor now requires explicit dependency injection of Phoenix Socket constructor. For example:

import {Socket} from "phoenix"
import LiveSocket from "phoenix_live_view"

let liveSocket = new LiveSocket("/live", Socket, {...})

Bug Fixes

Fix phx-update=append/prepend failing to join new nested live views or wire up new phx-hooks
Fix number input handling causing some browsers to reset form fields on invalid inputs
Fix multi-select decoding causing server error
Fix multi-select change tracking failing to submit an event when a value is deselected
Fix live redirect loop triggered under certain scenarios
Fix params failing to update on re-mounts after live_redirect
Fix blur event metadata being sent with type of "focus"

0.1.2 (2019-08-28)

Backwards incompatible changes

phx-value has no effect, use phx-value-* instead
The :path_params key in session has no effect (use handle_params in LiveView instead)

0.1.1 (2019-08-27)

Enhancements

Use optimized insertAdjacentHTML for faster append/prepend and proper CSS animation handling
Allow for replacing previously appended/prepended elements by replacing duplicate IDs during append/prepend instead of adding new DOM nodes

Bug Fixes

Fix duplicate append/prepend updates when parent content is updated
Fix JS hooks not being applied for appending and prepended content

0.1.0 (2019-08-25)

Enhancements

The LiveView handle_in/3 callback now receives a map of metadata about the client event
For phx-change events, handle_in/3 now receives a "_target" param representing the keyspace of the form input name which triggered the change
Multiple values may be provided for any phx binding by using the phx-value- prefix, such as phx-value-myval1, phx-value-myval2, etc
Add control over the DOM patching via phx-update, which can be set to "replace", "append", "prepend" or "ignore"

Backwards incompatible changes

phx-ignore was renamed to phx-update="ignore"

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