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 These release notes list notable changes in each version of Blocks. The latest version can be [[blocks:downloads|downloaded here]]. See the [[http://pixilab.se/outgoing/blocks/PIXILAB-Blocks.pdf|Blocks Manual]] for more details. These release notes list notable changes in each version of Blocks. The latest version can be [[blocks:downloads|downloaded here]]. See the [[http://pixilab.se/outgoing/blocks/PIXILAB-Blocks.pdf|Blocks Manual]] for more details.
  
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 +=====PIXILAB Blocks 7.5=====
 +
 +Released on February 6, 2026, this version brings new features and several minor improvements and bug fixes.
 +
 +=== NEW FEATURES ===
 +  * **User Groups**: Specifying what users can see in terms of Spots and Blocks.
 +  * **Help**: Pervasive help system in editor linking to manual, wiki, videos, etc.
 +  * **Deep Zoom**: New block type, allowing for zoom and pan in very large images.
 +  * **Navigate Behavior**: Bidirectional mode, setting the bound property on child block navigation.
 +  * **Scroller**: Optional bidirectional, normalized property binding, tracking the scrolling amount.
 +  * **Attractor**: Optional forewarning time before timeout, setting a boolean property.
 +
 +=== MINOR IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES ===
 +  * **Editor**: Numeric fields handle simple expressions with constants and operators.
 +  * **Visitor Spot**: Avoid phone sleep while playing (needs https and prior user interaction).
 +  * **ArtNet Playback**: Revert to fixture value when playback ends.
 +  * **Opacity Behavior**: Setting to ignore clicks when fully transparent.
 +  * **Composition**: New Edit/Group command composes selected children into a sub-composition.
 +  * **Composition, etc**: Aspect ratio lock for child block width/height numeric change.
 +  * **Composition**: Can now position/move multiple selected child blocks numerically.
 +  * **CSS Editor**: Remembers last scroll position.
 +  * **Panorama**: Intra-panorama navigation buttons work also with touch.
 +  * **Panorama**: Navigating in a Book in a Panorama no longer affects positioning.
 +  * **Panorama**: Background video now respects Spot's playing property.
 +  * **Panorama**: Child blocks out of view now stop playing (as in Scroller).
 +  * **Panorama**: Buttons navigating into panorama highlight while target in view.
 +  * **Zoom Behavior**: You can specify initial zoom level and positioning.
 +  * **Play Behavior**: Can now stop (reset) playback as alternative to merely pausing.
 +  * **Media URL**: Cross-site image access works as expected even with Caching enabled.
 +  * **Audio**: Synchronized audio could sometimes fail on mobile devices over slow wifi.
 +  * **ArtNet**: List of Fixtures can be sorted on any column.
 +
 +=====PIXILAB Blocks 7.4=====
 +Released on November 14, 2025, this version brings a some new features and several minor improvements and bug fixes.
 +
 +
 +=== NEW FEATURES ===
 +  * **UI**: New, global **Find** command for finding properties and other text anywhere.
 +  * **Tag Selector**: Tag set can be overridden by property value.
 +  * **Serial data**: Setting for //Bytes// or //Text// mode if no driver selected.
 +
 +=== MINOR IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES ===
 +  * **Web block**: URL entry field no longer loses focus while typing.
 +  * **Attractor**: Didn't activate by touch.
 +  * **Timeline**: A property cue could misfire after a Do-track jump.
 +  * **Text**: Protected Text's formatting is now editable unless "Protect Block Content" selected.
 +  * **Book**: Fixed a "swipe to flip page" issue in complex block structure.
 +  * **Display Spot**: Avoids sending redundant WoL in edge case when switching block.
 +  * **Status**: Average backlog weighted slightly towards recent values.
 +  * **Serial data**: Textual data can now be sent using //sendText// also in //Bytes// mode.
 +  * **Display Spot**: Screenshot now allowed also by applying a //apiKey// query parameter matching what's specified for //spotSnap// under //apiKeys// in Blocks' configuration file.
 + 
 +=====PIXILAB Blocks 7.3=====
 +
 +Released on October 17, 2025, this version brings a few new features and several improvements and bug fixes.
 +
 +=== NEW FEATURES ===
 +  * **PIXILAB Player**: Configuration can be changed in Display Spot settings.
 +  * **3D**: Adds Appearance Zoom Time setting.
 +  * **Feed script API**: Adds refreshFeed method for updating feed displays.
 +  * **Camera Block**: Can downscale image (e.g., to speed up upload from mobile).
 +  * **Composition**: Can now be either shown or hidden after delay.
 +  * **Locator**: Located content can be "Constrained", allowing Stack/Scroller use inside
 +
 +=== MINOR IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES ===
 +  * **PIXILAB Player**: Can refresh screenshot in Settings dialog continuously.
 +  * **PIXILAB Player**: Screenshot now accessible using Media URL and Live Video (see manual).
 +  * **PIXILAB Player**: Can be rebooted from Display Spot settings.
 +  * **Server SSO**: Improved handling of expired SSO session.
 +  * **Serial data**: Fixed bug causing trailing zeroes when using sendBytes.
 +  * **Timeline**: Fixed a tag-switch-while-active bug
 +  * **Timeline**: Enable newly created PropTrack.
 +  * **Timeline**: Video at time 0 didn't appear immediately when timeline paused after being stopped
 +  * **Timeline API**: Made 1st param of gotoMarker optional and renamed it to just "name".
 +  * **Web Block**: Focus its iframe once loaded.
 +  * **Server Metrics**: Added some data-points and wiki documentation.
 +  * **WATCHOUT**: Reconnect WATCHOUT 6 aux timeline sync if cancelled by production software.
 +  * **Panorama**: Made negative auto-spin direction work as expected again.
 +  * **Display Spot**: Adds Sync Offset to compensate for varying signal propagation delays.
 +  * **API**: SimpleHTTP adds support for server-sent events (SSE). 
 +  * **Spot Parameter**: URL-decode value set using param-xxx URL query parameter.
 +  * **Synchronizer**: Force local sync if Offline Spot used, regardless of "local" setting.
 +  * **Attractor**: Deactivate by button sometimes failed on touch screen.
 +
 +=====PIXILAB Blocks 7.2=====
 +
 +Released on July 1, 2025, this version brings a few new features and several improvements and bug fixes.
 +
 +=== NEW FEATURES ===
 +  * **Magazine**: New block type with facing pages and animated page-turn effect.
 +  * **Caching**: New "General Content Caching" for reduced network traffic (requires separate license).
 +  * **Timeline**: New "Go to Time" command.
 +  * **Display Spot**: Sync Offset setting, to compensate for display propagation time differences.
 +  * **Schedule**: Now accessible from scripts through root level object.
 +
 +=== MINOR IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES ===
 +  * **Offline Spot**: Setting and licensing option previously known as "Block Caching"
 +  * **Slideshow**: Adds "Editor Scale" setting.
 +  * **Button**: Block picker now shows Schedule blocks as well.
 +  * **Panorama**: Mute behavior now works on the background video.
 +  * **MQTT**: Accepts path with leading slash (generally not recommended).
 +  * **Timeline**: Enter key opens cue for editing (e.g., child block).
 +  * **Timeline**: Audio could occasionally play after the timeline was discarded.
 +  * **PIXILAB Player**: Display Settings could occasionally fail to be applied.
  
 =====PIXILAB Blocks 7.1.1===== =====PIXILAB Blocks 7.1.1=====