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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.
+=====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=====