Added

• Breaking change: Added the Theme API. #11950
• Introduced a simple way to define custom editors using the new BaseEditor.factory method. #11899
• Implemented a new MultiSelect cell type with a dedicated editor, renderer, and validator. #11981
• Added support for Intl.NumberFormat options. #11997
• Added support for Intl.DateTimeFormat options. #11999
• Added a copy-as-Markdown button to the documentation pages. #12009
• Added a new sanitizer table option. #12016
• React: Introduced a simple way to define custom editors using the new ComponentEditor. #11978

Changed

• Improved differentiation between Handsontable errors and other errors. #11780
• Reverted the editors' updateChoicesList method type change. #11943
• Added a hit area to the fill handle. #11952
• Added a new parsePastedValue option to fix issues with pasting object-based values. #12020
• Introduced a new publishing flow for versions 17.0.0 and above. #12028

Removed

• Breaking change: Removed deprecated wrapper packages for Angular, React, and Vue, the PersistentState plugin, and the legacy undo/redo methods. #12015
• Breaking change: Removed core-js from dependencies. #12017
• Breaking change: Removed the legacy CSS stylesheets (e.g. handsontable.full.min.css), which were the default styling prior to version 16. #11950
• Removed the languages folder from git + updated the 17.0+ release workflow. #12049

Fixed

• Fixed errors triggered by certain keyboard shortcuts. #11951
• Fixed unwanted layout shifts caused by the editor. #11955
• Fixed an issue with scrolling in Firefox. #11962
• Fixed an issue with viewport scroll after calling loadData()/updateData(). #11985
• Fixed a bug where the pasted value could not be changed. #11989
• Fixed misalignment issues when using CSS transform: scale(). #11990
• Fixed a bug that made it impossible to delete values from key/value-based autocomplete and dropdown cells. #12010
• Fixed a Data Factory issue in filters that could return zero results even when matches exist. #12031
• Changed the element type for focus catchers. #12032
• Fixed incorrect scrollbar width calculation for scaled environments. #12035
• Fixed and issue with column headers styles #12058

Deprecated

• Deprecated numbro.js for numeric formatting. Copy it to your project or replace it with the Intl.NumberFormat API. Migration guide
• Deprecated Pikaday for date picking. Switch to native date input. Migration guide
• Deprecated moment.js for date parsing and display. Replace it with the Intl.DateTimeFormat API. Migration guide
• Deprecated DOMPurify as a built-in XSS sanitizer. Use the new sanitizer option or convert content to plain text. Migration guide
• Deprecated core-js polyfills for ECMAScript features. Migration guide
• Deprecated bundling HyperFormula as a Handsontable dependency. Starting from version 18.0, install and import it separately, then pass it to the Formulas plugin with licenseKey: 'internal-use'. Formula calculation

Added

• Improved focus management by introducing a focus scopes mechanism. #11804
• Introduced an "auto" option for the roundFloat setting in the Column Summary plugin and ensured proper recalculation of endpoints after data updates. #11833
• Added an Enter key handler and a new searchMode option to the Filters plugin. #11871
• Implemented a style option for the Custom Borders plugin, enabling style customization. #11876
• Introduced a new "dotted" border style to the Custom Borders plugin. #11877
• Added the EmptyDataState plugin to improve UX when no data is available. #11879
• Added a settings entry to the Handsontable exports. #11883
• Added new global button CSS class names. #11896
• Introduced minRowHeights as an alias for rowHeights for API consistency. #11898
• Added a new template option to the Dialog plugin. #11902
• Added new theme variables and implemented no-icons and icons-only style variants. #11913

Changed

• Refined dropdown behavior when the input is empty - focus now remains on the input field. #11863
• Improved how the Autocomplete and Dropdown editors respond to clicks outside the open editor. #11873
• Reverted the editors' updateChoicesList method type change. #11943

Fixed

• Fixed the datepicker icon size issue on iPad. #11860
• Corrected header size rendering on iPad. #11861
• Fixed an issue with header text size with collapsibleColumns enabled. #11864
• Fixed an issue with an unwanted empty space on the right side of the table when using the modern themes. #11868
• Fixed row misalignment for multi-line cell content. #11872
• Improved column width calculations for checkbox-typed cells. #11891
• Fixed a problem, where using minSpareRows would crash the table when configured alongside the Column Summary plugin. #11911
• Fixed an issue preventing re-adding a previously removed hook callback. #11914
• Stabilized the height of the first row when it's empty. #11918
• Fixed a problem where resizing the window vertically did not resize the table. #11919
• Fixed an issue where the dialog overlay could make the table unresponsive after rapid show/hide calls. #11925
• Fixed an issue with TouchEvent on Firefox. #11928
• React: Fixed an issue with Collapsible Columns being reset in React wrapper. #11923

Security

• Updated dev dependencies to address high-severity vulnerabilities. #11895

For more information about this release, see:

• Blog post (16.2.0)
• Documentation (16.2)

Fixed

• Fixed row misalignment when setting manualRowResize on an instance with autoRowSize enabled. #11849
• Reverted the color variables change for the "main" theme. #11852
• Fixed an error thrown when using autocomplete-typed cells with key/value sources alongside formulas. #11853

Added

• Introduced row pagination functionality. #11612
• Introduced a Dialog plugin. #11754
• Added support for object-based (key/value) source in Autocomplete and Dropdown editors, along with new valueGetter and valueSetter options. #11773
• Added a new initialState configuration option. #11777
• Introduced the Loading plugin. #11792
• Added a new "classic" theme. #11790
• Added a Deprecation policy page to the documentation.
• Added a Long Term Support (LTS) page to the documentation.

Changed

• Enabled focus navigation between multiple selection layers. #11756
• Renamed the input element used as the internal focus catcher. #11770
• Added a background color to the wtHolder element. #11797
• Updated the CSS variables for the Pagination styles. #11820

Fixed

• Fixed undo/redo functionality for cell types other than text. #11656
• Fixed incorrect resizing behavior when auto-sizing rows or columns by double-clicking separators. #11671
• Fixed mouse wheel zooming issues on Windows. #11680
• Fixed autocomplete sorting and option highlighting issues. #11708
• Fixed a missing touchend handler that prevented editors from opening on mobile devices. #11729
• Fixed misalignment between rows and row headers when using autoRowSize. #11736
• Fixed layout inconsistencies caused by browser zoom and scaling. #11739
• Fixed an issue with the root-wrapper height calculation. #11769
• Fixed a TypeError being thrown after undoing operations on nested row structures. #11793
• Fixed rowHeights handling for merged cells. #11795
• Fixed visual issues across themes. #11805
• Fixed table misalignment after loading new data. #11809
• Angular: Fixed the tree-shaking mechanism for the Angular wrapper (@handsontable/angular-wrapper). #11738
• Fixed an issue with the deprecation warning being shown too often. #11819
• Fixed an issue with the classic (legacy) theme deprecation warning being displayed for non-root instances. #11821
• Fixed an issue with the table not rendering correctly when scrolling into extremely tall rows. #11825

Security

• Resolved critical vulnerabilities reported by pnpm audit. #11798

Deprecated

• Deprecated the legacy style (to be removed in version 17.0.0). #11790
• Deprecated the PersistentState plugin (to be removed in version 17.0.0). #11835
• Deprecated the @handsontable/vue wrapper. #11839

For more information about this release see:

• Blog post (16.1.0)
• Documentation (16.1)

Fixed

• Fixed a missing touchend handler that prevented the editor from opening on mobile devices. #11729

Added

• Breaking change: Added a focus outline to the context and dropdown menus. #11669
• Improved Handsontable editor positioning. #11593
• Added a second-click cell deselection feature. #11602
• Added a new textEllipsis option. #11609
• Added backward compatibility for the renamed CSS variables. #11676
• Angular: Introduced a new Angular wrapper - @handsontable/angular-wrapper. #11511

Changed

• Breaking change: Updated the CSS theme variables and added --ht-radio-* variables. #11470
• Breaking change: Changed the modifyData hook to use visual indexes for both rows and columns. #11501

Fixed

• Breaking change: Fixed an issue with custom border overlapping row headers. #11551
• Breaking change: Fixed accessibility issues and introduced a new DOM structure with a wrapper and a portal. #11579
• Fixed a problem with the dropdown editor having a horizontal scrollbar on Windows with fractional scaling applied. #11613
• Fixed an issue with scrollbar styles on the Safari browser. #11614
• Fixed the column filter behavior when adding new columns. #11616
• Fixed an issue with the dropdown elements' colors. #11661
• Angular: Fixed an error of this.hotInstance.getSettings(...).columns?.filter is not a function in angular-wrapper. #11695

For more information about this release see:

• Documentation (16.0)

Added

• Added a missing boolean type to the editor in the React wrapper. #11514
• Fixed the Comments plugin for IME editing and added a new beforeCompositionstart hook. #11521
• Added horizontal scroll to the Filter's "by value" component. #11561
• Added optional formula sanitization for CSV export to prevent CSV Injection attacks. #11592

Changed

• Improved the initialization time of Handsontable with Formulas enabled. #11474
• Changed the size of the Manual Row Resize and Manual Column Resize guide lines. #11507
• Improved the viewport scrolling behavior. #11577

Fixed

• Fixed an issue with the NestedRows plugin duplicating rows when moving child rows. #11362
• Fixed an issue with row resize line alignment and resize handle flickering. #11500
• Fixed an issue with the Autocomplete caret position after using scroll on a list of choices and a problem with the dropdown width. #11503
• Fixed the submenu positioning for all themes. #11505
• Fixed a problem where re-enabling the Hidden Columns configuration caused an error to be thrown if a selection was a part of the hidden range. #11508
• Fixed an issue with an empty parentNode in the table's getCords method. #11509
• Improved the Undo/Redo actions for removing rows and columns. #11515
• Fixed rows' height calculations for merged cells on Safari. #11517
• Fixed the missing (incorrect) render call after dataset change. #11529
• Fixed an issue with the mobile keyboard closing after clicking the filter search input on Android devices. #11532
• Fixed a problem with multiple row header levels being rendered in reverse order. #11533
• Fixed a TypeError error for the AutoRowSize plugin. #11537
• Allow changing the selection after a filter was applied. #11538
• Fixed a problem with the Autocomplete editor rendering very slowly when provided with a long list of choices. #11552
• Fixed an issue with the focus catcher accessibility. #11553
• Fixed a TypeError error being thrown after removing rows on the bottom overlay. #11555
• Fixed calculating the first row height. #11557
• Fixed an issue with highlighting a cell after calling updateData. #11558
• Fixed the "unmerge cells" action triggered form keyboard shortcut. #11559
• Fixed the left/right-arrow shortcuts for menus when the table was configured with layoutDirection: rtl. #11562
• Fixed an issue with duplicate boolean values in the filters. #11563
• Fixed an issue with data sources with non-string values under the name property. #11565
• Fixed the settings object not being updated after adding new hooks. #11566
• Fixed a problem with the table rendering all rows when it's configured to have 0px height. #11567
• Fixed the copy/paste/cut functionalities for web components. #11572
• Fixed the allowInvalid option (both true and false) for the Dropdown Editor. #11587
• Fixed a problem with a deprecation warnings being thrown when using Context Menu's Undo and Redo items. #11588
• Fixed an error being thrown when editing Autocomplete-typed cells with a long list of choices rendered in a small container. #11589
• Ensured that there's a single @charset entry in the classic theme's CSS files and that it's placed at the beginning of those files. #11591

For more information about this release see:

• Documentation (15.3)

Added

• Added the Farsi translation. #11388
• Added support for class names passed as an array for the numeric cell renderer. #11420
• Updated the Italian translation for the new Context Menu labels. #11436
• Updated the Serbian translation for the new Context Menu labels. #11437
• Added the mobile cell handle CSS variables to the themes. #11479
• Improved the execution flow of the Filters plugin and added two new methods (importConditions and exportConditions). #11488

Changed

• Sped up the rendering performance for themes. #11443
• Improved the table UI behavior after removing all rows and/or columns. #11477
• Reverted the removal of actionType class field for UndoRedo actions. #11495

Removed

• Removed the broken, unsupported and undocumented rendererTemplate Text Renderer option. #11424

Fixed

• Fixed the default (fallback) date format for the Date editor. #11419
• Fixed the Context Menu's items' state rendering. #11422
• Corrected the checkbox visibility in the no-theme variant. #11427
• Fixed problems with the cell content reading with imeFastEdit enabled. #11442
• Fixed hasVerticalScroll and hasHorizontalScroll methods. #11455
• Fixed the editor border radius on mobile devices. #11457
• Fixed the wrong height of the first row. #11458
• Fixed the single cell selection inside iframes. #11460
• Fixed an issue with row header misalignment. #11465
• Improved the Autocomplete/Dropdown Editor list behavior. #11469
• Fixed a problem with horizontal scrollbar in the Autocomplete dropdown. #11473
• Fixed the merged cells height for custom row heights. #11478
• Fixed a problem with the Comments editor not flipping direction when overlapping the window's scrollbars. #11481
• Fixed a problem with the focus trap during Shift + Tab navigation. #11483
• Fixed an issue with the Context Menu opening on Classic theme. #11486
• Fixed a problem with rowHeights when the provided value was lower than the default/minimal row height. #11487
• Fixed an issue with the data source modification for row values passed as strings. #11491
• Fixed the conflicts between ColumnSorting and MultiColumnSorting plugins. #11492
• Fixed copy, cut an paste actions on tables with a selection reaching outside of the rendered viewport. #11504

For more information about this release see:

• Blog post (15.2.0)
• Documentation (15.2)

Added

• Added the TAB and SHIFT + TAB functionality to the Comments editor. #11345

Changed

• Changed the approach to how the table is rendered by reusing the cell nodes. #11264
• Updated Hyperformula to v3. #11373
• Improved the performance of horizontal scrolling. #11412

Removed

• Removed the getComputedStyle function from the type declaration file. #11421

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where values passed to data-modifying hooks were not normalized. #11346
• Fixed a problem where data population via autofill handler was broken for merged cells. #11291
• Fixed a problem with a missing render call for the minSpareRows and minSpareCols options. #11292
• Fixed the undo/redo scrolling behavior after undoing the data deletion. #11297
• Fixed the Page Up/Page Down keyboard shortcuts for the oversized rows. #11301
• Fixed a bug where the Undo/Redo action caused the wrong cells to be affected when triggered after filtering data. #11307
• Fixed a bug where the selection was incorrectly expanded after closing the editor. #11311
• Fixed a bug where the viewport was incorrectly scrolled after moving rows with the Nested Rows plugin enabled. #11312
• Fixed dropdown-typed cells validation for custom editors. #11314
• Fixed Undo/Redo for rows/columns with enabled min spare indexes. #11321
• Fixed a problem with the table misalignment after changing the container size. #11324
• Fixed a bug with an uncaught error being thrown after changing the theme while some of the editors were not fully initialized. #11325
• Fixed a problem with a broken scroll on overlays when batch was used. #11328
• Fixed the date picker arrow icon positions for RTL, along with other minor RTL fixes. #11329
• Fixed the Autofill handler styles for the new themes. #11330
• Fixed a problem with an uncaught error being thrown after scrolling the viewport. #11341
• Fixed a problem where calling updateSettings with themeName set to the current theme name would clear the theme from the table. #11343
• Fixed a problem where the getCellsMeta method returned improper results. #11350
• Fixed the row virtualization for Filter's "by value" component. #11351
• Fixed a problem with the columns shifting after the render calls with the new themes being enabled. #11352
• Fixed the cell editor width for the new themes. #11354
• Disabled the "Clear column" option for read-only cells. #11355
• Fixed a problem where autocomplete highlight was not rendered correctly in the new themes. #11364
• Fixed a problem where the cell borders were not rendered correctly for fixed rows and columns with the new themes being enabled. #11369
• Fixed the incorrect spacing between the checkboxes and their labels. #11377
• Fixed a problem where the Nested Headers' header selection was not rendered properly for the new themes. #11381
• Fixed a bug where the dropdown editor was not fully visible on fixed rows while the new themes were enabled. #11399
• Fixed a problem where the initial styles of the context menu and dropdown menu were not properly assigned in the new themes. #11400
• Fixed a misalignment of the Manual Row Move's "guide" in the new themes. #11401
• Fixed a bug where the selection was not rendered correctly when selecting both merged and non-merged cells with the new themes being enabled. #11403
• Fixed a bug where using the keyboard shortcuts to open the Context Menu would open it at a wrong position when the new themes were enabled. #11404
• Fixed the CodeQL warnings by modifying potentially problematic code fragments. #11405
• Fixed a bug where the date editor would not close after selecting a date on mobile devices. #11406
• Fixed a problem with the header widths when using Nested Headers with the new themes enabled. #11410
• Fixed the header text overlap in Nested Headers. #11413
• Fixed a problem with the merged cells height calculation in the new themes. #11423
• Fixed the copy/paste feature not working correctly in Chrome 133. #11428
• Fixed a problem, where clicking on the Comments' editor element deselected the currently selected cells. #11446

For more information on Handsontable 15.1.0, see:

• Documentation (15.1)
• Release notes (15.1.0)

Fixed

• Fixed the copy/paste feature not working correctly in Chrome 133. #11428