Craft 5.7 is here, and it’s packed with tons of improvements that make working with nested content smoother and more intuitive than ever.
Copy and paste elements. Entries and addresses now have “Copy” actions, which opens a special notification that keeps track of the copied elements, as you navigate to a section or field where the elements should be pasted.
Duplicate nested elements. Nested elements within Matrix and Addresses fields now have a “Duplicate” action that creates a clone of the element right alongside it within the field.
Element UI improvements. Element chips, cards, and inline-editable blocks have been redesigned for improved accessibility and to be more consistent with each other.
Read-only fields. Custom fields now have “editability conditions” which determine who can edit them, and who can only view them as read-only inputs.
Button Group fields. A new “Button Group” field type has been added, providing a more compact, user-friendly alternative to radio buttons.
Icons and colors. Checkboxes, Dropdown, Multi-select, and Radio Buttons fields can now specify icons and/or colors for each of their options, which will be shown alongside options’ text labels.
JSON fields. A new “JSON” field type has been added, for situations where you need to store a little extra data on your elements that doesn’t fit nicely into an existing field type, and doesn’t require an author-friendly UI.
GraphQL improvements. Craft’s GraphQL API now exposes more data for entries and Link fields.
Static entry statuses. Craft 5.7 has the option to prevent entries from going live or expiring until an update-statuses CLI command has run, ensuring that the proper events are triggered and caches are cleared at the exact moment an entry’s status changes.
Lots more
Read the full release notes on GitHub to see the full list of changes!