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CHANGELOG

Unreleased

3.0.1 - 2024-09-12

Fixes

3.0.0 - 2024-04-19

Breaking changes

Verify your code does not rely on removed polyfills

Following on from our previous announcement, the accessible autocomplete code is no longer transpiled and polyfilled to support IE8-10.

However, because the polyfills create or extend global objects, you might have other code in your service unintentionally relying on the inclusion of these polyfills. You might need to introduce your own polyfills or rewrite your JavaScript to avoid using the polyfilled features.

This change was introduced in pull request #612: Update packages, configs + Node.js 20.

Check for minor visual changes in the rendering of the component

We've made some style adjustments to the stylesheet shipped with the component to make its colours, height, line-height and padding match those of the latest version of GOV.UK Frontend's <input>.

If you're using this stylesheet:

  • check if our style update affects the rendering of the component in your service, and adjust if necessary
  • if you were adding to the default style's to match GOV.UK Frontend's input, look for CSS declarations you may now be able to remove

This change was introduced in pull request #644: Align CSS styles with GOV.UK Frontend.

New features

Options to add classes to parts of the component

Use these new options to add your own classes to parts of the component:

  • inputClasses for the input element
  • hintClasses for the suggestion hint (input element appearing when the text typed by the user matches the start of an option)
  • menuClasses for the ul element listing the options

You can also add custom classes to the ul listing the options through the new menuAttributes option, providing a className or class property.

This change was introduced in:

New class on the component's status

Use the new autocomplete__status class in your CSS (or <CSS_NAMESPACE>__status if you set the cssNamespace option) to customise the styles of the component's status element (hidden element that makes announcements to assistive technologies).

This change was introduced in pull request #620: Add className attribute to status component. Thanks to @lennym for contributing this change.

Fixes

2.0.4 - 2022-02-07

Fixes

2.0.3 - 2020-07-01

Fixes

2.0.2 - 2020-01-30

Fixes

2.0.1 - 2019-10-07

Fixes

2.0.0 - 2019-09-26

We recommend you update to the latest release using npm:

npm install accessible-autocomplete@latest

Breaking changes

You must make the following change when you migrate to this release, or your service may break.

Migrate to the new accessible focus state

The focus state now meets the new WCAG 2.1 level AA requirements.

You do not need to do anything if you’re using Sass.

If you’ve previously copied CSS from our code into your project, you must copy all the CSS from our accessible-autocomplete.min.css file into your CSS file.

If you’ve created custom CSS, you should check that your component meets WCAG 2.1 level AA requirements. You can read how we made the GOV.UK Design System focus states accessible.

Pull request #360: Update focus styles to meet WCAG 2.1 level AA non-text contrast requirements.

Fixes

Better compatibility with screen readers

The input field is now visible to all screen readers, because the input field now meets the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) 1.0 standard instead of ARIA 1.1. ARIA 1.0 is better supported by the current versions of most screen readers.

Screen readers will now consistently tell users:

  • when users have entered too few characters in the input field
  • the correct number of search results, and what the results are
  • which result users have highlighted
  • how to use autocomplete in different screen readers - by reading hidden hint text

Screen readers will also now avoid telling users information they do not need to know after they highlight an option.

Thanks to Mark Hunter, Chris Moore and everyone at HMRC who worked on these improvements.

Pull request #355: Refinements to address accessibility issues

1.6.2 - 2018-11-13

  • Update all packages and add @babel/preset-env for browser polyfills. Updates Preact and avoids React 16 onFocusOut warnings - thanks @colinrotherham (#316)

  • Fix mouse event issues in IE9-11 including looping mouseout and click event being prevented on child elements (e.g. bold text) - thanks @colinrotherham (#310)

  • Fix position being incorrectly reported as '1 of n' regardless of actual position in list – thanks @PRGfx (#291)

  • Fix spacebar input not being registered when seeing 'No results found' message – thanks @AdenFraser (#287)

  • Update following dependencies (from "Current" to "Wanted"). This fixes failing WebdriverIO tests and updates JS Standard to use eslint 4.

Package Current Wanted Latest
babel-eslint 8.0.0 8.2.6 8.2.6
babel-loader 7.1.0 7.1.5 7.1.5
babel-plugin-transform-decorators-legacy 1.3.4 1.3.5 1.3.5
babel-register 6.24.1 6.26.0 6.26.0
babel-runtime 6.23.0 6.26.0 6.26.0
chai 4.0.2 4.1.2 4.1.2
chalk 2.0.1 2.4.1 2.4.1
copy-webpack-plugin 4.0.1 4.5.2 4.5.2
coveralls 2.13.1 2.13.3 3.0.2
cross-env 5.0.1 5.2.0 5.2.0
csso-cli 1.0.0 1.1.0 1.1.0
husky 0.14.1 0.14.3 0.14.3
karma 1.7.0 1.7.1 2.0.4
karma-coverage 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.2
karma-mocha-reporter 2.2.3 2.2.5 2.2.5
karma-webpack 2.0.3 2.0.13 3.0.0
mocha 3.4.2 3.5.3 5.2.0
npm-run-all 4.0.2 4.1.3 4.1.3
phantomjs-prebuilt 2.1.14 2.1.16 2.1.16
preact 8.1.0 8.2.9 8.2.9
sinon-chai 2.11.0 2.14.0 3.2.0
source-map-loader 0.2.1 0.2.3 0.2.3
standard 10.0.2 11.0.1 11.0.1
wdio-mocha-framework 0.5.10 0.5.13 0.6.2
wdio-sauce-service 0.4.0 0.4.10 0.4.10
wdio-selenium-standalone-service 0.0.8 0.0.10 0.0.10
wdio-spec-reporter 0.1.0 0.1.5 0.1.5
webdriverio 4.8.0 4.13.1 4.13.1
webpack 3.0.0 3.12.0 4.16.1
webpack-dev-server 2.5.0 2.11.2 3.1.4
webpack-sources 1.0.1 1.1.0 1.1.0

1.6.1 - 2017-09-25

  • Fix role attr by moving role='combobox' to wrapper and adding role='textbox' to the input. By @tobias-g
  • Fix examples page by removing unrequired npm package v8-lazy-parse-webpack-plugin
  • Fix scrolling on iOS by reverting #85, new issue raised to find better fix for clicking custom suggestions #177
  • Fix selection and timeout race condition. By @tobias-g
  • Fix dropdown on IE to ensure it isn't focusable. By @tobias-g

1.6.0 - 2017-07-20

  • [Feature] Allow customization of the dropdown arrow. By @sventschui.

1.5.0 - 2017-07-18

  • [Feature] Add ability to translate texts. Relates to #96. By @sventschui.

1.4.2 - 2017-07-18

  • Allow space to confirm an option, fixes #98.
  • Add support for navigating lists on IE9, 10 and 11, fixes #193.

1.4.1 - 2017-07-06

  • Fix use of HTML entities in enhanced select options. #151. By @dracos.

1.4.0 - 2017-07-04

  • [Feature] Add option to show all values on dropdown. By @joelanman.

1.3.2 - 2017-07-03

  • Redirect keypresses on an option to input, fixes #179.

1.3.1 - 2017-06-08

  • Fix autoselect: false not working when using enhanceSelectElement.

1.3.0 - 2017-06-02

  • [Feature] Add support for passing an array of strings to source. By @joelanman.

1.2.1 - 2017-05-24

  • Fix progressive enhancement in FireFox < 48. By @revilossor.

1.2.0 - 2017-05-23

  • [Feature] Export Preact and React bundles.

1.1.0 - 2017-05-18

  • [Feature] Add required option. By @samtsai.

1.0.6 - 2017-05-17

  • Update preact dependency to v8.1.0.

1.0.5 - 2017-05-16

  • Add support for handling null/placeholder options when using enhanceSelectElement. Use preserveNullOptions: true to include options with value='' in the autocomplete results when enhancing a select element. By @lennym.

1.0.4 - 2017-05-15 (deprecated)

  • This release does not contain any changes compared to the previous one and is due to a mistake in our build scripts.

1.0.3 - 2017-05-15

  • Do not copy name attribute when using enhanceSelectElement. By @lennym.

1.0.2 - 2017-05-12

  • Add support for an empty defaultValue when enhancing a select element. By @lennym.

1.0.1 - 2017-05-12

  • Update style property in package.json to reflect updated filename. By @lennym.

1.0.0 - 2017-05-10

  • [Breaking] Default autoselect to true when using enhanceSelectElement.
  • [Breaking] Make id a required attribute.
  • [Breaking] Rename onSelect to onConfirm.
  • [Breaking] Rename selectOnBlur to confirmOnBlur.
  • Fix an issue where users couldn't click on custom suggestions on Chrome.

0.6.0 - 2017-05-10

  • [Breaking] Rename component from accessible-typeahead to accessible-autocomplete.
  • Default defaultValue when progressively enhancing.
  • Throw an error when enhanceSelectElement is called without a selectElement.
  • Throw errors when accessibleAutocomplete is called without element or source.

0.5.0 - 2017-05-09

  • Test the typeahead with end to end tests.
  • Don't display hints on browsers that don't support pointer-events.
  • [Breaking] Rename dist/styled.min.css to dist/accessible-typeahead.min.css.
  • [Breaking] Rename library main export from AccessibleTypeahead to accessibleTypeahead.
  • Fix aria status region to more reliably trigger when the number of results stay the same.
  • Fix hint rendering and being picked up by assistive technologies.
  • More aria status region above input so it's more easily picked while navigating.

0.4.2 - 2017-05-03

  • Add touchEnd handler for iOS and touch devices, fixes custom suggestions.
  • Add style declaration in package.json
  • Add support for UMD/commonjs module definition.

0.4.1 - 2017-04-26

  • Minify styled.css for production.

0.4.0 - 2017-04-11

  • [Breaking] Don't focus suggestions when hovering them, add :hover CSS class.
  • Add showNoOptionsFound property to allow users to disable this behaviour.
  • Pass through unrecognised key events to input, allowing users to continue typing when they are focusing an option.

0.3.5 - 2017-04-06

  • Don't prepopulate defaultValue in enhanceSelectElement.

0.3.4 - 2017-04-06

  • Pass actual selected object into onSelect.
  • Add selectOnBlur property to allow users to disable this behaviour.
  • Add placeholder property.

0.3.3 - 2017-04-04

  • Add templates.inputValue and templates.suggestion properties. These allow users to override how the suggestions are displayed.

0.3.2 - 2017-04-03

  • Add AccessibleTypeahead.enhanceSelectElement function.
  • Add onSelect property.

0.3.1 - 2017-03-09

  • Add ability to specify a defaultValue to prefill the input.
  • When user has selected an option with the keyboard, blurring will select.
  • When user has no selected but autoselect is on, blurring will select.
  • Hovering no longer selects, just focuses.
  • When hovering out of component, focus returns to selected.
  • Allow enter to submit forms when menu isn't opened.
  • Hide results when going under minLength.

0.3.0 - 2017-03-09

  • [Breaking] Add displayMenu property. The default is inline which was not the previous default.
  • CSS colour changes, and more properties moved away from inline styles.
  • Turn off native browser autocomplete so it doesn't interfere with typeahead overlay.
  • Change the content and styling of the 'No results found' feature.

0.2.4 - 2017-03-02

  • Display "No options found" when there are no results.
  • Add autoselect property. This refactors the :focused CSS class to --focused, but because previous styling should still work as before, is not a breaking change.
  • Poll the input element periodically to pick up value changes. This makes it more resilient to direct modifications from applications like Dragon, or from interventions from other JavaScript snippets.

0.2.3 - 2017-02-21

  • Add minLength property, which:
    • Tells the aria region to display text that the user should type in more characters;
    • Doesn't call the source until that lower limit is reached.
  • Select text only when component is unfocused.

0.2.2 - 2017-02-16

  • Fix focus/blur events on IE11.
  • Fix value of aria-expanded attribute to be based on menuOpen.
  • Remove aria-activedescendant attribute when no option selected.
  • Set aria-selected on options when they are focused.
  • Fix clicking on options on Safari.
  • Use a darker blue in the styled example for better contrast ratios.
  • Don't close menu when blurring options or input on iOS, to allow VoiceOver users the ability to select from the available options.
  • Autoselect entire text region when focusing into the input.

0.2.1 - 2017-02-03

  • Don't close menu when closing the keyboard on iOS, to allow VoiceOver users the ability to select from the available options.
  • Add ability to set name attribute on input.

0.2.0 - 2017-01-31

  • [Breaking] Change the CSS classes to our own instead of the jQuery typeahead ones.
  • Allow importing styling from file in examples/styled.css.
  • Tweak the styled example to fix two Safari bugs:
    • fix scroll bar appearing in menu where none is necessary;
    • fix weird margin separating the input from the menu.

0.1.3 - 2017-01-31

  • Don't apply focused CSS on hover, change handler to MouseOver instead of MouseMove.
  • (WIP) Make enter select first option if autoselect is enabled. This feature is not finished yet.
  • Close results when focusing out of component after hovering an element.
  • Update styled example:
    • unbold results;
    • make height of options consistent with input;
    • remove top border from results menu;
    • remove default focus outline on options.
  • Don't display the menu when there are no options.
  • Prevent accidental form submission by preventDefaulting on enter key.
  • Add form around basic example.

0.1.2 - 2017-01-20

  • Don't specify typeahead menu width inline. Allows custom CSS to override it.

0.1.0 - 2017-01-19

  • Initial release.
  • Basic functionality, minimal styling, only two examples, incomplete tests.