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Squirrel Release Notes

We are regularly improving and adding new features to Squirrel

Version 1.18.10014

Apr 7, 2025

 

Hotfix for the following issues:

 

      • Hidden groups were having problems calculating their size and position properly when changing anything within them, casusing objects to jump around (move to 0,0) in their parent container/canvas
      • Lines not maintaining their relative position inside of groups when you moved the group
      • List items height calculated incorrectly when using special chars.

Version 1.18.10011

Feb 24, 2025

 

Hotfix for the following issues:

 

    • New alignment options in groups can cause problems when objects in the group have their x, y, size or width properties bound.
      We now detect if you have size or position bindings on child objects and provide options to use the older group style without alignment
    • Publish button disabled if you open the designer by double clicking a squirrel file (windows only)
    • Data from rows inserted into columns. Components affected: DB Query, DB Writeback, MegaQuery, Transpose and Unique list.
    • DB Query returning 401 on first run in some circumstances.

Version 1.18.10008

Feb 13, 2025

 

Hotfix for the following issues:

 

    • NaN in text labels with number/percentage/currency formatting
    • New alignment options in groups can mess up the group bounds (edge case)
    • Mapbox component not displaying when published (and during preview) when access token is not bound to cell
    • DB query connector not clearing destination range when no results returned
    • Closing desktop client with unsaved changes on cloud file forces local save.

Version 1.18

Feb 5, 2025

 

Autosave and versions – Never lose your work again!

Save files to the cloud and they are automatically backed up for you. With autosave turned on versions of you project are saved while you work. You can manage versions, preview and restore to an earlier point in time, giving you complete peace of mind.

 

Layout containers – Make your apps responsive

Want a nav bar to always appear at the bottom of the screen and and fill the full width?  That’s where layout containers come in.  We’ve added 2 new layout container types, Column and Row, designed to make building apps for mobile devices much easier and deliver a better end user experience.

 

New Mapbox component – Add maps to you apps

Bring location data to life with interactive maps. Visualise address data easily by adding markers to one the ready-to-use map styles. We’ve included data insertion to the markers so you can add further interactivity to you maps.

 

Image Library – Re-use images across all your projects

Have you got a logo, background or iconography that you use often? Upload images to your image library and access them directly from within the image component. This makes it super easy to add them to your projects in the future.

 

We squished more than 100 bugs and made improvements including:

  • Making it easier to move things in to and out of groups and containers
  • The metric tile component had an issue with the icon always appearing on top of everything
  • Added number formatting to the listbox component
  • Resolved an issue with custom CSS not working after publishing
  • Fixed an issue with “bllock mouse events” sometimes not working on shapes and images.

Learn more about the changes in 1.18 here.

Known issues

  • NaN in text labels with number/percentage/currency formatting
  • New alignment options in groups can mess up the group bounds (edge case)
  • Mapbox component not displaying when published (and during preview) when access token is not bound to cell
  • DB query connector not clearing destination range when no results returned.

Version 1.17.10015

Oct 22, 2024

 

Hotfix for the following issues:

 

    • Individual tooltip styling was being applied to the wrong series on a bar chart.
    • Input components formatting percentage incorrectly when in a Repeat Container and dynamically hidden by default.
    • Inserting rows in the spreadsheet in the middle of a binding could cause a crash.
    • For larger spreadsheets, inserting or deleting rows/columns could take a long time. We’ve added a loading spinner to show that something is happening still.

Version 1.17.100012

Aug 14, 2024

 

Hotfix for the following issues:

 

    • Spreadsheet formulas intermittently not updating correctly until you reopen the project.
    • Ignore blanks in the scorecard was sometimes not ignoring empty cells.

Version 1.17.100011

Jul 25, 2024

 

Hotfix for an issue with value input.

 

    • Value input not accepting negative numbers when manually entered via keyboard.

Version 1.17.10005

Jul 9, 2024

 

Hotfix for the following issues introduced in v1.17.

 

    • Running multiple instances of the designer causes crash
    • Add gradient option to color picker in quick setup properties (rectangle only)
    • Chart Tooltips don’t display after data pointing to formulas is updated.

Version 1.17

Jun 12, 2024

 

Repeat container goes horizontal – Repeat objects in columns or rows

The repeat container has a new option allowing you to set the direction that your content repeats in. Choose to repeat content in columns instead of rows and you can easily create dynamic column based designs such as pricing tables, cards and carousels.

 

Independent border and padding control

Take full control of your borders and padding with advanced properties allowing you to set independent:
  • Corner radius
  • Border width
  • Padding.

 

Color picker gets gradients

We’ve completely re-written the property panel color picker. It now has support for gradients. This release supports gradients on the rectangle and main canvas components. This will be rolled out across more component in future releases.

 

Custom code – Add custom CSS and JavaScript

Add custom CSS and JavaScript to your projects to further customise the look and feel of applications.

 

Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager gives you the ability to add and update your own tags for conversion tracking, site analytics, re-marketing and more. You can now add your GTM container ID to your Squirrel projects.

 

We’ve also been busy exterminating bugs and generally improving things including:

  • Selection box now moves correctly when x and/or y properties are bound
  • Font switcher now displays fonts in descending order
  • Correct the automatic number sequence of objects in the object browser
  • Google Sheet connector now brings single values through correctly
  • Fixed a crash in the scenario component
  • Web View components now no longer run when they are dynamically hidden
  • Fixed issue with repeat container scrollbars not showing correctly
  • Header wrapping applied to scorecard and data table components
  • Scorecard data insertion correctly resets when selected item is changed to -1.

Learn more about the changes in 1.17 here.

Version 1.16.10014

May 7, 2024

 

Hotfix for an issue with images on locally exported projects

The last hotfix introduced a bug where images stopped working on locally exported projects.  This but has now been squished.

Version 1.16.10013

Apr 18, 2024

 

Hotfix for an issue with Excel and Google connectors

When previewing or debugging your project with either of the Excel or Google connectors selected in the property panel; the selected oauth credentials were cleared out resulting in an Error: [Object object] message.

We have updated the flow, so that the credentials are not cleared during debug or preview.