v8.0.0-alpha.7

We'd like to offer a big thanks to the 13 contributors who made this release possible. Here are some highlights ✨:

• 📊 Charts legend is now an HTML element which can be styled more easily
• 💫 Support aggregation with server-side data
• 🏎️ Improve Data Grid aggregation performance
• 🌍 Add Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-TW) locale on the Date and Time Pickers
• 🌍 Improve Norwegian (nb-NO) locale on the Date and Time Pickers
• 🐞 Bugfixes

Special thanks go out to the community contributors who have helped make this release possible:
@derek-0000, @josteinjhauge, @k-rajat19, @nusr, @tomashauser.
Following are all team members who have contributed to this release:
@cherniavskii, @flaviendelangle, @JCQuintas, @LukasTy, @MBilalShafi, @arminmeh, @romgrk, @oliviertassinari.

Data Grid

@mui/[email protected]

• [DataGrid] Improve React 19 support (#15769) @LukasTy
• [DataGrid] Add name attribute to the checkbox selection column (#15178) @derek-0000
• [DataGrid] Fix number filter field formatting values while typing (#16062) @arminmeh
• [DataGrid] Fix select all checkbox state reset with server side data (#16034) @MBilalShafi
• [DataGrid] Refactor: create base button props (#15930) @romgrk
• [DataGrid] Refactor: create tooltip props (#16086) @romgrk
• [DataGrid] Fix TS error (#16046) @cherniavskii

@mui/[email protected]

Same changes as in @mui/[email protected].

@mui/[email protected]

Same changes as in @mui/[email protected], plus:

• [DataGridPremium] Improve aggregation performance for multiple columns (#16097) @cherniavskii
• [DataGridPremium] Make Aggregation keyboard accessible in the column menu (#15934) @k-rajat19
• [DataGridPremium] Server-side aggregation with data source (#15741) @MBilalShafi

Date and Time Pickers

Breaking changes

• The date-fns and date-fns-jalali date library adapters have been renamed to better align with the current stable major versions — Learn more
• Update default closeOnSelect and Action Bar actions values - Learn more
• The component passed to the layout slot no longer receives the value, onChange and onSelectShortcut props — Learn more.
• The component passed to the toolbar slot no longer receives the value, onChange and isLandscape props — Learn more.
• The component passed to the shortcuts slot no longer receives the onChange, isValid and isLandscape props — Learn more.
• The PickerShortcutChangeImportance type has been renamed PickerChangeImportance — Learn more.
• The component passed to the layout slot no longer receives the rangePosition and onRangePositionChange on range pickers — Learn more.
• The component passed to the toolbar slot no longer receives the rangePosition and onRangePositionChange on range pickers — Learn more.
• The component passed to the tabs slot no longer receives the rangePosition and onRangePositionChange on range pickers — Learn more.

@mui/[email protected]

• [fields] Handle focusing container with inputRef.current.focus on accessibleFieldDOMStructure (#15985) @LukasTy
• [pickers] Always use setValue internally to update the picker value (#16056) @flaviendelangle
• [pickers] Create a new context to pass the range position props to the layout components and to the views (#15846) @flaviendelangle
• [pickers] Introduce a new concept of manager (#15339) @flaviendelangle
• [pickers] Improve React 19 support (#15769) @LukasTy
• [pickers] Memoize <PickersActionBar /> (#16071) @LukasTy
• [pickers] Remove NonEmptyDateRange type (#16035) @flaviendelangle
• [pickers] Rename AdapterDateFns into AdapterDateFnsV2 and AdapterDateFnsV3 into AdapterDateFns (#16082) @LukasTy
• [pickers] Rename ctx.onViewChange to ctx.setView and add it to the actions context (#16044) @flaviendelangle
• [pickers] Support date-fns-jalali v4 (#16011) @LukasTy
• [pickers] Update closeOnSelect and actionBar.actions default values (#15944) @LukasTy
• [pickers] Use usePickerContext() and usePickerActionsContext() instead of passing props to the shortcuts and toolbar slots (#15948) @flaviendelangle
• [l10n] Add Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-TW) locale (#16033) @nusr
• [l10n] Improve Norwegian (nb-NO) locale (#16089) @josteinjhauge

@mui/[email protected]

Same changes as in @mui/[email protected].

Charts

Breaking changes

• Removed DefaultChartsLegend component, since it is now easier to create custom legends — Learn more.
• The default legend is now an HTML element and can be styled more easily.
• The width and height properties of the charts now only apply to the svg element, and not their wrappers, this might cause some layout shifts.
• slotProps.legend.direction now accepts 'horizontal' | 'vertical' instead of 'row' | 'column' — Learn more.
• The getSeriesToDisplay function was removed in favor of the useLegend hook. — Learn more.

@mui/[email protected]

• [charts] New HTML legend & styles (#15733) @JCQuintas
• [charts] Improve React 19 support (#15769) @LukasTy
• [charts] Fix 301 redirection in the API documentation @oliviertassinari

@mui/[email protected]

Same changes as in @mui/[email protected].

Tree View

@mui/[email protected]

• [TreeView] Improve React 19 support (#15769) @LukasTy

@mui/[email protected]

Same changes as in @mui/[email protected].

Docs

• [docs] Fix EditingWithDatePickers demo (#15967) @k-rajat19
• [docs] Fix inconsistent multi input range field separators (#16043) @flaviendelangle
• [docs] Fix non-existing "adapter" property of LocalizationProvider (#16084) @tomashauser
• [docs] Refactor Data Grid with Date Pickers example (#15992) @LukasTy
• [docs] Unify the wording of the pickers slots breaking changes (#16036) @flaviendelangle

Core

• [core] Clarify the release strategy (#16014) @MBilalShafi
• [core] Small fixes on docs @oliviertassinari
• [core] Sync with other repos @oliviertassinari
• [core] Update the release:version docs (#16038) @cherniavskii
• [code-infra] Add testSkipIf and describeSkipIf (#16049) @JCQuintas
• [test] Stabilize flaky Data Grid tests (#16053) @LukasTy