v1.0.0-RC.1

Some plugins are now available under Datastar Pro, which adds functionality to the the free open source Datastar framework. These plugins are available under a commercial license that helps fund our open source work.

Of the many changes listed below, one major feature is that objects in signals are now reactive! This means that you can now create complex data structures in signals, and any changes to these objects will automatically propogate to expressions.

SSE event handling has also changed, in addition to all of the SDKs. Please refer to the SSE docs and each of the SDKs for the correct syntax to use.

• Objects in signals are now reactive, meaning that any changes to these objects will automatically propogate to expressions.
• Plugins are now reapplied on morph only if their values/keys/modifiers have changed.
• Added the ability for Datastar to receive text/html, application/json, and text/javascript content types, that patch elements, patch signals, and execute JavaScript respectively.
• Added a data-effect attribute that executes an expression when any of the signals it references change.
• Added a data-ignore-morph attribute to the PatchElements watcher that skips morphing the respective element and its children.
• Added a data-json-signals attribute that sets the text content of an element to a reactive JSON stringified version of all signals.
• Added a data-on-signal-patch attribute that executes an expression when a signal patch takes place.
• Added a data-on-signal-patch-filter attribute for filtering the signals that cause the expression in data-on-signal-patch to be executed.
• Added a data-preserve-attr attribute that preserves the client side state of an attribute through a morph.
• Added a data-on-resize attribute (PRO) that attaches a ResizeObserver to the element, and executes the expression each time the element’s dimensions change.
• Added a data-query-string attribute (PRO) that syncs the query string with signal values, including optional history support.
• Added a datastar-upload-progress event (PRO) for monitoring file upload progress.
• Added a filterSignals option to SSE actions that filters the signals send to the backend based on include and exclude regular expressions.
• Added a __trusted modifier to the data-on attribute, which runs the expression even if the isTrusted property on the event is false.
• Added automatic request cancellation for SSE actions - when a new request is initiated on an element, any existing request on that same element is automatically cancelled.
• Removed the abort option from SSE actions as request cancellation is now handled automatically at the element level.
• The URL passed into SSE actions (@get, @post, etc.) is now treated as a relative URI.
• The default Content-Type header sent with form requests is now application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
• The value of a clicked button element is now included in the request when using the form content type.
• The data-star-ignore attribute has been renamed data-ignore.
• The data-attr attribute now renders true as "" instead of "true" (e.g. checked="" instead of checked="true").
• The data-attr attribute now preserves the string literals "false", "null", and "undefined" when using a key.
• Fixed a bug when using the __debounce.leading modifier with the data-on attribute.
• Removed the data-on-signal-change attribute. Use the new data-on-signal-patch attribute instead.
• Removed the datastar-signal-change event. Use the new datastar-signal-patch event instead.
• Removed the includeLocal option in backend action requests. Use the filterSignals option instead.
• Removed the variable ctx from data attributes. Use the new el variable to access the element the attribute is attached to, use the new $ variable to access the signal root, or the new data-json-signals attribute to output all signals.
• Removed support for adding a dollar sign prefix to signal names in the value of the data-bind, data-ref, and data-indicator attributes.
• Removed the auto generated IDs that were assigned to elements using data attributes.

Changes to SSE Event Handling

• Renamed the datastar-merge-fragments and datastar-merge-signals SSE events to datastar-patch-elements and datastar-patch-signals respectively.
• Renamed the mergeMode parameter of the datastar-patch-elements SSE event to mode.
• Renamed the morph mode to outer.
• Renamed the outer mode to replace.
• The inner mode now morphs the element’s inner HTML.
• Removed the upsertAttributes mode.
• Added the remove mode.
• The datastar-patch-signals SSE event now patches (adds/updates/removes) signals according to the JSON Merge Patch RFC 7396.
• Removed the RemoveFragments, RemoveSignals, and ExecuteScript watchers.