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package/CHANGELOG.md

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-# Changelog
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-_25 jun 2025_
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-## v1.30.1
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-- Bumped renderer to v2.14.1
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-_24 jun 2025_
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-## v1.30.0
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-- Added documentation on lazy loading performance
-- Bumped renderer to v2.14.0 (simplified texture throttling)
-- Fixed bug in announcer when utterance is cancelled
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-
-_12 jun 2025_
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-## v1.29.5
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-- Simplified timeout and interval cleanup
-- Added explicit reset of component state upon destruction
-- Fixed `exit` lifecycle hook
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-_06 jun 2025_
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-## v1.29.4
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-- Removed excessive shader creation for effects
-- Added explicit cleanup of effects in for loop
-- Improved element destruction
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-_03 jun 2025_
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-## v1.29.3
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-- Added first batch internal JS doc types
-- Added documentation on Launch settings
-- Fixed issue with reactivity effects being shared (and retained) on the prototype
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-_28 may 2025_
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-## v1.29.2
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-- Added end of life flag to prevent timers, intervals and listeners to be registered after component destroy
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-_22 may 2025_
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-## v1.29.1
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-- Fixed issue with async and lifecycle ready error
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-
-_22 may 2025_
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-## v1.29.0
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-- Fixed memory leaks
-- Added componentId in warning when modifying props directly for easier debugging
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-_15 apr 2025_
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-## v1.28.0
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-- Added graceful handling of announcer when speechSynthesis API is not available
-- Renamed `beforeAll` method on router to `beforeEach` (as specified in the type definitions)
-- Fixed detection of correct PR to comment for github workflows
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-_15 apr 2025_
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-## v1.27.1
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-- Fixed issue with global watcher on router state not being cleared out
-- Minor performance updates
-- Fixed issue with retrieving correct renderer version for logging
-- Fixed issue with nested layouts not properly updating parent layout
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-_11 apr 2025_
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-## v1.27.0
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-- Added pre push linting check
-- Updated Github workflow for tests
-- Added noop announcement for when announcer is disabled
-- Add ability to interrupt specific announcement messages
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-_09 apr 2025_
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-## v1.26.1 / v1.26.2
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-- Fixed issue with announcer queue
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-_08 apr 2025_
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-## v1.26.0
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-- Announcer updates: queue, cancel individual messages, promise based chaining
-- Fixed naming collision for `config`-key on component instance
-- Fixed logging correct renderer version
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-## v1.25.1
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-_01 apr 2025_
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-- Fixed issue with page rendering after being destroyed when data is loaded by an async request
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-## v1.25.0
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-_28 mar 2025_
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-- Fixed issue when same effect type is used in `effects` attribute
-- Added ability to enable / disable announcer via launch setting as well as runtime
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-## v1.24.0
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-_26 mar 2025_
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-- Added additional tests for router
-- Fixed issues with `:show` attribute not working properly
-- Fixed issue with strings starting with a number being casted to a number
-- Fixed named slots functionality
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-## v1.23.2
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-_18 mar 2025_
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-- Fixed issue with keepAlive pages remaining in cache after navigating back
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-## v1.23.1
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-_17 mar 2025_
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-- Fixed issue in vite plugin that ensures reacitivity setup in computed props when code block has a comment
-- Fixed warnings for non-declared variables in template when they refer to plugins (i.e. `$$apState.foo`)
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-## v1.23.0
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-_13 mar 2025_
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-- Added support for beforeEach router hook
-- Added warning when variables used in the template are not declared on the component scope (only during dev)
-- Added vite plugin that ensures reactivity is setup properly for all state variables in a computed prop
-- Fixed keepAlive functionality in the router on back navigation
-- Fixed various test cases
-- Added useful base methods to the this context of plugins
-- Added workflow to execute test cases for PRs
-- Updated L3 renderer dependency to v2.13.2
-- Fixed various typos in the documentation
-- Fixed reactivity issue when value is set to `null`
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-## v1.22.0
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-_3 mar 2025_
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-- Added default value for `createImageBitmapSupport` to `auto`
-- Added advanced launch settings
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-## v1.21.1
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-_28 feb 2025_
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-- Changed gpuMemory launch settings to be optional in type definitions
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-## v1.21.0
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-_27 feb 2025_
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-- Added functionality for keeping query params when navigating back in the router
-- Exposed more info in reactive router state
-- Added `range`-attribute to for-loop
-- Fixed issue when setting `alpha` to truthy or false values
-- Upgraded to renderer v2.13.0
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-## v1.20.1
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-_14 feb 2025_
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-- Added error message when root element in template contains a `:for`-attribute
-- Added workaround fix for shader caching issue
-- Upgraded to renderer v2.12.1
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-## v1.20.0
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-_12 feb 2025_
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-- Improved attribute definitions used for autocompletion in VScode extension
-- Fixed calculation of `align-items` in Layout component
-- Fixed issue with sorting reactive arrays
-- Upgraded to renderer v2.12.0
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-## v1.19.1
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-_3 feb 2025_
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-- Removed left-over console.log
-- Upgraded to renderer v2.11.1
-- Fixed issues with wrongly pre-compiling `template` key of non-blits related objects
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-## v1.19.0
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-_31 jan 2025_
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-- Fixed `show`-attribute when an `alpha`-attribute is also present
-- Added `inspector-data`-attribute to help with automated testing based on the Lightning inspector
-- Added reactivity to Route changes (`this.$router.state.path` and `this.$router.state.navigating`)
-- Added `renderQuality` launch setting
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-## v1.18.1
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-_27 jan 2025_
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-- Fixed issue with navigating back to a router page with `keepalive=true`
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-## v1.18.0
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-_27 jan 2025_
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-- Added backtracking functionality to the Router
-- Upgraded to latest version of the renderer (2.10.0)
-- Changed setting `textureProcessingLimit` to `textureProcessingTimeLimit`
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-
-## v1.17.1
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-_24 jan 2025_
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-- Fixed issue in sprite
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-## v1.17.0
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-_24 jan 2025_
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-- Deprecated `wordwrap`-attribute on Text component in favour of `maxwidth`
-- Added documentation about text overflow
-- Upgraded renderer to v2.9.1 and added `canvas` and `textureProcessingLimit` launch options
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-## v1.16.2
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-_21 jan 2025_
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-- Upgraded to latest version of MSDF font generator, with fix for missing presets
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-
-## v1.16.1
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-_17 jan 2025_
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-- Fixed issue in certain browsers caused by route query params functionality (and optimized for performance)
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-
-## v1.16.0
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-_16 jan 2025_
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-- Fixed issue with component scope in Slots
-- Fixed issue with sprites (regression since v1.14.0)
-- Changed reactive state to only make plain objects reactive, and return custom Classes, Blits components, Renderer texture etc in raw form
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-## v1.15.0
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-_14 jan 2025_
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-- Added `placement`-attribute for easily aligning Elements to predefined locations (i.e. `center`, `right`, `middle`, `bottom`)
-- Removed automatic injection of `index` variable into forloop-scope to prevent unexpected naming collisions
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-
-## v1.14.1
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-_8 jan 2025_
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-- Fixed `undefined`-error with intercept method, when no input object is specified on root App component
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-## v1.14.0
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-_6 jan 2025_
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-- Added ability to deregister listeners (`this.$unlisten()`)
-- Added autosize to images without `w` and `h` attributes
-- Fixed cleanup of transitions and end-callbacks when Elements are destroyed
-- Added support for reactively updating an entire object (instead of having to update each object key individually)
-- Added `this.$size()` method to set the dimensions of a Component
-- Added `intercept` input method to handle key presses before they reach the currently focused Component
-- Added support for query-parameters in routes (in addition to regular query params)
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-## v1.13.1
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-_9 dec 2024_
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-- Fixed setting of correct color when turning off rtt on an element
-- Added check for txManager in reactivity
-- Fixed reference to correct `this`-scope in router before hook
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-## v1.13.0
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-_5 dec 2024_
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-- Added `padding` attribute to Layout component
-- Added logging of Blits and Renderer version used in App
-- Fixed show attribute for elements without predefined width and height
-- Added automatic proxy fallback (when no browser support) for reactivity
-- Fixed and added tests related to Blits Element
-- Fixed memory issue with effects used in for-loop
-- Fixed memory issue when changing props in dynamic shader effects
-- Updated renderer to v2.8.0
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-## v1.12.0
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-_26 nov 2024_
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-- Fixed `$hasFocus` state variable not being set when navigating back to a page with `keepAlive` enabled
-- Added `@updated`-event to Layout component
-- Fixed issue with simple config for Theme plugin
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-## v1.11.0
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-_19 nov 2024_
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-- Added support for splitting up translation file per language
-- Added hasFocus property to ComponentBase type
-- Fixed issue with alpha during router transitions
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-## v1.10.1
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-_15 nov 2024_
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-- Upgraded to renderer 2.7.1
-- Added documentation on Router
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-## v1.10.0
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-_8 nov 2024_
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-- Fixed issue with back button not bubbling to App component after last page in router history is popped
-- Added `align-items` attribute to Layout component
-- Fixed issue with watching nested state variables and global state
-- Upgraded to renderer 2.6.2
-- Fixed issue with white background for Elements with falsy src attribute
-- Fixed issue with calling focus on component that already is focused
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-## v1.9.2
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-_5 nov 2024_
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-- Fixed Element related tests
-- Bumped renderer to version 2.6.0
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-## v1.9.1
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-_4 nov 2024_
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-- Added fix for omitting gap-attribute in Layout component
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-## v1.9.0
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-_4 nov 2024_
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-- Added Layout component
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-## v1.8.3
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-_31 oct 2024_
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-- Exported TS interfaces and improved return type of before route hook
-- Fixed test cases for codegenerator
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-## v1.8.2
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-_30 oct 2024_
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-- Fixed edge case issue with array based props not triggering reactivity
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-## v1.8.1
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-_29 oct 2024_
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-- Fixed issue with array based props not triggering reactivity
-- Upgraded renderer to 2.5.1
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-## v1.8.0
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-_22 oct 2024_
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-- Refactored TypeScript definitions to give better autocompletion and general TS support for business logic
-- Added option for custom characters in MSDF generated fonts
-- Added export for symbols
-- Upgraded renderer to 2.4.0
-- Added transition progress event
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-## v1.7.1
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-_14 oct 2024_
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-- Fixed support for `.otf` and `.woff` fonts files in combination with MSDF generator
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-## v1.7.0
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-_14 oct 2024_
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-- Added cleanup upon component destroy of effects generated by global reactivity
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-## v1.6.0 / v1.6.1
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-_9 oct 2024_
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-- Abstracted app create functionality to separate package
-- Cleaned up dependencies
-- Fixed issue with item reference in for loop
-- Fixed issue with looping directly over `<Text>` components
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-## v1.5.1
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-_7 oct 2024_
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-- Added export of symbols
-- Various small performance improvements related to component creation
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-## v1.5.0
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-_1 oct 2024_
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-- Fixed issue with interrupting running / scheduled transitions with a new transition on the same prop
-- Fixed issue with (incompatible) SDF text renderer being loaded when `renderMode` is set to canvas
-- Added support for handling key release (i.e `keyup`) events
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-## v1.4.3
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-_26 sept 2024_
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-- Fixed issues with sprites in minified production build
-- Bumped renderer to v2.2.0  (with fixes for nested alpha / show issue)
-- Fixed reactivity in plugins not using reactivity mode setting
-- Fixed named slots functionality
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-## v1.4.2
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-_24 sept 2024_
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-- Fixed timing issue with calculation of percentages
-- Improved check to see if object is a Blits component, so it's more robust in case of code minification
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-## v1.4.1
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-_18 sept 2024_
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-- Fixed support for inspector, compatible with renderer 2.x changes
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-## v1.4.0
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-_16 sept 2024_
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-- Added support for `fit` attribute to enable resizeModes for images (cover, contain)
-- Added priority parameter for event emitters + ability to stop propagation
-- Added Global App State plugin
-- Added Theme plugin
-- Standardized built-in utility methods (i.e. focus, select, setTimeout, etc.) to all be prefixed with a `$`.
-- Added support for triggering nested state variables with dot-notation (i.e `foo.bar.bla`)
-- Added support for watching nested state variables (i.e `foo.bar.bla`)
-- Fixed bug with Log plugin not picking up on `debugLevel` setting
-- Fixed bug when using hex-colors in an effect
-- Upgraded to latest version of the renderer (2.1.1)
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-## v1.3.1
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-_27 aug 2024_
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-- Moved `this.$log` functionality to a plugin, which delays the instantation and allows it to pick up launch settings (bug fix)
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-## v1.3.0
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-_19 aug 2024_
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-- Fixed bug in for-loop when key is not a string but a number
-- Added `$shallow`-modifier to for-loop
-- Added several performance optimizations
-- Added support for dynamic arguments in object notation (i.e. `mount="{x: $x, y: $y}"`)
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-## v1.2.0
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-_5 aug 2024_
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-- Added plugin system for Blits
-- Added Language plugin, modeled after L2-SDK Language plugin
-- Removed unused built-in Image component
-- Marked `this.trigger()`-method as deprecated in definition file
-- Removed double assignment of `this.node` during element creation
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-## v1.1.0
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-_25 july 2024_
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-- Made `holdTimeout` configurable and added to launch settings
-- Improved test coverage
-- Removed imporChunkUrl dependency as it’s no longer needed
-- Abstracted path from pre-compiler, to make it more reusable (in playground for example)
-- Added `defaultFont` launch setting to boilerplate example
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-## v1.0.0
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-_15 july 2024_
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-- Added multiple optimizations that improve the performance
-- Fixed mountY prop setting
-- Added functionality for providing custom shaders
-- Added initial support for accessing children
-- Added first version of Layout component
-- Improved test coverage
-- Refactored transitions and fixed promise resolve issues
-- Upgraded to renderer v1.0.0
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-## v0.10.0
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-_17 june 2024_
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-- Updated renderer to version v0.9.1
-- Updated font generation to use the new `@lightningjs/msdf-generator`-package with required font metrics
-- Added queue mechanism to font generation to prevent hanging process
-- Added functionality to pass a component into the Component `:is` attribute
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-Please read refer to the [breaking changes](https://github.com/lightning-js/renderer/releases/tag/v0.9.0) in the
-renderer related to MSDF fonts. When you have custom msdf fonts in your `/public` folder you may need to regenerate
-them (or remove the files and let Blits take care of [generating for you from a `.ttf`](https://lightning-js.github.io/blits/#/essentials/displaying_text?id=using-custom-fonts))
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-## v0.9.9
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-_22 may 2024_
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-- Added support for `rtt`-attribute (Render To Texture)
-- Refactored Component for efficiency and readability
-- Improved type definitions
-- Fixed error when no settings object is supplied to Launch method
-- Fixed issue with `parent` variable being set on the global window object
-- Improved code of firing transitions
-- Bumped renderer to version 0.8.4
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-## v0.9.8
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-_25 apr 2024_
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-- Fixed issue with removing children during navigation with the router
-- Added support for overflow (as an inversed alias of clipping)
-- Upgraded to latest version of renderer (0.8.3)
-- Introduced `renderMode` setting (`webgl` or `canvas`)
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-## v0.9.7
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-_15 apr 2024_
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-- Added support for direct assignment of an Array element and triggering reactivity
-- Added support for .env in boilerplate
-- Fixed issue with Blits component being wrapped in a Proxy when assigned to a state variable
-- Fixed built-in `hasFocus`-state to also work for components that don't have state in their config object
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-## v0.9.6
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-_4 apr 2024_
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-- Added before hook to router
-- Upgraded Lightning renderer to v0.8.2
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-## v0.9.5
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-_29 mar 2024_
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-- Fixed cancelling  of scheduled / running transitions when starting a new transition on the same prop (broke in v0.7.1).
-- Added viewport relates lifecycle hooks
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-## v0.9.4
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-_28 mar 2024_
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-- Upgraded Lightning renderer to v0.8.0
-- Fixed issue with reactivity in a forloop when initial array is empty
-- Introduced new `gpuMemoryLimit` launch setting
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-## v0.9.3
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-_25 mar 2024_
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-- Added support for mount / pivot on Text elements and Sprites.
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-## v0.9.2
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-_21 mar 2024_
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-- Fixed issue with updates not triggering during array operation
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-## v0.9.1
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-_21 mar 2024_
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-- Improved support for reactive advanced array operations (i.e. `splice()`, `concat()`, `sort()`)
-- Upgraded Lightning renderer to v0.7.6
-- Reverted removal of destroy of child nodes (added in v0.8.1)
-- Introduced `viewportMargin` setting
-- Added `undefined`-check for props sent to renderer
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-## v0.9.0
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-_18 mar 2024_
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-- Added symbol for `id` on component
-- Fixed issue in for loop when `:key` is a number (and not a string)
-- Added built-in `hasFocus` state variable, available on every Component
-- Refactored font loading, removed the need for temporary `src/fontLoader.js` file
-- Replaced using component name with unique identifier for registering and emitting hooks
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-## v0.8.1
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-_9 mar 2024_
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-- Added pre-processing of hardcoded colors used in the template
-- Upgraded Lightning renderer to v0.7.5
-- Removed explicit destroy of child nodes, as the renderer now takes care of this
-- Re-added support for clipping
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-## v0.8.0
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-_1 mar 2024_
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-- Added `this.$clearIntervals()` and `this.$clearTimeouts()` methods that clear all intervals and timers set on a certain component
-- **Breaking change:** Renamed the key `function` to `easing` in the transitions object used to specify a custom easing functio (deprecation notice added)
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-## v0.7.4
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-_28 feb 2024_
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-- Fixed dependency for on the fly MSDF font generation
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-## v0.7.3
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-_28 feb 2024_
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-- Added functionality that forces focus hook to fire when parent receives focus from child
-- Improved destroy sequence of nodes to be disposed
-- Fixed issue with tracking reactive objects multiple times (potential max call stack error)
-- Added on the fly MSDF font generation from a `.ttf` file placed in `publics/fonts`
-- Added support for pre-compilation for files with more than 1 Blits component
-- Fixed transitions on scale attribute when passed an object with `x` and `y` values
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-## v0.7.2
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-_23 feb 2024_
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-- Added small fix to support for (re)assigning an array used in a for-loop
-- Added option to enable the Lightning inspector in launch setting (`inspector: true/false`)
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-## v0.7.1
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-_22 feb 2024_
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-- Fixed clean up of children nodes when routing to a new view
-- Fixed test cases for code generator (100% coverage)
-- Added support for colorizing sprites
-- Removed before setup and setup lifecycle events and optimized lifecycle instance in components
-- Added support for (re)assigning an array used in a for-loop
-- Refactored delay of transitions (using the now available built-in delay in the renderer)
-- Added preliminary support for frameTick hook
-- Upgraded to latest version of the renderer (0.7.4)
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-## v0.7.0
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-_20 feb 2024_
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-- Added support for dynamic components through the `is`-attribute (`<Component is="Poster" />` or `<Component is="$dynamicComponent" />`)
-- Added functionality to pass extra data / props when navigating to a new route ( _breaking change_ in signature of `router.to()` method - previously: `router.to(path, options)`, now: `router.to(path, data, options)`)
-- Added configuration option to set the canvas color (aka clear color)
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-## v0.6.13
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-_16 feb 2024_
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-- Upgraded to 0.7.2 of the renderer
-- Introduced new `maxheight` attribute (besided the existing `maxlines` attribute) for the `<Text />` component
-- Fixed issue with order of lifecycle event emits
-- Fixed logic to not unfoces a parent when it passes focus to a child
-- Removed temporary fix for renderer issue [#123](https://github.com/lightning-js/renderer/issues/123)
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-## v0.6.12
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-_9 feb 2024_
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-- Added type hinting for `this.$clearInterval` and `this.$clearTimeout`
-- Fixed issue with `.gitignore` in app create flow
-- Added support for dynamic route parts in the router (i.e `/tv/:series/episodes/:episode`)
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-## v0.6.11
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-_7 feb 2024_
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-- Enabled the use of `type` as a component prop or state variable
-- Removed setting focus to AppComponent on back key press in RouterView
-- Fixed broken app create flow caused by missing dev dependencies in npx command (temporary fix)
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-## v0.6.10
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-_2 feb 2024_
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-- Added FPS counter from Example App as a built-in Blits component (available as `<FPScounter />`)
-- Added precompilation to all built-in Blits components for increased performance
-- Updated flow to create a new App project with an interactive prompt of questions (`npx @lightningjs/blits@latest`)
-- Upgraded to latest version of the Lightning 3 renderer (0.7.1)
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-## v0.6.9
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-_31 jan 2024_
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-- Fixed single quote escaping for all browsers (removing sometimes unsupported negative lookahead)
-- Fixed issue with focus when navigating back to a page that is kept in history
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-## v0.6.8
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-_29 jan 2024_
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-- Reverted fix (initially) empty for-loops
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-## v0.6.7
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-_26 jan 2024_
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-- Added `this.$clearInterval` and `this.$clearTimeout` helper functions to Component
-- Updated Lightning renderer to version _0.7.0_
-- Added `lineheight` and `textoverflow` attributes to `<Text />`-component
-- Added setting for specifying maximum number of web workers to spawn (`webWorkersLimit`)
-- Added fix for issue with setting up reactivity for (initially) empty for-loops
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-## v0.6.6
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-_24 jan 2024_
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-- Added temporary fix for renderer issue [#123](https://github.com/lightning-js/renderer/issues/123)
-- Fixed issue with setting mount, pivot and scale values to zero (0) in object literal with x and y key
-- Added automatic mapping of ref string to each item in a for-loop
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-## v0.6.5
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-_16 jan 2024_
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-- Added `path` to boilerplate vite.config.js for deployments in a sub folder
-- Improved error handling in the template parser, with more contextual error messages
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-## v0.6.4
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-_15 jan 2024_
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-- Added fix for sprites not working on certain devices
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-## v0.6.3
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-_12 jan 2024_
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-- Removed prepending protocol and host from sprite image
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-## v0.6.2
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-_12 jan 2024_
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-- Fixed issue with Sprites not working correctly due to missing background color
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-## v0.6.1
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-_8 jan 2024_
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-- Fixed issue with using single quotes as Text content
-- Added first Text-to-Speech / Announcer functionality
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-## v0.6.0
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-_4 jan 2024_
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-- Added pre-compilation functionality to improve performance. Requires an update to the `vite.config.js` to enable. Read more details in this [blog post](https://lightningjs.io/blogs/blitsPreCompilation.html)
-- Added `defaultFont` to the Launch settings
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-## v0.5.10
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-_3 jan 2024_
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-- Updated and improved documentation
-- Added `screenResolution` and `pixelRatio` options to settings
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-## v0.5.9
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-_21 dec 2023_
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-- Changed transition-end callback to receive real prop value from node
-- Implemented symbol for `wrapper` on Component (freeing up the name wrapper to be used in Component state)
-- Added functionality to prevent a route ending up in the history stack (route option: `inHistory: false`)
-- Improved router backtracking logic
-- Added functionality to override route options during navigation
-- Upgraded to latest version of the renderer (0.6.1) which contains a fix for animations not finishing correctly
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-## v0.5.8
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-_15 dec 2023_
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-- Internal refactor of the `Element`
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-## v0.5.7
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-_13 dec 2023_
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-- Added history and backhandling to the router
-- Linked effects directly to the available shaders exposed by the L3 renderer (starting 0.6.0)
-- Added setting `reactivityMode` to control whether `Proxy` (default) or `defineProperty` is used to trigger reactive side effects
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-## v0.5.6
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-_11 dec 2023_
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-- Upgraded to version 0.6.0 of the Lightning 3 renderer
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-## v0.5.5
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-_5 dec 2023_
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-- Fixed regression in Slots functionality caused by forloop cleanup fix in 0.5.4
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-## v0.5.4
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-_5 dec 2023_
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-- Fixed issue with Components and Elements not always being cleaned up in forloop
-- Added support for nested children inside a forloop on an Element
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-## v0.5.3
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-_4 dec 2023_
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-- Added transition `start` and tranition `end` callbacks
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-## v0.5.2
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-_30 nov 2023_
-
-- Fixed issue in code generator leading to creation unnecessary child nodes
-- Added focus handler to router view (that passes focus to the current active page)
-
-## v0.5.1
-
-_29 nov 2023_
-
-- Fixed issue with unexpected unfocus
-- Added fastforward of transitions on the same property
-- Added functionality to skip focus change on key hold
-
-## v0.5.0
-
-_23 nov 2023_
-
-- Introduced `wordwrap` and `maxlines` attributes on the Text-component, replacing the previous `w` and `h` attributes (breaking change!)
-
-## v0.4.2
-
-_22 nov 2023_
-
-- Improved parser and added more template validation (i.e. one single root element in a template)
-- Fixed typo in documentation
-
-## v0.4.1
-
-_13 nov 2023_
-
-- Added support for using dynamic import of components in routes
-- Added support for returning components in an async function / Promise in routes
-
-## v0.4.0
-
-_9 nov 2023_
-
-- Fixed bug related to animating percentage based values
-- Added (customizable) navigation transitions to the router
-- Renamed `.eslintrc.js` to `.eslintrc.cjs` in boilerplate code to make linting work on new projects
-- Fixed issue in Settings when the default value was set to `false`
-- Replace underscored keys for private properties with Symbols
-- Added `keepAlive` option to the router (i.e. keeping a page in memory when navigating to a new page)
-- Introduced a `this.$trigger` function to force a reevaluation of a reactive value (without changing the value)
-- Exposed `currentRoute`, `routes` and `navigating` on the `this.$router` object
-- Upgraded to lates version of `@lightningjs/renderer` (v0.5.0)
-
-## v0.3.15
-
-_23 oct 2023_
-
-- Added support for slots
-- Added support for defining custom keymapping
-- Improved error handling of the template parser
-
-## v0.3.14
-
-_19 oct 2023_
-
-- Fixed error when `<Text />`-component doesn't have any content
-- Removed generic escape key handler that closed the App
-- Introduced `quit()`-method on the root Application component
-- Updated to v0.4.0 of the renderer
-
-## v0.3.13
-
-_18 oct 2023_
-
-- Added support for `borderTop`, `borderBottom`, `borderLeft`, `borderRight` and `grayScale` effects
-- Fixed `@loaded` and `@error` events on `<Text/>` componenent only firing once (and not for each change)
-- Fixed loading of web canvas2d fonts
-- Fixed error when using `this`-reference in component state
-- Added basic support for inline text (i.e. `<Text>My text with a {{$dynamic}} value</Text>`)
-
-## v0.3.12
-
-_17 oct 2023_
-
-- Fixed path to logo on readme
-
-## v0.3.11
-
-_17 oct 2023_
-
-- Added support for using [percentages](https://lightning-js.github.io/blits/#/element_attributes?id=using-percentages) in dimensions (`w` / `h`) and positioning (`x` / `y`)
-- Refactored template parser to be more robust and throw errors when the template contains a syntax mistake
-- Re-enabled tests (still depends on renderer version bump though)
-- Added the new official Blits logo to the readme!
-
-## v0.3.10
-
-_9 oct 2023_
-
-- Updated L3 renderer dependency to 0.3.6
-- Renamed internal methods for creating textures and shaders
-
-
-## v0.3.9
-
-_5 oct 2023_
-
-- Updated L3 renderer dependency to 0.3.3
-
-
-## v0.3.8
-
-_4 oct 2023_
-
-- Added Blits VS code extension to recommended extensions
-
-
-## v0.3.7
-
-_3 oct 2023_
-
-- Fixed reactivity issue when using `null` values in state
-
-
-## v0.3.6
-
-_2 oct 2023_
-
-- Bumped version number of dependency in boilerplate
-
-
-## v0.3.5
-
-_2 oct 2023_
-
-- Added workaround for Vite import chunk url plugin for fontloading
-
-## v0.3.4
-
-_27 sep 2023_
-
-- Fixed issue with re-applying reactivity to already reactive props in forloop
-
-
-## v0.3.3
-
-_25 sep 2023_
-
-- Added support for `@loaded` and `@error` events on Elements (and Text Component)
-
-
-## v0.3.2
-
-_22 sep 2023_
-
-- Changed name of attribute to reference an Element or Component from `id` to `ref`
-
-
-## v0.3.1
-
-_20 sep 2023_
-
-- Fixed Blits dependency in create App boilerplate package.json
-
-
-## v0.3.0
-
-_20 sep 2023_
-
-Initial beta release of Blits ⚡️
+# Changelog
+
+_25 jun 2025_
+
+## v1.30.2
+
+- Bumped renderer to v2.14.2
+
+
+_25 jun 2025_
+
+## v1.30.1
+
+- Bumped renderer to v2.14.1
+
+
+_24 jun 2025_
+
+## v1.30.0
+
+- Added documentation on lazy loading performance
+- Bumped renderer to v2.14.0 (simplified texture throttling)
+- Fixed bug in announcer when utterance is cancelled
+
+
+_12 jun 2025_
+
+## v1.29.5
+
+- Simplified timeout and interval cleanup
+- Added explicit reset of component state upon destruction
+- Fixed `exit` lifecycle hook
+
+_06 jun 2025_
+
+## v1.29.4
+
+- Removed excessive shader creation for effects
+- Added explicit cleanup of effects in for loop
+- Improved element destruction
+
+_03 jun 2025_
+
+## v1.29.3
+
+- Added first batch internal JS doc types
+- Added documentation on Launch settings
+- Fixed issue with reactivity effects being shared (and retained) on the prototype
+
+_28 may 2025_
+
+## v1.29.2
+
+- Added end of life flag to prevent timers, intervals and listeners to be registered after component destroy
+
+_22 may 2025_
+
+## v1.29.1
+
+- Fixed issue with async and lifecycle ready error
+
+
+_22 may 2025_
+
+## v1.29.0
+
+- Fixed memory leaks
+- Added componentId in warning when modifying props directly for easier debugging
+
+_15 apr 2025_
+
+## v1.28.0
+
+- Added graceful handling of announcer when speechSynthesis API is not available
+- Renamed `beforeAll` method on router to `beforeEach` (as specified in the type definitions)
+- Fixed detection of correct PR to comment for github workflows
+
+_15 apr 2025_
+
+## v1.27.1
+
+- Fixed issue with global watcher on router state not being cleared out
+- Minor performance updates
+- Fixed issue with retrieving correct renderer version for logging
+- Fixed issue with nested layouts not properly updating parent layout
+
+_11 apr 2025_
+
+## v1.27.0
+
+- Added pre push linting check
+- Updated Github workflow for tests
+- Added noop announcement for when announcer is disabled
+- Add ability to interrupt specific announcement messages
+
+_09 apr 2025_
+
+## v1.26.1 / v1.26.2
+
+- Fixed issue with announcer queue
+
+_08 apr 2025_
+
+## v1.26.0
+
+- Announcer updates: queue, cancel individual messages, promise based chaining
+- Fixed naming collision for `config`-key on component instance
+- Fixed logging correct renderer version
+
+## v1.25.1
+
+_01 apr 2025_
+
+- Fixed issue with page rendering after being destroyed when data is loaded by an async request
+
+## v1.25.0
+
+_28 mar 2025_
+
+- Fixed issue when same effect type is used in `effects` attribute
+- Added ability to enable / disable announcer via launch setting as well as runtime
+
+## v1.24.0
+
+_26 mar 2025_
+
+- Added additional tests for router
+- Fixed issues with `:show` attribute not working properly
+- Fixed issue with strings starting with a number being casted to a number
+- Fixed named slots functionality
+
+## v1.23.2
+
+_18 mar 2025_
+
+- Fixed issue with keepAlive pages remaining in cache after navigating back
+
+## v1.23.1
+
+_17 mar 2025_
+
+- Fixed issue in vite plugin that ensures reacitivity setup in computed props when code block has a comment
+- Fixed warnings for non-declared variables in template when they refer to plugins (i.e. `$$apState.foo`)
+
+## v1.23.0
+
+_13 mar 2025_
+
+- Added support for beforeEach router hook
+- Added warning when variables used in the template are not declared on the component scope (only during dev)
+- Added vite plugin that ensures reactivity is setup properly for all state variables in a computed prop
+- Fixed keepAlive functionality in the router on back navigation
+- Fixed various test cases
+- Added useful base methods to the this context of plugins
+- Added workflow to execute test cases for PRs
+- Updated L3 renderer dependency to v2.13.2
+- Fixed various typos in the documentation
+- Fixed reactivity issue when value is set to `null`
+
+## v1.22.0
+
+_3 mar 2025_
+
+- Added default value for `createImageBitmapSupport` to `auto`
+- Added advanced launch settings
+
+## v1.21.1
+
+_28 feb 2025_
+
+- Changed gpuMemory launch settings to be optional in type definitions
+
+## v1.21.0
+
+_27 feb 2025_
+
+- Added functionality for keeping query params when navigating back in the router
+- Exposed more info in reactive router state
+- Added `range`-attribute to for-loop
+- Fixed issue when setting `alpha` to truthy or false values
+- Upgraded to renderer v2.13.0
+
+## v1.20.1
+
+_14 feb 2025_
+
+- Added error message when root element in template contains a `:for`-attribute
+- Added workaround fix for shader caching issue
+- Upgraded to renderer v2.12.1
+
+## v1.20.0
+
+_12 feb 2025_
+
+- Improved attribute definitions used for autocompletion in VScode extension
+- Fixed calculation of `align-items` in Layout component
+- Fixed issue with sorting reactive arrays
+- Upgraded to renderer v2.12.0
+
+## v1.19.1
+
+_3 feb 2025_
+
+- Removed left-over console.log
+- Upgraded to renderer v2.11.1
+- Fixed issues with wrongly pre-compiling `template` key of non-blits related objects
+
+## v1.19.0
+
+_31 jan 2025_
+
+- Fixed `show`-attribute when an `alpha`-attribute is also present
+- Added `inspector-data`-attribute to help with automated testing based on the Lightning inspector
+- Added reactivity to Route changes (`this.$router.state.path` and `this.$router.state.navigating`)
+- Added `renderQuality` launch setting
+
+## v1.18.1
+
+_27 jan 2025_
+
+- Fixed issue with navigating back to a router page with `keepalive=true`
+
+## v1.18.0
+
+_27 jan 2025_
+
+- Added backtracking functionality to the Router
+- Upgraded to latest version of the renderer (2.10.0)
+- Changed setting `textureProcessingLimit` to `textureProcessingTimeLimit`
+
+
+## v1.17.1
+
+_24 jan 2025_
+
+- Fixed issue in sprite
+
+## v1.17.0
+
+_24 jan 2025_
+
+- Deprecated `wordwrap`-attribute on Text component in favour of `maxwidth`
+- Added documentation about text overflow
+- Upgraded renderer to v2.9.1 and added `canvas` and `textureProcessingLimit` launch options
+
+## v1.16.2
+
+_21 jan 2025_
+
+- Upgraded to latest version of MSDF font generator, with fix for missing presets
+
+
+## v1.16.1
+
+_17 jan 2025_
+
+- Fixed issue in certain browsers caused by route query params functionality (and optimized for performance)
+
+
+## v1.16.0
+
+_16 jan 2025_
+
+- Fixed issue with component scope in Slots
+- Fixed issue with sprites (regression since v1.14.0)
+- Changed reactive state to only make plain objects reactive, and return custom Classes, Blits components, Renderer texture etc in raw form
+
+## v1.15.0
+
+_14 jan 2025_
+
+- Added `placement`-attribute for easily aligning Elements to predefined locations (i.e. `center`, `right`, `middle`, `bottom`)
+- Removed automatic injection of `index` variable into forloop-scope to prevent unexpected naming collisions
+
+
+## v1.14.1
+
+_8 jan 2025_
+
+- Fixed `undefined`-error with intercept method, when no input object is specified on root App component
+
+
+## v1.14.0
+
+_6 jan 2025_
+
+- Added ability to deregister listeners (`this.$unlisten()`)
+- Added autosize to images without `w` and `h` attributes
+- Fixed cleanup of transitions and end-callbacks when Elements are destroyed
+- Added support for reactively updating an entire object (instead of having to update each object key individually)
+- Added `this.$size()` method to set the dimensions of a Component
+- Added `intercept` input method to handle key presses before they reach the currently focused Component
+- Added support for query-parameters in routes (in addition to regular query params)
+
+
+## v1.13.1
+
+_9 dec 2024_
+
+- Fixed setting of correct color when turning off rtt on an element
+- Added check for txManager in reactivity
+- Fixed reference to correct `this`-scope in router before hook
+
+## v1.13.0
+
+_5 dec 2024_
+
+- Added `padding` attribute to Layout component
+- Added logging of Blits and Renderer version used in App
+- Fixed show attribute for elements without predefined width and height
+- Added automatic proxy fallback (when no browser support) for reactivity
+- Fixed and added tests related to Blits Element
+- Fixed memory issue with effects used in for-loop
+- Fixed memory issue when changing props in dynamic shader effects
+- Updated renderer to v2.8.0
+
+## v1.12.0
+
+_26 nov 2024_
+
+- Fixed `$hasFocus` state variable not being set when navigating back to a page with `keepAlive` enabled
+- Added `@updated`-event to Layout component
+- Fixed issue with simple config for Theme plugin
+
+
+## v1.11.0
+
+_19 nov 2024_
+
+- Added support for splitting up translation file per language
+- Added hasFocus property to ComponentBase type
+- Fixed issue with alpha during router transitions
+
+
+## v1.10.1
+
+_15 nov 2024_
+
+- Upgraded to renderer 2.7.1
+- Added documentation on Router
+
+
+## v1.10.0
+
+_8 nov 2024_
+
+- Fixed issue with back button not bubbling to App component after last page in router history is popped
+- Added `align-items` attribute to Layout component
+- Fixed issue with watching nested state variables and global state
+- Upgraded to renderer 2.6.2
+- Fixed issue with white background for Elements with falsy src attribute
+- Fixed issue with calling focus on component that already is focused
+
+
+## v1.9.2
+
+_5 nov 2024_
+
+- Fixed Element related tests
+- Bumped renderer to version 2.6.0
+
+## v1.9.1
+
+_4 nov 2024_
+
+- Added fix for omitting gap-attribute in Layout component
+
+## v1.9.0
+
+_4 nov 2024_
+
+- Added Layout component
+
+## v1.8.3
+
+_31 oct 2024_
+
+- Exported TS interfaces and improved return type of before route hook
+- Fixed test cases for codegenerator
+
+
+## v1.8.2
+
+_30 oct 2024_
+
+- Fixed edge case issue with array based props not triggering reactivity
+
+
+## v1.8.1
+
+_29 oct 2024_
+
+- Fixed issue with array based props not triggering reactivity
+- Upgraded renderer to 2.5.1
+
+
+## v1.8.0
+
+_22 oct 2024_
+
+- Refactored TypeScript definitions to give better autocompletion and general TS support for business logic
+- Added option for custom characters in MSDF generated fonts
+- Added export for symbols
+- Upgraded renderer to 2.4.0
+- Added transition progress event
+
+
+## v1.7.1
+
+_14 oct 2024_
+
+- Fixed support for `.otf` and `.woff` fonts files in combination with MSDF generator
+
+
+## v1.7.0
+
+_14 oct 2024_
+
+- Added cleanup upon component destroy of effects generated by global reactivity
+
+## v1.6.0 / v1.6.1
+
+_9 oct 2024_
+
+- Abstracted app create functionality to separate package
+- Cleaned up dependencies
+- Fixed issue with item reference in for loop
+- Fixed issue with looping directly over `<Text>` components
+
+## v1.5.1
+
+_7 oct 2024_
+
+- Added export of symbols
+- Various small performance improvements related to component creation
+
+## v1.5.0
+
+_1 oct 2024_
+
+- Fixed issue with interrupting running / scheduled transitions with a new transition on the same prop
+- Fixed issue with (incompatible) SDF text renderer being loaded when `renderMode` is set to canvas
+- Added support for handling key release (i.e `keyup`) events
+
+## v1.4.3
+
+_26 sept 2024_
+
+- Fixed issues with sprites in minified production build
+- Bumped renderer to v2.2.0  (with fixes for nested alpha / show issue)
+- Fixed reactivity in plugins not using reactivity mode setting
+- Fixed named slots functionality
+
+## v1.4.2
+
+_24 sept 2024_
+
+- Fixed timing issue with calculation of percentages
+- Improved check to see if object is a Blits component, so it's more robust in case of code minification
+
+## v1.4.1
+
+_18 sept 2024_
+
+- Fixed support for inspector, compatible with renderer 2.x changes
+
+## v1.4.0
+
+_16 sept 2024_
+
+- Added support for `fit` attribute to enable resizeModes for images (cover, contain)
+- Added priority parameter for event emitters + ability to stop propagation
+- Added Global App State plugin
+- Added Theme plugin
+- Standardized built-in utility methods (i.e. focus, select, setTimeout, etc.) to all be prefixed with a `$`.
+- Added support for triggering nested state variables with dot-notation (i.e `foo.bar.bla`)
+- Added support for watching nested state variables (i.e `foo.bar.bla`)
+- Fixed bug with Log plugin not picking up on `debugLevel` setting
+- Fixed bug when using hex-colors in an effect
+- Upgraded to latest version of the renderer (2.1.1)
+
+## v1.3.1
+
+_27 aug 2024_
+
+- Moved `this.$log` functionality to a plugin, which delays the instantation and allows it to pick up launch settings (bug fix)
+
+## v1.3.0
+
+_19 aug 2024_
+
+- Fixed bug in for-loop when key is not a string but a number
+- Added `$shallow`-modifier to for-loop
+- Added several performance optimizations
+- Added support for dynamic arguments in object notation (i.e. `mount="{x: $x, y: $y}"`)
+
+## v1.2.0
+
+_5 aug 2024_
+
+- Added plugin system for Blits
+- Added Language plugin, modeled after L2-SDK Language plugin
+- Removed unused built-in Image component
+- Marked `this.trigger()`-method as deprecated in definition file
+- Removed double assignment of `this.node` during element creation
+
+## v1.1.0
+
+_25 july 2024_
+
+- Made `holdTimeout` configurable and added to launch settings
+- Improved test coverage
+- Removed imporChunkUrl dependency as it’s no longer needed
+- Abstracted path from pre-compiler, to make it more reusable (in playground for example)
+- Added `defaultFont` launch setting to boilerplate example
+
+## v1.0.0
+
+_15 july 2024_
+
+- Added multiple optimizations that improve the performance
+- Fixed mountY prop setting
+- Added functionality for providing custom shaders
+- Added initial support for accessing children
+- Added first version of Layout component
+- Improved test coverage
+- Refactored transitions and fixed promise resolve issues
+- Upgraded to renderer v1.0.0
+
+## v0.10.0
+
+_17 june 2024_
+
+- Updated renderer to version v0.9.1
+- Updated font generation to use the new `@lightningjs/msdf-generator`-package with required font metrics
+- Added queue mechanism to font generation to prevent hanging process
+- Added functionality to pass a component into the Component `:is` attribute
+
+Please read refer to the [breaking changes](https://github.com/lightning-js/renderer/releases/tag/v0.9.0) in the
+renderer related to MSDF fonts. When you have custom msdf fonts in your `/public` folder you may need to regenerate
+them (or remove the files and let Blits take care of [generating for you from a `.ttf`](https://lightning-js.github.io/blits/#/essentials/displaying_text?id=using-custom-fonts))
+
+
+## v0.9.9
+
+_22 may 2024_
+
+- Added support for `rtt`-attribute (Render To Texture)
+- Refactored Component for efficiency and readability
+- Improved type definitions
+- Fixed error when no settings object is supplied to Launch method
+- Fixed issue with `parent` variable being set on the global window object
+- Improved code of firing transitions
+- Bumped renderer to version 0.8.4
+
+## v0.9.8
+
+_25 apr 2024_
+
+- Fixed issue with removing children during navigation with the router
+- Added support for overflow (as an inversed alias of clipping)
+- Upgraded to latest version of renderer (0.8.3)
+- Introduced `renderMode` setting (`webgl` or `canvas`)
+
+## v0.9.7
+
+_15 apr 2024_
+
+- Added support for direct assignment of an Array element and triggering reactivity
+- Added support for .env in boilerplate
+- Fixed issue with Blits component being wrapped in a Proxy when assigned to a state variable
+- Fixed built-in `hasFocus`-state to also work for components that don't have state in their config object
+
+## v0.9.6
+
+_4 apr 2024_
+
+- Added before hook to router
+- Upgraded Lightning renderer to v0.8.2
+
+## v0.9.5
+
+_29 mar 2024_
+
+- Fixed cancelling  of scheduled / running transitions when starting a new transition on the same prop (broke in v0.7.1).
+- Added viewport relates lifecycle hooks
+
+## v0.9.4
+
+_28 mar 2024_
+
+- Upgraded Lightning renderer to v0.8.0
+- Fixed issue with reactivity in a forloop when initial array is empty
+- Introduced new `gpuMemoryLimit` launch setting
+
+
+## v0.9.3
+
+_25 mar 2024_
+
+- Added support for mount / pivot on Text elements and Sprites.
+
+## v0.9.2
+
+_21 mar 2024_
+
+- Fixed issue with updates not triggering during array operation
+
+## v0.9.1
+
+_21 mar 2024_
+
+- Improved support for reactive advanced array operations (i.e. `splice()`, `concat()`, `sort()`)
+- Upgraded Lightning renderer to v0.7.6
+- Reverted removal of destroy of child nodes (added in v0.8.1)
+- Introduced `viewportMargin` setting
+- Added `undefined`-check for props sent to renderer
+
+## v0.9.0
+
+_18 mar 2024_
+
+- Added symbol for `id` on component
+- Fixed issue in for loop when `:key` is a number (and not a string)
+- Added built-in `hasFocus` state variable, available on every Component
+- Refactored font loading, removed the need for temporary `src/fontLoader.js` file
+- Replaced using component name with unique identifier for registering and emitting hooks
+
+## v0.8.1
+
+_9 mar 2024_
+
+- Added pre-processing of hardcoded colors used in the template
+- Upgraded Lightning renderer to v0.7.5
+- Removed explicit destroy of child nodes, as the renderer now takes care of this
+- Re-added support for clipping
+
+## v0.8.0
+
+_1 mar 2024_
+
+- Added `this.$clearIntervals()` and `this.$clearTimeouts()` methods that clear all intervals and timers set on a certain component
+- **Breaking change:** Renamed the key `function` to `easing` in the transitions object used to specify a custom easing functio (deprecation notice added)
+
+## v0.7.4
+
+_28 feb 2024_
+
+- Fixed dependency for on the fly MSDF font generation
+
+## v0.7.3
+
+_28 feb 2024_
+
+- Added functionality that forces focus hook to fire when parent receives focus from child
+- Improved destroy sequence of nodes to be disposed
+- Fixed issue with tracking reactive objects multiple times (potential max call stack error)
+- Added on the fly MSDF font generation from a `.ttf` file placed in `publics/fonts`
+- Added support for pre-compilation for files with more than 1 Blits component
+- Fixed transitions on scale attribute when passed an object with `x` and `y` values
+
+## v0.7.2
+
+_23 feb 2024_
+
+- Added small fix to support for (re)assigning an array used in a for-loop
+- Added option to enable the Lightning inspector in launch setting (`inspector: true/false`)
+
+## v0.7.1
+
+_22 feb 2024_
+
+- Fixed clean up of children nodes when routing to a new view
+- Fixed test cases for code generator (100% coverage)
+- Added support for colorizing sprites
+- Removed before setup and setup lifecycle events and optimized lifecycle instance in components
+- Added support for (re)assigning an array used in a for-loop
+- Refactored delay of transitions (using the now available built-in delay in the renderer)
+- Added preliminary support for frameTick hook
+- Upgraded to latest version of the renderer (0.7.4)
+
+## v0.7.0
+
+_20 feb 2024_
+
+
+- Added support for dynamic components through the `is`-attribute (`<Component is="Poster" />` or `<Component is="$dynamicComponent" />`)
+- Added functionality to pass extra data / props when navigating to a new route ( _breaking change_ in signature of `router.to()` method - previously: `router.to(path, options)`, now: `router.to(path, data, options)`)
+- Added configuration option to set the canvas color (aka clear color)
+
+## v0.6.13
+
+_16 feb 2024_
+
+- Upgraded to 0.7.2 of the renderer
+- Introduced new `maxheight` attribute (besided the existing `maxlines` attribute) for the `<Text />` component
+- Fixed issue with order of lifecycle event emits
+- Fixed logic to not unfoces a parent when it passes focus to a child
+- Removed temporary fix for renderer issue [#123](https://github.com/lightning-js/renderer/issues/123)
+
+## v0.6.12
+
+_9 feb 2024_
+
+- Added type hinting for `this.$clearInterval` and `this.$clearTimeout`
+- Fixed issue with `.gitignore` in app create flow
+- Added support for dynamic route parts in the router (i.e `/tv/:series/episodes/:episode`)
+
+## v0.6.11
+
+_7 feb 2024_
+
+- Enabled the use of `type` as a component prop or state variable
+- Removed setting focus to AppComponent on back key press in RouterView
+- Fixed broken app create flow caused by missing dev dependencies in npx command (temporary fix)
+
+## v0.6.10
+
+_2 feb 2024_
+
+- Added FPS counter from Example App as a built-in Blits component (available as `<FPScounter />`)
+- Added precompilation to all built-in Blits components for increased performance
+- Updated flow to create a new App project with an interactive prompt of questions (`npx @lightningjs/blits@latest`)
+- Upgraded to latest version of the Lightning 3 renderer (0.7.1)
+
+## v0.6.9
+
+_31 jan 2024_
+
+- Fixed single quote escaping for all browsers (removing sometimes unsupported negative lookahead)
+- Fixed issue with focus when navigating back to a page that is kept in history
+
+## v0.6.8
+
+_29 jan 2024_
+
+- Reverted fix (initially) empty for-loops
+
+## v0.6.7
+
+_26 jan 2024_
+
+- Added `this.$clearInterval` and `this.$clearTimeout` helper functions to Component
+- Updated Lightning renderer to version _0.7.0_
+- Added `lineheight` and `textoverflow` attributes to `<Text />`-component
+- Added setting for specifying maximum number of web workers to spawn (`webWorkersLimit`)
+- Added fix for issue with setting up reactivity for (initially) empty for-loops
+
+## v0.6.6
+
+_24 jan 2024_
+
+- Added temporary fix for renderer issue [#123](https://github.com/lightning-js/renderer/issues/123)
+- Fixed issue with setting mount, pivot and scale values to zero (0) in object literal with x and y key
+- Added automatic mapping of ref string to each item in a for-loop
+
+## v0.6.5
+
+_16 jan 2024_
+
+- Added `path` to boilerplate vite.config.js for deployments in a sub folder
+- Improved error handling in the template parser, with more contextual error messages
+
+## v0.6.4
+
+_15 jan 2024_
+
+- Added fix for sprites not working on certain devices
+
+## v0.6.3
+
+_12 jan 2024_
+
+- Removed prepending protocol and host from sprite image
+
+
+## v0.6.2
+
+_12 jan 2024_
+
+- Fixed issue with Sprites not working correctly due to missing background color
+
+## v0.6.1
+
+_8 jan 2024_
+
+- Fixed issue with using single quotes as Text content
+- Added first Text-to-Speech / Announcer functionality
+
+## v0.6.0
+
+_4 jan 2024_
+
+- Added pre-compilation functionality to improve performance. Requires an update to the `vite.config.js` to enable. Read more details in this [blog post](https://lightningjs.io/blogs/blitsPreCompilation.html)
+- Added `defaultFont` to the Launch settings
+
+## v0.5.10
+
+_3 jan 2024_
+
+- Updated and improved documentation
+- Added `screenResolution` and `pixelRatio` options to settings
+
+## v0.5.9
+
+_21 dec 2023_
+
+- Changed transition-end callback to receive real prop value from node
+- Implemented symbol for `wrapper` on Component (freeing up the name wrapper to be used in Component state)
+- Added functionality to prevent a route ending up in the history stack (route option: `inHistory: false`)
+- Improved router backtracking logic
+- Added functionality to override route options during navigation
+- Upgraded to latest version of the renderer (0.6.1) which contains a fix for animations not finishing correctly
+
+## v0.5.8
+
+_15 dec 2023_
+
+- Internal refactor of the `Element`
+
+## v0.5.7
+
+_13 dec 2023_
+
+- Added history and backhandling to the router
+- Linked effects directly to the available shaders exposed by the L3 renderer (starting 0.6.0)
+- Added setting `reactivityMode` to control whether `Proxy` (default) or `defineProperty` is used to trigger reactive side effects
+
+## v0.5.6
+
+_11 dec 2023_
+
+- Upgraded to version 0.6.0 of the Lightning 3 renderer
+
+## v0.5.5
+
+_5 dec 2023_
+
+- Fixed regression in Slots functionality caused by forloop cleanup fix in 0.5.4
+
+## v0.5.4
+
+_5 dec 2023_
+
+- Fixed issue with Components and Elements not always being cleaned up in forloop
+- Added support for nested children inside a forloop on an Element
+
+## v0.5.3
+
+_4 dec 2023_
+
+- Added transition `start` and tranition `end` callbacks
+
+## v0.5.2
+
+_30 nov 2023_
+
+- Fixed issue in code generator leading to creation unnecessary child nodes
+- Added focus handler to router view (that passes focus to the current active page)
+
+## v0.5.1
+
+_29 nov 2023_
+
+- Fixed issue with unexpected unfocus
+- Added fastforward of transitions on the same property
+- Added functionality to skip focus change on key hold
+
+## v0.5.0
+
+_23 nov 2023_
+
+- Introduced `wordwrap` and `maxlines` attributes on the Text-component, replacing the previous `w` and `h` attributes (breaking change!)
+
+## v0.4.2
+
+_22 nov 2023_
+
+- Improved parser and added more template validation (i.e. one single root element in a template)
+- Fixed typo in documentation
+
+## v0.4.1
+
+_13 nov 2023_
+
+- Added support for using dynamic import of components in routes
+- Added support for returning components in an async function / Promise in routes
+
+## v0.4.0
+
+_9 nov 2023_
+
+- Fixed bug related to animating percentage based values
+- Added (customizable) navigation transitions to the router
+- Renamed `.eslintrc.js` to `.eslintrc.cjs` in boilerplate code to make linting work on new projects
+- Fixed issue in Settings when the default value was set to `false`
+- Replace underscored keys for private properties with Symbols
+- Added `keepAlive` option to the router (i.e. keeping a page in memory when navigating to a new page)
+- Introduced a `this.$trigger` function to force a reevaluation of a reactive value (without changing the value)
+- Exposed `currentRoute`, `routes` and `navigating` on the `this.$router` object
+- Upgraded to lates version of `@lightningjs/renderer` (v0.5.0)
+
+## v0.3.15
+
+_23 oct 2023_
+
+- Added support for slots
+- Added support for defining custom keymapping
+- Improved error handling of the template parser
+
+## v0.3.14
+
+_19 oct 2023_
+
+- Fixed error when `<Text />`-component doesn't have any content
+- Removed generic escape key handler that closed the App
+- Introduced `quit()`-method on the root Application component
+- Updated to v0.4.0 of the renderer
+
+## v0.3.13
+
+_18 oct 2023_
+
+- Added support for `borderTop`, `borderBottom`, `borderLeft`, `borderRight` and `grayScale` effects
+- Fixed `@loaded` and `@error` events on `<Text/>` componenent only firing once (and not for each change)
+- Fixed loading of web canvas2d fonts
+- Fixed error when using `this`-reference in component state
+- Added basic support for inline text (i.e. `<Text>My text with a {{$dynamic}} value</Text>`)
+
+## v0.3.12
+
+_17 oct 2023_
+
+- Fixed path to logo on readme
+
+## v0.3.11
+
+_17 oct 2023_
+
+- Added support for using [percentages](https://lightning-js.github.io/blits/#/element_attributes?id=using-percentages) in dimensions (`w` / `h`) and positioning (`x` / `y`)
+- Refactored template parser to be more robust and throw errors when the template contains a syntax mistake
+- Re-enabled tests (still depends on renderer version bump though)
+- Added the new official Blits logo to the readme!
+
+## v0.3.10
+
+_9 oct 2023_
+
+- Updated L3 renderer dependency to 0.3.6
+- Renamed internal methods for creating textures and shaders
+
+
+## v0.3.9
+
+_5 oct 2023_
+
+- Updated L3 renderer dependency to 0.3.3
+
+
+## v0.3.8
+
+_4 oct 2023_
+
+- Added Blits VS code extension to recommended extensions
+
+
+## v0.3.7
+
+_3 oct 2023_
+
+- Fixed reactivity issue when using `null` values in state
+
+
+## v0.3.6
+
+_2 oct 2023_
+
+- Bumped version number of dependency in boilerplate
+
+
+## v0.3.5
+
+_2 oct 2023_
+
+- Added workaround for Vite import chunk url plugin for fontloading
+
+## v0.3.4
+
+_27 sep 2023_
+
+- Fixed issue with re-applying reactivity to already reactive props in forloop
+
+
+## v0.3.3
+
+_25 sep 2023_
+
+- Added support for `@loaded` and `@error` events on Elements (and Text Component)
+
+
+## v0.3.2
+
+_22 sep 2023_
+
+- Changed name of attribute to reference an Element or Component from `id` to `ref`
+
+
+## v0.3.1
+
+_20 sep 2023_
+
+- Fixed Blits dependency in create App boilerplate package.json
+
+
+## v0.3.0
+
+_20 sep 2023_
+
+Initial beta release of Blits ⚡️