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Important

While older versions of Rapid UI may continue to function, we officially support only the latest released version and its 2 previous releases. For optimal performance, security, and access to the latest features, we strongly recommend using one of the supported versions.

For example, if the current version is v6.4.0

  • āœ… 6.4.0
  • āœ… 6.3.8
  • āœ… 6.3.6
  • āŒ 6.3.3

šŸ“˜ Note

Special Note for V5 Users: We will only continue to support V5.2 for existing implementations. However, we strongly encourage upgrading to the latest V6.x release to access all the latest features and improvements.


Changelog

6.4.1

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issue with compiled icons.svg file causing some icons to not be resized properly when embedded in hawksearch-icon component.

6.4.0

Enhancements

  • Added support for disabling animated placeholder behavior in Rapid UI search bars.

    Placeholder behavior now works as follows:

    • If the placeholder is a string, it does not animate.
    • If the placeholder is an array with one value, it does not animate.
    • If the placeholder is an array with multiple values, it animates by default.
    • If disablePlaceholderAnimation: true is set, animation is disabled even when multiple placeholder values are provided.

  • Updated Rapid UI dependencies to address outdated packages and known vulnerabilities.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where right-click paste did not trigger autocomplete in Rapid UI.
  • Fixed an issue where parent categories/facets did not expand when loading a page with a preselected child value.
  • Fixed an issue where PopularSearchesWidget could throw an uncaught promise error and fail to render during certain invalid or no-result searches.

6.3.8

Enhancements

  • Smart Response now runs concurrently with search requests.
  • Smart Response now uses the current search request (not a previous request).
  • Smart Response timeout updated to 20 seconds.
  • Added support for sending custom headers with API calls.

    -- X-HawkSearch-ClientGuid: <client guid>  
-- X-Forwarded-For: <IP of site visitor>  
-- User-Agent: <user agent of site visitor
  • Added a No Results component.
  • Added support for recommendation widget title configuration in Rapid UI.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a Rapid UI Shadow DOM / CSS styling issue.
  • Fixed a mobile search banner issue.
  • Fixed handling for open-range facets with non-numeric/currency values.

6.3.3

Enhancements

  • Update documentation.

6.3.2

Enhancements

  • Support .avif file format on VisualSearch.
  • Add configurable search debounce on Search field component for searching and triggering Autocomplete if enabled.

6.3.1

Enhancements

  • Fix rendering percentage(%) symbol correctly when displaying Autocomplete results.

6.3.0

Enhancements

  • Added Unified/Hybrid Search component hawksearch-unifiedsearch-field that allows Keyword and Concept search simultaneously.
  • Support multiple rotating placeholder examples with a typing-out effect on searchbar components: search-field, conceptsearch-field, imagesearch-field and unified-search.
  • Multiple performance and stability improvements.

6.2.10

Enhancements

  • Provide additional Result Item parameters on hawksearch:conversationalsearch component.

6.2.9

Fixes

  • Fix consistency issues when reading and writing queryStringParams on custom implementations.

6.2.8

Fixes

  • Update hawksearch-autocomplete default template to also render Suggested Product/Content without categories.

6.2.6

Fixes

  • Prevent queryStringParams being overriden when generating a SearchUrl with custom query parameters.

6.2.5

Fixes

  • Fix issue where VisualSearch queries would append on Search URL.

6.2.4

Enhancements

  • Added hawksearch:visualsearch-upload-failed event hooks on VisualSearch component to better handle errors when uploading images.

Fixes

  • Fix issue where workbench layout options are inconsistent when rendering Recommendation component (showDots, showNextPrevButtons).

6.2.3

Bug Fixes

  • Fix issue where recent queries are not decoded when Hawksearch.config.search.decodeFacetFalueis enabled.

6.2.2

Bug Fixes

  • Added required ElementNo parameter bug in tracking API when clicking an item from <hawksearch-search-results-list />.

6.2.1

New Feature

  • Modified SearchService so that hawksearch:search-failed event fires before if the search fails due to any error.

6.2.0

New Feature

  • Added Conversational Search component hawksearch-conversationalsearch that allows thread maintained prompt driven search.
  • Added SmartResponse component hawksearch-smartresponse that allows prompt driven analysis of search results.

Check out our webinar to see these in actions!

6.1.13

Enhancements

  • Reset pagination page to 1 when changing navigation page size.

6.1.12

Enhancements

  • Pagination links contains all query params, so facets and filters remain consistent when opening multiple pages when navigating on new tabs.

6.1.10

Enhancements

  • Suggest Popular Searches on Autocomplete popup without needing products or Categories to match the query.

6.1.9

Enhancements

  • Make decodeQuery and decodeFacetValue defaults to true on Search and Autocomplete services.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix issue where facets and categories on Autocomplete popup are not decoded.

v6.1.8

Bug Fixes

  • Fix issue where range facet not working when currency or number are false

v6.1.7

New Feature/Enhancement

  • Added HawkSearch.config.components.['search-field'].disableAutofill property with a default value of false to Specify whether the input element should be pre-populared if "query" parameter exists on the URL

v6.1.4

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed bug with Quick Lookup filtering not handling special characters correctly, e.g. ā€œ^ā€, ā€œ$ā€, ā€œā€, ā€œ.ā€, ā€œ*ā€, ā€œ+ā€, ā€œ?ā€, ā€œ(ā€œ, ā€œ)ā€, ā€œ[ā€œ, ā€œ]ā€, ā€œ{ā€œ, ā€œ}ā€, and ā€œ|ā€ in string

v6.1.3

New Feature/Enhancement

  • Added additional hawksearch-icons

v6.1.0

New Feature/Enhancement

  • Added smart search component hawksearch-visualsearch-field to search using images to find other similar images
  • Added smart search component hawksearch-imagesearch-field to search using a text-based query and finds the most relevant images based on the text provided
  • Added smart search component hawksearch-conceptsearch-field to search using a sentence or a concept and finds the most relevant results based on the text provided
  • Allow ConceptSearch and ImageSearch components to customise whether to trigger search requests on Key Press or only when hitting ENTER
  • Allow ConceptSearch and ImageSearch components to customise the timeout between search requests while typing

V6.0.0

New Feature/Enhancement

  • Build output now generated by Vite instead of Webpack
  • External assets such as default CSS and icons are now bundled directly in JavaScript file to minimize the number of HTTP requests
  • Build output now contains cjs, es, and umd formats along with typings to allow custom implementations to reference this as a library
  • Changed TypeDoc theme to support latest version of Typedoc and allow bundling via npm package
  • Tests added and executed by Vitest

Bug Fixes

  • Prevented "empty" range facets from displaying when facet configuration is incorrect
  • Add decodeURI helper for Templates

Breaking Changes

  • HawkSearch configuration requires executing the HawkSearch.init function which should be triggered after hawksearch:loaded event

Documentation

https://handlebars-ui.hawksearch.com/latest/

5.2.8

New Features

  • Fix rendering percentage(%) symbol correctly when displaying Autocomplete results.

5.2.7

New Features

  • Modified SearchService so that hawksearch:search-failed event fires before if the search fails due to any error.

5.2.6

New Features

  • Reset pagination page to 1 when changing navigation page size.

5.2.5

New Features

  • Suggest Popular Searches on Autocomplete popup without needing products or Categories to match the query.

5.2.4

New Features

  • Make decodeQuery and decodeFacetValue defaults to true on Search and Autocomplete services.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix issue where facets and categories on Autocomplete popup are not decoded.

5.2.3

Bug Fixes

  • Fix issue where range facet not working when currency or number are false

5.2.2

New Feature/Enhancement

  • Added HawkSearch.config.components.['search-field'].disableAutofill property with a default value of false to Specify whether the input element should be pre-populared if "query" parameter exists on the URL

5.2.1

Bug Fixes

  • Added support to successfully upgrade v5.1.x implementations

Breaking Changes

  • Prevents implementations of components in v6, e.g. ConceptSearch, VisualSearch, ImageSearch

5.0.19

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed bug with Quick Lookup filtering not handling special characters correctly, e.g. '(',')', etc

V5.0.17

New Feature/Enhancement

  • Added HawkSearch.config.autocomplete.minCharacterCount property with a default value of 1 to specify the minimum length of a query before triggering autocomplete recommendations

V5.0.16

New Feature/Enhancement

  • Support for image of content results
  • Support for script elements of custom templates

Bug Fix

  • Added check to not display range facets that do not have range data

V5.0.15

Bug Fix

  • Fix an issue in v5.0.0 where selecting multiple values from the same facet did not properly format URL parameters

V5.0.14

New Feature/Enhancement

  • Introduced the decodeURI helper to our template toolkit, enabling automatic decoding of URL-encoded values directly for clearer and more accurate content rendering

Bug Fix

  • Fix the situation where "Did You Mean" suggestions with multiple keywords did not execute searches correctly

V5.0.8

Bug Fix

  • Fix the redirect functionality in search results, ensuring immediate transitions without displaying unintended results
  • Fix the misinterpretation of NULL and empty 'Redirect Target' values, ensuring redirects open in the correct window

V5.0.0

New Feature/Enhancement

  • Support for variants functionality

Documentation

https://handlebars-ui.hawksearch.com/5.0.17/stable/#hawksearch-handlebars-ui-v5017

V4.0.4

Bug Fix

  • Fix the recommendations response handling to split property values into arrays, ensuring consistency with the autocomplete and search APIs for more accurate data processing
  • Fix an issue where clicking on Top Product Category suggestions in Autocomplete did not correctly redirect to the search page with the selected facet value, now ensuring seamless navigation
  • Fix the field mismatch in Event Sales Tracking, ensuring "ItemPrice" is used instead of "Price" for accurate transaction recording

V4.0.3

Bug Fix

  • Fix URL parsing logic to avoid prepending domain when API returns value starting with //

V4.0.2

Bug Fix

  • Fix number and currency helpers to handle string values from API
    V4.0.3
    Bug Fix
  • Fix URL parsing logic to avoid prepending domain when API returns value starting with //

V4.0.0

New Feature/Enhancement

  • Property to toggle autocomplete recommendations
  • Ratings display
  • Did You Mean in autocomplete
  • Product ratings and prices in autocomplete
  • Refactor config object to group options by type

V3.0.0

New Feature/Enhancement

  • Instant engage
  • Display previous autocomplete when refocusing on search field
  • Removal of custom templates as content
  • New instance-level config options

Bug Fix

  • Eliminate double click required to expand facets collapsed by default

v 2.0.0

New Feature/Enhancement

  • With this latest update, you can now efficiently and easily embed the HawkSearch Experience into your Website. The framework uses a popular developer tool, handlebars js and comes with standard templates for the search bar and search results page experiences.
  • Autocomplete
  • All search results
  • Default templates
  • Customization Options
  • Recommendations
  • Landing Pages

Updated 9 days ago