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Lightning Forms Release Notes

3.10.0.0 (February 24, 2026)

See full Release Notes here.

3.9.1.0 (September 9, 2025)

• Updated CDN url per Microsoft change.
• Fixed an issue with the Convert to PDF action when using a .doc file rather than .docx

3.9.0.0 (August 2025)

New features and enhancements:

• New data source type in Data lookup: Microsoft Graph Connector (SharePoint online only)
• Ability to enable Collapsible sections, and new Expand/Collapse section Action
• Send internal email action retirement notification/migration (SharePoint online only – due to Microsoft retirement of Send Mail API)
• Improved sublists loading performance
• Improved ‘Convert to PDF’ action to support saving converted file to a different site collection

Fixes:

• Fixed opening forms in the panel (to accommodate a Microsoft change in SharePoint Online)
• Fixed opening Edit form in document library from Details pane
• Fixed action execution (Save, Cancel, Close) in IE mode in Edge browser for SharePoint Server 2019
• Fixed evaluation of Multiple lines of text column placeholder when used inside a table column in the Generate document action template
• Fixed evaluation of the [[Lookup.Image]] placeholder
• Fixed an issue where a hidden column was displayed when used in Group by view
• Fixed execution of ‘Generate document’ action when the template contains images
• Fixed execution of ‘Generate document’ action when the display name of list or library was changed
• Fixed copying of the tab with configured Enabled/Visible expressions
• Fixed opening ‘<site-url>/_layouts/15/people.aspx?MembershipGroupId=<group-id>’ page using Open web page action
• Fixed execution of ‘Send email’ action when [[@Item.EditFormUrl]] placeholder is used in the Body property (SharePoint online)
• Fixed evaluation of [[@User.IsMemberOfGroup(‘Nested AD Group’, true)]] placeholder on form load (SharePoint online)
• Fixed evaluation of the [[@User.IsMemberOfGroup(‘Nested AD Group’, true)]] placeholder when used in visible expressions across multiple actions (SharePoint online)

3.8.0.0 (May 2025)

New features and enhancements:

• Added “New” button to the library control, with support for creating Microsoft Office files
• Comments are now supported on the Display and Edit Forms
• Location column is now available in the forms and expression builder
• Invite Guest User action is now available in the Action Builder
• HTML content is now supported in the Generate Document template: [[html ([[placeholder]])]]
• Lazy Loading (to speed up and improve the loading items process in the lists/libraries, especially in case of large numbers of items in the list/library) is now available
• Included an option in the Field configuration panel to customize the Field label on the form.
• Added the ability to customize the Form Title and Command bar Action buttons, including to make them dynamic using an expression.
• Added an inline rich text editor for multiple lines of text columns (Rich text and Enhanced rich text types)

3.7.0.0 (October 2024)

New features and enhancements:

• New form controls:
  • Process Steps
  • Divider
  • Spacer
• New Action Builder actions:
  • Start Power Automate Flow
  • Add site to favorite
  • Create shared link

• Supported opening forms in a panel in the new Modern List UI experience
• Improved usability of editing Command Bar actions in design time. The Actions editor can now be opened by clicking on the command bar button on the design canvas.
• Integrated modern taxonomy picker (SharePoint online)
  Note: For the case when the ‘Allow users to type new values’ option is set on the Managed Metadata field, it is required to approve API access request with ‘TermStore.ReadWrite.All’ permissions in the SharePoint Admin center to allow the creation of terms
• Integrated a new editor for the Rich Text control
• Implemented ‘Teams’ Data source option for Data lookup control. Selecting this option allows you to return teams in the organization (SharePoint online)
  Note: It is required to approve API access request with ‘Team.ReadBasic.All’ permissions in the SharePoint admin center
• Added default active tab icon to the Tab control
• Implemented Folder path property for libraries. If a Folder path is set, only files inside this folder path are shown, and new files will be uploaded directly to this folder.
• Improved displaying configured styles in design time
• Added a button to create a new list view or edit a view in the list/library configuration panel
• Added function placeholders [[@Functions.GetFirstValueForQuery()]], [[@Functions.GetValuesForQuery()]], [[@Functions.QueryList()]] that allows you to create queries over cross-site collections.
• Added the ability to use URL Path (FileRef) field in the CAML builder for custom lists
• Made SubLists placeholders available in the CAML builder of the list control

“Lightning Bugs” squashed:

• Fixed an issue where a hidden column was displayed when used in a filter
• Fixed closing panel on ‘x’ button when there are no command actions
• Fixed content type handling in design time after changing the default content type in the list
• Fixed image placeholder evaluation inside loop of Generate document template
• Fixed server-relative URL for links and images for the case if using in Send email action
• Fixed creating subfolder in sublibrary for the case if several sublibraries are placed on a New Form
• Fixed visible/enabled expression evaluation if [[@SubLists…]] placeholders are used
• Fixed refreshing Multiple line of text column with append changes option enabled after editing value on Display form
• Fixed selecting content types on Edit form of document library
• Fixed rendering the value of Approval Status column for the list control on the form
• Fixed links for Name (LinkFilename) column value when using HtmlTable output of Get items action
• Fixed loading of forms after removing content type from list
• Fixed Send email action for the case if body of the email is empty
• Fixed referencing .js files in Execute script action
• Fixed infinite loading when adding a new column to the form and unchecking ‘Add to all content types’ option
• Fixed loading display form in the Firefox browser when additional lookup fields are added to the form
• Fixed preserving item selection in list/library when clicking on the Button control

3.6.0.0 (May 2024)

NOTE: Due to a change in the App Title at Microsoft’s request, this update requires you to first remove the previous version from your App Catalog before installing version 3.6.0.0. You will not lose any of your form customizations by doing this, as they are all saved within the SharePoint sites where you have created them. We recommend performing this update outside of business hours, as your forms may be temporarily unavailable during the redeployment process.

New features and enhancements:

• New Action Builder actions:
  • Convert to PDF (premium with Document Generator)
  • Scope: useful for error handling
  • Merge Word documents (premium with Document Generator)
• Debug mode in Action Builder
• Improved CAML builder UI
• Ability to use the CAML Builder to insert CAML query/query functions in the Expression Builder
• New File Viewer control
• [[@User.HasPermission….]] placeholders under the User section of the Context tab in the Expression Builder
• New parameter in the IsMemberOfGroup placeholder [[@User.IsMemberOfGroup(‘Type existing SharePoint group name’, checkNestedAzureADGroups)]], which checks whether the current user belongs to the SharePoint group or belongs to the SharePoint group as a member of a nested security AD group (SharePoint online only)
• New [[@Loop.CurrentIndex]] and [[@Loop.Count]] placeholders available for Document Generator templates
• Added an icon for hidden field labels when using the Visible option in Styling

“Lightning Bugs” squashed:

• Fixed opening form in the panel when redirecting to the list from the Home page using the left navigation
• Supported hidden fields of content types on forms (SharePoint online only)
• Fixed visibility of content type for the case if the content type is hidden from a new button
• Fixed threshold error in Data Lookup for lists with more than 5000 items
• Fixed displaying content for hidden Multiple lines of text column when ‘Append Changes to Existing Text’ option is enabled
• Fixed set value to Number field with ‘Show as percentage’ option enabled
• Fixed set People or Group field by email in ‘Add/Update item’ actions
• Improved form opening in SharePoint after changing Form settings or customizing the form

3.4.1.6 (August 2023)

New features and enhancements:

• Placeholders within RichText Control
• Enhanced Lookup with additional columns and search
• Calculated Columns within Display Forms
• Data Lookups support files and folders

“Lightning Bugs” squashed:

• Fixed an issue in the server version where the CAML filter dialog did not open

3.4.1.0 (February 2023)

New features and enhancements:

• Fixed threshold error during saving the generated document to the library with more than 5k items
• Improved error handling in ‘Generate document’ action
• Fixed <ViewFields> parameter in CAML query for multiple items configuration in ‘Generate document’ action
• Fixed opening .docx file for the case if ‘Show all items without folders’ option is enabled on the view
• Improved behavior of the Choice field with multiple selections to show more than one custom choice
• Fixed wrong encoding of special symbols in Multiple line of text (Plain text) field
• Supported ‘On any site’ list reference to be server-relative URL for Get items, Add item, etc. actions
• Fixed JSON formatting for native SharePoint Calculated column in the sublist component
• Supported placeholders evaluation in the Rich Text control

3.4.0.0 (November 2022)

New features and enhancements:

• Column and View formatting within sublists & Grouped views within sublists on Display Forms
• Tile View within sublibraries
• Drag and Drop files/folders into sublists/sublibraries
• Configure List Actions on the command bar of a sublist/sublibrary within a Display Form
• Sublist/sublibrary autosizing (for when there are many items)
• Create additional new forms from the Lightning Forms dialog
• New CAML Builder for adding filters to lookup columns and Get Items List Action
• New column layout options
• Import/Export different sections of the form configuration
• Clone Objects such as Fields and sections

For versions prior to 3.4.0.0, please contact [email protected]

3.3.0.1 (September 2022)

New features and enhancements:

• Ability to specify a custom folder name in a sublibrary
• Ability to copy form elements on the form (row, tab, button, field)
• New row layouts: One-third right, one-third left
• New Form Import options allow you to individually select what to import: Form Settings, Command Bar Actions, Form Load Actions, Form Controls, and General Styles
• Added placeholder [[@Functions.EvaluateExpression(‘expression code’)]] to Context->Functions(i.e [[@Functions.EvaluateExpression([[@Web.GetFirstValueForQuery(‘Contact’, ‘<View><Query><Where><BeginsWith><FieldRef Name=”Single”/><Value Type=”Text”>Test</Value></BeginsWith></Where></Query></View>’, ‘MultiLine’)]])]])

“Lightning Bugs” squashed:

• Fixed icon selection in icon picker for tenants with early release enabled
• Fixed ‘Send mail’ action for the case with unnecessary semicolons in the TO address
• Fixed using main lookup value placeholder in expression evaluation in sublibrary forms
• Fixed saving item when person field value with inactive users does not change
• Fixed ‘Select the only remaining item automatically after filtering’ option for Data Lookup on New form

3.3.0.0 (May 2022)

New features and enhancements:

• New Send Email Action
• New Copy Document Action
• Updated Document Generator Premium Action: New “Select Existing Template” option
• Getting Started Contextual Help
• New Form Designer Dialog
• Added Dynamic Path option to some actions: Copy/Move Document, Document Generator

“Lightning Bugs” squashed:

• Added ItemID output parameter to ‘Create new folder’ and ‘Generate Document’ actions
• Fixed evaluation of nested loops in .docx template in ‘Generate document’ action
• Fixed form panel size for the case when opening a form via List Actions
• Supported “Folder Child Count” and “Item Child Count” for document library on Modern Forms
• Fixed rendering sublist lookup column value on the display form
• Extended Attachments field placeholder: added [[Attachments.Url]] and [[Attachments.ServerRelativeUrl]]
• Rendered ‘Name’ column on the document library display form as a link
• Supported ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) JavaScript syntax in the expressions

3.2.0.0 (January 2022)

New features and enhancements:

• New Action Builder with conditions, variables, and loop controls
• New Expression Builder with improved navigation

3.1.0.0 (August 2021)

New features and enhancements:

• New action type “Generate Document” is now available in Action Builder. This is a premium action that’s available as an add-on to Lightning Forms. Please see our blog post and documentation about this feature.
• Added new option ‘CAML Filter’ for list component. This allows you to filter items displayed from another list within your form.
• Added [[@User.IsMemberOfAADGroup(‘Type existing Azure AD group name’)]] placeholder. This is in addition to the existing IsMemberOfGroup, which tests for membership in a SharePoint group.
• Added French, Slovak, Dutch, and Spanish localizations
• Added new option “Render Content on Form Load” to tabs for improving form loading performance
• Allowed text selection on forms (field values, labels, etc.)
• Improved performance of forms loading by splitting script files
• Implemented save conflict handling on the item Edit form. Note: on Edit/Display forms changes of item values made by other users are detected automatically (SharePoint online only).
• Implemented error handling for list component in case user doesn’t have Read permission for this list
• Tooltip for Multiple lines of text column on items in (sub-)list component now supports Enhanced rich text
• Improved import of configuration on display forms when exported from edit/new forms with configured enabled expressions
• Added the functionality to hide ‘User Access’ and ‘Activity’ in Details Pane

“Lightning Bugs” squashed:

• Fixed opening forms in the panel
• Fixed saving attachment error that may occur when saving the same form multiple times
• Fixed set choice field value which contains a comma
• Fixed Show/Hide properties in Details Pane for the case when navigating to the list from the left navigation in SharePoint online
• Fixed value set for a newly created item using new item link option for enhanced lookup field
• Changed choice field placeholder value format in Assignment and Function Code expression types
• Fixed ‘Redirect To Tab’ action on Edit form in After-Form Load
• Fixed saving custom image URL as server relative path in image picker
• Handled saving attachments with special characters in the file name
• Fixed displaying content for hidden Multiple lines of text column with ‘Append Changes to Existing Text’ option is enabled