v7.4.0

7.4.0 - 21 January 2025

🔧 Maintenance

• Removed an outdated link on the button component page
• Update example code in image component
• Remove same-page profession links from accessibility guidance
• Update page on Getting started with accessibility
• Change jump link IDs on A to Z page pattern and A to Z of NHS health writing to lower case
• Remove broken link on Select component page and add new research section

v7.3.0

7.3.0 - 17 December 2024

🔧 Maintenance

• Update image, caption and alt text in image component

v7.2.0

7.2.0 - 6 November 2024

🆕 New features

• Add new Task list component
• Add new Complete multiple tasks pattern
• Add a resources page to the community and contribution section

🔧 Maintenance

• Rename and reorganise pattern subsection headings in the design system

v7.1.0

7.1.0 - 15 October 2024

🆕 New features

• Update accessibility guidance to say that WCAG 2.2 includes WCAG 2.1 and teams are now monitored to WCAG 2.2

v7.0.0

7.0.0 - 19 September 2024

🆕 New features

• Add entries on Down's syndrome, fit note and period products to the A to Z of NHS health writing
• Add guidance for heading classes
  – Add classes to style table captions similar to headings, detailed in Nunjucks macro option captionClasses

🔧 Maintenance

• Update page template examples to make the default example size l and inside the grid system
• Update page template Nunjucks options, to remove outerContent block
• Make our guidance on age clearer
• Update entries on fetus, microgram and NHS in the A to Z
• Update links guidance to recommend avoiding "see"
• Update content section on capitalisation to mention geographical names
• Update service manual team page and email address
• Update page about the NHS service standard
• Delete outdated references to NHSX
• Update Nunjucks macro options for date input component, adding values for day, month and year
• Update type scale to increase font size of m and l headings, updates font size overrides to align with new sizes
• Improve spacing around the back links and breadcrumbs components
• Update guidance on back links to recommend putting them top of page

v6.5.0

6.5.0 - 31 July 2024

🆕 New features

• Add new warning button to buttons component

🔧 Maintenance

• Update table component guidance with information about responsive tables
• Fix alignment between header, footer and main content in page template examples
• Update Nunjucks macro options for primaryLinks in header component
• Improve fieldset component guidance to better explain their use and importance for accessibility
• Improve tabs component guidance to explain how they should work for accessibility
• Improve guidance on contrast and accessibility on colour page
• Fix missing black colour, added to colour palette on colour page
• Fix display and layout of some tables
• Remove 'experimental' tag from tabs and character count components
• Reformat links section in accessibility guidance to make content clearer

v6.4.0

6.4.0 – 19 June 2024

🆕 New features

• Add guidance for using headings with captions

🔧 Maintenance

• Update guidance on links from "opens in new window" to "opens in new tab"
• Update colours used in code examples to improve contrast
• Update breadcrumb Nunjucks macro options descriptions
• Update radio with hint example Nunjucks code
• Replace links used in examples with hash (#)
• Add guidance for error summary focus on page load
• Remove duplicate links in design system side navigation
• Fix API catalogue link in service standard point 17

v6.3.0

6.3.0 – 17 April 2024

🆕 New features

• Add page on new accessibility requirements: WCAG 2.2
• Add sections on making sure your service meets WCAG 2.2 for: Product and delivery and Design, Development and Testing
• Add list of changes to meet new accessibility requirements to design system index page
• Update components and styles for WCAG 2.2:
  • Back link: guidance on positioning and keeping data the user has entered
  • Breadcrumbs: guidance on positioning
  • Buttons: guidance on minimum target size
  • Error message: guidance on not clearing data the user has entered
  • Footer: guidance on placing help links
  • Header: guidance on placing help links and not hiding content that has a focus applied
  • Select: guidance on avoiding click and drag
  • Summary list: guidance on action link target size and keeping data the user has entered
  • Tag: guidance on avoiding click and drag
  • Focus state: guidance on not hiding content that has a focus applied
  • Icons: guidance on minimum target size

🔧 Maintenance

• Update site map

v6.2.2

6.2.2 - 27 March 2024

🔧 Maintenance

• Re add side nav to "How to write good questions for forms"

v6.2.1

6.2.1 - 27 March 2024

🔧 Maintenance

• Remove "Messaging patients" section in Content guide