Release Notes Drop 3

Expect September to be relatively quiet, but we'll still release minor updates throughout the month. Drop 3 of the framework has a few changes to the property pane APIs in the sp-client-preview package, and some small fixes to the build toolchain.

Framework Changes

sp-client-preview changes

BaseClientSideWebPart

• BaseClientSideWebPart::onAfterPropertyPaneChangesApplied has been removed
• BaseClientSiteWebPart::onPropertyPaneConfigurationStart as been removed
• BaseClientSideWebPart::propertyPaneRenderedByWebPart has been removed
• BaseClientSideWebPart::onPropertyPaneConfigurationComplete has been renamed to onPropertyConfigurationComplete
• BaseClientSideWebPart::onPropertyPaneSave has been added

IPropertyPaneData

• IPropertyPaneData::onConfigurationEvent has been removed, replaced by
• IPropertyPaneData::onClose
• IPropertyPaneData::onConfigurationComplete
• IPropertyPaneData::onLostFocus
• IPropertyPaneData::onSave

WebPartConfigurationEvent

The entries for this enum have been tweaked

Tooling Changes

• combokeys added to typings in generated project (makes it easier to use the @microsoft/sp-module-loader)
• gulp --tasksno longer returns an error. Should make integration with IDEs like WebStorm easier
• Adding --no-install to yo @microsoft\sharepoint will skip the install step.
• The title and description of component feature XML is now correct.