Release notes

Name: Nextmin
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

2025-12-28

nextmin-react: Schema-driven Auto Slug Generation
- Auto-populate: Introduced populateSlugFrom attribute to automatically generate slugs from other fields (e.g., populateSlugFrom: "title" or populateSlugFrom: "firstName,lastName").
- Unique Slugs: Built-in uniqueness handling that appends auto-incrementing suffixes (e.g., -1, -2) scoped to the model.
- Extended Schema Support: Can generate slugs using fields inherited from base schemas.
- Smart Validation: Automatically marks slug fields as required.
nextmin-react: Reference Select Improvements
- RefMultiSelect: Added alphabetical sorting for options.
- RefSingleSelect:
  - Added search functionality with clear button.
  - Added alphabetical sorting for options to match multi-select behavior.
  - Improved state management for better data loading and syncing.

nextmin-node: SEO Meta Fields Auto-injection
- Auto-injection: Automatically injects meta field (title, description, keywords, jsonLd) for any schema with schemaType: "page".
nextmin-react: UI improvements
- Textarea Support: Added support for format: "textarea" within json-group fields.
- Numbered Groups: Repeated json-group items now show numbered headers (e.g., “Chamber 1”) for better readability.
- Dependency Update: Updated @heroui/react to latest version.

nextmin-react: Advanced Rich Text & Layouts
- Layout Support: Added 2-column and 3-column layout blocks to the editor.
- Image Improvements:
  - Added floating menu for images with alignment and size controls.
  - Support for object-fit (Cover, Contain, Fill) settings.
  - Improved image resizing experience.
- Grid System: New Grid extension for complex layouts.
nextmin-node: Local File Storage
- Introduced LocalFileStorageAdapter for storing uploaded files on the local filesystem.
- Useful for development environments or simple deployments without S3.

nextmin-react: Added View Drawer with schema-driven DynamicViewer
- New View (eye) icon in list tables opens a right-side Drawer to display row details.
- Introduced useViewDrawer hook and DynamicViewer component for reusable viewing.
- Drawer width increased to ~50% of viewport on desktop (full width on mobile).
nextmin-react: Privacy and readability improvements
- Hides technical keys (id, _id, v, __v, baseId, exId, __childId).
- Masks password/secret-like fields generically (by key patterns and schema type/format) — never rendered.
- For models that extend a base, if baseId is hydrated, its fields are merged into the view (the link field is hidden).
nextmin-react: Generic JSON summarizer
- New jsonSummary.ts converts arrays/objects (including JSON stored as strings) into concise, human-friendly strings.
- Integrated into table cells and the viewer for consistent display.
Docs
- Added a new page: Viewer (Drawer) explaining behavior and API.
- Updated nextmin-react overview with a link to the viewer docs.

nextmin-node: Added cross-model Search API (POST /search)
- Search across multiple models by text with per-model select and limit. Results grouped by model and masked by policy.
- See docs: /docs/nextmin-node/search
nextmin-node: Added file upload APIs
- POST /file (API key) for server-to-server uploads.
- POST /files (auth) for authenticated user uploads.
- DELETE /files/:key to delete an uploaded file by key.
nextmin-node: Query and sorting improvements
- New parseSort supports +field/-field, multi-field sorts, and only applies a default when none provided.
- parseQuery supports fields projection (?fields=a,b), page/limit, and returns a skip value.
- Introduced virtual sort keys (createdAt, updatedAt, id, _id).
- Added buildPredicateForField to build robust filters for string/number/boolean/date/objectId and arrays.
nextmin-react: FileUploader revamped
- Supports multiple files, progress, cancel/delete, preview, and validation (maxFilesCount, maxFileSize, fileTypes).
- Configurable endpoint and auth headers; maps server response to value.
nextmin-react: SchemaForm improvements
- Better date/time/range handling (withTime), masked number input, and address autocomplete pairing (address -> latLng).
Docs: Updated schema examples to include file fields, repeatable JSON groups, and ref page size.

Added schema extending process that any schema can extend any other schema but the nextmin-node will optimize the db tables/docs

Docs homepage (docs/app/page.tsx): Enhanced hero copy and added a prominent “Launch Playground” button linking to https://nextmin-playground.gscodes.dev .
Docs: Updated release notes.