Orchard Core updatesMulti-drag for Media FieldThis change aims to provide an easier way to manage the order of images in galleries with a large number of files. Draggable, the Vue component that wraps Sortable, is used to enable single-image drag. Draggable doesn't expose the multidrag functionality of Sortable. Alcwyn Parker removed the Draggable component and instead just instantiated Sortable on the ordered list.

Orchard Core updatesAdd an opacity option for the Text Color FieldLet's say we have a site set up with the Blog recipe. By using that recipe, we will get a predefined content type called Blog Post. Edit the content definition of this content type by navigating Design -> Content Definition -> Content Types and hitting Edit near the Blog Post content type. Click on the Add Field button under fields and select the Text Field as the Field Type. We use the Color as the Display Name; it doesn't matter right now. Once we have our Color Text Field, click its Edit button and select the Color option from the dropdown list when setting up the editor type for this field.

Orchard Core updatesBootstrap v5.3.7The Resources module of Orchard Core provides commonly used resources, such as JavaScript libraries and CSS files. It also enables the Resource Manager, allowing any module to describe the resources necessary for any page or component. When the entire page is rendered, all required resources are computed, and custom <script> and <link> tags are rendered accordingly. You can also register custom <meta> tags.

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Orchard Core updatesAdding a Taxonomy query filter to enable control over Taxonomy-based queriesWhen listing taxonomy items in the front end, you can use the IContentTaxonomyListFilter to filter content items by taxonomy terms or manipulate the query. This allows us to hook into the Taxonomy query and change the results if needed. Here are some use cases:

Orchard Core updatesShow a badge if a user is locked outThe user's account may become locked, for example, if they attempt to log in and enter the password incorrectly several times. However, there is no indication that a user is currently locked. The goal of this change is to have a small indication if a user is currently locked out. Let's say that we have a user with the username editor. We attempted to log in with this user several times using an incorrect password. By doing that, we locked out the account of the editor user. Now, if we navigate to the admin UI of Orchard Core and check the list of users under Access Control -> Users, you will see a badge showing that this user is locked out.

Orchard Core updatesRemove Media files for a removed tenant when using Azure Blob StorageIf you remove a tenant, its Media files are only removed if they use the default local storage in App_Data. When using Azure Blob Storage, though, they remain. To account for this, the existing settings are now extended with an additional flag (RemoveFilesFromBasePath option), which could then determine whether to delete the container or only the files associated with the given base path. You can set up this flag using the appsettings.json file, but you can also use the admin UI.

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