Wagtail 4.0.4 release notes

October 18, 2022

What’s new

  • Render help_text when set on FieldPanel, MultiFieldPanel, FieldRowPanel, and other panel APIs where it previously worked without official support (Matt Westcott)

  • Update special-purpose FieldPanel deprecation message to add clarity for developers (Matt Westcott)

Bug fixes

  • Add back rendering of help_text for InlinePanel (Matt Westcott)

  • Ensure that AbstractForm & AbstractEmailForm page models correctly pass the form to the preview context (Dan Bentley)

  • Use the correct custom font for the Wagtail userbar (Umar Farouk Yunusa)

  • Ensure that buttons on custom chooser widgets are correctly shown on hover (Thibaud Colas)