6.0 release notes

A new design theme is applied that follows the new Squiz Design System used by all products in the Squiz DXP.

The new design theme improves the overall visuals of all UI elements such as fonts, colors, backgrounds, buttons, menus, and more.

The system default sign-in and password change screen also reflect the new design system.

Finally, backend notices, warnings, and errors are visually improved to be easier to read and understand.

The Matrix application toolbar has a couple of new improvements to it. You can see your Matrix system name in the toolbar so that you can quickly identify it if you have access to multiple ones.

A new help menu option gives you quick access to the product documentation and a link to the asset type reference screen.

The new screen header aims to make it easier to do everyday actions such as navigating asset screens, seeing asset information, saving, acquiring editing locks, and changing status.

Navigating between screens is now much easier and faster because you can access common screens from the tabbed navigation. You can find additional screens within the Settings drop-down menu.

The new screen header also features a brand new status switcher. This feature lets you quickly change the asset status from any screen without having to always navigate to the details screen to do it.

You can cascade the current status while also seeing how many child assets would be affected by the status change.

You can also add a workflow comment when requesting approval of an unpublished or draft asset.

The main panel area of the UI has been improved in layout and design to offer a more visually appealing and user-friendly experience.

Sections on screens now have a maximum width so that content within them is easier to read. Some screens, such as code editing screens, still have a fluid 100% width applied.

The main panel now also features an asset lineage that tells you the full hierarchical location of the current asset you are editing.

Furthermore, the name of the current screen is also now a heading on top of the main panel, together with the filter field tool being available to the right-hand side.

Your browser’s URL address bar updates automatically to represent the area or asset you are currently on, and which screen you have active.

For example, navigating to the metadata screen of an asset with ID #1234 will result in the following URL: https://www.example.com/_admin?screen=metadata&asset_id=1234

Dynamic backend URLs are useful for when you want to share a backend location quickly with another user or if you want to bookmark that location to return to it later.

The <title> tag is also dynamically updated to identify which asset and screen the bookmark refers to quickly.

Several terminology changes are present in Matrix 6 to support the new backend UI.

Adding a new component now opens a brand new panel that makes it easier to add new components by selecting from a unified list of core and custom components.

If the list of components is large enough, a filter tool will be available to find the component you want to add quickly.

Each component can have a colored icon and a description that tells the user more information about that component.

Components on the page are less cluttered when you view multiple components on a single page.

Hovering over a component displays the new component toolbar, which gives you access to all settings and tools of a component.

The design of the component properties panel is improved.

Advanced settings are now hidden from view until you need them.

You can reorder components through the page builder in addition to the existing asset tree method.

Drag-and-drop the component to the location you want.

You can assign personas to components directly through the page builder to easily target and personalize content.

The Personalize component option is available only if you have personas available for the current asset you are editing.

This screen no longer exists, and its functionality moved to other screens.

Read the asset settings documentation for more information about the new structure.

This new screen lets you configure the date values of an asset.

Read the Asset dates screen documentation for more information about this new screen.

The “Web paths” screen on all supported assets is now “URLs” to make it more representative of what you can do on the screen. This name change also makes it consistent with the already named “URLs” screen on Site assets.