UW Theme Release v2.8.0
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This small update delivers targeted accessibility enhancements, key bug fixes, refined styling, and a smoother loading experience for some UW Theme components and blocks.
Version updates in this release
- UW Theme 2.8.0
- UW Blocks Plugin 2.8.0
- UW People Plugin 2.6.0
Table of contents
Release notes
Accessibility updates
Added Spacebar and Escape (Esc) support to the Main Menu and top Utility Menu to improve usability for keyboard and screen reader users.
Visit WebAIM’s Keyboard Accessibility guide to learn more about these controls.
Bugfixes for images
- Fixed an issue where image captions in the theme could not be edited or resized when the associated image was missing alt text.
- Fixed an issue in the UW People Listing block that prevented images smaller than 300px from being displayed as Small Square – 1:1.
Carousel block improvements
The following updates were made to the UW Hero Carousel and UW Story Slider blocks in the UW Blocks plugin.
- If a Hero Carousel or Story Slider only contains one slide, the previous/next navigation controls are now removed.
- Improved loading experience of these blocks, so users won’t see a brief flash of partially rendered content.
Responsive design and styling fixes
- Adjusted responsive breakpoints for the Main Menu and Utility Menu to ensure the mobile menu triggers before long navigation items overflow.
- Updated theme CSS so that the first Title or Heading block on a page automatically receives a non‑removable top margin to ensure consistent spacing across pages.
- Improved the mobile menu style‑loading to prevent the initial flash of partially rendered content.