What’s new?

What’s Changed

• What’s New: Updates for v0.0.438 by @danbrady in #3970
• Update select-options.md by @caw310 in #3969
• Remove custom list styles and update CSS-Library to latest by @babsdenney in #3972
• Multiple Form Components: Updates guidance on selecting components by option count. by @danbrady in #3974
• Combo Box: Updates content from review by @danbrady in #3975
• Add Github action to update PR description with preview link by @jamigibbs in #3976
• Update Alert component: Added action link variation by @LWWright7 in #3978
• Update card and list doc pages to reference service-list-item by @adamwhitlock1 in #3903
• Form Step - Minimal: Adds documentation by @jeana-adhoc in #3979
• Form step - Minimal: Add examples and dev link by @jeana-adhoc in #3983
• Add alert sign-in variation (Update sign-in-alert-examples.md) by @LWWright7 in #3986
• Fixes a staging review finding for language toggle [Fixes #3953] Adds Form Upload tool time stamp to the signature doc. by @humancompanion-usds in #3982
• Update component template for mobile. [Fixes #2391] by @humancompanion-usds in #3988
• Form step - Minimal Add usage guidance by @jeana-adhoc in #3996
• Add Homepage template by @erinrwhite in #3987
• component-library@50.1.0, css-library@0.21.2 by @powellkerry in #4002
• Sign-in alert guidance - fix typo by @jeana-adhoc in #4004
• Form step - minimal: Re-add text copilot edited by @jeana-adhoc in #4003
• Multiple responses pattern: Update Guidance by @jeana-adhoc in #4008
• Adds legacy accordion styles by @it-harrison in #4007
• Fixed broken Status tag link by @babsdenney in #3971
• Breadcrumb: Updates guidance on final crumb link behavior and reformats to match current component template by @humancompanion-usds in #4012
• Adds eyebrow to typography (but needs a component-library update). Updates the banner. [Amends #2581] by @humancompanion-usds in #3989
• Language Toggle: Add component checklist by @danbrady in #4014

Full Changelog: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/vets-design-system-documentation/compare/v0.0.438…v0.0.439

What’s Changed

• What’s New: Sprint 22 by @danbrady in #3915
• Clarifies notifications for ZSF. by @humancompanion-usds in #3920
• Update collection.md by @babsdenney in #3916
• Update form-step.md by @allison0034 in #3927
• Add accessibility consideration for radio button legend by @rsmithadhoc in #3931
• Updating intro page screenshots by @jeana-adhoc in #3939
• Remove outdated links from homepage and footer; update image for developer docs link on homepage by @erinrwhite in #3193
• Github: Add PR Template by @danbrady in #3702
• PR Template: Updates to use present tense titles by @danbrady in #3943
• Updates alert guidance to include mobile. [Amends #3826] by @humancompanion-usds in #3918
• Update language-toggle.md by @caw310 in #3950
• Adds mobile guidance for Link component. [Amends #3833] by @humancompanion-usds in #3904
• Replace Formation with CSS-Library by @jamigibbs and @powellkerry in #3933
• va-language-toggle: Adds two language variation by @danbrady in #3962
• Fix gov-banner images by @powellkerry in #3967
• Update font-weight.md by @slavingia in #3968

New Contributors

• @slavingia made their first contribution in #3968

Full Changelog: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/vets-design-system-documentation/compare/v0.0.437…v0.0.438

What’s Changed

• What’s new: Automate updating release notes by @danbrady in #3797
• Form templates - Review page: update references from button pair to button group by @erinrwhite in #3875
• Update vads-color-semantic.csv by @babsdenney in #3878
• Add page for pattern: Manage benefits and tools, and component: Service List Item by @adamwhitlock1 in #3840
• Draft of a start of the help users to manage benefits and tools. by @humancompanion-usds in #3749
• Alert Expandable: Add error consideration by @danbrady in #3889
• Update README.md by @micahchiang in #3886
• Update README.md by @humancompanion-usds in #3894
• Spacing Units: Add margin tokens by @danbrady in #3895
• README.md: Add Updating What’s New process by @danbrady in #3892
• Update embed to va-file-input error in files.md by @ataker in #3898
• Revising this pattern based on feedback from Mikki. by @humancompanion-usds in #3896
• add storybook embed, remove unused sections by @adamwhitlock1 in #3897
• Add VA Design System Storybook link for mobile components by @jamigibbs in #3810
• Update package versions by @micahchiang in #3910
• Update README.md by @caw310 in #3909
• Bump @babel/runtime from 7.23.9 to 7.26.10 in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory by @dependabot in #3912
• Fix list order by @danbrady in #3914

Full Changelog: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/vets-design-system-documentation/compare/v0.0.436…v0.0.437

What’s Changed

New Features & Components 🎉

• va-link-action: add primary-entry variation by @humancompanion-usds in #1570

Fixes

• va-service-list-item: support all va-link props via shared interface by @adamwhitlock1 in #1569
• va-combo-box: add error class to input element by @KyleCardwell in #1572

Other Changes

• css-library: remove legacy accordion styles by @it-harrison in #1571

Full Changelog: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/component-library/compare/v50.1.0…v50.2.0

What’s Changed

New Features & Components 🎉

• va-file-input and va-file-input-multiple: add password input field by @ataker in #1548
• va-critical-action: focus state styling updates and rename component by @bellepx0 in #1553
• va-breadcrumb: add prop to conditionally use #content or a custom href for the current page by @jamigibbs in #1565

Fixes

• va-date: remove empty options by @Mottie in #1540
• va-memorable-date: Replace date processing by @Mottie in #1536
• va-combo-box: handle deleting the selected value with keyboard by @KyleCardwell in #1544
• va-link: remove duplicate screen reader content by @Mottie in #1552
• va-date: show default days with no month selected by @Mottie in #1551
• va-telephone: vanity to allow full replacement by @Mottie in #1549
• va-button: increase line-height by @powellkerry in #1545
• va-alert: add action link Storybook example & adjust header alignment by @jamigibbs in #1560
• va-combo-box: fix combo box options not populating on component re-render by @oleksii-morgun in #1564
• va-alert, va-maintenance-banner, va-modal, va-promo-banner: close icon by @powellkerry in #1557
• va-critical-action: staging review updates by @bellepx0 in #1563
• va-combo-box: aria status to include opt group count by @oleksii-morgun in #1550
• va-memorable-date: change lifecycle method for handling dash by @Mottie in #1555

Other Changes

• CSS-Library: remove custom list styles by @jamigibbs in #1556
• CSS-Library: add semantic gutter tokens by @micahchiang in #1559
• CSS-Library: add block display to eyebrow styling class by @jamigibbs in #1566

Full Changelog: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/component-library/compare/v50.0.0…v50.1.0

What’s Changed

Breaking Changes

• va-pagination: update for maximum of seven slots by @1Copenut in #1476

New Features & Components 🎉

• va-checkbox: swap out legend element by @it-harrison in #1523
• va-alert-critical: add new component by @bellepx0 in #1533

Fixes

• va-official-gov-banner: swap icons by @gsong in #1534
• va-alert: use headline text for alert close button ARIA label by @rsmithadhoc in #1535
• va-checkbox: fix interactive elements in description by @Mottie in #1531
• va-combo-box: when clicking into input, if no text is selected, select all of it by @KyleCardwell in #1532
• va-combo-box: user typed matches auto-select by @KyleCardwell in #1537
• Form Components: add message-aria-describedby checks by @Mottie in #1538

Other Changes

• Storybook: remove formation imports by @powellkerry in #1524
• CSS-Library: align list styles to uswds by @powellkerry in #1508

New Contributors

• @KyleCardwell made their first contribution in #1532

Full Changelog: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/component-library/compare/v49.4.1…v50.0.0