sugarCRM 7.8. Release Notes

elastic:explain  Return search results with the "explain" details to show relevance score. 
password:config  Show password hash configuration.
password:reset   Reset user password for local user authentication.
password:weak    Show users having weak or non-compliant password hashes.

var context = app.context.getContext({
    collection: new app.BeanCollection(),
    fetch: false,
});

When fetch === false then the Context#loadData()method will immediately return when called.

>this.model.save({}, {
    error: function(error) {
        ...
    }
});

Example using the new signature:

this.model.save({}, {
    error: function(model, error) {
        ...
 }
});

app.acl.hasAccess('edit', 'Accounts', null, 'industry', null);

Example using new signature:

app.acl.hasAccess('edit', 'Accounts', {field: 'industry'});

// This Sidecar Alert message will automatically close after 10 seconds
app.alert.show('message-id', {
    level: 'success',
    messages: 'Task completed!',
    autoClose: true
    autoCloseDelay : 10000
});

$viewdefs['base']['layout']['preview'] = array(
    'lazy_loaded' => 'true,
    'components' => array(
        ...
    ),
    ...
)

• DashletMetaDataParser
• GridLayoutMetaDataParser
• ListLayoutMetaDataParser
• ParserDropDown
• ParserLabel
• ParserVisibility
• PopupMetaDataParser
• SearchViewMetaDataParser
• SidecarFilterLayoutMetaDataParser
• SidecarGridLayoutMetaDataParser
• SidecarListLayoutMetaDataParser
• SidecarPortalListLayoutMetaDataParser
• SidecarSubpanelLayoutMetaDataParser
• SubpanelMetaDataParser

var routes = [
  {
    name: 'myRouteCreate',
    route: 'HelloWorld/create',
    callback: function() {
    // HelloWorld module specific logic for record creation
    // ...
    // then fallback to default create record route
    app.router.get('create')('HelloWorld');
  }
},
  {
     name:"myRoute",
     route: "HelloWorld(/:my_custom_route)",
     callback: myRoute
   },
   ...
];

app.events.register('app:old_event:start', this, {deprecated: true});
...
app.events.on('app:old_event:start', ...); // Throws deprecation warning

//record to filter related fields by
var contact = app.data.createBean('Contacts', {
    'first_name': 'John',
    'last_name': 'Smith',		
    'assigned_user_id': 'seed_sally_id'
});

//create filter
var filterOptions = new app.utils.FilterOptions()
    .config({
        'initial_filter': 'filterAccountTemplate',
        'initial_filter_label': 'LBL_FILTER_ACCOUNT_TEMPLATE',
        'filter_populate': {
            'account_type': ['Customer'],
        },
        'filter_relate': {
            'assigned_user_id': 'assigned_user_id'
        }
    })
    .populateRelate(contact)
    .format();

//open drawer
app.drawer.open({
    layout: 'selection-list',
    context: {
        module: 'Accounts',
        filterOptions: filterOptions,
        parent: this.context
    }
});

$viewdefs['base']['layout']['custom-filterpanel'] = array(
    'components' => array(
        array(
            'layout' => 'filterpanel',
            'xmeta' => array(
                'filter_options' => array(
                    'auto_apply' => false,
                    'stickiness' => false,
                    'show_actions' => false,
 ), ), ), ), );

• Data.Bean.setDefaultAttributes
• Data.Bean.setDefaultAttribute
• Data.Bean.removeDefaultAttribute
• Data.Bean.getDefaultAttribute
• Data.Bean.getDefaultAttributes
• App.File.checkFileFieldsAndProcessUpload
• App.view.View.getTemplateFromMeta
• App.view.fields.BaseParentField.checkAcl
• App.view.layouts.BaseHeaderLayout.showMenu
• App.view.layouts.BaseHeaderLayout.hideMenu
• App.view.views.BaseBwcView.beforeRoute

Handlebars Helper functions:

• getFieldValue

JavaScript classes and associated files:

• App.view.layouts.CreateActionsLayout
• App.view.views.BaseCreateActionsView
• App.view.views.BaseRecordlistView.setScrollAtLeftBorder
• App.view.views.BaseRecordlistView.setScrollAtRightBorder

JavaScript namespaces:

• App.file (It is now hardcoded to an unmodifiable empty object)

Sidecar utility functions:

• app.date.compareDates() (use app.util.compare() instead)
• app.date.isDateAfter() (use app.util.isAfter() instead)
• app.date.isDateBefore() (use app.util.isBefore() instead)
• app.date.isDateOn() (use app.util.isSame() instead)
• app.date.isDateBetween() (use app.util.isBetween() instead)