New Features in Breakdance 2.1

We’re ecstatic to announce Breakdance 2.1. Breakdance 2.1 introduces several new features, as well as many refinements, fixes, and enhancements. Thank you to everyone who submitted feature requests, bug reports, support tickets, and other feedback. This continues to help shape the future of Breakdance.

Existing customers may download the beta through the customer portal.

Importing Full Website Designs in a Single Click is Now Available to 3rd Party Creators

It has always been possible to import a full website design in a single click in Breakdance with our official templates. Now, we’re extending this functionality to our third-party template creators.

We now have over 230 templates in the Design Library. 3rd party creators are constantly submitting fantastic templates, and now these can be imported with one click in Breakdance 2.1.

To facilitate this, we’ve added a new option in the WP Admin at Breakdance > Settings > Design Library that allows creators to enabling importing the entire site in one click. Anyone who adds your design set to their Breakdance installation can then install it by going to Breakdance > Design Library in the WP Admin and clicking the import button.

Thank you to everyone who is creating fantastic templates for Breakdance!

A Brand New Image Element

We’ve totally rewritten the image element from the ground up. The HTML on the front end is leaner, and several new controls are available.

Cleaner HTML – Just One <img> Tag

The Image element is a whole lot cleaner. We’ve reduced the front-end code to just one <img> tag.

Alt Tag Value is Linked to the Media Library

Alt tag values can be set to come straight from the WordPress Media Library. Anything you change in the Media Library will automatically show on the front end. You can add custom alt tags or mark an image as Decoration only.

Disable Srcset & Sizes Using a Toggle

If you’ve ever wanted to disable the default WordPress Srcset & Sizes options for an Image, we’ve added a new control that allows you to do it.

It’s Easier than Ever to Use an Image from Anywhere

Aside from the WordPress Media Library, we’ve made it easier to specify the URL for an image with the click of a button. This makes it quicker and easier to display images from anywhere.

Icon Library Enhancements

There are some new options for the Icon Library that improve search results and the ability to manage custom Icons.

Export Icon Sets

You can now export an icon set from one Breakdance install and then re-import it on another Breakdance install.

Delete Individual Icons

You can now delete individual icons from your icon sets.

Vastly Improved Search

We’ve made significant improvements to the search algorithm for icons. Now, when searching through icons, finding the icon you’re looking for will be much easier.

Right Click To Copy & Paste

You can copy & paste icons by right clicking the icon in the properties panel and then choosing to copy or paste.

New Condition: Is Page/Post Built With Breakdance

Ever wanted to know if a page is or isn’t using Breakdance? There’s a new condition that does just that. The “Content Created With” condition can be found when editing in Breakdance or using conditions on Templates, Headers, or Footers.

This condition can be handy if you want one template for pages or post types created with Breakdance and a different template for posts or pages that use the WordPress editor.

You Can Now Choose Custom Breakpoints in Most Breakpoint Dropdowns

We’ve added a new preference for including custom breakpoints in most breakpoint dropdown controls. Once this preference is enabled, you’ll be able to select your custom breakpoints within those controls. Limitations apply.

Global Colors Now Show in the Gradient Picker

We know how much you love using global colors. They’re easy to set up and save a tremendous amount of time. We also have an amazing pro-level gradient picker that allows you to create any gradient you’d like and save them as global gradients.

Now, we’re making it even easier to keep your color palette consistent. Global colors can now be used within the gradient picker.

Even More Keyboard Shortcuts

We added a ton of workflow enhancements and keyboard shortcuts in Breakdance 2.0, and we added even more in Breakdance 2.1.

Spacing Control – Use “=” Shortcut To Apply To All Sides

When working with a spacing control, you can toggle the “Apply All” button on and off by pressing “=”.

Shift+Click The Indicator Light to Clear Styles For Any Breakpoint

Whenever you’re working on a control, clicking the indicator light will clear the styles for it. New in 2.1, hold shift when clicking, and only the styles for the chosen breakpoint will be cleared.

Breakdance AI – Developer Hooks

It is now possible to override the AI model and AI API endpoint with two new filters. The breakdance_ai_model allows you to change a model to something else. For example, if you want to use an unlisted GPT model, you can use this filter to set that definition.

The breakdance_ai_api_endpoint filter allows you to change the API endpoint URL that you’re using – for example, to use https://openrouter.ai/ instead of OpenAI.

More information about these filters may be found in our documentation and on GitHub.

Polishes & Fixes

Breakdance 2.1 includes numerous bug fixes, polishing items, and other enhancements.

Builder

• When changing breakpoints, the currently selected element will stay in view.
• Improved decimal support for unit input.
• Dynamic data no longer inadvertently causes an IO-TS error in some rare cases
• Attachments no longer show in the preview dropdown.

Elements

• Menu Builder: 1st level in the mobile menu can now be a link, even if children are present
• Forms: fixed i18n namespace typo for %s is required for files.
• Menu Builder: mobile menu transition now supports “0” ms.
• FAQ: FAQ Buttons now support styles and content margin.
• Accordions and Tabs: SEO improvements for content in collapsed accordions/tabs
• Advanced Slide: Flex-direction now works for all breakpoints.
• Woo Product Tabs: Fixed error that occurred if the theme system was enabled.
• Countdown Timer: Timezones now work correctly.
• Advanced Accordion: Added Smooth Transition with Controls.
• Post Loop Builder: Static items can now be placed at the end of the list.
• Post Content: Now uses the WordPress the_content hook for output.

General

• Global Blocks added to the WordPress editor are now full width.
• Improved caching for WooCommerce templates

Developer

• Added experimental filters that can be used to only allow certain users to make changes to global settings, presets, selectors, and AI settings