• Add counter variables when rendering collections.

  Frank S

• Add the ability to access params from preview examples.

  Fabio Cantoni

• Add #render_to_string support.

  Jarod Reid

• Declare explicit dependency on activesupport.

  Richard Macklin

• Remove autoloads of internal modules (Previewable, RenderMonkeyPatch, RenderingMonkeyPatch).

  Richard Macklin

• Remove capybara dependency.

  Richard Macklin

• Allow using inline render method(s) defined on a parent.

  Simon Rand

• Fix bug where inline variant render methods would never be called.

  Simon Rand

• ViewComponent preview index views use Rails internal layout instead of application's layout

  Juan Manuel Ramallo

• Add Base.format for better compatibility with ActionView::Template.

  Joel Hawksley

• Fix bug where template could not be found if inherited was redefined.

  Joel Hawksley

• Add support for config.action_view.annotate_template_file_names (coming in Rails 6.1).

  Joel Hawksley

• Remove initializer requirement.

  Vasiliy Ermolovich

• Support rendering collections (e.g., render(MyComponent.with_collection(@items))).

  Tim Clem

• Move to ViewComponent namespace, removing all references to ActionView.

  • The gem name is now view_component.
  • ViewComponent previews are now accessed at /rails/view_components.
  • ViewComponents can only be rendered with the instance syntax: render(MyComponent.new). Support for all other syntaxes has been removed.
  • ActiveModel::Validations have been removed. ViewComponent generators no longer include validations.
  • In Rails 6.1, no monkey patching is used.
  • to_component_class has been removed.
  • All gem configuration is now in config.view_component.

Note: This is the last release under the actionview-component namespace. It has been published under the new name for the library, view_component. Update your Gemfiles!

• Support Ruby 2.4 in CI.

  Andrew Mason

• ViewComponent generators do not not prompt for content requirement.

  Joel Hawksley

• Add post-install message that gem has been renamed to view_component.

  Joel Hawksley

• Add refute_component_rendered test helper.

  Joel Hawksley

• Check for Rails before invocation.

  Dave Paola

• Allow components to be rendered without a template file (aka inline component).

  Rainer Borene