Bedrock Editor 0.6.9

v0.6.9

Release date

July 17, 2024

Client version

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Bedrock Editor v0.6.9 is a minor alpha release for the Bedrock Editor released on July 17, 2024, which makes some UI and API changes.^[1]^[2]

Additions

UI

Added persistence for the default hotbar.

API

Added ExtensionContext.settings.theme which will represent the In-World UI Theme.
- This feature currently has three functions: resolveColorKey(string): Color, setCurrentTheme(string): void, and getThemeList(): string[].
- There is a single minecraft:default theme.
- Future work will add the ability to create, modify, and delete custom themes but the default themes will not be modifiable.

Changes

UI

Updated block hotbar to have non-air defaults.

API

Updated subset of PropertyPane API to use IObservable pattern.
- Added an alternative Property Pane addVector3 API that leverages type safe IObservable. Observables can be created using makeObservable API.
  - Added interfaces IVector3PropertyItem and IVector3PropertyItemOptions for the new property item.
  - Renamed function to create property bag Vector3 to addVector3_deprecated.
- Added an alternative Property Pane addBool API that leverages type safe IObservableProp value API.
  - Added interfaces IBoolPropertyItem and IBoolPropertyItemOptions for the new property item.
  - Renamed function to create property bag bool item to addBool_deprecated.
- Converted Property Pane addText API to use IObservableProp.
- Added interfaces IButtonPropertyItem and IButtonPropertyItemOptions for the button property item.
  - IPropertyPane addButton API can now take a plain function.
  - Removed ButtonVarianttype, and added ButtonPropertyItemVariant enum API.
- Renamed EDITOR_PANE_PROPERTY_ITEM_TYPE enum API to PropertyItemType.
- Converted property pane addImage API to support IObservable. It will also be possible to use custom image formats like icon and block with ImageResourceData as value.
  - Added onClickfunction and alignment property to IImagePropertyItemOptions API.

References

Navigation

Bedrock Editor versions

Development cycle

Alpha (2023–2024)
Beta (2024–2025)
Release (2025–present)

Internal versions

0.1
0.2

Alpha
0.3.x The Basics Update	0.3 0.3.1 0.3.2 0.3.3 0.3.4 0.3.5 0.3.6 0.3.7
0.4.x The Editor API Update	0.4.0 0.4.1 0.4.2 0.4.3 0.4.4 0.4.5 0.4.6 0.4.7 0.4.8 0.4.9 0.4.10 0.4.11
0.5.x Edit/Test Update	0.5.0 0.5.1 0.5.2 0.5.3 0.5.4 0.5.5 0.5.6 0.5.7 0.5.8 0.5.9 0.5.10 0.5.11
0.6.x Visualization Update	0.6.0 0.6.1 0.6.2 0.6.3 0.6.4 0.6.5 0.6.6 0.6.7 0.6.8 0.6.10 0.6.11
0.7.x Personalization Update	0.7.0 0.7.1 0.7.2 0.7.3 0.7.4 0.7.5 0.7.6 0.7.7

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