Universal Editor 2026.01.22 Release Notes release-notes

These are the release notes for the 22 January 2026 release of the Universal Editor.

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What’s New what-is-new

  • Labels (as short text previews) were added to text blocks in the Content Tree.
  • TextArea is now supported for plain text fields.
  • The config endpoint is now used for UI capabilities.
  • TextArea from Content Fragments is now supported.
  • Toast API is now exposed to extensions.

Early Adoption Features early-adopter

If you are interested in testing the upcoming features listed below and sharing your feedback, please send an email to your Adobe Customer Success Manager from the email address associated with your Adobe ID.

  • Shallow copy has been implemented for Content Fragments.

Other Improvements other-improvements

  • A problem with the canvas layout when navigating via location bar was fixed.
  • Leading whitespace wast sanitized in the RTE.
  • Inline editing was restored on enter.
  • Drag label was reverted to not show entire content.
  • Browser accessibility issues were resolved.
  • selectEditables([]) is now used to unselect all components via extensibility.
  • The metadata table is now created in the right location.
  • Fixed an issue where copied Content Fragment resources were pointing to /data/undefined.
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