# Migrating from 4.x to 5.x?

## Changelog

### Major Features

1. Cell merge support, using `rowspan` and `colspan` html attributes on table. [**v5.0.0-rc.1**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.1), [**v5.0.0-rc.3**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.3), [**v5.0.0-rc.6**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.6), [**v5.0.0-rc.8**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.8), [**v5.0.0-rc.9**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.9)

### Properties

1. `xlsx` has replaced `xls` as the default spreadsheet format. [**v5.0.0-rc.2**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.2)

```javascript
// (String[]), filetype(s) for the export, (default: ['xlsx', 'csv', 'txt'])
formats: ['xlsx', 'csv', 'txt'],
```

1. Two(2) new export formats have been added: `xlsm` and `xlsb`. [**v5.0.0-rc.4**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.4)
2. Both `csv` and `xls` formats now have a the `enforceStrictRFC4180` property set to `false`. [**v5.0.0-rc.4**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.4)

### Methods

1. `getFileSize` utility method to quickly [calculate the filesize](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/blob/v5.0.0-rc.1/examples/exportButtons.html) of a file export. [**v5.0.0-rc.1**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.1)
2. `getBinaryData` renamed to a more semantically correct `getRawData`

### Settings

1. [`ignoreCSS`](/master.md#ignorecss) can now accept either a `selector` (e.g. `'.tableexport-ignore'`) or `selector[]` (e.g. `['.tableexport-ignore', '#ignore']`). [**v5.0.0-rc.7**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.7)

```javascript
/**
 * CSS selector or selector[] to exclude/remove cells from the exported file(s).
 * @type {selector|selector[]}
 * @memberof TableExport.prototype
 */
ignoreCSS: ".tableexport-ignore";
```

1. [`emptyCSS`](/master.md#emptycss) can now accept either a `selector` (e.g. `'.tableexport-empty'`) or `selector[]` (e.g. `['.tableexport-empty', '#empty']`). [**v5.0.0-rc.7**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.7)

```javascript
/**
 * CSS selector or selector[] to replace cells with an empty string in the exported file(s).
 * @type {selector|selector[]}
 * @memberof TableExport.prototype
 */
emptyCSS: ".tableexport-empty";
```

1. `defaultCaptionClass` class is now configurable rather than statically set to the `.tableexport-caption` class. [**v5.0.0-rc.10**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.10)

```javascript
/**
 * Class applied to each table caption.
 * @memberof TableExport.prototype
 */
defaultCaptionClass: "tableexport-caption";
```

1. `storageKey` attribute is now configurable rather than statically set to the `tableexport-id` attribute. [**v5.0.0-rc.10**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.10)

```javascript
/**
 * Attribute applied to each export button element used to reference a Storage key.
 * @memberof TableExport.prototype
 */
storageKey: "tableexport-id";
```

1. `defaultNamespace` string is now configurable rather than statically set to the `te-` string. [**v5.0.0-rc.10**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.10)

```javascript
/**
 * Namespace (i.e. prefix) applied to each table UUID and Storage key.
 * @memberof TableExport.prototype
 */
defaultNamespace: "tableexport-";
```

1. `types` renamed to `typeConfig`. [**v5.0.0-rc.1**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.1)
2. `xlsx`, `xls`, `csv`, and `txt` prototype properties moved to nested under the `formatConfig` namespace. [**v5.0.0-rc.1**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.1)

### Miscellaneous

1. Improved error logging to the console, including more verbose error descriptions. [**v5.0.0-rc.4**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.4)
2. Serialized export data is now stored in Session Storage rather than Local Storage to prevent undesirable persistence. [**v5.0.0-rc.10**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.10)
3. Implement caching by maintaining unique reference to tables by `id`. The `tableKey` attribute is now used to uniquely identify table elements and hold either the table's `id` or a UUID generated from the `defaultNamespace` and a unique internal counter. [**v5.0.0-rc.10**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.10), [**v5.0.0-rc.11**](https://github.com/clarketm/TableExport/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.11)


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