Changelog

All notable changes to the Business Text Panel (formerly Dynamic Text Plugin) for Grafana are documented in this file.

This changelog follows the Keep a Changelog format and adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[6.3.0] - 2026-06-29

Fixed

• Fixed the panel reverting to its initial HTML and losing afterRender (content-ready JS) changes when Grafana re-renders the panel (e.g. on a variable change or panel hover/select with the new dashboard layouts on React 19).

[6.2.3] - 2026-05-21

Fixed

• Fixed code editor minimap setting not applying after the initial render.
• Clipboard operations in the code editor toolbar now handle errors gracefully.

[6.2.0] - 2025-10-28

Project Updates

• Grafana Labs fork.

[6.1.0] - 2025-08-31

Changed

• Updated styles using theme object (#427).
• Updated ESLint configuration (#428).
• Removed Default content editor if value is empty (#429).

[6.0.0] - 2025-07-15

Breaking Changes

• Now requires Grafana 11 or 12.

Added

• Added User Preferences functionality (#425).

Changed

• Enhanced Decimals setting support in panel options (#422).
• Updated to Grafana 12 with dependency upgrades (#424).
• Fixed status color settings to avoid rendering extra columns (#421).

[5.7.0] - 2025-03-05

Added

• Introduced context.grafana.refresh for improved refresh handling (#387).

Changed

• Optimized external resource usage (#384).
• Updated to Grafana 11.5 with dependency updates (#402).
• Added attestation to release workflow (#402).

[5.6.0] - 2024-12-15

Changed

• Updated packages for Code Editor functionality (#380).

[5.5.0] - 2024-12-09

Added

• Added statusColor helper for specific field styling (#375).
• Enabled variable replacement in URLs (#376).

Changed

• Improved Autosize Code Editor toolbar (#362).
• Updated E2E tests (#377).
• Updated to Grafana 11.4 with dependency upgrades (#378).

[5.4.0] - 2024-09-12

Added

• Added wrap button to the code editor (#359).

Changed

• Improved panel rendering when the first data source has no data (#353).
• Enhanced partials loading and hyperlinks styling (#358).

[5.3.0] - 2024-08-22

Added

• Introduced partials for loading external HTML (#345).
• Added expandable editors for better usability (#348).

Changed

• Updated provisioning dashboard features (#346).

[5.2.0] - 2024-07-25

Changed

• Streamlined helpers migration process (#338).
• Updated to Grafana 11.1 with dependency updates (#339).

[5.1.0] - 2024-07-01

Added

• Added support for running E2E tests in Docker (#323).

Changed

• Made before-render code asynchronous and passed markdown instance (#322).
• Updated video tutorial content (#330).

[5.0.0] - 2024-06-06

Breaking Changes

• Now requires Grafana 10 or 11.
• Removed external scripts (deprecated in Grafana 11); use import instead.
• Deprecated non-context code parameters; update to use context (see migration guide below).

Code Parameters Migration Guide

• data → context.data
• dataFrame → context.dataFrame
• eventBus → context.grafana.eventBus
• getLocale → context.grafana.getLocale
• handlebars → context.handlebars
• locationService → context.grafana.locationService
• panelData → context.panelData
• replaceVariables → context.grafana.replaceVariables
• timeRange → context.grafana.timeRange
• timezone → context.grafana.timezone

Added

• Introduced plugin E2E tests, replacing Cypress (#301).
• Added ES6 Modules support (#312).
• Added Units and Decimals in panel options (#311).

Changed

• Renamed to Business Text Panel (#304).
• Prepared for Grafana 11 compatibility (#304).
• Updated to Grafana 11.0 with dependency upgrades (#315).

[4.5.0] - 2024-03-13

Added

• Added info message when sanitize is enabled (#290).

Changed

• Improved CSS styles for responsiveness and theme support (#281).
• Updated to Grafana 10.4.0 (#291).

[4.4.0] - 2024-03-06

Breaking Changes

• Requires Grafana 9.2 or 10.

Added

• Added theme object, notifySuccess, and notifyError functions (#270).
• Introduced Code Parameters Builder to replace custom code parameters (#285).

Changed

• Updated context parameter handling (#270).
• Updated dependencies and GitHub Actions (#271).
• Changed CSS class from Row to Panel (#272).
• Adjusted editor auto-height from fixed value (#278).
• Disabled unitScale and fieldMinMax standard panel options (#286).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed statusColor for Row elements (#280).

[4.3.0] - 2023-12-25

Added

• Added data render mode and selected data frame passing (#246).
• Introduced variableValue helper and re-render on dashboard refresh (#252).

Changed

• Updated ESLint configuration and refactored code (#239).
• Updated Collapse component from @volkovlabs/components (#239).
• Updated introduction video in README (#240).
• Updated to Grafana 10.2.2 and Volkov Labs packages (#247).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed draggable icon issue in Grafana 10.3 (#249).

[4.2.0] - 2023-11-20

Added

• Added ESLint deprecation check (#203).
• Introduced custom code option called after content is ready (#231).
• Added option to enable/disable wrapping for empty lines in HTML (#235).
• Added Handlebars helpers (startsWith, endsWith, match) (#211).

Changed

• Updated ESLint configuration and sorted imports (#236).
• Updated to Plugin Tools 2.1.1 (#236).
• Used Grafana Access Policy to sign plugin (#236).
• Updated to Grafana 10.2.1 (#237).

[4.1.0] - 2023-07-16

Added

• Added status field support (#196).
• Introduced external JavaScript and CSS resource loading (#197).

Changed

• Updated ESLint configuration (#192).
• Increased test coverage (#194).
• Updated to Grafana 10.0.2 dependencies (#201).

[4.0.0] - 2023-06-26

Breaking Changes

• Requires Grafana 9 or 10.

Added

• Added Event Bus object to JavaScript functions (#179).
• Introduced E2E Cypress testing (#184).
• Added support for variables in CSS styles editor (#185).

Changed

• Increased test coverage and updated to testing-library/react (#177).
• Migrated to Plugin Tools 1.5.2 (#183).
• Updated to Grafana 10.0.0 (#166, #178, #183).
• Updated to Node 18 and npm (#183).
• Removed Grafana 8.5 support (#183).

[3.1.0] - 2023-03-12

Added

• Added Time Zone and Range parameters for JavaScript code (#155).
• Added "Magic (JavaScript) Trio" tutorial in README (#157).
• Introduced Replace Variables and Location Service parameters for JavaScript code (#160).

Changed

• Updated to Grafana 9.4.3 (#156).
• Enhanced replace variables with scoped function (#160).

[3.0.0] - 2023-02-19

Breaking Changes

• Default Content and JavaScript editors are hidden unless modified. Select required editors (including new Styles) from the list to display them.

Added

• Added custom styles support (#149).
• Introduced option to display optional editors (#149).
• Added code syntax highlighting (#151).
• Documented breaking changes for optional editors (#152).

Changed

• Updated README with JavaScript Code Editor features (#141).
• Updated to Grafana 9.3.6 (#147).
• Updated CI and release workflows (#147).
• Added JavaScript tutorial to README (#148).
• Removed panel padding (#150).

[2.2.0] - 2023-01-09

Added

• Added JSON helper for displaying objects and arrays (#121).
• Introduced Split Helper (#132).
• Added JavaScript code support for Handlebars helpers and event handlers (#134).
• Added getLocale() parameter to JavaScript code (#137).

Changed

• Updated to Grafana 9.3.1 (#122).
• Updated documentation links (#130, #131).
• Refactored Text Component and styles (#133).
• Set default Content to {{json @root}} and Code Editor height to 200px (#134).
• Adjusted CSS to fit images to screen (#135).

[2.1.0] - 2022-11-27

Breaking Changes

• Refactoring may introduce breaking changes; test before upgrading in production.

Added

• Added support for time formatting syntax parsing (#86).
• Introduced option to disable HTML sanitization (#118).

Changed

• Fixed broken link in README (#111).
• Updated CI to upload signed artifacts (#113).
• Fixed data rendering with transformations (#98).
• Updated Panel Options to Monaco Code Editor (#114).
• Increased test coverage (#114).
• Refactored alert message and text options (#117).

[2.0.0] - 2022-11-02

Breaking Changes

• Minimum required Grafana version bumped to >=8.5.

Added

• Added "Dynamic Text Plugin for Grafana" video in README (#106).

Changed

• Maintained by Volkov Labs (#100).
• Updated based on Volkov Labs Panel Template (#100).
• Updated to Grafana 9.1.6 (#104).
• Updated CI to Node 16 and synchronized with release workflow (#107).
• Updated to Grafana 9.2.2 (#108).
• Updated screenshot and provisioning (#109).

[1.9.0] - 2022-01-09

Added

• Added option to render templates per row or as a single template, useful for creating tables from query results (#53) (Thanks @andykingking).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed visibility of dropdown for selecting multiple frames due to overflow (#65).

[1.8.0] - 2021-11-19

Added

• Added contains helper (#48).

Changed

• Upgraded dependencies.

[1.7.2] - 2021-06-21

Changed

• Improved error handling to avoid dashboard refresh on template errors.

[1.7.1] - 2021-06-15

Changed

• Updated docs and metadata.
• Upgraded dependencies.

[1.7.0] - 2021-03-08

Added

• Added options for default content on empty query results (#15).

[1.6.0] - 2021-03-04

Changed

• Improved error handling.

[1.5.0] - 2021-02-16

Changed

• Avoided recompiling templates on every render.

[1.4.0] - 2021-01-08

Changed

• Updated @grafana/* packages.
• Improved styling for tables and blockquotes.

[1.3.0] - 2021-01-08

Added

• Added support for HTML tags in templates (#4).
• Added additional conditional operator (#3).

[1.2.1] - 2020-11-27

Changed

• Updated @grafana dependencies from ^7.0.0 to ^7.3.0.
• Improved release process using GitHub workflows for Grafana plugins.
• Added screenshot.