v2.38.39 Custom React Components and more

Custom React Components

• You can now create your own custom components using React and Javascript.
• We give you full access to the same APIs that our native components have.
• For example, you can now use whatever charting library you want (Plot.ly / D3 / etc.) as well as use custom React libraries like Material UI.
• See below for an example of a Plot.ly scatter chart in Retool. Full docs here

Dynamically Hiding / Showing Components

• Retool now supports dynamically hiding and showing components.
• Retool automatically relayouts the app to get rid of the empty whitespace.
• Check it out in action below! Full docs here

Undos / Redos

• Retool now supports undos and redos!
• On Macs use Cmd+Z to Undo and Cmd+Shift+Z to Redo changes you make while building your apps
• On Windows / Linux use Ctrl+Z to Undo and Ctrl+Shift+Z to Redo changes you make while building your apps
• Here it is in action:

Improved Calendar

• Added the option to modify and delete events in the calendar
• Added the ability to set what kind of interactions in the calendar are allowed (e.g. creating events, modifying events, deleting events, etc.)
• Added the ability to choose the default view of the calendar
• Added a preview for events selected

OAuth 2.0 Bugfixes

• Retool now support sharing OAuth 2.0 credentials between users.
• Retool also supports specifying an OAuth 2.0 Audience.
• We've greatly improved the reliability of our OAuth 2.0 integration and extended support to GraphQL as well.

On Premise Response Time and Error Monitoring

• Retool now ships with support for monitoring software.
• New Relic example config NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY=your-new-relic-license-key NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME=retool-yourcompany-name NEW_RELIC_NO_CONFIG_FILE=true

  • Sentry example config:

    SENTRY_DSN=your-sentry-dsn

    Google Sheets

  • We've added support for updating Google sheets.

  • More docs and functionality coming soon!

    Misc Features / Bugfixes

  • Added support for triggering queries after a date is selected in the DateTimePicker with the onSelect property

  • Added support for Delimiter in S3's List Objects operation

  • Added support for GraphQL Cursor Based Pagination. Docs here!

  • Added support for ordering in Firebase queries

  • Added support for deleteOne to MongoDB.

  • Added support for dynamic Keys in JSON expressions

  • Improved performance of Retool's Snowflake integration

  • Handle MySQL connections more reliably

  • Added the option to allow dropdowns and multiselects to optionally allow itself to show out-of-range values

  • Added .setImageUrl method to the Image component

  • Whitelisted slack:// and mailto:// URLs for buttons and <a> tags.

  • Added the ability to set a delay before initially running a query on page load.

  • Added a Looker integration into Retool.

  • Added magic constants USER_GOOGLE_ID and USER_PRIMARY_EMAIL that can be used in the REST API integration to pass the currently logged in user's email / google id to the API server.

  • Improved how Retool serializes Firebase refs.

  • Added support for all Redis commands.

  • Added support for choosing a TDS version for Microsoft SQL Server.

  • Fixed several issues with the Map component and it's parsing of GeoJSON

  • Fixed logic for verifying if the user is currently logged into an API.

  • Fixed error handling for GraphQL queries.

  • Fixed a rare yet inexplicable bug where a Retool app will appear to be completely wiped clean.