description: 'The new site comes with accessibility fixes, new features and bottom navbar'
author: Puru Vijay
authorURL: https://puruvj.dev
---
When the initial version of Svelte v3 was released four years ago, it included the single-page documentation that folks have been familiar with. That documentation structure had stayed the same as Svelte's API surface increased steadily and more details were added. As a result, the single page got larger and larger to the point where it was becoming difficult to find things. The community had been asking for a revamp, and now it's here!
Meet the new [svelte.dev](https://svelte.dev) — a complete overhaul of the old website.
## Multi-page docs
The table of contents had grown to be quite large and you had to scroll across half a dozen screens to see the whole thing. We heard you! The docs are all split up into multiple pages now and all pages list their sections in the righthand sidebar.
All modules exposed by Svelte are also listed in the sidebar under the `Runtime` section:
- [svelte](/docs/svelte)
- [svelte/store](/docs/svelte-store)
- [svelte/motion](/docs/svelte-motion)
- [svelte/transition](/docs/svelte-transition)
- [svelte/animate](/docs/svelte-animate)
- [svelte/easing](/docs/svelte-easing)
- [svelte/action](/docs/svelte-action)
> [svelte/compiler](/docs/svelte-compiler) is under **Compiler and API** section
We've also taken extra care to ensure that all the links from the old website will be redirected to the correct new page.
## Search
The lack of search functionality could make finding stuff a nuisance as <kbd>Ctrl+F</kbd> only returns results in order of occurrence and not order of importance. While <kbd>Ctrl+F</kbd> did have its benefits such as not requiring JS, now that the site has multiple pages, it's not an option anymore.
And for that, the new website comes with a search bar, which searches through the docs and the API surface. Hit <kbd>Ctrl+K</kbd> (or <kbd>CMD+F</kbd> for Mac users) and start searching — it even works without JavaScript!
## Lights, TypeScript, Action!
The new website comes with a JavaScript / TypeScript toggle, so you can view the docs in your preferred flavour. Every module's exported types are listed at the bottom of the page for easy reference. The types are automatically generated from Svelte's source code, so they're always up to date.
All the JavaScript and TypeScript code snippets have type hints available. Just hover over the variable to see its type. This allows the docs to be type checked at build time, which ensures they're never out of date.
We also (finally!) added documentation for [Actions](/docs/svelte-action). Svelte Actions are a way to interact with the DOM, and are a great way to add interactivity to your app. The docs for Actions are also available in TypeScript.
```svelte
<scriptlang="ts">
import type { Action } from 'svelte/action';
const foo: Action = (node) => {
// the node has been mounted in the DOM
return {
destroy() {
// the node has been removed from the DOM
}
};
};
</script>
<divuse:foo/>
```
## Dark mode
After many years of users asking for dark mode on the website so they can read the docs for their night-time coding sessions, we finally added it! The website now has a dark mode toggle, which is also synced with your OS's dark mode settings. It can be toggled from the top navbar (bottom navbar on mobile).
## Updated REPL
The REPL has been rewritten from scratch to be fully typesafe and comes with features like dark mode. It was reimplemented to upgrade to CodeMirror 6 which comes with many accessibility improvements, multi-select mode, performance improvements, tree-shaking, and many more features.
## Redesigned homepage
Is it a website redesign if the homepage doesn't get the same amount of love? 🙃
The homepage has also been updated to align with [kit.svelte.dev](https://kit.svelte.dev) and features the beautiful Svelte Machine by [@vedam](https://github.com/vedam).
## Bottom navigation!
We sent out a [tweet](https://twitter.com/Rich_Harris/status/1664712880791404546) about experimenting with bottom navigation bar on mobile rather than the conventional top navbar. The response was overwhelmingly positive, so we went ahead and added it! This makes it easier to navigate the website on mobile with just one hand. We also made sure that you'll get to where you want with as few interactions as possible. If you're in the docs section of the site, you'll likely want to browse other documentation pages, which is why the navbar will show these by default when opening it with the option to go one level up to the general site navigation.
If you're on mobile, you can already see it at the bottom. If you're on desktop, you can see it by resizing your browser window to a smaller size.
## Unification of Svelte websites
Now [svelte.dev](https://svelte.dev), [kit.svelte.dev](https://kit.svelte.dev), and [learn.svelte.dev](https://learn.svelte.dev) all use the same design system and are more consistent with each other. This makes it easier to navigate between the websites and also makes it easier to maintain them. We have a package shared across the sites called `@sveltejs/site-kit`, which went through rigorous changes over last 4 months as we have been moving all common code into this package.
For example, we implemented the dark mode toggle in `@sveltejs/site-kit`. We then simply updated the package on [learn.svelte.dev](https://learn.svelte.dev) and [kit.svelte.dev](https://kit.svelte.dev) and those sites got the dark mode toggle automatically (this is also the reason why those sites got the dark mode toggle before the [svelte.dev](https://svelte.dev) relaunch).
## What's next
We have many more things planned to do post-launch. Some of them are:
- Redesigned blog page
- Improved search
- Playground: a unified REPL and Examples page
- Unify the infrastructure of the Svelte REPL and [learn.svelte.dev](https://learn.svelte.dev) by creating a webcontainer-based REPL with rollup as a fallback
description: "Svelte 4.0, new website and a tour around the community"
author: Dani Sandoval
authorURL: https://dreamindani.com
---
Svelte 4 is out and folks have been building! There's a bunch of new showcases, libraries and tutorials to share. So let's get right into it...
## What's new in Svelte
The big news this month was the release of Svelte 4.0! You can read all about it in the [Announcing Svelte 4 post](https://svelte.dev/blog/svelte-4). From performance fixes and developer experience improvements to [a brand new site, docs and tutorial](https://svelte.dev/blog/svelte-dev-overhaul)... this new release sets the stage for Svelte 5 with minimal breaking changes.
If you're already on Node.js 16, it's possible you won't see any breaking changes in your project. But be sure to read the [migration guide](https://svelte.dev/docs/v4-migration-guide) for all the details.
For a full list of all the changes to the Svelte compiler, including unreleased changes, check out the [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/blob/master/packages/svelte/CHANGELOG.md).
## What's new in SvelteKit
This month there were lots of awesome [bug fixes](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/blob/master/packages/kit/CHANGELOG.md), so be sure to upgrade to the latest version! There are also a few new features to mention:
- The new `event.isSubRequest` boolean indicates whether this is a same-origin fetch request to one of the app's own APIs during a server request (**1.21.0**, [Docs](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/types#public-types-requestevent), [#10170](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/10170))
- A new config option, `config.kit.env.privatePrefix` will set a private prefix on environment variables. This defaults to `''` (**1.21.0**, [Docs](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/configuration), [#9996](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/9996))
- `VERSION` is now exported and accessible via `@sveltejs/kit`. This can be used for feature detection or anything else that requires knowledge of the current version of SvelteKit (**1.21.0**, [Docs](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/modules#sveltejs-kit-version), [#9969](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/9969))
For adapter-specific changes, check out the CHANGELOGs in each of [the `adapter` directories](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/tree/master/packages).
---
## Community Showcase
**Apps & Sites built with Svelte**
- [Heerdle](https://github.com/DreaminDani/heerdle) is a remake of Spotify's now-defunct Heardle - the daily music guessing game
- [Meoweler](https://meoweler.com/) is a travel site filled with cats and helpful facts about popular destinations
- [A tech lead from IKEA](https://www.reddit.com/r/sveltejs/comments/13w4zg3/comment/jmaxial/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) gave a few more details on the way they build pages (and page template) using Svelte
- [The Quest to Replace Passwords](https://notes.ekzhang.com/papers/passwords) features an interactive comparison visualization for all the popular password management tools
- [audiogest](https://audiogest.app/en) lets you turn speech to text & summarize any audio in one click
- [heroify](https://www.heroify.lol/) generates 3D graphics for your website with AI
- [Diesel Legacy: The Brazen Age](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1959140/Diesel_Legacy_The_Brazen_Age/) is a fighting game whose leaderboard and profile pages were all built in Svelte
- [markmyimages](https://www.markmyimages.com/) is a watermarking tool with bulk image resize, rename, effects, and more
- [md.robino.dev](https://github.com/rossrobino/md) is a web based markdown editor
- [YABin](https://github.com/Yureien/YABin) is Yet Another Pastebin with some very specific features
- [svelte.dev: A complete overhaul](https://svelte.dev/blog/svelte-dev-overhaul)
_Featuring Svelte Contributors and Ambassadors_
- [Dev Vlog: June 2023](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOXq89h8saI) - Svelte 4.0 with Rich Harris
- [PodRocket: Svelte 4](https://podrocket.logrocket.com/svelte-4) with Geoff
- [This Dot Media: Svelte 4 Launch Party](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9gy_leMmcQ) with Simon, Ben, Geoff, and Puru
- [Exposing Svelte: Between Two Nerds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAfotLrebhY) is a comedic conversation between Rich Harris and Dax Raad
- [Community Tutorial: Self-hosting SvelteKit with a VPS, Docker, CapRover and GitHub Actions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbIFRVvdgA8) with Stanislav Khromov
- [SvelteKit and Storybook](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wH7rR7hZlg) with Jeppe Reinhold
- [2023 June 9](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG70PKD0hEU) - Updates, Self-hosting SvelteKit, Passing styles to children
- [2023 June 16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNEbC5K34Po) - Svelte 4 next.1, how to create a hamburger menu, group layouts
- [2023 June 23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-qnnbMbmE4) - Svelte 4, Popovers and hover, Real Time requests with SvelteKit
- Svelte Radio
- [SvelteLab - a Svelte REPL for SvelteKit](https://www.svelteradio.com/episodes/sveltelab-a-svelte-repl-for-sveltekit-with-antonio-and-paolo) with Antonio and Paolo
- [Svelte Radio Live - Svelte 4 Summer Special](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72TIVhRtyWE) with Simon and Puru
- [Svelte Society - London June 2023](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkH0aMgeIKw)
- [Using The Svelte Context API With Stores](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp-7NvLDrK4), [Impossible FLIP Layout Animations With Svelte And GSAP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecP8RwpkiQw) and [Create Beautiful Presentations With Svelte](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67lqa5kTQkA) by Joy of Code
_To Watch_
- [Server-side filtered, paginated and sorted Table in SvelteKit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgCU0cVWgJE) by hartenfellerdev
- [Best Icon Library for Svelte and SvelteKit in 2023](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJP6hC4YIhk) by SvelteRust
_To Read_
- [From Zero to Production with SvelteKit](https://www.okupter.com/events/from-zero-to-production-with-sveltekit) by Justin Ahinon
- [Thoughts on Svelte(Kit), one year and 3 billion requests later](https://claudioholanda.ch/en/blog/svelte-kit-after-3-billion-requests/) by Claudio Holanda
- [How I published a gratitude journaling app for iOS and Android using SvelteKit and Capacitor](https://khromov.se/how-i-published-a-gratitude-journaling-app-for-ios-and-android-using-sveltekit-and-capacitor/) by Stanislav Khromov
- [Learning by doing - Vue devs build a Svelte Single Page App](https://www.blackspike.com/blog/learning-svelte-by-building-a-single-page-application/) by Black Spike
- [Generate Breadcrumb and Navigation in SvelteKit](https://blog.aakashgoplani.in/generate-breadcrumb-and-navigation-in-sveltekit), [SvelteKit Authentication using SvelteKitAuth and OAuth providers: A Comprehensive Guide](https://blog.aakashgoplani.in/sveltekit-authentication-using-sveltekitauth-and-oauth-providers-a-comprehensive-guide) and [SvelteKitAuth with Salesforce OAuth provider](https://blog.aakashgoplani.in/sveltekitauth-with-salesforce-oauth-provider) by Aakash Goplani
- [Instantly find and remove Svelte component orphans](https://node-jz.medium.com/instantly-find-and-remove-svelte-component-orphans-9b2838ea2d99) by Jeremy Zaborowski
- [Migration Guide from Routify to SvelteKit Router](https://blog.aakashgoplani.in/migration-guide-from-routify-to-sveltekit-router) by Aakash Goplani
- [Creating 3D data visualization using Threlte and D3](https://www.datavizcubed.com/) by DataViz Cubed
- [Svelte Real‑time Multiplayer Game: User Presence](https://rodneylab.com/svelte-realtime-multiplayer-game/) and [SvelteKit PostCSS Tutorial: use Future CSS Today](https://rodneylab.com/sveltekit-postcss-tutorial/) by Rodney Lab
- [SvelteKit’s World of Routing: Unleash power of your app using Dynamic Routes and Parameters](https://www.inow.dev/sveltekits-world-of-routing-unleash-power-of-your-app-using-dynamic-routes-and-parameters/) by Igor Nowosad
**Libraries, Tools & Components**
- [The Vercel AI SDK](https://vercel.com/blog/introducing-the-vercel-ai-sdk) is an interoperable, streaming-enabled, edge-ready software development kit for AI apps built with React and Svelte
- [Superforms 1.0](https://superforms.rocks/) has been released. Check out the [migration guide](https://superforms.rocks/migration) and [new feature list](https://superforms.rocks/whats-new-v1) for more details
- [Panda CSS](https://panda-css.com/docs/getting-started/svelte) is CSS-in-JS with build time generated styles, RSC compatibility and multi-variant support
- [svelte-section-list](https://github.com/TIKramer/svelte-section-list) is a headless Svelte npm package that provides drag-and-drop functionality for managing items and sections
- [WebStorm](https://twitter.com/tomblachut/status/1669759906579185681?t=6WzLPUi65wsLtbVvYky7UQ&s=19) is starting to use the Svelte Language Server in its IDE tooling
- [shadcn-svelte](https://www.shadcn-svelte.com/) is an unofficial port of [shadcn/ui](https://github.com/shadcn/ui) to Svelte that makes it easy to build your component library from common base components
- [sveltekit-multibuild](https://github.com/MrNNP/sveltekit-multibuild) is a starter repo to create Android apps, web sites, desktop apps, and Chrome extensions automatically
- [SvelteKit AI Chatbot](https://github.com/jianyuan/sveltekit-ai-chatbot) is an open-source AI chatbot app template built with SvelteKit, the Vercel AI SDK, OpenAI, and Vercel KV.
- [KitAI](https://kit-ai.vercel.app/) provides batteries-included AI templates for SvelteKit and Next.js
- [Svelte Form Builder](https://github.com/pragmatic-engineering/svelte-form-builder-community) is a no-code drag&drop form builder for Svelte
Thanks for reading! As always, feel free to let us know if we missed anything on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/sveltejs/) or [Discord](https://discord.gg/svelte).
dispatch('noArgument', 'surprise'); // error, cannot pass an argument
```
- `Action` and `ActionReturn` have a default parameter type of `never` now, which means you need to type the generic if you want to specify that this action receives a parameter. The migration script will migrate this automatically ([#7442](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/7442))
- `Action` and `ActionReturn` have a default parameter type of `undefined` now, which means you need to type the generic if you want to specify that this action receives a parameter. The migration script will migrate this automatically ([#7442](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/7442))
```diff
-const action: Action = (node, params) => { .. } // this is now an error, as params is expected to not exist
-const action: Action = (node, params) => { .. } // this is now an error if you use params in any way
+const action: Action<HTMLElement,string> = (node, params) => { .. } // params is of type string
```
@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ The order in which preprocessors are applied has changed. Now, preprocessors are
- the `inert` attribute is now applied to outroing elements to make them invisible to assistive technology and prevent interaction. ([#8628](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8628))
- the runtime now uses `classList.toggle(name, boolean)` which may not work in very old browsers. Consider using a [polyfill](https://github.com/eligrey/classList.js) if you need to support these browsers. ([#8629](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/8629))
- the runtime now uses the `CustomElement` constructor which may not work in very old browsers. Consider using a [polyfill](https://github.com/theftprevention/event-constructor-polyfill/tree/master) if you need to support these browsers. ([#8775](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8775))
- the runtime now uses the `CustomEvent` constructor which may not work in very old browsers. Consider using a [polyfill](https://github.com/theftprevention/event-constructor-polyfill/tree/master) if you need to support these browsers. ([#8775](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8775))
- people implementing their own stores from scratch using the `StartStopNotifier` interface (which is passed to the create function of `writable` etc) from `svelte/store` now need to pass an update function in addition to the set function. This has no effect on people using stores or creating stores using the existing Svelte stores. ([#6750](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/6750))
- `derived` will now throw an error on falsy values instead of stores passed to it. ([#7947](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/7947))
- type definitions for `svelte/internal` were removed to further discourage usage of those internal methods which are not public API. Most of these will likely change for Svelte 5
- fix: ensure identifiers in destructuring contexts don't clash with existing ones ([#8840](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8840))
- fix: ensure `createEventDispatcher` and `ActionReturn` work with types from generic function parameters ([#8872](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8872))
- fix: apply transition to `<svelte:element>` with local transition ([#8865](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8865))
- fix: relax a11y "no redundant role" rule for li, ul, ol ([#8867](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8867))
- fix: remove tsconfig.json from published package ([#8859](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8859))
## 4.0.0
### Major Changes
@ -25,7 +39,7 @@
- breaking: Stricter types for `Action` and `ActionReturn` (see PR for migration instructions) ([#7442](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/7442))
- breaking: Stricter types for `onMount` - now throws a type error when returning a function asynchronously to catch potential mistakes around callback functions
(see PR for migration instructions) ([#8136](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8136))
(see PR for migration instructions) ([#8136](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8136))
- breaking: Overhaul and drastically improve creating custom elements with Svelte (see PR for list of changes and migration instructions) ([#8457](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8457))
@ -49,7 +63,6 @@
### Minor Changes
- Add a way to modify attributes for script/style preprocessors ([#8618](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8618))
- Improve hydration speed by adding `data-svelte-h` attribute to detect unchanged HTML elements ([#7426](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/7426))
@ -70,7 +83,6 @@
### Patch Changes
- Bind `null` option and input values consistently ([#8312](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/8312))
- Allow `$store` to be used with changing values including nullish values ([#7555](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/7555))
import'../../src/compiler/compile/nodes/Slot.js';// this needs to come first to force ESM to load things in a specific order to prevent circular dependency errors
Puru Vijay
3 years ago