10 December: Ask AI improvements, a better inline code experience and more

With this release your users can now get AI-powered answers from across all the sections of your docs site, plus we’ve improved inline code blocks, upgraded the page outline, and more

✨ New and noteworthy

Ask AI for all your public docs

When we released site sections in October, we announced that it also unlocked site-wide search for all your content. Now, we’ve also unlocked Ask AI for public docs, so when you or one of your users asks a question in your published docs, it will pull from sources across all your site sections.

Upgraded page outline

The page outline of the right-hand side of the screen has had an upgrade. It’s now faster than ever to jump between sections on the page with a click, and the highlighted bar on the left of the outline shows all visible sections, so it’s easy to see all the sections that are currently in view.

A better inline code experience

You can now use backticks to create and close a code block when writing code inline in the editor. Plus, when you are writing in a code block, you can now press the right arrow key to exit it and return to writing standard paragraph text.

Add a header drop-down without a link

Want to add a drop-down menu to your docs site without linking the menu button itself? Now you can. Simply leave the link section blank in any header link with sub-links and it will act purely as a hover-activated menu.

Improved cards

You’ll now see a cover image placeholder in empty cards, making it easier to add header images to all your cards. Plus, we’ve made it easier to add new fields to a card with a button at the bottom of each one.

Icons for site sections

You can now add icons to the site section tabs along the top of your docs, making it easier for your site visitors to navigate around your content and find what they need faster.

To enable them for your site, head to Site settings, select the Structure tab, and you can add icons to your sections using the table.

Improved

• Previously, it was possible to make edits to a change request while it was in the process of merging. This is no longer possible, to avoid conflicts and missing data.

• We’ve improved the emails you get when you’re tagged to review a change request. It’ll now show the name and number of the change request so you have more context before you open it.

Fixed

• Fixed a bug in site insights that meant long page titles would overrun the edge of the highlights box. Now they’re truncated, and you can view the whole title in a tooltip by hovering over the title.

• Fixed a bug that meant inline links would run over two lines. Now they’ll use line breaks in the same way as normal text.

• Fixed a bug that broke drag-and-drop reordering when you’re editing the card. Now you can reorder the card fields by dragging and dropping using the Options button on the left of a field.

• Fixed a bug where hidden table or card fields would still say Hide field after they were hidden. They now say Show field as expected.

• Fixed a bug in organization settings that could disable the AI features toggle if it was deactivated, preventing you from reactivating it.

• Fixed a bug that meant the sidebar didn’t update when you moved or renamed a space or collection.

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