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title: "GravityView version 1.8 has been released"
date: 2015-05-26
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://staging.gravitykit.com/version-1-8/"
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# GravityView version 1.8 has been released

We were tired of switching between a bunch of different boxes to configure our View and the different GravityView Extension settings. So we combined them into a pretty little box. **Tabbed metabox settings makes configuring your View settings easier.** ![It's mah poll widget, not yers.](https://cf61600d-90c1-49ac-b4a6-d97914c46f41.cv03.conves.io/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/poll-widget-e1432679346722-400x191.jpg)We also added support for the Gravity Forms Poll Addon (a new widget displays quiz results in the View)
*and improved support for Gravity Forms Quiz Addon. There are a bunch of other fixes as well, but those are the big'uns*
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## Here's a full list of changes for the release:

### 1.8 on May 26

- View settings have been consolidated to a single location. [Learn more about the new View Settings layout](https://docs.gravitykit.com/article/382-the-view-settings-meta-box).
- Added: Custom Link Text in Website fields
- Added: Poll Addon GravityView widget
- Added: Quiz Addon support: add Quiz score fields to your View configuration
- Added: Possibility to search by entry creator on Search Bar and Widget
- Fixed: `[gvlogic]` shortcode now properly handles comparing empty values. 
    - Use `[gvlogic if="{example} is=""]` to determine if a value is blank.
    - Use `[gvlogic if="{example} isnot=""]` to determine if a value is not blank.
    - See "Matching blank values" in the [shortcode documentation](https://docs.gravitykit.com/article/252-gvlogic-shortcode)
- Fixed: Sorting by full address. Now defaults to sorting by city. Use the `gravityview/sorting/address` filter to modify what data to use ([here's how](https://gist.github.com/zackkatz/8b8f296c6f7dc99d227d))
- Fixed: Newly created entries cannot be directly accessed when using the custom slug feature
- Fixed: Merge Tag autocomplete hidden behind the Field settings (did you know you can type `{` in a field that has Merge Tags enabled and you will get autocomplete?)
- Fixed: For sites not using [Permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/article/using-permalinks/), the Search Bar was not working for embedded Views
- Tweak: When GravityView is disabled, only show "Could not activate the Extension; GravityView is not active." on the Plugins page
- Tweak: Added third parameter to `gravityview_widget_search_filters` filter that passes the search widget arguments
- Updated: Italian translation by [@Lurtz](https://www.transifex.com/accounts/profile/Lurtz/)
- Updated: Danish translation by @jaegerbo