New in Softadmin® 8.6.0

November 2025

New UX Features

Chat Component

The new Chat component allows real-time messaging between users within the system. It can also be used to chat with an AI by forwarding to a GenAI menu item when a user submits a message.

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Prefix and Suffix Support

For the Textbox control, prefix and suffix can now be configured.

The affix is displayed inside the control, so if you're currently using the Shortest control width you may need to change to a wider width to use this feature.

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The setting also affects Grid and Info SQL.

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Grouped Menu Groups

You can now use Menu Group Headings to organize a system's Menu Groups in the sidebar.

Menu groups are placed under the last heading whose Sort Order is less than or equal to their own Sort Order. If you currently have a menu group whose Sort Order is 2 000 000 000 or higher, you will need to lower it to avoid being placed under the System group.

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Markdown Support

Markdown-formatted text is the preferred output format for most LLMs and is commonly used in technical documentation.

Therefore, the HTML View component, Chat component, and InfoSQL now have support for rendering Markdown.

# Title #

## Subtitle ##

Markdown reads almost like plaintext, with just enough formatting
symbols to make it both human-readable and machine-parsable.

UX Changes

Favorites Merged with Menu Groups

Previously, favorites were displayed in a separate tab from menu groups, which caused confusion for some users. Favorites are now shown above the menu groups instead of in their own tab.

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Other Features

Markdown Component

The Markdown component converts Markdown to HTML. The component is primarily intended for generating HTML that will be displayed outside of the system, as InfoSQL and HTML View already have native Markdown support.

File Manager: Read Partial Files from File System

When dealing with file system endpoints, the File Manager component now has support for reading partial files.

Database Designer

The Database Designer now supports creating and editing indexes and creation and limited editing of foreign keys. Tables can now be assigned to alternative function blocks within the same schema.