New year Leaflet improvements roundup

We kicked off the year with a parade of Leaflet improvements — lots of smaller things we'd had on the list for a while. Here we collect them in one place — see embedded posts below for detail!

Page width

Theme setting for max width on posts (per-publication, or per-doc for standalone Leaflets).

Narrower: great when you want subpages side by side.

Wide: great for letting your posts breathe.

Small and large text

Make any text small (e.g. for captions) or large (e.g. for intros).

Plus — keyboard shortcuts!

Prev / next, and other post options

In publication settings we now have a "post options" menu where you can toggle showing prev / next links in footer, and toggle post interactions (comments, mentions, recommends) if you like!

We also added a per-post setting so you can disable certain interactions just for certain posts if needed.

Improved profile preview and mention styles

We gave @-mentions a little more emphasis, and made it so that tapping / clicking opens a preview card first.

Backdate published posts

If you've imported posts, or just need to backdate a belated post (like this one!) you can now edit published date.

Improved block handling

Several changes to make working with blocks nicer, like inline deleting and reordering, easier selection, and streamlined toolbars.

Cover images

Set any image in your post as cover image to use for social previews. Still to do: using for post previews on publication homepage and elsewhere…and looseleaf support!

Improved Bluesky thread viewer

Our Bluesky thread viewer is a bit smoother to use; it's now easier to view post quotes, open Bluesky links, see replies and more.

That's it for this month, but we're always improving Leaflet and appreciate ideas & feedback on what we should prioritize next!