Hey everyone, Chris here from Skeleton. The goal of this post is to highlight the biggest updates that have occurred over the last month, as well as review any upcoming initiatives. There's a lot to cover this month, so let's get started.

Dependency Updates

We recently implemented a big dependency bump to Skeleton (thanks to @Hugos68). This comes with a number of impactful changes.

1. Support for Vite 7.0. If you're using Svelte, make sure to update vite-plugin-svelte as well.
2. Support for the new Lucide Svelte package for Svelte 5. Note the @ in the package name.
3. A bump to our Zag peer dependencies which includes several bugfixes.
4. A bump to our Tailwind peer dependency, enabling new Stackblitz "REPL" links on our homepage. Use these to test drive Skeleton for multiple frameworks.
5. Plus many more small improvements throughout.

NOTE: we are aware of a bug preventing Svelte/React components styles from displaying properly on their respective Stackblitz links. We know the cause, and have reached out to the Tailwind and Stackblitz support to find a quick resolution. Note that the issues are limited ONLY to Stackblitz. When forking/cloning the project to run locally, or in a normal deployment environment, the components will operate as expected.

Presets.css Size Reduced

We had a wonderful contribution from @NaokiM03 who identified presets.css had a large number of duplicated styles that was inflating the file size. Updating to the latest skeleton core package should include this fix. No further changes required.

Svelte Popover Arrow Improvements

We received a report folks were having issues providing styles for arrowBackground for both the Svelte Tooltip and Popover components, so we've rolled out a fix to skeleton-svelte. If you notice your arrows disappear after updating, follow the guidance in this post to restore them. Additionally we've also included a new arrowSize prop! See the improved docs for guidance.

Floating UI Updates

As per last month's update, we're aiming to put Floating UI Svelte on hold. However, please note that I am currently evaluating options for implementing an alternative guide utilizing Svelte's new Attachments feature. You can review progress here, including a link to a rudimentary proof of concept. This will not be a total replacement for a Svelte wrapper library, but should provide a foundation for rolling your own custom popovers, powered by the official Floating UI DOM library.

Updates to Availability

On a personal note, you may recall from previous updates that I have been in the process of moving cross-country. I'm happy to report I've now moved and am getting settled into my new home. As such, you may note an uptick in my support response time, as well as contributions to the project. We also plan to resume larger initiatives asap, such as the Component API overhaul. So look forward to more updates on these soon!