# Specify 7.7.2 Release Announcement

**URL:** <https://speciforum.org/t/specify-7-7-2-release-announcement/732>\
**Category:** Welcome Specify Members\
**Tags:** Announcement\
**Created:** [September 13, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/specify-7-7-2-release-announcement/732 "2022-09-13T15:03:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/grant/32/4255_2.png) [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/specify-7-7-2-release-announcement/732/1 "2022-09-13T15:03:45Z")

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# Release Announcement

Specify 7.7.2 fixes a number of bugs present in Specify 7.7.1. It introduces the ability to customize subview grid column widths and the option to customize the tree search algorithim. The autocomplete function now uses the HeadlessUI library. Bugs fixed include the `taxonID` field now being populated, `ExsiccataItem` can now be uploaded in the WorkBench, exporting queries to reports now works with text field types, partial dates no longer use underscores in their database name, and more.

> Starting with Specify 7.7.1, we have started issuing frequent updates to Specify 7, with a minor release every two weeks. Releases with the second number incremented, e.g. 7.6.x to 7.7.x, will include major new features, components or capabilities. Minor or “Point” releases (third number incremented), e.g. 7.7.1 to 7.7.2, will introduce smaller features with an emphasis on bug fixes.

Specify 7.7.2 is not compatible with Specify 6.8.0; it requires databases to be at the Specify 6.8.01 level.

### Added

- Allow customizing SubView grid column widths ([#2035](https://github.com/specify/specify7/pull/2035))
- Allow customizing tree search algorithm ([#2001](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/2001))
- Added credits to institutions in the `CHANGELOG.md` file ([#2071](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/2071))

### Changed

- Rewrite Autocomplete to use HeadlessUI library ([#1986](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/1986))
- Fetch pick lists on demand ([#1988](https://github.com/specify/specify7/pull/1988))

### Fixed

- Fixed `taxonId` field on the forms not getting populated ([#2083](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/2083))
- Fixed `ExsiccataItem` table being hidden in the WorkBench ([#2077](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/2077)) - _Reported by CSIRO_
- Fix `Taxon.taxonId` field not getting populated ([#2087](https://github.com/specify/specify7/pull/2087))
- Don’t use underscore for partial date fields ([#2066](https://github.com/specify/specify7/pull/2066))
- Convert “text” → “java.lang.String” when creating report from query ([#2059](https://github.com/specify/specify7/pull/2059))
- Fix Sp7.7 not parsing QCB’s TypeSearch correctly ([#2026](https://github.com/specify/specify7/pull/2026))
- Fix Schema Config failing on no description strings ([#2024](https://github.com/specify/specify7/pull/2024))

Specify Collections Consortium  
Biodiversity Institute  
University of Kansas  
Lawrence, KS 66045, USA

[support@specifysoftware.org](mailto:support@specifysoftware.org)  
[www.specifysoftware.org](http://www.specifysoftware.org/)

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[The full changelog is available on GitHub.](https://github.com/specify/specify7/blob/production/CHANGELOG.md)

Specify Users: see Specify Community Forum for more information, [https://speciforum.org/](https://speciforum.org/), and see: [Specify 7 | Specify Collections Consortium](https://www.specifysoftware.org/products/specify-7/)

System Administrators: for source code go to: [GitHub - specify/specify7: An open-source platform for managing biological and geological collections.](http://github.com/specify/specify7/)

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**Author:** ![fedoras](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/fedoras/32/455_2.png) [@fedoras](https://speciforum.org/u/fedoras)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/specify-7-7-2-release-announcement/732/3 "2022-09-13T15:42:42Z")

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Your changelog link is broken.

It should be: [specify7/CHANGELOG.md at production · specify/specify7 · GitHub](https://github.com/specify/specify7/blob/production/CHANGELOG.md)

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**Author:** ![Grant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/grant/32/4255_2.png) [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/specify-7-7-2-release-announcement/732/4 "2022-09-13T15:46:22Z")

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Thank you Fedor! 🙂