Release
Designer 1.8: Image cards and support for Moodle 5.2
A new Image cards layout in Designer Pro, more control over card width, and support for Moodle 4.4 to 5.2.
- Released
- 29 October 2026
- Version
- 1.8
- Plugin
- Designer
Designer 1.8 brings a new section layout that puts your activity images first, gives you more control over how cards fill a row, and supports Moodle 5.2.
Image cards
A new section layout: every activity becomes a card with its background image on top and a small activity icon. Activities without an image show their purpose colour with a large icon, so the section still looks complete. Cards in a row keep the same height – also on phones.
Card width
When a row holds fewer activities than the section has columns, cards no longer have to stretch. Choose “Fill the row” (default, as before) or “Keep the column width” for the Cards layout.
Moodle 4.4 to 5.2
Designer 1.8 supports Moodle 4.4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2.
Fixes
Cards link to their activity again, the completion indicator in the course header works as expected, section options are kept when sections are copied, and removing Designer Pro no longer breaks course pages that still use a Pro layout – they fall back to the default layout.
Upgrading
If you use Designer Pro, update Designer and Designer Pro together: Designer Pro 1.8 requires Designer 1.8. No database changes; the new setting keeps the current behaviour.
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