This release will be available starting September 03, 2018 and affects several themes.
IMPORTANT: This release is only available for the following platforms:
SharePoint 2013/2016/Hybrids/CSS Only, Office 365.
This release has changes on the theme files structure, if you have copies of the previous master page a merge is recommend to avoid errors after the installation.
This release solves the following issues:
All Themes
Improvement: Footer bottom placement performance improvements.
Fixed: Issue caused by the rewrite of the $ variable that is used by SharePoint in this page. The fix is wrap the jQuery file with this both conditions.
Fixed: When you add to a value to a SharePoint list column with a People picker the space of the box is too large. If you have 1 value already it breaks to the next line break to the next line without a proper style.
Fixed: Issues with web part properties panel.
Fixed: Carousel Makes Mega Menu loses links.
Fixed: Quick Launch longer title overflowing.
Fixed: Form element styling issues.
Fixed: People picker styling issues.
Improvements
Up to 75% smaller package size;
70 to 80% less server requests for all themes;
20 to 30% faster load times;
SharePoint Modern themes (SPFx)
Fixed: When you type on the URL Upper Cases the Zones don't load content there.
Fixed: Losing theme settings when changing pages.
Fixed: Page breaking when importing news from external page.
SharePoint CSS Only themes (SPCSS)
Fixed: Word file being overlapped by theme's overlay.
Engage theme
Fixed: Mobile page title and navigation issues.
Font Awesome has been removed due to the fact that the theme is using Fabric UI icons.
If you still need it, please read this article.Fixed: Web Part titles getting cut off.
Ignite theme
Font Awesome has been removed due to the fact that the theme is using Ionicons.
If you still need it, please read this article.
Temple theme
Fixed: Toggle ribbon overlapping search.
Kraft theme
Fixed: SharePoint modals overlapping navigation bar.