Roadmap
This roadmap shows what we’re working on and planning to do.
Some things on the roadmap might change — the purpose is to tell you what’s coming up and help service teams prepare and plan their own work.
See our Github team board for more details on our plans and day-to-day activities.
Last updated 27 June 2022.
Recently shipped
We recently:
- released GOV.UK Frontend v4.0.0, includes the revised ‘Accordion’ component, fixes to headers and footers and a number of breaking changes
- improved how users can find out what we are working on
- released GOV.UK Frontend v4.0.1
- updated the Accessible autocomplete component and clarified future plan
- made changes to the Start page pattern
- released GOV.UK Frontend v4.1.0 with improvements to the screen reader experience for the character count component
- published the Confirm a phone number pattern
- released GOV.UK Frontend v4.2.0 with the new pagination component, and improvements to the checkboxes, radios and select components
- published the Pagination component
- completed our investigation into potential changes to browser support
Working on now
We’re working to:
- host community co-design work to turn task-list into a component
- host community co-design work to make maps better
- release the Hide this page component
- improve how JavaScript works in GOV.UK Frontend
- iterate on alt text guidance for the images style page
- allow users to localise hardcoded strings in component JavaScript
Coming up next
We’re getting ready to:
- implement our proposal for reducing browser support
- release the Summary Card variant
- make it easier to find information about contributing and the community
- improve how contributions are prioritised
- investigate where technical documentation belongs on the website
Future plans
We plan to:
- investigate Sass module system
- make sure the Design System meets WCAG 2.2
- investigate removing compatibility mode
Need help?
If you’ve got a question about the GOV.UK Design System, contact the team.