Tecton 1.71.0

Component Enhancements

• Pill Decorator Slot — The pill component now supports an optional decorator slot for displaying icons before the label, with CSS custom properties for styling the icon in both normal and active states.
• Carousel Optional Loop Control — A new loop prop allows carousel navigation to disable continuous looping for more linear navigation experiences.
• Surface Interactive States & Styling — The surface component now supports clickable states (hover and active/pressed backgrounds) with new CSS custom properties, plus a new gray background option.
• Tab Container Vertical Orientation — New CSS custom properties enable vertical tab orientation with flexible tab strip width and active indicator styling control.
• Button & Pill Letter-Spacing Inheritance — Buttons and pills now respect letter-spacing CSS properties inherited from ancestor elements.

Accessibility Improvements

• Form Input Error Announcements — Error messages on inputs and select components are now announced to screen readers. Error content properly connects to form fields via ARIA descriptions.
• Calendar Component Enhancements — Calendar toggle buttons announce open/closed, include descriptive aria-labels combining field label with "date field" text, andfeature screen-reader-only captions.
• Input & Search ARIA Attributes — Inner input elements now expose aria-expanded and role attributes.
• Stepper Screen Reader Announcements — Step position and status now announced in screen reader text; decorative status icons marked as hidden.
• Carousel Pagination Labels — Pagination buttons include pane labels in aria-label announcements.
• Action Sheet & Calendar Dialog Labeling — Dialog elements are properly connected to their titles via aria-labelledby.
• Textarea Resize Handle — Removed redundant aria-label and marked as aria-hidden.

Component Refinements & Fixes

• Action Sheet Mobile Spacing — Bottom margin now respects safe area insets on mobile devices.
• Button & Components Design Token Updates — Updated border-radius and min-height tokens.
• Checkbox Group Visual Consistency — Toggle checkbox track uses transparent background in standard aesthetic.
• Message Vertical Spacing — Improved between message elements.
• Pill Keyboard Accessibility — Slot content in popover-top and popover-bottom is now keyboard-accessible.

Platform Capabilities

• set-title() Module Identification — setPageTitle and setOverpanelTitle adapter functions now receive the moduleId as a second parameter.