Moodle versions

The versions the site covers, what each one brings, and how to read what changes between them.

The site covers the long-term support (LTS) releases of Moodle that Didactika’s plugins run on. Choose one in the header; every example, size, colour and icon on every page is read from that version.

Moodle 5.0 to 5.2 are not separate choices: they run Bootstrap 5 like 5.3, and a page says so where one of them differs.

What changes between them

• Bootstrap. Moodle 4.x runs Bootstrap 4; Moodle 5.x runs Bootstrap 5. Class names differ in a few places (custom-select and form-select, sr-only and visually-hidden, ml-* and ms-*). Moodle 5 flags the Bootstrap 4 names as deprecated, so a plugin that has to run on both uses the Bootstrap 5 names with a small layer that gives them the same look on Bootstrap 4. Each component page lists the pairs.
• Icons. The same Moodle icon id is drawn with a different Font Awesome class in each version, and a few ids exist in one and not in another. The icon table shows every id in the selected version.
• Dark mode. Only Moodle 5.x has it. Its examples follow the colour mode of the page; the others stay light.
• Design tokens. Moodle 5.3 ships its own design tokens (--mds-*) next to Bootstrap’s variables. The colour page lists them.

How to read a page

A page applies to all versions unless its header says otherwise. Where a version differs, the page says what differs and what the plugin does about it. A page that is not available in a version shows that version’s name in its header.