UX/Pattern/Feature Version Support
Feature Version Support
- A UX pattern in which documentation navigation shows the minimum product version that supports each feature, often as a compact label such as
v0.17+. Interaction
- Feature entries in a sidebar carry version metadata alongside their names.
- The version label turns compatibility into part of feature discovery, so a reader can tell whether a feature is available in the version they use without opening a changelog.
Example
- secretspec uses this affordance in its website sidebar: scopes are marked as supported from
v0.17+, while secret generation is marked as supported from v0.7+.
Relation to version management
- The pattern translates SemVer release history into an actionable compatibility signal. It helps readers choose a version baseline and understand when a feature entered the product without reconstructing that history from release notes.
Related