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 # 1.8.0 (unreleased)
 
-**New features and improvements**
+**UI polish / changes**
+- [Issue #725](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/725). UI: All modal editors are removed and replaced by an edit pane under menu. The look of editors is also updated and polished. Search dropdown is also shown as pane under menu and has seen some UI polish.
 
+**Filtering feature overhaul**
+- Filtering renamed to Templating, and filter items to variables
+- Filter editing has gotten its own edit pane with much improved UI and options
+- [Issue #296](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/296). Templating: Can now retrieve variable values from a non-default data source
+- [Issue #219](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/219). Templating: Template variable value selection is now a typeahead autocomplete dropdown
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+**New features and improvements**
 - [Issue #578](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/578). Dashboard: Row option to display row title even when the row is visible
 - [Issue #672](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/672). Dashboard: panel fullscreen & edit state is present in url, can now link to graph in edit & fullscreen mode.
 - [Issue #709](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/709). Dashboard: Small UI look polish to search results, made dashboard title link are larger