chore: prepare release v9.7.0

[Antreesy]

v9.7.0 (2026-04-24)

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📝 Notes

• NcRichText component used with useMarkdown = true or useExtendedMarkdown = true no longer renders relative links that can not be resolved by Vue Router.
  They are might interfere with routing logic and considered not belonging to the application. Examples that are not rendered as a clickable link:
  • [unknown protocols](unknown:protocol)
  • [unresolved relative link](internal_route)
  • [relative parameters](?parameters=1)
  • [relative anchor](#anchor)

🚀 Enhancements

• feat(NcRichContenteditable): allow to pass menuContainer as string #8417 (Antreesy)

🐛 Fixed bugs

• fix(NcCheckboxRadioSwitch): use reactive state for group checkbox toggle #8324 (pringelmann)
• fix(NcRichText): do not escape markdown syntax when resolving reference #8351 (Antreesy)
• fix(NcPasswordField): reset validation state on change #8350 (Antreesy)
• fix(NcAppNavigation): close navigation on click outside for mobile dimensions #8284 (grnd-alt)
• fix(NcAvatar): redirect to guest avatar if avatar does not exist #8440 (skjnldsv)
• fix(NcModal): prevent focus trap race condition #8093 (nikhil2297)
• fix(NcRichText): do not render nested links in markdown #8449 (Antreesy)
• fix(NcRichText)!: do not render invalid relative markdown links #8397 (Antreesy)
• fix(NcAppNavigationSearch): Show search clear icon only when field contains something #8454 (jancborchardt)

Other Changes

• Updated translations

New Contributors

• @pringelmann made their first contribution in fix(NcCheckboxRadioSwitch): use reactive state for group checkbox toggle #8324

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✅ Project coverage is 54.55%. Comparing base (591e966) to head (1b75828).

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Added to changelog:

* fix(NcAppNavigationSearch): Show search clear icon only when field contains something [\#8454](https://github.com/nextcloud-libraries/nextcloud-vue/pull/8454) \([jancborchardt](https://github.com/jancborchardt)\)