<a name="1.2.6"></a>

- **$animate:** use a scheduled timeout in favor of a fallback property to close transitions

([54637a33](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/54637a335f885110efaa702a3bab29c77644b36c),

[#5255](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5255), [#5241](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5241), [#5405](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5405))

- **$compile:** remove invalid IE exceptional case for `href`

([c7a1d1ab](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/c7a1d1ab0b663edffc1ac7b54deea847e372468d),

[#5479](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5479))

- **$location:** parse xlink:href for SVGAElements

([bc3ff2ce](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/bc3ff2cecd0861766a9e8606f3cc2c582d9875df),

[#5472](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5472), [#5198](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5198), [#5199](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5199), [#4098](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/4098), [#1420](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/1420))

- **$log:** should work in IE8

([4f5758e6](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/4f5758e6669222369889c9e789601d25ff885530),

[#5400](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5400))

- **$parse:** return `undefined` if an intermetiate property's value is `null`

([26d43cac](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/26d43cacdc106765bd928d41600352198f887aef),

[#5480](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5480))

- **closure:** add type definition for `Scope#$watchCollection`

([8f329ffb](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/8f329ffb829410e1fd8f86a766929134e736e3e5),

[#5475](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5475))

- **forEach:** allow looping over result of `querySelectorAll` in IE8

([274a6734](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/274a6734ef1fff543cc50388a0958d1988baeb57))

- **input:** do not hold input for composition on Android

([3dc18037](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/3dc18037e8db8766641a4d39f0fee96077db1fcb),

[#5308](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5308))

- **jqLite:** support unbind self within handler

([2f91cfd0](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/2f91cfd0d2986899c38641100c1851b2f9d3888a))

- **ngRepeat:** allow multiline expressions

([cbb3ce2c](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/cbb3ce2c309052b951d0cc87e4c6daa9c48a3dd8),

[#5000](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5000))

- **select:** invalidate when `multiple`, `required`, and model is `[]`

([5c97731a](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/5c97731a22ed87d64712e673efea0e8a05eae65f),

[#5337](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5337))

- **jqLite:** provide support for `element.one()`

([937caab6](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/937caab6475e53a7ea0206e992f8a52449232e78))

- **ngAnimate:** provide configuration support to match specific className values to trigger animations

([cef084ad](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/cef084ade9072090259d8c679751cac3ffeaed51),

[#5357](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5357), [#5283](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5283))

- **compile:** add class 'ng-scope' before cloning and other micro-optimizations

([f3a796e5](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/f3a796e522afdbd3b640d14426edb2fbfab463c5),

[#5471](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/5471))

- **$parse:** use a faster path when the number of path parts is low

([f4462319](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/864b2596b246470cca9d4e223eaed720f4462319))

- use faster check for `$$` prefix

([06c5cfc7](https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/cb29632a5802e930262919b3db64ca4806c5cfc7))