17.5.0 RC1
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Changelog
Enhancements
Editor Unification
- Editor: Add the show most used blocks preference to the site editor. (57637)
- Editor: Migrate and unify the panel preferences. (57529)
- Editor: Unify context text cursor preference. (57479)
- Editor: Unify list view open preference. (57504)
- Editor: Unify right click override preference. (57468)
- Editor: Unify show icon labels preference. (57480)
- Editor: Unify spotlight mode preference. (57533)
- Editor: Unify the distraction free preference. (57590)
- Editor: Unify the show block breadcrumbs preference. (57506)
- Editor: Unify the top toolbar preference. (57531)
Components
- Components: Replace
TabPanel
withTabs
in inline color picker. (57292 - Add
compact
size variant to InputControl-based components. (57398) - BaseControl: Connect to context system. (57408)
- Replace
TabPanel
withTabs
in the Style Book. (57287) - Tooltip: Improve tests. (57345)
- Update @ariakit/react to v0.3.12 and @ariakit/test to v0.3.7. (57547)
Font Library
- Font Library: Remove "has_font_mime_type" function. (57364)
- Font Library: Update font uninstall modal text. (57368)
- Font Library: Add progress-bar while uploading font assets. (57463)
- Font Library: Singularize install font families endpoint. (57569)
- Font Library: Unregister font collection. (54701)
Site Editor
- Add Template Modal: Update scroll related layout. (57617)
- Components: Replace
TabPanel
withTabs
in the Font LibraryModal
. (57181)
Interactivity API
- Implement
wp_initial_state()
. (57556) - Server directive processing: Stop processing non-interactive blocks. (56302)
- Interactive template: Use viewModule. (57712)
- Navigation Block: Use dom.focus for focus control. (57362)
Site Editor
- Site editor: Add padding to entity save panel header. (57471)
- Site editor: Add margin to entity save panel header via a classname. (57473)
Block Library
- Post Featured Image: Add a useFirstImageFromPost attribute. (56573)
- Gallery Block: Add random order setting. (57477)
- Image Block: Change upload icon label. (57704)
Bug Fixes
- Avoid using a memoized selector without dependencies. (57257)
- Core Data: Pass the 'options' argument to data action shortcuts. (57383)
- Preferences: Update accessibility scope to "core". (57563)
Block Editor
- Fix Link UI displaying out of sync results. (57522)
- Give iframe fallback background color. (57330)
- Rich text: Add HTML string methods to RichTextData. (57322)
Block Library
- Footnotes: Fix wrong link when adding more than 9 footnotes. (57599)
- Table: Remove unnecessary margin override in editor styles. (57699)
- Template Part block: Fix template part path arg missing from actions. (56790)
Components
- DuotonePicker: Fix top margin when no duotone options. (57489)
- NavigatorProvider: Exclude size value from contain CSS rule. (57498)
- Snackbar: Fix icon positioning. (57377)
Patterns
- Pattern Overrides: Add
template-lock: All
to pattern inner blocks to prevent deletion/insertion. (57661) - Refactor the findOrCreate term method. (57655)
- Edit source pattern in focus mode in post and site editors. (57036)
Site Editor
- Make sure comamnd palette toggle does not disappear while being clicked. (57420)
- Reinstate iframe CSS for editor canvas container. (57503)
Global Styles
- Use
is-layout
pattern on layout generated classname. (57564) - Global styles revisions: Add individual headings translations, update tests. (57472)
- Global style revisions: Move change summary code and tests to block editor package. (57411)
- Reduce specificity of block style variation selectors. (57659)
- Background image block support: Add tests for size and repeat output. (57474)
Post Editor
- Fix Template preview menu item accessibility. (57456)
- Fullscreen mode description: Use full text instead of abbreviation. (57518)
- Improve pre-publish checks naming consistency. (57019)
- Make the Replace featured image button perceivable by assistive technologies. (57453)
Components
- Label the HeightControl. (57683)
- NumberControl: Make increment and decrement buttons keyboard accessible. (57402)
Block Tools
- Update the position of the patterns tab in the inserter menu. (55688)
- Use full text instead of abbreviation for min height setting. (57680)
- ResizableEditor: Fix tab order for resize handles. (57475)
- Keep Lock button it in the toolbar until unmounted. (57229)
- Custom field connections: Better description on Experiments page. (57501)
Performance
Block Library
- File: Remove 'block-editor' store subscription. (57511)
- Remove store subscriptions from Audio and Video blocks. (57449)
- Site Logo: Remove unnecessary 'block-editor' store subscription. (57513)
- Send numerical post id when uploading image. (57388)
- PostFeaturedImage: Remove unnecessary 'block-editor' store subscription. (57554)
Experiments
Data Views
- DataViews: Use DropdownMenuRadioItem component when possible. (57505)
- Align icon size + placement in Patterns data view. (57548)
- DataViews: Add
duplicate pattern
action in patterns page. (57592) - DataViews: Add duplicate template pattern action. (57638)
- DataViews: Add footer to Pages sidebar. (57690)
- DataViews: Add new page button in
Pages
. (57685) - DataViews: Add sync filter in patterns page. (57532)
- DataViews: Consolidate CSS selectors naming schema. (57651)
- DataViews: Fallback to
(no title)
is there's no rendered title. (57434) - DataViews: Hide actions menu upon selecting a layout. (57418)
- DataViews: Make
fields
dependant onview.type
. (57450) - DataViews: Memoize
onSetSelection
. (57458) - DataViews: Prevent unnecessary re-renders of Pagination. (57454)
- DataViews: Prevent unnecessary re-renders. (57452)
- DataViews: Update names for
DropdownMenuRadioItemCustom
. (57416) - DataViews: Use i18n._x to clarify term "Duplicate". (57686)
- DataViews: Use in patterns page. (57333)
- Dataview: Change the stacking order of table header. (57565)
- Dataviews: Add some client side data handling utils. (57488)
- Make title display in grid views consistent. (57553)
- Update Table layout design details. (57644)
- Update pagination spacing in List layout. (57670)
- Update table header gap. (57671)
- [Dataviews] Table layout: Ensure focus is not lost on interaction. (57340)
Patterns
- [Pattern Overrides] Fix duplication of inner blocks. (57538)
- [Pattern overrides] Allow multiple attributes overrides. (57573)
Documentation
- Add links to additional local dev tools in Block Developement Environment readme. (57682)
- Add new section to the Quick Start Guide about wp-env. (57559)
- Block JSON schema: Add renaming key to supports definition. (57373)
- Break out the Curating the Editor Experience doc into its own How-to Guides section. (57289)
- Change the slug for the theme.json doc to avoid conflicts. (57410)
- Docs/tutorial: Fix opposite condition for content generation in render.php. (57445)
- Docs: Fundamentals of Block Development - Static or Dynamic rendering of a block. (57250)
- Docs: Update sample code to fix React warning error on Tutorial page. (57412)
- Fix formatting issue due to incorrect link parsing in the Quick Start Guide. (57693)
- Fix incorrect heading level in Editor curation documentation. (57409)
- Fix two typos in tutorial.md. (57627)
- Fix: Create block getting started links. (57551)
- Improve the static vs dynamic rendering comment in the block tutorial. (57284)
- Update copyright year to 2024 in
license.md
. (57481) - Update the "Build your first block" tutorial based on user feedback. (57403)
- Update: Material design icons link. (57550)
Code Quality
- Editor: Unify the DocumentTools component. (57214)
- Make getLastFocus and setLastFocus private. (57612)
- Remove deprecated
behaviors
syntax. (57165) - Avoid extra
useMarkPersistent
dispatch calls. (57435) - Clean up code editor CSS. (57519)
- Combine selectors in 'useTransformCommands'. (57424)
Block Library
- Background image: Add has-background classname when background image is applied. (57495)
- File: Remove unnecessary synchronization effect. (57585)
- Navigation: Refactor mobile overlay breakpoints to JS. (57520)
- Search Block: Remove unused
buttonBehavior
attribute. (53467)
Patterns
- Improve inserter pattern constants. (57570)
- Remove duplicate setting for
getPostLinkProps
and prefer stable naming. (57535) - Rename
patternBlock
topatternPost
. (57568)
Post Editor
- Editor: Use hooks instead of HoCs in 'PostVisibilityCheck'. (57705)
- Quality: Avoid React warning when changing rendering mode. (57413)
Block Editor
List View
- Editor: Unify the list view sidebar between the post and site editors. (57467)
- Add drag cursor to draggable list items. (57493)
Tools
- Dependency Extraction Webpack Plugin: Use
import
for module externals. (57577) - DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin: Add true shorthand for requestToExternalModule. (57593)
- DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin: Use module for @wordpress/interactivity. (57602)
- Fix webpack not setting environment.module true. (57714)
- Modules: Load the import map polyfill when needed. (57256)
- Blocks: Add handling for block.json viewModule. (57437)
Testing
- Allowed Patterns end-to-end test - move tests that run with a subset of allowed blocks into a group. (57496)
- Clean up end-to-end tests package. (57575)
- Fix flaky 'Post publish button' end-to-end test. (57407)
- Migrate 'allowed patterns' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57399)
- Migrate 'block editor keyboard shortcuts' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57422)
- Migrate 'core settings' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57581)
- Migrate 'datepicker' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57545)
- Migrate 'dropdown menu' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57663)
- Migrate 'editor modes' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57574)
- Migrate 'invalid blocks' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57508)
- Migrate 'nux' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57542)
- Migrate 'preferences' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57446)
- Migrate 'publishing' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57521)
- Migrate 'scheduling' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57539)
- Migrate 'sidebar' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57448)
- Migrate 'taxonomies' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57662)
- Migrate
editing-widgets
to Playwright. (57483) - Migrate remaining 'publish panel' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (57432)
- Update 'missing block' end-to-end tests to use the 'setContent' helper. (57509)
Build Tooling
- Group GitHub Action Dependabot updates. (57591)
- WP Scripts: Build block.json viewModule. (57461)
- Dependency Extraction Webpack Plugin: Add Module support. (57199)
First time contributors
The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:
- @HrithikDalal: Font Library: Update font uninstall modal text. (57368)
- @muhme: Fix two typos in tutorial.md. (57627)
Contributors
The following contributors merged PRs in this release:
@afercia @andrewhayward @andrewserong @atachibana @c4rl0sbr4v0 @carolinan @chad1008 @ciampo @DAreRodz @dcalhoun @derekblank @desrosj @ellatrix @fai-sal @fluiddot @geriux @getdave @glendaviesnz @gziolo @hbhalodia @HrithikDalal @jameskoster @jeryj @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @Mamaduka @matiasbenedetto @mcsf @michalczaplinski @mirka @muhme @ndiego @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @ramonjd @scruffian @sirreal @Soean @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @youknowriad