Release 18.2.0 RC1 · WordPress/gutenberg

Changelog

Enhancements

Site Editor

Add rename and trash actions to page panel. (60232)
Adjust frame animation profile. (60589)
Animate the radius of the frame. (60415)
Create router adapter for sidebar. (60466)
Improve the header animation. (60408)
Index view for Templates & Parts: Use grid layout as default. (60069)
Pages: Display content frame in mobile when canvas is not edit. (60409)
Simplify template reset language. (60256)
Template parts in patterns page: Add author field. (60372)
Template parts: Set backpath to patterns page. (60667)
Update hub markup and animation. (60410)
Update site hub action positioning. (60511)

Components

CustomSelectControlV2: Support disabled in item types. (60896)
ExternalLink: Replace icon with unicode arrow. (60255)
InputBase: Simplify focus styles. (60226)
ProgressBar: Moved width to css var for perf. (60388)
SlotFill: Replace valtio with custom ObservableMap. (60879)
Tabs: Fallback to first enabled tab if no active tab Id. (60681)
Text: Add text-wrap: Pretty. (60164)
Try: Reduce checkbox size in data views. (60475)

Post Editor

Confirm dialog: Use more descriptive text for the confirm button. (60364)
Editor: Add wordcount and reading time info in post card. (60672)
Editor: Animate opening and closing editor right sidebar. (60561)
Editor: Animate the inserter and list view panels. (60665)
Editor: Update post URL component. (60632)
Editor: Use the 'ConfirmDialog' component in template validation notice. (60385)
Enable template preview in post editor for non administrators. (60447)
Support insert before/after keyboard shortcuts when focus is within the list view. (60651)
Update publish flow. (60456)

Patterns

Add a "All Template Parts" section. (60775)
Back Compat: Add Patterns submenu for WordPress 6.4. (60804)
Patterns page: Add edit & view revision actions to parts. (60659)
Remove "Template parts" sidebar group. (60359)
Site Editor: Support starter patterns. (60745)

Synced Patterns

Adjust allow pattern overrides UX flow. (60769)
Consolidate "bound block" color and "synced" colors. (60617)
Improve override indication for editable blocks in synced patterns. (60599)
Refine rename flow for blocks with overrides. (60234)

Zoom Out

Adjust block selection button. (60348)
Animation: Avoid fixed width when animating the secondary sidebar. (60693)
Introduce section container selection when assembling patterns (zoom out mode). (59249)
Update zoom out scale. (60618)

Block Library

Add loading state on image upload in featured image, Site logo and Cover blocks. (59519)
File: Use HTML API to update the PDF preview label. (60494)
Navigation block: Add current-menu-item class for post type archive. (57808)
Remove block renaming control from advanced inspector controls group. (60453)

Data Views

Add ability to display fields as a badge in grid layout. (60284)
Data views table row: Make checkboxes and actions visible on touch devices. (60829)
DataViews: Make the experiment about custom views. (60813)

Layout

Add a Row control to grid layout in manual mode. (60652)
Apply negative margins for alignfull children of blocks with custom padding set. (60716)
Try reducing specificity of layout style selectors. (60228)

Block Editor

Remove animation from InlineLinkUI. (60575)
Remove root appender. (60697)
Try: Add new textAlign block support. (59531)

Global Styles

Background image: Display default background size value in global styles. (60490)
Background UI control labels. (60264)
Use text and button background color for color indicators. (59514)

Font Library

Change Spinner to ProgressBar component. (60570)

Interactivity API

Include preact/debug when SCRIPT_DEBUG is enabled. (60514)

New APIs

Extensibility

Editor: Support PluginPostStatusInfo Slot in the site editor. (60814)
Editor: Unify PluginMoreMenuItem API between post and site editors. (60778)
- Fix: Use core instead of core/editor on normalizeComplementaryAreaScope. (60821)
Editor: Unify PluginSidebarMoreMenuItem. (60853)
Editor: Unify the PluginSidebar slot between post and site editors. (60815)

Bug Fixes

Fix: Add types to useSuspenseSelect. (60733)
Fix experimental useHasRecursion deprecation. (60451)
Fix translatable string in pagination modal. (60742)
Interactivity: Return useMemo and useCallback hooks. (60474)
Only show block icon in toolbar for contentOnly blocks when block is a synced block. (60647)
Patterns: Guard for unknown pattern in server-side resolver. (60464)
Snackbar: Make the explicitDismiss string translatable. (60368)
Update standardisation of 'Navigation Menu' to have both words capitalised in user-facing menus. (60262)
- Standardise capitalisation of Navigation Menu in sidebar. (60527)

Block Library

Embed: Avoid retrying valid URLs. (60655)
File: Mark update for setting default label as non-persistent. (60492)
Fix don't close overlay menu when focus leaves submenu. (60406)
Fix pattern block recursion handling. (60452)
Image: Fix cropper resize on align change (react-easy-crop upgrade). (60581)
Latest Posts: Remove wrapper div and apply consistent class. (60728)
List: Disable edit as HTML support. (55656)
Media & Text: Hide the alt text option for featured images. (60496)
Post title: Re-add the paragraph level (without UI). (60548)
Pullquote: Reduce specificity of padding rule to avoid conflicts with global styles. (60649)
Separator block: Reduce default border styles to avoid conflicts with global styles. (60740)

Site Editor

Chore: Fix missing comma on welcome guide styles. (60596)
Fallback to URL when site title is empty. (60885)
Fix activating a theme in site editor when previewing. (60699)
Fix site icon animation. (60419)
Fix small regression on the resize handle. (60427)
Fix the removePropertyFromObject function throws an error if the object is null. (60831)
Fix: Style issue on page actions button. (60592)
Pattern page: Fix deps for onActionPerformed useCallback. (60784)
Remove outdated border radius animation. (60454)
Router: Load proper sidebar for /wp_template. (60850)
[Site Editor]: Fix ability to edit trashed pages. (60236)

Post Editor

Editor: Do not render publish time and post status panels in design post types. (60857)
Editor: Fix post status label styles for low-capability users. (60854)
Fix display of shortcut to add non breaking space in the post editor. (60625)
Fix: Action button alignment on details panel. (60773)
Fix: Action order is different from inspector and dataviews. (60877)
Fix: Do not show pattern and template actions on the post editor. (60568)
Fix: Missing items parameter and or missing onActionPerformed calls. (60753)
Fix: Trash Post action and permanently delete post action do not show errors on single item. (60597)
Post Editor Header: Make block toolbar toggle button focus visible. (59781)

Block Editor

Avoid errors when a block variation icon is an object. (60766)
Fix external link indicator in Link Control. (60439)
Fix for isPossibleTransformForSource handling selecting inexistent block. (59410)
Fix stuck dragging mode in UI in Firefox when dealing with deeply nested lists. (60845)
Prevents delete key from undoing automatic changes. (60858)
Raw Handling - msListIgnore - Check attributes are valid. (60375)

Data Views

DataViews: Fix typing in combobox filter. (60819)
Fix default layout configuration in pages list. (60407)
Fix pattern titles. (60640)

Zoom Out

Don't allow shuffle for locked patterns. (60381)
Prevent exiting Zoom Out mode from stealing focus. (60441)
Respect reduced motion when engaging zoom out mode. (60808)

Font Library

Avoid overriding custom settings on font library save. (60438)
Fix modal scrollbar. (60641)
I18N: Add context to 'Library' string. (60520)

Components

Fix link control link preview when it displays long URLs. (60890)
ProgressBar: Fix CSS variable with invalid value. (60576)

Layout

Always add semantic classes. (60668)
Don't output base flow and constrained layout rules on themes without theme.json. (60764)
Restore classic auto margin rule to its previous specificity. (60802)

Interactivity API

Allow multiple event handlers for the same type with data-wp-on. (60661)
Update the query block to permit non-core interactive blocks. (60006)

Templates API

Fix static posts page setting resolved template. (60608)
Fix: Honor 'template_hierarchy' filters on template fallbacks. (60377)

Distraction Free

Only show inserter in document tools if DFM is off. (60426)
Remove alpha from edit post header. (60431)

REST API

Fix PHP notice triggered by 'gutenberg_update_initial_settings'. (60862)

Global Styles

Editor styles: Delete duplicate backwards compat CSS custom properties. (60400)
Fix browser warning regarding highlight colors. (60555)

Accessibility

Details Block: remove overflow:Hidden style. (60270)
Do not render pattern aria description if not button is rendered. (60653)
Fix inserter pattern pagination focus loss. (60620)
Make sure Social icons links aren't empty and improve UI clarity. (60047)

Performance

Add null check to prevent errors in get_block_template filter. (60491)
Block preview: Build in async rendering. (60425)
Editor canvas: Reduces resize listeners. (60682)
Layout support: Avoid two block editor store subs. (60612)
Optimize the rendering of the EditorStyles component. (60493)
Post Title: Avoid accidental types requests. (60531)
Preview: Skip rendering rich text. (60544)
Previews: Avoid unneeded block selectors. (60543)
Site Editor: Close the editor sidebar by default. (60820)
Zoom-out: Scale should be stable function. (60580)
getEntityRecords: Batch actions. (60591)

Block Library

Avoid calling getBlocks selector for navigation link blocks. (60458)
Image cropper: Remove clientWidth prop with useResizeObserver. (60674)
Navigation block: Avoid selector + style recalc on mount. (60572)
Pattern block: Avoid fetching all reusable blocks on mount. (60310)
Post Featured Image: Optimize store subscriptions. (60770)

Site Editor

Optimize the AddTemplate component used in data views pages. (60586)
Sidebar slide animation: Replace motion.div with CSS animation. (60849)

Documentation

Add AutosaveMonitor component JSDoc and populate README with auto-gen documentation. (60882)
Add documentation for disableLineBreaks property of RichText. (56284)
Added Documentation for PostExcerptCheck. (60864)
Added links to related components. (60726)
Correct link to the theme json reference. (60517)
DimensionControl: Fix story configuration. (60703)
Docs: Fix typos in interactivity API reference. (60870)
Docs: Update wording in Block Editor Handbook to reflect that all examples now use JSX. (56315)
Fix: Grammar typo on packages/dataviews/src/search-widget.js. (60588)
Fix: Link to the block building tutorial. (60518)
Fixes a link to the getEntityRecord documentation. (60823)
Improve documentation for block variation isActive property. (60801)
Update: Hardcoded documentation link to a branch that does not exist. (60671)
Update: Reference editor scope instead of edit-site, edit-post on interface package documentation. (60818)
[Create Block] Adding documentation for the transformer property. (60445)

Code Quality

Added @return after @global in php doc. (60611)
Blocks: Remove client-side polyfill for 'selectors'. (60846)
[Block Bindings] Don't use hooks. (60724)
Chore: Fix: Wrong JSDOC for an action return. (60786)
Chore: Simplify some CSS margin rules. (60816)
Editor: Serve as a proxy for the interface package. (60748)
Editor: Unify the auto-switch sidebars behavior. (60869)
Editor: Unify the keyboard shortcuts modal. (60866)
Editor: Unify the names of the sidebars between edit post and edit site. (60856)
Editor: Unify the preferences modal name. (60871)
Fix: Remove unused CSS for TemplatePartHint. (60852)
Fix: Remove unused css from page panels styles. (60774)
Fix: Font Library typo. (60751)
Fix: Remove unused CSS code from the site editor. (60662)
Interactivity API refactor to TypeScript (utils & kebabToCamelCase). (60149)
Reexport createSelector from data package. (60370)
Refactor: UseBlockTools cleanup. (59450)
Remove comment that no longer applies about appearance-tools support. (60844)
Reuse and unify post and page actions, accross the different use cases. (60486)
Test: Validate block & theme json. (57374)
Tests: Shard JS unit tests. (60045)
Tests: Share JavaScript build assets across PHP workflows. (60428)
Update: Avoid two useSelect calls on PostActions. (60752)
Update: Make content locking related selectors private. (60827)
Update: Move template actions to the editor store. (60395)
Update: Remove keyCode usage from dataviews package. (60585)
Update: Use util getVariationClassName instead of computing the variation inline. (60664)

Components

Deprecate reduceMotion util. (60839)
Navigation: Soft deprecate component. (59182)
NavigatorProvider: Move the same-location check to the goTo function. (60767)
ObservableMap: Optimize unsubscribe and add unit tests. (60892)
Remove CSS hack for Internet Explorer 11. (60727)

Post Editor

Editor: Optimize the 'PostSlug' component. (60422)
Editor: Use hook instead of HoC in 'ThemeSupportCheck'. (60807)
Editor: Use hooks instead of HoCs in 'PostTrashCheck'. (60380)
[Editor]:Get post content in PostContentInfo component. (60743)

Data Views

DataViews: Remove onDetailsChange event. (60387)
Rename displayAsColumnFields to columnFields API. (60504)
Simplify visually hidden label. (60835)

Block Editor

Refactor Link UI States. (59762)
Switching pattern categories inserter to Tabs component with arrow key navigation. (60257)

Tools

Update @talldan in codeowners file, remove from edit-widgets package. (60800)

Testing

Add end-to-end test for activating themes in site editor. (60707)
Automated Testing: Update end-to-end test npm commands. (60376)
Fix flaky Site Editor URL navigation end-to-end test. (60675)
PHP unit test workflow: Try removing 7.0 and 7.1. (60686)
Perf: Improve way we measure template loading by adding posts. (60516)
Performance Tests: I'm tired of doing head math 😊. (60509)
Upgrade Playwright to v1.43. (60635)
tip: Remove unecessary delay in tests except where needed. (60897)

Build Tooling

Dependencies: Upgrade babel. (57311)
Upgrade simple-git dependency. (59915)
Update Typescript to 5.4.5. (60793)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

@asheshmagar: Font library: Fix typo. (60751)
@DaniGuardiola: ProgressBar: Moved width to CSS var for performance. (60388)
@garridinsi: Interactivity API refactor to TypeScript (utils & kebabToCamelCase). (60149)
@xhemals: Update standardization of the 'Navigation Menu' to have both words capitalized in user-facing menus. (60262), Standardise capitalization of the Navigation Menu in the sidebar. (60527)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @andrewserong @arthur791004 @artpi @asheshmagar @atachibana @carolinan @colinduwe @colorful-tones @DaniGuardiola @DAreRodz @draganescu @ellatrix @fabiankaegy @flexseth @garridinsi @geriux @getdave @ixkaito @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeryj @johnhooks @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @kevin940726 @Mamaduka @matiasbenedetto @mhkuu @mikachan @mirka @noisysocks @ntsekouras @oandregal @ocean90 @okmttdhr @prajapatisagar @ramonjd @richtabor @ryanwelcher @scruffian @shail-mehta @shimotmk @simonhammes @sirreal @Soean @sunil25393 @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @tyxla @xhemals @youknowriad