WordPress/gutenberg v11.1.0-rc.1

11.1.0 RC1

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Enhancements

• Admin panel available as PWA. (33102, 33310)
• Block Breadcrumbs: Small chevron icon for breadcrumb separators. (33042)
• Block Library:
  • Columns Block: Add stack on mobile setting to allow for columns without mobile breakpoints. (31816)
  • Latest posts: Remove grey color for dark themes. (33325)
  • List Block: Add link color control to list block. (33185)
  • Post Terms Block: Add a "separator" attribute to post-terms block. (32812)
  • RSS Block: Update block styles. (33294)
  • Tag Cloud Block:
    • Add ability to change number of tags shown. (32201)
    • Remove editor style so editor matches frontend. (33289)
• Design Tools, Border:
  • Add support for custom border units. (33315)
  • Update border support UI. (31585)
  • Set border style none when border width zero. (32080)
• Link Editing: Add Unlink button to LinkControl popover. (32541)
• List View: Enable drag and drop in List View. (33320)
• General UI:
  • Block Settings Menu: Don't render 'Move to' if there is only one block. (33158)
  • Disable 'Post Publish' button if saving non-post entities. (33140)
  • Preferences: Polish labels and consolidate options in preferences. (33133)

New APIs

• REST API: Block editor settings endpoint. (33128)
• UI Components: Add a SearchControl component and reuse accross the UI. (32935)

Performance

• Improve List View performance. (33320)
• Pattern Directory: Caching updates. (33052)

Accessibility

• Improve high contrast mode rendering of icon buttons. (33062)

Bug Fixes

• Block Breadcrumbs: Fix breadcrumbs html structure and React warnings. (33159)
• Block Editor:
  • Move layout styles to document head (instead of rendering inline). (32083)
  • Warn only in edit implementation when using useBlockProps. (33380)
  • Iframe: Remove reset styles. (33204)
• Block Library:
  • Buttons Block: Remove green background color in button preview. (33116)
  • Embed Block: Include missing attributes when upgrading embed block. (33235)
  • Image Block: Improve "can switch to cover" check. (33095)
  • Query Loop Block:
    • Prevent entering invalid values in the Query Loop block configuration. (33285)
    • Update getTermsInfo() to workaround parsing issue for translatable strings. (33341)
  • Search Block:
    • Fix search block button position dropdown accessibility/UX issues. (33376)
    • Update search block to handle per corner border radii. (33023)
  • Site Title: Decode entities in site title. (33323)
• Design Tools:
  • Color: Prevent color panel from showing as empty. (33369)
  • Duotone:
    • Avoid rendering duplicate stylesheet and SVG. (33233)
    • Update conditions to hide duotone panel. (33295)
  • Theme.json
    • Allow themes to provide empty values for color.duotone and spacing.units. (33280)
    • Specify what settings can be part of settings.layout. (33303)
• Rich text: Fix format deregistration. (31518)
• Site Editor: Close navigation sidebar when all posts clicked. (33393)
• Slash Inserter: Fix slash command focus style. (33084)
• Widgets Editor:
  • Fix moving inner blocks in the Widgets Customizer. (33243)
  • Fix inserter size on Widgets Editor header. (33118)
  • Merge conflicting wp.editor objects into a single, non-conflicting module. (33228)
  • Retrieve latest widgets before loading sidebars. (32997)

Experiments

• Component System:
  • Promote g2 Popover as Flyout. (32197)
  • Add useControlledValue. (33039)
  • Add normalizeArrowKey. (33208)
  • Add mergeEventHandlers. (33205)
  • Add useCx. (33172)
  • Add useLatestRef hook. (33137)
  • Remove @emotion/css from Divider. (33054)
• Navigation Block:
  • Add Color Options for Submenus. (31149)
  • Change Navigation block markup on front end only. (30551)
  • Improve handling of open overlay. (32886)
  • Menu item placeholder inheritance. (32512)
  • Pass block attributes with rendering with location. (33043)
  • Refactor of navigation block rendering using location attribute. (33244)
• Global Styles:
  • Cover against non existing styles. (33127)
  • Missing link color on style properties to css var mapping. (33150)
  • Preset variables not being user on the site editor. (33149)

Documentation

• Admin PWA: Make readme private. (33216)
• Handbook:
  • Block API:
    • Apply enhancements included in WordPress 5.8. (33252)
    • Clarify the type of apiVersion in block metadata. (33249)
    • Fixes a typo in the documentation for block supports. (33247)
  • Block Editor API: Changes to support multiple admin screens in WP 5.8. (33262)
  • Custom Block Editor: Fixed bad image syntax and bold text. (32897)
  • Fix API documentation for data reference guides. (33384)
  • Plugin Release: Update Gutenberg release documentation to clarify release post workflow. (33328)
  • theme.json:
    • Add examples and highlight backward compatibility. (33421)
    • Update theme.json documentation for WordPress 5.8. (33131)
    • Fix codetabs syntax in theme.json documentation. (33417)
  • Use markdown headings instead of links for API declarations. (33381)
• Update documentation for link color in WordPress 5.8. (33162)
• Packages:
  • Add PanelBody for InspectorControls. (33227)
  • Correct wrong setState call. (32808)
  • Remove withState HOC references. (33173, 33222, 33259)

Code Quality

• Avoid calling gutenberg_ functions within code shipped through WordPress Core. (33331)
• Block Editor:
  • Refactor the user autocompleter to avoid apiFetch and rely on the data module. (33028)
  • Warn when useBlockProps hook used with a wrong Block API version. (33274)
• Block Library:
  • Image Block: Fix uncaught error. (24334)
  • Latest Posts Block: Refactor to drop apiFetch usage in favor of using the data module. (33063)
  • Template Part Block: Remove unnecessary function exists check on wp_filter_content_tags. (33182)
• Components:
  • BlockNavigation: Restructure the BlockNavigation component. (31892)
  • Box Control: Rename VerticalHorizontalInputControls to AxialInputControls. (33016)
  • GradientPicker: Stabilises GradientPicker and CustomGradientPicker components. (31440)
  • Toolbar: Enforce isAlternate on ToolbarDropdownMenu. (33129)
  • ZStack: Remove @emotion/css from ZStack. (33053)
• Packages: Hoist dependencies for WordPress packages. (33387)
• Plugin: Remove deprecated APIs that are no longer supported in version 11.0. (33258)

Tools

• Testing:
  • Add basic Site Title block coverage. (32868)
  • Add some functionality to createUser and deleteUser. (33067)
  • Enable previously skipped widgets tests. (33121)
  • Skipping more end-to-end tests. (33353)
  • Skip unstable end-to-end tests. (33352)
  • Switch to new puppeteer APIs for emulating conditions. (33410)
  • Update end-to-end tests to use new puppeteer drag and drop api. (33386)
• Dependencies:
  • Update CopyWebpackPlugin to v6. (33220)
  • Upgrade Husky to 7.0.0 and git ignorance improved. (33183)
  • Upgrade Puppeteer to 10.1. (33327)
  • Upgrade Storybook to v6.3. (33219)
• NPM Packages: Introduce release types to npm publishing script. (33329)
• Plugin: Introduce tools folder with configuration files. (33281)
• Workflows:
  • Release Worflow: Remove “experimental” status from WP 5.8 stable items. (33214)
  • Re-enable manually triggered workflows on forks. (32821)
  • Use NPM caching built into action/setup-node. (33190)