WordPress/gutenberg v12.0.0-rc.1

12.0.0 RC1

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Features

• Disable BottomSheet swipe gesture to navigate backwards. (36271)

Enhancements

Block Library

• Move WP_REST_Block_Navigation_Areas_Controller from Gutenberg to Core. (36374)
• Try: Let Featured Image block inherit dimensions, look like a placeholder. (36517)
• Change all the uses of "website" to "site". (36220)
• Enable Previews for Navigation Link Blocks. (36412)

Site Editor

• FSE: Add welcome guide. (36172)
• Update back button URL. (36313)
• Improve compatiblity with menu endpoints WordPress 5.9. (36372)
• React to any errors coming up in gutenberg_migrate_menu_to_navigation_post. (36461)

Block API

• Blocks: Update schema to require either a type or an enum. (36267)
• Schema: Allow block.json attribute type to be an array. (36295)
• Add _wp_array_set and _wp_to_kebab_case to 5.8 compat. (36399)

Design Tools

• Paragraph: Merge text settings into typography panel. (36334)

Build Tooling

• Scripts: Add TypeScript for builds and tests. (36260)
• stylelint-config: Widen the acceptable version range for the 'stylelint' peerDependency. (36518)
• Babel Preset: Update Babel packages to 7.16 version. (36244)

Style Variations

• Block Styles: Show style preview when hovered or focused. (34522)

Schema

• Schemas: Update schema URL to wp.org domain. (36316)

Bug Fixes

• Chore: Fix small typos on the rest endpoints. (36272)
• DEWP: Fix deprecation warning. (36285)
• Fix mobile horizontal scrollbar. (36567)
• Fix schema to allow for custom blocks in theme.json. (36341)
• Fix: Theme switch on the global styles rest api unit test. (36277)
• Polish metabox container. (36297)

Block Library

• Fix background colours in nested submenus. (36476)
• Fix colour rendering in Navigation overlay. (36479)
• Fix duplicate custom classnames in navigation submenu block. (36478)
• Fix submenu justification and spacer orientation. (36340)
• Group - Fix overzealous regex when restoring inner containers. (36221)
• Hide visilibility and status for navigation posts. (36363)
• Nav block menu switcher - decode HTML entities and utilise accessible markup pattern. (36397)
• Navigation: Fix click-button size, submenu directions, scrollbars. (36215)
• Page List block: Fix space before href attribute. (36505)
• Page List: Use core entities instead of direct apiFetch. (36531)
• Post Comments Form: Ensure typography styles are applied to child elements. (36425)
• Post title block default CSS: Add a break-word rule by default. (35703)

Block API

• Use firstChild and lastChild when parsing lists from MS Word. (36019)

Mobile

• [Android] Synchronize content retrieval over the bridge. (36072)

Full Site Editing

• Fix layout shift in core/post-featured-image block with isLink enabled. (36552)
• Template Part Block: Add some guards. (36324)
• Chore: Add rewrite false to global styles CPT. (36273)
• Revert "theme.json: Adds a setting property that enables some other ones". (36477)
• Update more references to __experimental menu endpoints to make them stable. (36386)

Site Editor

• Fix site editor reset styles in WP 5.9. (36390)
• Site Editor - prevent loading state from showing the admin menu. (36455)

Themes

• Fix: Add ability to opt out of Core color palette V2. (36492)

Build Tooling

• Fix not transforming logical assignments for packages. (36484)

Global Styles

• Replace get_theme_file_path in theme_has_support. (36398)

Block Editor

• Strip meta tags from pasted links in Chromium. (36356)
• Add webp extension in filePasteHandler and getPasteEventData. (36361)

CSS & Styling

• Update theme styles for the code block. (36282)

Experiments

Global Styles

• Chore: Add comment to Remove filter to allow WP variables after min version is 5.8. (36281)
• Chore: Update: Centralize safe_style_css usages. (36280)
• [Global Styles]: Add block icon next to blocks list. (36520)
• theme.json: Adds a setting property that enables some other ones. (36246)

Block Library

• Apply i18n functions to Nav block menu drops when selecting existing Menu. (36301)
• Navigation: Refactor and simplify setup state. (36375)
• Rename fse_navigation_area to wp_navigation_area. (36460)
• Return wp error from wp_insert_post. (36483)

Full Site Editing

• FSE: Add template_type guards. (36318)

Documentation

• "npm install" suggestion provides a better learning experience. (36217)
• Added specific links to agenda and notes posts related to core editor meetings. (36199)
• Docs: Schemastore - $schema is VS Code-specific. (36179)
• Docs: Update GIF image in documentation with wp.org schema URL. (36456)
• Update Versions in WordPress to include 5.9. (36156)
• Update combobox-control component readme. (36413)
• Update theme.json schema to refer to wp.org URL. (36332)

Components

• Update @wordpress/components changelog. (36448)

Code Quality

• Change @Package to WordPress in block-library. (36494)
• postcss-themes: Fix PostCSS 8 deprecation warning. (36284)

Navigation Screen

• Prepare navigation php code for core patch. (36336)

Block Library

• Add block.json schema defintion to core blocks. (35900)

Tools

Testing

• E2E: Add more Cover block tests. (36321)
• Fix Performance CI tests and make them always use the latest major as base branch. (36463)
• Fix failing tests and compatibility with 5.9. (36368)
• Tests: Add integration tests with core blocks schema validation. (36351)
• Skip flaky image block test. (36446)

Icons

• Add the missing comment edit link icon. (36565)
• Remove hard coded color from query pagination icons. (35837)
• Remove hard-coded values on icons. (36564)

Components

• ToolsPanel: Allow additional props on ToolsPanel. (36428)
• Typography Panel: Make letter spacing jsDoc and prop use consistent. (36367)

Block Library

• Remove textdomain from calendar block. (36500)

Site Editor

• Update site editor title truncation. (36436)

Design Tools

• Letter spacing: Update label copy. (36385)

Block API

• Add pattern to name key in block.json Schema. (36343)

Data Layer

• Data: Clean up registerGenericStore param names. (36300)

Template Editor

• Change edit links for templates and template parts. (36294)