WordPress/gutenberg v13.2.0-rc.1

13.2.0 RC1

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Changelog

Features

• Add new preferences persistence API, and save editor preferences in user meta. (39795)

Enhancements

• Add visualizers for padding and margin for all blocks. (40505)
• Improve button spacing in the top right corner of the editor. (40411)
• Remove the spotlight mode from template parts. (40652)
• Try: Simpler clear button. (40437)

Block Library

• Comments Query Loop: Add Post Comments Form block to Comments Query Loop template. (40256)
• Cover: Avoid unnecessary wrapping when transformed from Group. (40602)
• Quote v2: Implement exiting on Enter at end. (39911)
• Update post content placeholder. (40177)
• Update the placeholder for post excerpt. (40178)

Components

• Fix async timing in tests using user-event. (40790)
• TextControl: Covert component to TypeScript. (40633)

Site Editor

• Use default cursor for non-editable text blocks. (40785)

Icons

• Fixes the Icon component mobile icon. (40748)

Accessibility

• Improve tools panel accessibility. (40716)

Block Editor

• Fix: Show add pattern label when patterns are being prioritised. (40598)

Testing

• Retain Playwright end-to-end test's trace on failure on CI. (40586)

Document Settings

• Design tweaks to Post Visibility popover. (40530)

Global Styles

• Global Styles Sidebar: Tweak separator margin. (40526)

Build Tooling

• Eslint: Add TypeScript tests and stories to development files. (40504)

Block API

• Allow using a custom domainpath for viewscripts. (40136)

Post Editor

• Editor: Refactor PostFeaturedImage component. (40126)

Bug Fixes

• Close overlay menu when clicking an anchor link. (39625)
• ESLint Plugin: Fix recommended preset when prettier is not installed. (40634)
• Fix incorrect results in the flaky tests reporter. (40567)
• Fix the html data is wrong in clipboard emulation in Playwright. (40638)
• Packages[core-data]: Change "include" type in getQueryParts. (40570)
• Update Cover Block background-attachment: Fixed iOS bug handling to properly work with iOS 13+. (40087)

Block Library

• Audio: Correctly handle drag and drop upload errors. (40623)
• Comment Content: Show moderation message. (40612)
• Comment Template: With pagination, make sure to request page 1 if there are no comments. (40759)
• Comments Title: Count toggle working in 'Singular' editing mode (fix). (40728)
• Comments block: Fix glitches found while backporting. (40628)
• Cover Block: Fix focal point error when the Featured Image is applied. (40643)
• Cover: Avoid adding a wrapper Group block when transforming to Group, where possible. (40293)
• Fix alignment issue with comment author name. (40610)
• Fix alignment issue with the comment edit link. (40584)
• Fix alignment issue with the comment reply link. (40582)
• Fix an alignment issue with the post comments form. (40613)
• Fix style comment awaiting moderation indentation. (40681)
• Navigation block "Open on click": Inherit font style and font weight. (40671)
• Post Author: Switch byline to use kses so that rich text elements are rendered correctly. (40776)
• Prevent comments rendering on password protected posts. (40755)
• Try: Fix regression with featured images in latest posts. (40662)
• Video: Fix drag and drop upload error state. (40552)
• [Block] Display paragraph breaks in comment contents block.. (40667)

Components

• UnitControl: Avoid calling onChange callback twice when unit changes. (40796)
• UnitControl: Rewrite tests in TypeScript. (40697)
• [Gradient Tool]: Fix closing of popover when the angle control is clicked. (40735)
• UnitControl: Show unit label when units prop has only one unit. (40784)

Testing

• Fix batchRest not throwing errors in Playwright. (40668)
• Fix replacing with undefined in stripAnsi. (40384)
• Prevent spam links of author's name in pending moderation comments (take two). (40702)
• Revert "Prevent spam links of author's name in pending moderation comments". (40701)

Block Editor

• Fix dragging in inspector causing block deselection. (40604)
• [RichText]: Ignore selection changes on non contentEditable nodes. (40611)
• [Writing Flow]: Try to fix multi-selection with shift+click. (40687)

Patterns

• Fix core 'Featured' pattern category registration. (40650)
• Fix: Page patterns don't show when only one pattern is available. (40707)

Block Locking

• Avoid 'lock' attribute registration warning. (40654)
• Register the 'lock' attribute on the server. (40468)

Code Editor

• Commit changes upon switching editors to avoid content loss. (40730)

Navigation Menu Sidebar

• Fix Nav Sidebar Site Editor error. (40722)

Icons

• Fix/block meta icon prop errors. (40710)

Data Layer

• useSelect: Prevent nested component update after unmount. (40677)

Build Tooling

• Fix: npm script(dev:Package) is not working on Windows. (40566)

Themes

• Theme Export: Bug: Add .DS_Store to the list of ignored files. (40539)

Accessibility

• Post Comments block: Fix missing label in placeholder. (40527)

Reusable Blocks

• Fix template part / reusable block click through on non-safari browsers. (40339)

Performance

• getBlockTransformItems: Support single block object. (40718)

Block Library

• Navigation Link: Avoid unnecessary re-renders. (40696)
• Navigation: Improve selector performance. (40700)

Experiments

CSS & Styling

• Style Engine: Add typography and color to backend. (40332)

Documentation

• Adding schema info to theme.json reference. (40599)
• Components: Fix error in CONTRIBUTING guide. (40682)
• Docs: Omit name from settings object in registerPlugin. (40629)
• Docs: Update the Block Metadata title. (40482)
• Fix ColorPalette component's documentation. (40620)
• Fix indentation inconsistency in documentation for block variations. (40515)
• Fix/typos in documentation. (40579)
• Fixes broken links. (40578)
• [Components]: Update changelog for #40735. (40797)

Components

• Add TypeScript refactor guidelines. (40153)
• InputControl: Remove default value argument from Storybook. (40410)

Code Quality

• Block Editor: Deprecate 'BlockColorsStyleSelector' component. (40502)
• Global Styles Sidebar: Rename NavigationButton so semantics are clearer. (40590)
• Handle promise rejections from preferences persistence if the user is offline or the REST API errors. (40641)
• Improve the useDisabled hook and Disabled component. (40631)
• Preferences persistence - mark modified property as not readonly in schema. (40637)
• Preferences: Improve initial configuration for the new persistence package. (40715)
• Remove padding prop from popover. (40544)

Components

• Add DatePicker tests using React Testing Library. (40754)
• Borders: Remove unused BorderStyleControl component. (40635)
• Migrate ConfirmDialog component's Stories from knobs to controls. (40164)
• SelectControl: Finish typescript migration. (40737)
• [components] Use internal Icon component for ToggleGroupControlOptionIcon. (40717)

Block Library

• Comments Query Loop block: Rename to Comments (but keep ID). (40763)
• Post Comments Form Block: Mark as stable. (40452)
• Remove Navigation Area block. (40645)
• Remove testid and update tests. (40534)

List View

• Rename list view prop expandNested to isExpanded. (40731)
• Tidy list view props and deprecate BlockNavigationDropdown. (40777)

Post Editor

• Edit Post: Remove unused code. (40499)

Plugin

• Remove experimental PWA support for WP-Admin. (40475)

Tools

• Remove @mkaz from CODEOWNERS 😢. (40685)
• Scripts: Add --dist-tag flag to the packages-update command. (40514)
• Scripts: Remove broken lint-md-js command. (40511)
• Scripts: Remove deprecated format-js command. (40512)
• Update oandregal notifications. (40549)
• Update native mobile wrangler in rich-text CODEOWNER. (40783)

Testing

• Comment Template Unit Test: Cover odd/even classes. (40471)
• Comments block end-to-end test: Remove now-obsolete Post Comments Form block. (40793)
• Migrate Image Size to Playwright. (40467)
• Migrate paragraph test to Playwright. (40779)
• Refactor image-size test to follow Playwright's best practices. (40644)
• Remove require editor hooks line from full-content test setup. (40772)
• Tests: Restore real timers after using Jest's fake timers. (40760)
• Update @testing-library/user-event to stable version (14.1.1). (40761)
• [Automated Testing]: Fix partial selection copy flaky tests. (40607)

Various

• Allow negative values for margin inputs. (40464)
• Export hydrate in @wordpress/element. (40723)
• Mobile - HTML View - Add a top margin for the title. (40312)
• Mobile - RichText - Set a default value for selection values. (40581)
• Prevent spam links of author's name in pending moderation comments. (40659)
• Revert "Allow negative values for margin inputs (#40464)". (40674)

Block Library

• Add settings hook. (40547)
• Add placeholder to Post Comments block. (40484)
• Heading block: Include text alignment when transforming from paragraph to header and back. (40709)
• Improve the logic for warnings for Post Comments Form placeholder. (40563)
• Nav link block PHP tests replace prefixed function with non-prefixed. (40657)
• Post Comments Form: Add "proper" visual representation in the editor. (40368)
• Post Comments block: Enqueue comment-reply script. (40366)
• Refactor: Reuse code of the editor placeholder across Post Comments and Post Comments Form. (40560)
• Remove a typo from the no results block. (40573)
• Separator Block: Add top & bottom margin support. (40551)

Components

• InputControl: Add flag for larger default size. (40622)
• Storybook: Make description-loader more reliable. (40616)
• UnitControl: Add flag for larger default size. (40627)

Global Styles

• Element styles: Prevent the WordPress filter callback from being executed. (40594)
• Global Styles Sidebar: Fix nav header styles and semantics. (40592)
• Global Styles Sidebar: Tweak spacing. (40588)

Webfonts

• Register all fonts before enqueing any. (40489)
• Turn off WP 6.0 stopgap handler to use Webfonts API. (40555)

Data Layer

• useSelect: Improve transition from async to sync mode. (40680)

Block API

• Check that a transform matches at the time of running the transform. (40497)

Accessibility

• URLInput now always has an ID and accessible label. (40310)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

• @chriszarate: ESLint Plugin: Fix recommended preset when prettier is not installed. (40634)
• @danieliser: Fix/block meta icon prop errors. (40710)
• @gvgvgvijayan: Fixes broken links. (40578)
• @iansvo: URLInput now always has an ID and accessible label. (40310)
• @juhi123: Migrate Image Size to Playwright. (40467)
• @Trapsta: Close overlay menu when clicking an anchor link. (39625)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @andrewserong @annezazu @aristath @aurooba @c4rl0sbr4v0 @carolinan @chad1008 @chriszarate @ciampo @danieliser @DAreRodz @daviedR @ellatrix @fabiankaegy @fluiddot @geriux @getdave @glendaviesnz @gvgvgvijayan @gziolo @hellofromtonya @hypest @iansvo @jameskoster @jasmussen @jorgefilipecosta @jostnes @jsnajdr @juhi123 @JustinyAhin @kevin940726 @luisherranz @Mamaduka @mauriac @michalczaplinski @miminari @mirka @mkaz @ndiego @noisysocks @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @pbking @peterwilsoncc @ramonjd @ryelle @SantosGuillamot @scruffian @SiobhyB @Sisanu @t-hamano @talldan @tomasztunik @Trapsta @walbo @youknowriad