WordPress/gutenberg v14.1.0

14.1.0

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Changelog

Features

Block Library

• Add select icon for Navigation Block's menu button. (43674)

Full Site Editing

• Add a zoomed out view to the site editor. (41156)

Enhancements

Design Tools support in Blocks

• Archives: Add typography support. (43935)
• Avatar: Add padding support. (43519)
• Buttons: Add typography supports to button/s blocks. (43934)
• Calendar: Add typography supports (except text-decoration). (43969)
• Categories List: Add spacing support. (43647)
• Comment Date: Add spacing support. (43656)
• Comment Edit Link: Add spacing support. (43657)
• Comment Reply Link: Add spacing support. (43658)
• Gallery: Add padding and margin support. (43965)
• Heading: Add missing typography support. (44003)
• Home Link: Add typography support. (43307)
• Latest Posts: Add typography supports. (43540)
• List: Add missing typography block supports. (43311)
• Navigation Link: Add typography support. (44005)
• Post Content: Add typography supports. (43339)
• Post Excerpt: Add missing typography supports. (43341)
• Query No Results: Add typography supports. (43551)
• Query Pagination Next: Add missing typography supports. (43555)
• Query Pagination Numbers: Add missing typography supports. (43559)
• Query Pagination Previous: Add missing typography supports. (43556)
• Query Pagination: Add typography support. (43552)
• Query Title: Add missing typography supports. (43565)
• Quote: Add missing typography supports. (43567)
• Search block: Add typography supports. (43499)
• Site Logo: Add padding and margin support. (43520)
• Site Title and Tagline: Add text decoration support. (43972)
• Social Icons: Add missing padding support, update margin support. (43885)
• Table: Add missing typography supports. (43974)
• Term Description: Add missing typography supports. (43568)
• Verse: Add missing typography supports. (43569)

Block Library

• Add: Content role to relevant audio block attributes. (44037)
• Audio: Display upload error notices using snackbars. (43891)
• Code: Add transformation to Paragraph. (43938)
• Columns: Add axial block spacing to Columns block (alternate attempt). (44101)
• Comments block (legacy mode): Update warning message wording. (43527)
• Cover Block: Keep the inner contents in a physical direction even in RTL languages. (43663)
• Create classic navigation menus as draft and dirty the site editor. (43580)
• File: Display upload error notices using snackbars. (43893)
• Gallery: Display upload error notices using snackbars. (43946)
• Image: Display transformation error notice using snackbars. (44031)
• Improves the UX of menu management in the navigation block. (42987)
• Mark which attributes of the video should be considered content. (44038)
• Media & Text: Display upload error notices using snackbars. (43890)
• Navigation: Add overlay close button to icon toggle control. (43067)
• Navigation: Set the icon control to full width. (43844)
• Navigation: Try adding minimal animation to overlay. (43851)
• Navigation: Try making it possible for themes to have the X overlay the = icon. (43576)
• Navigation: Update to use translate instead of top. (44082)
• Prevent single Columns blocks transforming into Columns. (43641)
• Query Loop: Add allowedControls in block variations for better extensibility. (43632)
• Query Loop: Pass extra query args in REST API call for accurate preview for extenders. (44093)
• Quote: Restrict single block transforms to specific blocks. (44106)
• Update: Add __experimentalRole attributes to media text block. (43957)
• Video: Display upload error notices using snackbars. (43892)

Components

• Add contextConnectWithoutRef() to bypass ref forwarding. (43611)
• AlignmentMatrixControl: Keep the physical direction in RTL languages. (43126)
• ColorPalette: Make popover style consistent. (43570)
• DropdownMenu: Use KeyboardEvent.code, refactor tests to model RTL and user-event. (43439)
• GradientPicker: Show custom picker before swatches. (43577)
• Guide: Use code instead of keyCode for keyboard events. (43604)
• NavigableContainer: Use code instead of keyCode for keyboard events. (43606)
• Popover: Refactor to TypeScript. (43823)
• Storybook: Support dashicons for testing. (43721)
• Style engine: Pass CSS formatting options from global functions. (43886)
• TextControl, TextareaControl: Add flag to remove bottom margin. (43782)
• ToggleGroupControl: Decouple borderless style with icon use. (43771)
• Upsize typography tools. (43331)

Block Editor

• Add icons for different types of suggestions in LinkControl. (43970)
• Add justification controls to constrained layout. (44065)
• Adds block supports for metadata. (43986)
• Better block transforms organization. (44072)
• Block Setttings Menu Controls: Add unstableDisplayLocation prop. (43987)
• Content width toggle: Polish wording and appearance. (43702)
• CustomGradientPicker: Remove and deprecate outer margins. (43436)
• Improve content locking experience. (43956)
• Multi-select: Add transition to reduce chance of flash. (43510)
• Partial multi selection: Limit if selection contains unmergeable block. (42934)
• Rich text: Log deprecation message for multiline prop. (43613)
• Show parent block as selected when there is content locking. (43918)
• Simplify the inserter styles and scrollable. (44088)
• TextTransformControl/TextDecorationControl: Migrate to ToggleGroupControl. (43328)

Post Editor

• Add 'isDeletingPost' selector. (44012)

CSS & Styling

• Categories List Block: Match the markup on the block editor to the front end. (43666)
• Placeholders: Make dashed style a mixin, and apply across. (43512)
• Separator: Remove appearance of "inset" style. (43948)

Patterns

• Allow remote pattern registration in theme.json when core patterns are disabled. (43634)
• Content lock ability. (43037)
• Post type restriction API for patterns. (41842)

Global Styles

• Added outline support for blocks via theme.json. (43526)
• Block Spacing: Using spacing controls for block gap values to support presets in the UI. (43466)
• Add box-shadow support for blocks via theme.json. (41972)
• Make global styles data filterable. (44015)

Testing

• Draggable block tests: Click block inserter instead of pressing Enter key. (43734)

Document Settings

• Display pretty permalink for draft posts. (43600)

Themes

• Add cite to theme.json elements. (43543)
• Block-based template parts for Classic themes. (42729)
• Post Featured Image block: Enable gradient overlay. (43838)

Site Editor

• Archive-PostType template UI. (42746)
• New archive-$postType templates get proper fallback content. (43603)
• Template for specific category: Only load posts from that category in post template block. (43699)

New APIs

Block Library

• Add filter for inner blocks in the Navigation block. (37998)
• Make it possible to import individual blocks. (42258)

Extensibility

• Add a filter to build_query_vars_from_query_block. (43590)

Block API

• Blocks: Add new render field to block.json. (42430)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

• Code Block: Fix duplicate background color. (43599)
• File Block: Remove i18n from save function. (43050)
• Fix block switcher preview scrollbar. (44079)
• Fix block transform preview height. (44076)
• Fix duplicate navigation block props. (43596)
• Fix error in useClientWidth. (43585)
• Fix site editor toolbar when block is bigger than viewport. (43548)
• Fix the default icon for the navigation block. (44104)
• Fix: Site logo rounded on mobile. (43903)
• Fix: Site logo rounded. (43762)
• Group: Fix click-first state. (43513)
• Image: Display upload error notices using snackbars. (43767)
• List: Add cut clipboard handler. (43609)
• Navigation: Add current-menu-item also for archive links. (43800)
• Navigation: Hide overlay preview settings when the overlay is off. (44032)
• Navigation: Remove unneeded gap:Inherit rule on wrapper element of navigation block. (43669)
• Post Terms: Use unbound query in the usePostTerms hook. (43501)
• Site Logo: Fix border radius regression. (43701)
• Fix cover flex issue in the editor. (43413)
• Fix embed iframe sizing issue. (40213)
• Update: Make it possible to change list items even if parent is template locked. (43959)
• Latest Posts categories settings. (43685)
• navigation block: Fix empty site-log li element in the dom. (44049)

Global Styles

• Block editor: Move margins to theme.scss and common.scss. (43813)
• Don't apply root padding to nested layout blocks. (43842)
• Duotone palette doesn't reflect settings in theme.json. (43671)
• Fixing broken layout styles for themes using theme.json settings on blocks that require layout styles. (43925)
• Layout: Fix issue with fallback gap styles where gap was being output for constrained layout type. (44001)
• Remove main content layout padding in preview. (43601)
• Split root layout rules into a different function. (43792)

Components

• Button, Icon: Fix iconSize prop doesn't work with some icons. (43821)
• Flex: Remove flex gap polyfill. (43995)
• Popover: Enable auto-updating every animation frame. (43617)
• Popover: Make more reactive to prop changes, avoid unnecessary updates. (43335)
• Site editor: Fix padding and margin visualizer positioning. (43971)
• Disabled: Preserve input values when toggling the isDisabled prop. (43508)

Block Editor

• BlockInspector, ComplementaryArea: Fix overscoped p style. (43866)
• Column Block: Enable global template_lock inheritance. (42677)
• Fix blank screen on templates page. (43602)
• Fix the horizontal block list drop indicator when dragging to the start. (43944)
• Fix: Block styles preview is not displayed. (43837)
• Fix: Non boolean usage on react output. (43919)
• hasContentRoleAttribute: Check that block type exists. (43864)
• Improve Safari text-selection style. (43313)
• Prevent the default browser behaviour for dropped files from running. (43493)
• RTL fix for inlined block-styles. (41762)
• Spacing presets: fix bug with unlinked not applying if non int slugs used. (44136)

Design Tools

• Fix display of width controls for legacy layouts. (43688)
• FontFamily: Fix server-side attribute registration via typography support. (43937)
• Layout: Fix blockGap output when using a falsy 0 value. (43757)
• Layout: Fix toggling off inner blocks content width setting for legacy markup. (43888)

Testing

• Fix asserting Post Format without opening the document settings sidebar. (43710)
• Fix clicking on top of the publish panel in meta box end-to-end test. (43708)
• Fix playwright's openDocumentSettingsSidebar util not opening the sidebar. (43506)

Style Variations

• Styles API: Fixed selectors for nested elements. (43988)

Typography

• Font size picker: Add a fallback for the name property. (43794)

Post Editor

• Editor: Simplify 'findOrCreateTerm' method logic. (43766)
• Fix the style settings from core/post-content block in theme.json that are not applied in the editor. (42270)

Site Editor

• Site Editor: Fix focus outline cut off in code editor. (42980)

Templates API

• Block Templates: Add the custom templates info for the template posts. (43597)

Accessibility

• Better handling of loading states for navigation selector. (43904)
• Limit contrast checker to only blocks that have at least one color defined. (43592)

Performance

Block Library

• Comments Pagination: Avoid creating a new allowedBlocks array on every render. (44021)
• Lodash: Refactor away from _.first() and _.last(). (43894)
• Lodash: Remove _.omit() from block library. (43707)
• Query Pagination: Avoid creating a new allowedBlocks array on every render. (44020)
• Query by name. (43850)

Components

• Lodash: Refactor away from _.cloneDeep(). (43631)
• Lodash: Refactor away from _.partial(). (43895)
• Lodash: Remove from FormTokenField component. (43744)

Data Layer

• Lodash: Refactor away from _.forEach(). (43807)
• Lodash: Refactor away from _.has(). (43626)
• Lodash: Remove _.omit() from @wordpress/data. (43712)

Post Editor

• Lodash: Refactor away from _.unionBy(). (43735)
• Lodash: Remove _.omit() from a few other packages. (43714)

Testing

• Updates the content we use for performance testing. (43770)

Widgets Editor

• Lodash: Remove completely from @wordpress/edit-widgets package. (43682)

Block Editor

• Lodash: Remove from blocks API raw handling. (43575)
• Lodash: Refactor away from BlockActionsMenu (RN). (43849)
• Lodash: Refactor away from BlockActions. (43846)
• Lodash: Refactor away from BlockMover. (43853)
• Lodash: Refactor away from useFocusFirstElement. (43847)
• Lodash: Remove _.first() and _.last() from block editor store. (43854)
• Lodash: Remove _.first() and _.last() from block tools and useSelectAll hook. (43855)
• Lodash: Remove _.omit() from block editor. (43704)

REST API

• Core Data: Stop sending duplicate requests in canUser resolver. (43480)

Documentation

• Add documentation for the block template parts theme support. (44009)
• Adding instructions for adding sub-pages to packages documentation. (43750)
• Create a new handbook page for propagating updates. (43538)
• Create Block: Split documentation into two sections. (43718)
• Docgen: Add basic handling for the @since tag. (43550)
• Docs: Add example of BlockControls to Format API how to guide. (43581)
• Docs: Fix required status of onSelectUrl prop of MediaReplaceFlow component. (44025)
• Document new global styles filters. (44111)
• Document template_lock=noContent for Custom Post Types. (43977)
• InnerBlocks: document that templateLock:NoContent cannot be overriden by children. (43825)
• Theme.json: Add default values for settings.spacing.spacingScale. (43860)
• Theme.json: Fix schema for useRootPaddingAwareAlignments. (43628)
• Typography block supports: Call tear_down in tests and format PHP doc blocks. (43968)
• Update a broken link to the format-api example. (44058)
• Update playwright end-to-end utils readme. (44016)
• Updated the "Create your First App with Gutenberg Data" how-to guide. (43633)
• Add select icon for Navigation Block's menu button. (43674)
• Style engine: pre-core migration documentation and house keeping. (43840)
• Fix JSON syntax issues in theme.json examples. (43828)

Code Quality

Components

• AnglePickerControl: Deprecate margin bottom. (43867)
• CheckboxControl: Add flag to remove bottom margin. (43720)
• ComboboxControl: Add unit tests. (42403)
• DateTimePicker: Address feedback after recent refactor to date-fns and use-lilius. (43495)
• DropZone: Convert to TypeScript. (43962)
• Fix TS types for isValueDefined()/isValueEmpty(). (43983)
• FocalPointControl: Add flag to remove bottom margin. (43996)
• FocalPointPicker: Convert to TypeScript. (43872)
• FontSizePicker: Deprecate bottom margin. (43870)
• FormFileUpload: Convert to TypeScript. (43960)
• Invert tsconfig to be exclude-based. (43534)
• Lodash: Refactor away from _.escapeRegExp(). (43629)
• Lodash: Remove from block factory API. (43560)
• Lodash: Remove from block registration API. (43558)
• Lodash: Remove from block serializer API. (43561)
• Lodash: Remove from block templates API. (43563)
• Make more components pass type checks. (43579)
• RadioControl: Clean up CSS. (43868)
• Remove unused normalizeArrowKey utility function. (43640)
• Remove unused Storybook utils. (43578)
• Retire DARK_GRAY colors. (43773)
• Retire LIGHT_GRAY[ 200 ] and DARK_GRAY[ 150 ]. (43719)
• Retire LIGHT_GRAY color object. (43994)
• SearchControl: Convert to TypeScript and add flag to remove bottom margin. (43871)
• Style engine: Refer to 'context' rather than 'store' in global function. (43841)
• TabPanel: Convert to TypeScript. (43536)
• ToggleControl: Convert to TypeScript. (43717)
• WordPressComponentProps: Only add refs when they are actually added. (43610)
• Refactor Icon tests to @testing-library/react. (44051)
• Refactor IsolatedEventContainer tests to @testing-library/react. (44073)
• Refactor KeyboardShortcuts tests to @testing-library/react. (44075)
• NUX: Refactor DotTip tests to @testing-library/react. (43768)

Compose

• Refactor pure HoC tests to @testing-library/react. (43913)
• Refactor withInstanceId HoC tests to @testing-library/react. (43915)

Post Editor

• Edit Post: Refactor BrowserURL tests to @testing-library/react. (43978)
• Edit Post: Refactor PageAttributesOrder tests to @testing-library/react. (43980)
• Refactor PostPublishButton tests to @testing-library/react. (43909)
• Refactor PostPublishPanel tests to @testing-library/react. (43908)
• Refactor PostSavedState tests to @testing-library/react. (43769)
• Refactor PostSlug tests to @testing-library/react. (43973)
• Update changelog to include a new 'isDeletingPost' selector. (44120)
• Refactor MetaBoxesSection tests to @testing-library/react. (43774)
• Refactor PostPublishButtonOrToggle tests to @testing-library/react. (43776)
• Refactor PreferencesModal tests to @testing-library/react. (43775)
• NumberControl: Add TypeScript prop types. (43791)
• Popover: Stabilize __unstableShift prop to shift. (43845)

Block Library

• Button: Remove hardcoded white. (43553)
• Categories List Block: Escape home_url(). (43824)
• Gallery Block: Use wp_enqueue_block_support_styles(). (43859)
• Post Terms: Refactor the usePostTerms hook. (43503)
• Navigation: Use code instead of keyCode for keyboard events. (43644)
• Create an alias get_element_class_name to use it in blocks. (44099)

Block Editor

• Refactor AlignmentControl tests to @testing-library/react. (44022)
• Refactor BlockAlignmentUI tests to @testing-library/react. (44023)
• Refactor BlockEdit tests to @testing-library/react. (44027)
• Refactor BlockIcon tests to @testing-library/react. (44089)
• Refactor BlockTitle tests to @testing-library/react. (43811)
• Refactor BlockVerticalAlignmentUI tests to @testing-library/react. (44029)
• Refactor BlockView tests to @testing-library/react. (43818)
• Refactor ComboboxControl to pass exhaustive-deps. (41417)
• Refactor ContrastChecker tests to @testing-library/react. (43975)
• Refactor DefaultBlockAppender tests to @testing-library/react. (43990)
• Refactor DimensionControl tests to @testing-library/react. (43916)
• Refactor DocumentOutline tests to @testing-library/react. (43772)
• Refactor FocalPointPicker to function component. (39168)
• Refactor MediaPlaceholder tests to @testing-library/react. (43991)
• Refactor MenuItem tests to @testing-library/react. (43778)
• Refactor NavigatorButton to pass exhaustive-deps. (42051)
• Refactor NavigatorScreen to pass exhaustive-deps. (43876)
• Refactor Panel tests to @testing-library/react. (43896)
• Refactor PostTaxonomies tests to @testing-library/react. (44068))
• Refactor Slot/Fill tests to @testing-library/react. (44084)
• Refactor URLInputButton tests to @testing-library/react. (43899)
• Refactor UrlPopover tests to @testing-library/react. (43898)
• Refactor Warning tests to @testing-library/react. (43817)
• Refactor withColors tests to @testing-library/react. (43976)
• Refactor withFilters tests to @testing-library/react. (44017)
• Refactor popover to use separate flip and resize props instead of forcePosition. (43546
• Fix: Inexistent parameter passed to parseUnitFunction. (43920)
• Minor code tweaks/optimizations (PHP). (43375)

Rich Text

• Remove deprecated wrapperClassName prop. (44033)

Inspector Controls

• Remove leftovers from previous iterations in block inspector. (43806)

Plugin

• Remove 'gutenberg_rest_nonce' method. (43805)

List View

• ListViewBlock: Refactor to have locking data in a single place. (43803)

npm Packages

• Block Serialization Default Parser: Include TypeScript type declarations. (43722)
• Lodash: Remove _.omit() from @wordpress/blocks. (43711)
• Lodash: Remove completely from @wordpress/format-library package. (43738)
• Lodash: Remove completely from @wordpress/i18n package. (43677)
• Lodash: Remove completely from @wordpress/redux-routine package. (43741)
• @wordpress/date: Rename __experimentalGetSettings() to getSettings(). (43884)

Global Styles

• Elements: Check value and whitelist before building style nodes. (43622)
• Prepare WP_Theme_JSON_Data class for backporting. (44109)
• Safeguard for backport of get_template_hierarchy function. (44085)
• Format Library: Remove redundant inline link test. (43912)
• Layout: Unit tests for gutenberg_get_layout_style. (44006)

Block Editor

• Rich text: Remove unused unstable list functions. (43614)

Data Layer

• Add tsconfig.json to core-data package. (43638)
• Add type signature for useDispatch. (43528)
• Bundle TypeScript types with the data package. (43643)
• Simplify TypeScript types in wordpress/core-data. (43515)

Navigation

• Unskip navigation menu selector focus test. (43507)

Tools

Build Tooling

• Update unstaged documentation error message. (43953)
• Scripts: Change webpack configuration to include render files in the build folder. (43917)
• Scripts: Update webpack configuration to allow modern image format. (43880)
• Update scaffold.js. (43740)
• Makepot: Fix translations object handling. (43797)

Testing

• Add comments for the repeated move commands in draggable end-to-end tests. (43933)
• Add stale issue workflow for flaky test reports. (43547)
• Avatar: Add test to ensure that user image updates when user switched. (42657)
• Fix PHP Tests: Try removing registry from WP_Block constructor calls. (43927)
• Iframed editor: Fixed skipped tests. (43697)
• Migrate draggable block tests to Playwright. (43798)
• Migrate duplicating block test to playwright. (43171)
• Migrate register block test case to playwright. (43170)
• Migrate writing flow tests to Playwright. (43637)
• Preview tests: Wait for the post-status change. (43874)
• Skip draggable block end-to-end tests. (43736)
• Skip navigation block end-to-end tests. (43571)
• Update Playwright. (43887)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

• @afragen: Block Library: Add filter for inner blocks in the Navigation block. (37998)
• @dgwyer: Updated the "Create your First App with Gutenberg Data" how-to guide. (43633)
• @jonathanbossenger: Update scaffold.js. (43740)
• @kkoppenhaver: Update a broken link to the format-api example. (44058)
• @madhusudhand: Add box-shadow support for blocks via theme.json. (41972)
• @mrobit: Fix JSON syntax issues in theme.json examples. (43828)
• @RahiDroid: Post Featured Image block: Enable gradient overlay. (43838)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @adamziel @afragen @amustaque97 @andrewserong @annezazu @aristath @BE-Webdesign @c4rl0sbr4v0 @carolinan @chad1008 @ciampo @colorful-tones @dcalhoun @dgwyer @draganescu @ellatrix @fabiankaegy @flootr @geriux @getdave @glendaviesnz @gziolo @jasmussen @jonathanbossenger @jorgefilipecosta @kevin940726 @kkoppenhaver @madhusudhand @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @matiasbenedetto @mikachan @mirka @mrobit @ndiego @niklasp @noisysocks @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @pavanpatil1 @petitphp @pooja-muchandikar @RahiDroid @ramonjd @ryanwelcher @SantosGuillamot @scruffian @SiobhyB @spacedmonkey @stokesman @sunyatasattva @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @torounit @tyxla @youknowriad