WordPress/gutenberg v15.1.0-rc.1

15.1.0 RC1

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Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

• Add Crowdsignal Embed Variation for a new oEmbed endpoint. (47382)
• Add anchor support for dynamic blocks. (44771)
• Add box shadow support to blocks (using code editor for now). (46896)
• Cover block: Add HTML element selection. (46969)
• Decode entities in page list item title. (47571)
• Enable image size for featured images in templates. (46848)
• Gallery Block: Add toolbar button to add a caption. (47325)
• Make the off-canvas navigation editor the default experience. (46995)
• Move copy and pasting styles menu items to a separate menu group. (47430)
• Navigation: Add a manage menus button to the menu selector dropdown. (47005)
• Navigation: Allow multiple navigations with the same ref. (47453)
• Navigation: Remove filters disabling tabs for link and submenu. (47593)
• Navigation: Remove the manage menus button from the selector. (47441)
• Page List: Swap the positions of the parent page selector and customize button. (47547)
• Page List: Update the edit/customize copy. (47549)
• Post excerpt: Add text alignment to the placeholder. (45003)
• Query Loop Block: Use BlockPatternsList component for Query block patterns modal. (47366)
• Remove endless spinned for removed navigations. (47578)
• Remove the list view button from the navigation block. (47032)
• Table Block: Support rowspan attribute in table HTML, including when pasting. (46629)
• Update icons for off-canvas navigation. (47337)
• Migrate from TextControl to InputControl to remove margin overrides. (47161)
• Multiple blocks: Add missing has-link-color class to the front. (47357)
• [Navigation]: Update example with no mobile view. (47508)

Global Styles

• Add "Learn more about CSS" help text to Custom CSS control. (47091)
• Add padding when no tabs in the background panel. (44044)
• Add validation message to custom CSS input. (47132)
• Change "Custom" CSS navigation label to "Additional CSS". (47093)
• Make css input fill remainder of screen by default. (47437)
• Move custom CSS to ellipsis menu if no custom CSS present yet. (47371)
• Move custom css to its own inline style generation method and combine with customizer CSS. (47396)
• ToggleGroupControl: Add new opt-in prop. (47269)

Site Editor

• Global Styles: Try per block custom CSS. (46571)
• Restore the navigation menus in the site editor. (47485)
• Update resize handle. (47138)
• Update the site editor for better initialization. (47182)
• Updates some spacing + dimensions in the Site Hub. (47120)
• Add: Navigation menus to the browse mode sidebar. (46436)
• Shadow: Add shadow presets and UI tools in global styles. (46502)
• TextControl: Remove margin overrides and add new opt-in prop (pt 1/2). (47157)
• [Webfonts] Rename to Fonts API. (46749)
• Add layout child sizing to Navigation block. (47584)
• Add missing controls to flex layouts. (47134)
• Always pass layout to inner blocks. (47477)
• Site Hub: Remove the aria-label from the Edit button. (47343)

Testing

• Clean up sidebar tab end-to-end test utils. (47097)
• Components: Refactor more tests to use real timers. (47318)
• Components: Use real timers where possible. (47056)
• Migrate Classic block tests to Playwright. (46689)

Block Editor

• Add custom label to nav block list view appender. (47033)
• Move Link Control action buttons into lower settings area. (47309)
• Pattern Inserter: Show insertion indicator when hovering on patterns. (47316)
• Add clear Apply and Cancel buttons to Link Control. (46933)
• [Inserter]: Openverse integration. (46251)
• TextControl: Remove margin overrides and add new opt-in prop (pt 2/2). (47158)
• [Block editor]: Add setting to disable Openverse integration. (47404)
• Block Inspector: Make Settings tab the default. (47592)
• Sticky Position: Hide controls if the block is non-root (has parents). (47334)
• Block Inspector: Avoid advanced panel only settings tab. (47474)
• Stabilize the experimental control groups. (47105)
• Table: Display fixed width table cells option by default. (47536)

Components

• AligmentMatrixControl: Update center cell label to 'Center'. (46852)
• Button: Try improving padding for icon + text buttons. (46764)
• Fix HStack documentation to show code sample. (47162)

Accessibility

• Announce when block inserted in Navigation list view. (47034)
• Navigation block: Fix some off canvas appender accessibility issues. (47047)
• [Block Editor]: Update text align toolbar control label. (47119)

Themes

• Make child themes inherit parent's style variations. (46554)
• Shadow: Rename shadow palette to presets. (47272)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

• Ensure appropriate fallback menu title in Nav block menu selector. (47073)
• Fix duplicate template parts logic overriding existing template part. (47128)
• Fix post featured image scaling on the front. (46838)
• Nav offcanvas restore click to edit. (47608)
• Navigation Block: Avoid showing the contrast checker warning twice. (47205)
• Navigation Block: Fix warning error when no ref. (47479)
• Page List: Add extra safety around warnings. (47603)
• Refactor convert links. (46930)
• Search Block: Apply border color correctly when button is outside or absent. (47067)
• Template Parts: Avoid duplicate names on conversion from group of blocks. (47082)
• [Block Editor - Post Template]: Fix layout styles. (47221)
• Add an alt attribute to the linked featured image if there is no post title. (46830)
• Post Template: Add default value for offset. (47308)
• Parse (area-specific) context in template-part block. (47203)

Block Editor

• Fix Link Control action button visuals. (47306)
• Fix Link UI incorrect text replacement in Rich Text. (45710)
• In-between inserter: Fix console error when moving mouse in Firefox. (47168)
• Remove double edit button in LinkUI. (47454)
• Template parts and Reusable block: Fix multiple selection overlay styles. (47342)
• Use tertiary variant on Link Control cancel button. (47313)
• Add back block editor settings filter. (47558)
• Backport WP_REST_Pattern_Directory_Controller changes from core. (47409)
• Block Editor: Move component styles needed for iframes to content styles. (47103)
• Block Inserter: Correctly apply style to the default inserter. (47166)
• Block editor: iframe: Fix placeholder colors. (47416)
• Fix react key error with position controls. (47367)
• Revert "Navigation List View: Remove empty cell when there is no edit button". (47061)
• [Block Editor]: Fix onHover errors at BlockPattern. (47466)
• [Block Editor]: Register the store through registerStore. (47488)
• Avoid erroring when getQueryArgs processes a malformed URL. (45561)
• MediaUtils: Move window access to function bodies. (46970)
• Fix and simplify the Modal dialog close button label. (47540)
• Fix misaligned layout control icons. (47089)
• Fix/flex controls bugs. (47533)
• E2E: Improve multiple block moving test stability. (47423)
• Fix Post Visibility end-to-end tests. (47520)
• Fix padding and margin visualizer positioning. (47483)
• Fix padding and margin visualizer styles. (47139)

Site Editor

• Allow resizing the sidebar in the site editor using keyboard. (47176)
• Block Editor: Add inert polyfill to iframe. (47398)
• Browse mode: Add an H2 inside the sidebar navigation screen title. (47241)
• Force visual editor in browse mode. (47329)
• Template Sidebar: Fix list of current template part areas to show nested template parts. (47232)
• useDisabled hook: Fix problem with not working in iframe. (47459)

Global Styles

• Don't remove Custom CSS for users with the correct caps. (47062)
• Fix inline block declaration anti-pattern in global styles UI. (47374)
• Fix param type in Theme_JSON_Resolver DocBlock. (47385)
• Hide Custom CSS setting for users without 'edit_css' cap. (46815)

Webfonts

• Add registered fonts to theme JSON AFTER the child and parent data has been merged. (47290)
• [Fonts API] Remove local() from @font-face styles. (47254)
• [Webfonts] Use Core's _deprecated_argument() for deprecating data structures. (47125)

Components

• Fix tab panel initial tab selection. (47100)
• InputControl: Avoid uncontrolled to controlled warning. (47250)
• ColorPalette: Use computed color when css variable is passed to ColorPicker. (47181)
• Tabs focus: Followup for Windows high contrast. (46647)
• Support private selectors and actions for stores registered via registry.registerStore() and for sub registries. (47421)

Performance

Block Editor

• Block Editor: Improve getBlockInsertionPoint memoization. (47489)
• Block Editor: Improve getPatternsByBlockTypes() selector performance. (47450)
• Block Editor: Memoize getBlockInsertionPoint selector. (47448)
• Block Editor: Optimize selected blocks in BlockSettingsMenuControls. (47462)
• Color Palette: Don't use unstable array reference for fallbacks. (47577)
• Element: Enable concurrent mode by implementing mount/unmount with createRoot. (46467)
• Lodash: Refactor away from _.setWith(). (47017)
• Lodash: Refactor block editor away from _.map(). (47214)
• Lodash: Deprecate _.map(). (47216)
• Lodash: Refactor core data away from _.map(). (47189)
• Log frontend perf results in codehealth. (47442)
• Perf: Rely on more efficient Map for Priority Queue internal state. (47156)
• Block Editor: Add a new hook for getting a stable block context object. (47028)
• Fix crash when the first template-parts is deleted width del key. (47227)

Post Editor

• Lodash: Refactor HierarchicalTermSelector away from _.unescape(). (47567)
• Lodash: Refactor PageAttributesParent away from _.unescape(). (47565)
• Lodash: Refactor away from _.clone(). (47315)
• Lodash: Refactor editor away from _.map(). (47191)
• Lodash: Refactor flat term selection away from _.unescape(). (47572)
• Lodash: Refactor post editor away from _.map(). (47193)

Block Library

• Lodash: Refactor Categories List block away from _.unescape(). (47561)
• Lodash: Refactor Tag Cloud block away from _.unescape(). (47562)
• Lodash: Refactor NavigationLinkEdit away from _.unescape(). (47570)
• Lodash: Refactor block library away from _.map(). (47215)
• Lodash: Refactor some _.isEmpty() instances. (47353)
• Lodash: Refactor blocks away from _.map(). (47188)
• Lodash: Refactor away from _.unescape(). (47613)
• Lodash: Refactor components away from _.map(). (47192)

Experiments

• Introduce ExperimentalBlockEditorProvider. (47319)
• Sharing private APIs with lock() and unlock(). (46131)
• Use experiment locking/unlocking system for block interface selector and actions. (47375)
• WP_HTML_Tag_Processor: Rename attribute_updates to lexical_updates. (47053)
• Fully remove Navigation Editor screen and associated edit-navigation package. (47055)
• Tag Processor: Only define classes if they don't already exist. (47434)

Documentation

• Improve gutenberg release documentation to explain the plugin backporting process. (47372)
• Quick update to the Gutenberg plugin description. (47432)
• Fix typo in InspectorControls documentation. (47154)
• QueryControls: Improve onCategoryChange prop documentation in README. (47452)
• Refactor Button component to TypeScript. (46997)
• Release docs: Add some extra clarification that no action is required by the coordinator when publishing packages. (47480)
• Remove extra locking from Block Editor store. (47550)
• Theme: Exclude readme from public documentation. (47220
• Toolbar: Unify Storybook examples under one file, migrate from knobs to controls. (47117)

Code Quality

• Remove ESLint ignore directive documentation. (47096)
• Remove lodash mapKeys usage. (47600)

Components

• ColorListPicker: Refactor to TypeScript. (46358)
• ColorPalette, BorderControl, GradientPicker: Refine types and logic around single vs multiple palettes. (47384)
• DropdownMenu: Convert Storybook examples from knobs to controls. (47149)
• KeyboardShortcuts: Convert to TypeScript. (47429)
• Notice: Refactor to TypeScript. (47118)
• NumberControl: Clarify deprecation message about hideHTMLArrows prop. (47370)
• Refactor QueryControls component to TypeScript. (46721)
• Remove @storybook/addon-knobs from the repository. (47152)
• Dropdown: Deprecate position prop, use popoverProps instead. (46865)
• Fix missing hook deps in distraction free mode. (47611)
• Sync settings from editor store to block-editor store. (47287)

Site Editor

• Site Hub: Remove the aria-label from the Edit button. (47343)
• Use variation as a prop instead of variationProp in the global styles UI. (47455)
• Update theme.json. (47620)
• Template Parts: Add unit tests for template part creation functions. (47224)

Block Library

• Export off canvas editor via experiments package. (47465)
• Image Editor: Merge context provider into editor component. (47171)
• Mark "post author name" as stable / no longer experimental. (45008)
• Navigation: Remove the Gutenberg plugin check. (47579)

Global Styles

• Change 'get_legacy_theme_supports_for_theme_json' compat dir. (47456)
• GlobalStyles hooks: Do not smart merge presets in useGlobalSetting. (47415)
• Move Global Styles APIs to @wordpress/block-editor. (47098)
• Update Global Styles Controller PHPUnit tests. (47502)

Patterns

• Update Block Patterns Controller PHPUnit tests. (47569)
• [Patterns]: Remove bundled patterns. (46450)
• Move Pattern Directory categories endpoint to compat/6.3. (47486)

Plugin

• No need to remove the 'gutenberg_enqueue_global_styles_assets' action. (47557)
• Replace 'should_skip_block_supports_serialization' with the core utility method. (47195)

Block Editor

• HeightControl: Stabilise the height control component in the block editor package. (47475)
• Replace registerStore() call with register() in the block-editor store. (47447)
• Stabilise BlockPreview props. (47231)
• Update eslint-plugin-jsdoc to support Node 18 and 19. (47490)
• Fix: Avoid using index as JSX key on offsite navigation editor LinkControlTransforms. (47083)
• Refactores __ExperimentalOffCanvasEditor to OffCanvasEditor. (47553)
• Rename __unstableInserterMediaCategories to inserterMediaCategories. (47492)
• Stabilize the clearBlockSelection editor setting. (47627)
• [Block Editor]: Stabilize __experimentalGetAllowedBlocks. (47210)
• [Block Editor]: Stabilize __experimentalGetPatternsByBlockTypes. (47183)
• URLInput test: Use valid URL value to pass through validation. (47444)

Testing

• Multi-block selection and rich text test: Wait for expected UI to appear. (47173)
• ESLint: Enable jest/recommended for tests. (47065)
• Remove old test now migrated to Playwright. (47247)
• RichText tests: Don't use JSDOM explicitly, it's set up by environment. (47445)

Tools

Testing

• Run PHPUnit jobs across multiple PHP versions. (46510)
• Add codeowners for Playwright tests. (47136)
• Add end-to-end tests for 'Import widget area' button. (47131)
• ESLint: Disable jest rules for storybook playwright. (47141)
• ESLint: Fix jest/expect-expect violations. (47219)
• Reset default_comment_status to previous value after post comments form end-to-end test. (47481)
• Tests: Use real timers where fake timers are unnecessary. (47144)
• WP_HTML_Tag_Processor: Make get_attribute reflect attribute set via set_attribute, even without updating. (46680)
• core-data: Refactor tests to use real timers. (47218)
• test: Add separate mobile experiments file. (47513)
• Migrate a11y end-to-end tests to Playwright. (46038)

Build Tooling

• Add test for experimental/block-editor-settings-mobile endpoint. (46816)
• Fix GH action warning by upgrading actions/checkout. (47494)
• Performance suite: Track Time To First Byte in the front-end. (47037)
• React Native: Remove duplicate metro packages. (47377)
• Simplify editor.canvas by removing hasIframe. (46986)
• Storybook: Update storybook-source-link dep. (47425)
• The prelint:Php script doesn't work as expected when new dev dependencies get added to composer.json. (45468)
• end-to-end (cover.test.js): Wait for the height input element. (47294)
• end-to-end (multi-entity-saving.test.js): Wait for the font size picker controls to appear. (47242)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

• @kozer: Avoid erroring when getQueryArgs processes a malformed URL. (45561)
• @renatoagds: (47472)
• @Rodage: Update theme.json. (47620)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @adamziel @afercia @ajlende @andrewserong @annezazu @anton-vlasenko @apeatling @audrasjb @brookewp @carolinan @chad1008 @ciampo @dcalhoun @dmsnell @draganescu @ellatrix @fabiankaegy @felixarntz @flootr @fluiddot @geriux @getdave @glendaviesnz @hellofromtonya @jameskoster @jasmussen @jffng @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @kevin940726 @kienstra @kozer @madhusudhand @Mamaduka @mirka @noisysocks @ntsekouras @ntwb @oandregal @ockham @pbking @renatoagds @richtabor @Rodage @scruffian @SiobhyB @Soean @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @tyxla @welenofsky @WunderBart @youknowriad