WordPress/gutenberg v17.1.0-rc.1

17.1.0 RC1

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Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

• Navigation block: Fix Inaccurate description of the Show icon button setting. (55429)
• Query Loop: Add accesibility markup at the end of the loop in all cases. (55890)
• Template Part: Add fallback to the current theme when not provided. (55965)
• Update components to use __next40pxDefaultSize. (56022)

Components

• Tabs: Improve focus behavior. (55287)
• Tabs: Update subcomponents to accept full HTML element props. (55860)
• TextControl: Add opt-in prop for 40px default size. (55471)
• ToggleGroupControl: Add opt-in prop for 40px default size. (55789)

Patterns

• Move "Manage patterns" below "Detach pattern". (56018)
• Show theme patterns from directory in site editor. (55877)

Global Styles

• Global Style Revisions: Ensure consistent back button behaviour. (55881)
• Global Styles Revisions: More descriptive text timeline. (55868)
• Global styles revisions: Add route for single styles revisions. (55827)

Block Locking

• Block Quick Navigation: Truncate text. (56142)

Block Editor

• Button block: Support double enter to skip to default block. (56134)

Design Tools

• Add block gap support to Quote block. (56064)

Post Editor

• "Detach" text change in template options. (55870)

Site Editor

• Site editor: Add edit page slug field. (55767)

Interactivity API

• Server directive processing: Process only root blocks. (55739)

Block settings menu

• Remove the extraneous template part title in replace control. (55603)

List View

• Add keyboard shortcut to select all blocks. (54899)

New APIs

• Download blob: Remove downloadjs dependency. (56024)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

• Background Image Support: Hide the background image reset button when there's no image. (55973)
• Background image support: Fix focus loss when resetting background image. (55984)
• Custom Link: Decode value in URL input field. (55549)
• Fix lightbox trigger styles. (55859)
• Form block: Use type="submit" for buttons. (55690)
• Image block: Add check for lightbox values during image block migration. (56057)
• Image block: Don't show pointer cursor on linked image in the editor. (55882)
• Lightbox: Fix button misalignment in gallery image. (56060)
• Lightbox: Fix close button position. (56125)
• Missing block: Use raw source for originalContent. (56014)
• Navigation Link block: Register variations on post type / taxonomy registration. (54801)
• Pattern: Fix regression error in post type templates. (55858)
• Pattern: Process embeds. (55979)
• Post feature image block: Wrap images with hrefs in an A tag. (55498)
• Quote Block: Fix the Quote block layout supports. (55240)
• Read More block: Reduce text decoration specificity. (56038)

Data Views

• DataViews: Add missing key to ResetFilters component. (56189)
• DataViews: Fix issue with irrelevant statuses. (55967)
• DataViews: Fix nested button tags on sidebar. (56089)
• DataViews: Fix pagination on manual input. (55940)
• DataViews: Fix spacing issue in top-level bar. (56151)
• DataViews: Fix status filter upon switching the default views from the sidebar. (55856)
• DataViews: Make items per page an even number. (55906)
• DataViews: Make used taxonomy private. (55918)
• DataViews: Reset pagination upon filter change. (55797)
• Dataviews: Add a missing icon for the side by side view. (55925)

Components

• DropdownMenu: Remove extra vertical space around the toggle button. (56136)
• DropdownMenuV2: Prevent default on Escape key presses. (55962)
• DropdownMenuV2: Use the Icon component to render radio checks. (55964)

Typography

• Fix fatal error in WP_Fonts_Resolver::Get_settings(). (55981)
• Font Library: Create fonts dir if a font face needs to use the filesystem. (56120)
• Font Library: Fix font installation failure. (55893)

Block Editor

• Iframe: Bubble events from html element instead of body element to fix drag chip positioning. (56099)
• Post Featured Image: Handling correctly when uploading a file without mime type. (56133)
• Block Editor: Fix Block editor crash. (56051)
• Move clientId key to BlockContextualToolbar. (56008)

Patterns

• Add context for translators to any unclear usage of "synced". (55935)
• Use existing download function for JSON downloads to fix non-ASCII encoding. (55912)

Inspector Controls

• Global Styles: Don't show "Apply Styles Globally" button in non-block based themes. (56033)

Template Editor

• Templates: Update filter to call all of the individual methods. (55980)

Global Styles

• Global styles revisions: Load unsaved revision item into the revisions preview. (55880)

Post Editor

• Edit Post: Fix pattern modal reopening when making the title empty again. (55873)

Data Layer

• Core data: Fix wrong store results when page receives less items that what is stored. (55832)

Accessibility

Data Views

• DataViews: Add labels to "in-filters". (56001)
• DataViews: Show actions label. (56027)

Components

• Fix the image link button pressed state. (56123)

Block Editor

• Fix mismatching link control action buttons visual order and DOM order. (56042)
• Escape on Block Toolbar returns focus to Editor Canvas. (55712)

Site Editor

• Prevent sidebar focus in site editor on small screens. (55934)

Block Library

• Heading level dropdown: Remove obtrusive tooltips in favor of visible text. (56035)

Performance

Tooling

• Add a metric to trace template navigation in the site editor. (55796)

List View

• ListViewBlock: Combine 'useSelect' hooks. (55889)

Block Editor

• Block Editor: Optimize 'Block Hooks' inspector controls. (56101)
• Block Editor: Optimize BlockListAppender. (56116)

Site Editor

• Avoid rerendering the sitehub unnecessarily. (55818)

Layout

• Block Editor: Optimize layout style renderer subscription. (55762)

Experiments

Data Views

• DataViews: Add ability to create custom views. (55773)
• DataViews: Add control to reset all filters at once. (55955)
• DataViews: Add delete and restore actions. (55781)
• DataViews: Add initial "Side by side" prototype. (55343)
• DataViews: Add new page size option. (56112)
• DataViews: Add rename functionality to custom views. (55997)
• DataViews: Allow users to add filters dynamically. (55992)
• DataViews: Update 'All pages' sidebar heading. (56148)
• DataViews: Update 'View' button. (56144)
• DataViews: Update all templates page. (55848)
• DataViews: Update author and title fields in template's list. (56029)
• DataViews: Update filters in view configuration. (55735)
• DataViews: Add filters to table columns. (55508)
• DataViews: Add: Ability to delete custom views. (55924)
• DataViews: Add: Custom views header indication. (55926)
• DataViews: Remove unnecessary label when no visible filters exist. (55838)

Documentation

• Add a first block type page to the platform documentation. (56109)
• Add new block development "Quick Start Guide" and update the create-block-tutorial-template. (56056)
• Clean up DataViews docs: filter.id is not used. (55833)
• DataViews: Document enableSorting and enableHiding. (55988)
• DataViews: Document actions. (55959)
• Doc: Corrected + updated links. (56084)
• Doc: Fixes wrong link in #56084. (56106)
• Docs: Changes imports from wp.editor to wp.blockEditor for PlainText and RichText. (55841)
• Fix formatting issue in the "Get started with create-block" doc. (55872)
• Fix: 404 Link on git workflow docs. (55897)
• Fix: 404 link in get-started-with-create-block docs. (55932)
• Fix: Create meta block link in block attributes documentation. (55804)
• Fix: Filter duotone link on block-supports documentation. (55896)
• Fix: Two invalid links on docs/contributors/documentation/README.md. (55843)
• New additional resource for wp-env. (55987)
• Update documentation to clarify workflow branch for release package publishing. (56183)
• Update jest links to the new site. (55802)

Code Quality

• Block lib: Remove multiline=false (deprecated). (56113)
• Delete unused SelectedBlockPopover component. (55821)
• Fix: Remove unrequired nullish coalescing. (55854)
• Fix: Use of integer value in a conditional rendering condition on Gradients. (55855)
• Give nice unique names to block controls HOCs. (55795)
• Migrating PatternTransformationsMenu. (56122)
• Migrating block inserter media tab components. (56195)
• Move document tools motion to header-edit-mode layout level. (55904)
• Only render block toolbar if blockType has value. (55861)
• Refactor Edit Widgets Document Tools Navigation to own component. (55778)
• Refactor Selected Block Tools. (55737)
• Refactor Site Editor Document Tools Navigation to own component. (55770)
• Remove BlockStyles.Slot empty component. (55991)
• Remove obsolete queryContext. (56034)
• Remove unnecessary empty className. (55998)
• Rename Unforward to Unforwarded and export the named const. (55820)
• Render Selected Block Tools in Header when using Top Toolbar. (55787)
• Reusable Blocks: Unlock a private hook and a component at the file level. (55809)
• Server directive processing: Improve how block references are saved. (56107)
• Share the editor settings between the post and site editors. (55970)
• Site Editor: Fix deprecation console error in top toolbar. (55678)
• Site Editor: Unlock global styles' private hooks at the file level. (55800)
• Site Editor: Update edited entity sync logic. (55928)
• Site Editor: Use EditorProvider instead of custom logic. (56000)
• SiteEditor: Optimize BackToPageNotification component. (56102)
• SiteEditor: Refactor disable non page content blocks. (56103)
• Unify the PageUrl and PageSlug components between site and post editors. (56203)

Data Views

• DataViews: Fix translatable string. (56075)
• DataViews: Remove filter.name. (55834)
• DataViews: Remove reset values from filters. (55839)
• DataViews: Remove unnecessary sortingFn prop from field description. (55989)
• DataViews: Simplify filters API. (55917)
• DataViews: Update actions API. (56026)

Block Editor

• Rich text: Remove preserveWhiteSpace serialisation differences. (55999)
• Rich text: highlight format: Gracefully handle old span format. (56071)
• Update Link Control labels to use gray-900. (55867)

Components

• DisclosureContent: Migrate from reakit to @ariakit/react. (55639)
• Divider: Migrate from reakit to @ariakit/react. (55622)
• RadioGroup: Migrate from reakit to ariakit. (55580)

Site Editor

• Core Data: Move the template lookup to core-data selectors/resolvers. (55883)
• Don't use 'useEntityRecord' to only dispatch actions. (56076)

Block Library

• Navigation: Refactor the PHP render function to make it easier to make changes in the future. (55605)
• Update blockEditor.__unstableCanInsertBlockType hook namespace. (55845)

Data Layer

• Data: Fix ESLint warnings for the 'useSelect' hook. (55916)

Post Editor

• Edit Post: Use a single 'useSelect' hook for getting selectors. (55902)

Colors

• Add Unit testing for duotone enhanced pagination. (55542)

Patterns

• Split up the block editor inserter patterns tab into separate component files. (55315)

Design Tools

• Block styles: Remove __unstableElementContext in favour of useStyleOverride. (54493)

Tools

• Issue Templates: Add default type labels to issue templates. (55826)
• Label enforcer: Make the warning message less scary for new contributors. (55900)
• Quote feature request label. (55862)

Testing

• Disable 'no-conditional-in-test' ESLint rule for Playwright. (56088)
• Fix 'Block Switcher' test file name for Playwright end-to-end tests. (55840)
• Fix flaky 'Meta boxes' end-to-end tests. (56083)
• Migrate 'CPT locking' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (55929)
• Migrate 'Meta boxes' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (55915)
• Migrate 'Plugins API' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (55958)
• Migrate 'annotations' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (55966)
• Migrate 'container blocks' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (56141)
• Migrate 'inner-blocks-prioritized-inserter-blocks' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (55828)
• Migrate 'inner-blocks-render-appender' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (55814)
• Migrate 'meta-attribute-block' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (55830)
• Migrate Child Block Test to Playwright. (55199)
• Migrate flaky PostPublishButton end-to-end tests to Playwright. (52285)
• Perf Tests: Stabilise the Site Editor metrics. (55922)
• Playwright Utils: Fix 'clickBlockOptionsMenuItem' helper. (55923)
• Query block enhanced pagination: Simplify test setup. (55805)
• Site editor template preview: Add end-to-end test and aria-pressed attribute to template preview toggle. (56096)
• Upgrade Playwright to 1.39.0. (54051)
• end-to-end Utils: Add setPreferences and editPost utils. (55099)
• end-to-end Utils: Add support for web-vitals.js. (55660)

Build Tooling

• Package @ariakit/test should be a dev dependency. (56091)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

• @joanrodas: Update Link Control labels to use gray-900. (55867)
• @JorgeVilchez95: "Detach" text change in template options. (55870)
• @sacerro: Styles: More descriptive text for revisions timeline. (55868)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@afercia @andrewhayward @andrewserong @anomiex @anton-vlasenko @aristath @artemiomorales @bph @brookewp @c4rl0sbr4v0 @chad1008 @ciampo @DAreRodz @dcalhoun @dsas @ellatrix @flootr @fluiddot @gaambo @glendaviesnz @gziolo @jameskoster @jeryj @jhnstn @joanrodas @jorgefilipecosta @JorgeVilchez95 @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @Mamaduka @masteradhoc @matiasbenedetto @ndiego @ntsekouras @oandregal @peterwilsoncc @pooja-muchandikar @priethor @ramonjd @renatho @richtabor @sacerro @scruffian @shimotmk @SiobhyB @Soean @swissspidy @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @torounit @tyxla @WunderBart @youknowriad