WordPress/gutenberg v18.2.0

18.2.0

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Changelog

• Bump minimum required PHP version to 7.2 (60714)

Enhancements

Site Editor

• Add rename and trash actions to page panel. (60232)
• Adjust frame animation profile. (60589)
• Animate the radius of the frame. (60415)
• Create router adapter for sidebar. (60466)
• Improve the header animation. (60408)
• Index view for Templates & Parts: Use grid layout as default. (60069)
• Pages: Display content frame in mobile when canvas is not edit. (60409)
• Simplify template reset language. (60256)
• Template parts in patterns page: Add author field. (60372)
• Template parts: Set backpath to patterns page. (60667)
• Update hub markup and animation. (60410)
• Update site hub action positioning. (60511)

Components

• CustomSelectControlV2: Support disabled in item types. (60896)
• ExternalLink: Replace icon with unicode arrow. (60255)
• InputBase: Simplify focus styles. (60226)
• ProgressBar: Moved width to css var for perf. (60388)
• SlotFill: Replace valtio with custom ObservableMap. (60879)
• Tabs: Fallback to first enabled tab if no active tab Id. (60681)
• Text: Add text-wrap: Pretty. (60164)
• Try: Reduce checkbox size in data views. (60475)

Post Editor

• Confirm dialog: Use more descriptive text for the confirm button. (60364)
• Editor: Add wordcount and reading time info in post card. (60672)
• Editor: Animate opening and closing editor right sidebar. (60561)
• Editor: Animate the inserter and list view panels. (60665)
• Editor: Update post URL component. (60632)
• Editor: Use the 'ConfirmDialog' component in template validation notice. (60385)
• Enable template preview in post editor for non administrators. (60447)
• Support insert before/after keyboard shortcuts when focus is within the list view. (60651)
• Update publish flow. (60456)

Patterns

• Add a "All Template Parts" section. (60775)
• Back Compat: Add Patterns submenu for WordPress 6.4. (60804)
• Patterns page: Add edit & view revision actions to parts. (60659)
• Remove "Template parts" sidebar group. (60359)
• Site Editor: Support starter patterns. (60745)

Synced Patterns

• Adjust allow pattern overrides UX flow. (60769)
• Consolidate "bound block" color and "synced" colors. (60617)
• Improve override indication for editable blocks in synced patterns. (60599)
• Refine rename flow for blocks with overrides. (60234)

Zoom Out

• Adjust block selection button. (60348)
• Animation: Avoid fixed width when animating the secondary sidebar. (60693)
• Introduce section container selection when assembling patterns (zoom out mode). (59249)
• Update zoom out scale. (60618)

Block Library

• Add loading state on image upload in featured image, Site logo and Cover blocks. (59519)
• File: Use HTML API to update the PDF preview label. (60494)
• Navigation block: Add current-menu-item class for post type archive. (57808)
• Remove block renaming control from advanced inspector controls group. (60453)

Data Views

• Add ability to display fields as a badge in grid layout. (60284)
• Data views table row: Make checkboxes and actions visible on touch devices. (60829)
• DataViews: Make the experiment about custom views. (60813)

Layout

• Add a Row control to grid layout in manual mode. (60652)
• Apply negative margins for alignfull children of blocks with custom padding set. (60716)
• Try reducing specificity of layout style selectors. (60228)

Block Editor

• Remove animation from InlineLinkUI. (60575)
• Remove root appender. (60697)
• Try: Add new textAlign block support. (59531)

Global Styles

• Background image: Display default background size value in global styles. (60490)
• Background UI control labels. (60264)
• Use text and button background color for color indicators. (59514)

Font Library

• Change Spinner to ProgressBar component. (60570)

Interactivity API

• Include preact/debug when SCRIPT_DEBUG is enabled. (60514)

New APIs

Extensibility

• Editor: Support PluginPostStatusInfo Slot in the site editor. (60814)
• Editor: Unify PluginMoreMenuItem API between post and site editors. (60778)
  • Fix: Use core instead of core/editor on normalizeComplementaryAreaScope. (60821)
• Editor: Unify PluginSidebarMoreMenuItem. (60853)
• Editor: Unify the PluginSidebar slot between post and site editors. (60815)

Bug Fixes

• Fix: Add types to useSuspenseSelect. (60733)
• Fix experimental useHasRecursion deprecation. (60451)
• Fix translatable string in pagination modal. (60742)
• Interactivity: Return useMemo and useCallback hooks. (60474)
• Only show block icon in toolbar for contentOnly blocks when block is a synced block. (60647)
• Patterns: Guard for unknown pattern in server-side resolver. (60464)
• Snackbar: Make the explicitDismiss string translatable. (60368)
• Update standardisation of 'Navigation Menu' to have both words capitalised in user-facing menus. (60262)
  • Standardise capitalisation of Navigation Menu in sidebar. (60527)

Block Library

• Embed: Avoid retrying valid URLs. (60655)
• File: Mark update for setting default label as non-persistent. (60492)
• Fix don't close overlay menu when focus leaves submenu. (60406)
• Fix pattern block recursion handling. (60452)
• Image: Fix cropper resize on align change (react-easy-crop upgrade). (60581)
• Latest Posts: Remove wrapper div and apply consistent class. (60728)
• List: Disable edit as HTML support. (55656)
• Media & Text: Hide the alt text option for featured images. (60496)
• Post title: Re-add the paragraph level (without UI). (60548)
• Pullquote: Reduce specificity of padding rule to avoid conflicts with global styles. (60649)
• Separator block: Reduce default border styles to avoid conflicts with global styles. (60740)

Site Editor

• Chore: Fix missing comma on welcome guide styles. (60596)
• Fallback to URL when site title is empty. (60885)
• Fix activating a theme in site editor when previewing. (60699)
• Fix site icon animation. (60419)
• Fix small regression on the resize handle. (60427)
• Fix the removePropertyFromObject function throws an error if the object is null. (60831)
• Fix: Style issue on page actions button. (60592)
• Pattern page: Fix deps for onActionPerformed useCallback. (60784)
• Remove outdated border radius animation. (60454)
• Router: Load proper sidebar for /wp_template. (60850)
• [Site Editor]: Fix ability to edit trashed pages. (60236)

Post Editor

• Editor: Do not render publish time and post status panels in design post types. (60857)
• Editor: Fix post status label styles for low-capability users. (60854)
• Fix display of shortcut to add non breaking space in the post editor. (60625)
• Fix: Action button alignment on details panel. (60773)
• Fix: Action order is different from inspector and dataviews. (60877)
• Fix: Do not show pattern and template actions on the post editor. (60568)
• Fix: Missing items parameter and or missing onActionPerformed calls. (60753)
• Fix: Trash Post action and permanently delete post action do not show errors on single item. (60597)
• Post Editor Header: Make block toolbar toggle button focus visible. (59781)

Block Editor

• Avoid errors when a block variation icon is an object. (60766)
• Fix external link indicator in Link Control. (60439)
• Fix for isPossibleTransformForSource handling selecting inexistent block. (59410)
• Fix stuck dragging mode in UI in Firefox when dealing with deeply nested lists. (60845)
• Prevents delete key from undoing automatic changes. (60858)
• Raw Handling - msListIgnore - Check attributes are valid. (60375)

Data Views

• DataViews: Fix typing in combobox filter. (60819)
• Fix default layout configuration in pages list. (60407)
• Fix pattern titles. (60640)

Zoom Out

• Don't allow shuffle for locked patterns. (60381)
• Prevent exiting Zoom Out mode from stealing focus. (60441)
• Respect reduced motion when engaging zoom out mode. (60808)

Font Library

• Avoid overriding custom settings on font library save. (60438)
• Fix modal scrollbar. (60641)
• I18N: Add context to 'Library' string. (60520)

Components

• Fix link control link preview when it displays long URLs. (60890)
• ProgressBar: Fix CSS variable with invalid value. (60576)

Layout

• Always add semantic classes. (60668)
• Don't output base flow and constrained layout rules on themes without theme.json. (60764)
• Fix responsive column span logic on the front end. (60976)
• Restore classic auto margin rule to its previous specificity. (60802)

Interactivity API

• Allow multiple event handlers for the same type with data-wp-on. (60661)
• Update the query block to permit non-core interactive blocks. (60006)

Templates API

• Fix static posts page setting resolved template. (60608)
• Fix: Honor 'template_hierarchy' filters on template fallbacks. (60377)

Distraction Free

• Only show inserter in document tools if DFM is off. (60426)
• Remove alpha from edit post header. (60431)

REST API

• Fix PHP notice triggered by 'gutenberg_update_initial_settings'. (60862)

Global Styles

• Editor styles: Delete duplicate backwards compat CSS custom properties. (60400)
• Fix browser warning regarding highlight colors. (60555)

Accessibility

• Details Block: remove overflow:Hidden style. (60270)
• Do not render pattern aria description if not button is rendered. (60653)
• Fix inserter pattern pagination focus loss. (60620)
• Make sure Social icons links aren't empty and improve UI clarity. (60047)

Performance

• Add null check to prevent errors in get_block_template filter. (60491)
• Block preview: Build in async rendering. (60425)
• Editor canvas: Reduces resize listeners. (60682)
• Layout support: Avoid two block editor store subs. (60612)
• Optimize the rendering of the EditorStyles component. (60493)
• Post Title: Avoid accidental types requests. (60531)
• Preview: Skip rendering rich text. (60544)
• Previews: Avoid unneeded block selectors. (60543)
• Site Editor: Close the editor sidebar by default. (60820)
• Zoom-out: Scale should be stable function. (60580)
• getEntityRecords: Batch actions. (60591)

Block Library

• Avoid calling getBlocks selector for navigation link blocks. (60458)
• Image cropper: Remove clientWidth prop with useResizeObserver. (60674)
• Navigation block: Avoid selector + style recalc on mount. (60572)
• Pattern block: Avoid fetching all reusable blocks on mount. (60310)
• Post Featured Image: Optimize store subscriptions. (60770)

Site Editor

• Optimize the AddTemplate component used in data views pages. (60586)
• Sidebar slide animation: Replace motion.div with CSS animation. (60849)

Documentation

• Add AutosaveMonitor component JSDoc and populate README with auto-gen documentation. (60882)
• Add documentation for disableLineBreaks property of RichText. (56284)
• Added Documentation for PostExcerptCheck. (60864)
• Added links to related components. (60726)
• Correct link to the theme json reference. (60517)
• DimensionControl: Fix story configuration. (60703)
• Docs: Fix typos in interactivity API reference. (60870)
• Docs: Update wording in Block Editor Handbook to reflect that all examples now use JSX. (56315)
• Fix: Grammar typo on packages/dataviews/src/search-widget.js. (60588)
• Fix: Link to the block building tutorial. (60518)
• Fixes a link to the getEntityRecord documentation. (60823)
• Improve documentation for block variation isActive property. (60801)
• Update: Hardcoded documentation link to a branch that does not exist. (60671)
• Update: Reference editor scope instead of edit-site, edit-post on interface package documentation. (60818)
• [Create Block] Adding documentation for the transformer property. (60445)

Code Quality

• Added @return after @global in php doc. (60611)
• Blocks: Remove client-side polyfill for 'selectors'. (60846)
• [Block Bindings] Don't use hooks. (60724)
• Chore: Fix: Wrong JSDOC for an action return. (60786)
• Chore: Simplify some CSS margin rules. (60816)
• Editor: Serve as a proxy for the interface package. (60748)
• Editor: Unify the auto-switch sidebars behavior. (60869)
• Editor: Unify the keyboard shortcuts modal. (60866)
• Editor: Unify the names of the sidebars between edit post and edit site. (60856)
• Editor: Unify the preferences modal name. (60871)
• Fix: Remove unused CSS for TemplatePartHint. (60852)
• Fix: Remove unused css from page panels styles. (60774)
• Fix: Font Library typo. (60751)
• Fix: Remove unused CSS code from the site editor. (60662)
• Interactivity API refactor to TypeScript (utils & kebabToCamelCase). (60149)
• Reexport createSelector from data package. (60370)
• Refactor: UseBlockTools cleanup. (59450)
• Remove comment that no longer applies about appearance-tools support. (60844)
• Reuse and unify post and page actions, accross the different use cases. (60486)
• Test: Validate block & theme json. (57374)
• Tests: Shard JS unit tests. (60045)
• Tests: Share JavaScript build assets across PHP workflows. (60428)
• Update: Avoid two useSelect calls on PostActions. (60752)
• Update: Make content locking related selectors private. (60827)
• Update: Move template actions to the editor store. (60395)
• Update: Remove keyCode usage from dataviews package. (60585)
• Update: Use util getVariationClassName instead of computing the variation inline. (60664)

Components

• Deprecate reduceMotion util. (60839)
• Navigation: Soft deprecate component. (59182)
• NavigatorProvider: Move the same-location check to the goTo function. (60767)
• ObservableMap: Optimize unsubscribe and add unit tests. (60892)
• Remove CSS hack for Internet Explorer 11. (60727)

Post Editor

• Editor: Optimize the 'PostSlug' component. (60422)
• Editor: Use hook instead of HoC in 'ThemeSupportCheck'. (60807)
• Editor: Use hooks instead of HoCs in 'PostTrashCheck'. (60380)
• [Editor]:Get post content in PostContentInfo component. (60743)

Data Views

• DataViews: Remove onDetailsChange event. (60387)
• Rename displayAsColumnFields to columnFields API. (60504)
• Simplify visually hidden label. (60835)

Block Editor

• Refactor Link UI States. (59762)
• Switching pattern categories inserter to Tabs component with arrow key navigation. (60257)

Tools

• Update @talldan in codeowners file, remove from edit-widgets package. (60800)

Testing

• Add end-to-end test for activating themes in site editor. (60707)
• Automated Testing: Update end-to-end test npm commands. (60376)
• Fix flaky Site Editor URL navigation end-to-end test. (60675)
• PHP unit test workflow: Try removing 7.0 and 7.1. (60686)
• Perf: Improve way we measure template loading by adding posts. (60516)
• Performance Tests: I'm tired of doing head math 😊. (60509)
• Upgrade Playwright to v1.43. (60635)
• tip: Remove unecessary delay in tests except where needed. (60897)

Build Tooling

• Dependencies: Upgrade babel. (57311)
• Upgrade simple-git dependency. (59915)
• Update Typescript to 5.4.5. (60793)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

• @asheshmagar: Font library: Fix typo. (60751)
• @DaniGuardiola: ProgressBar: Moved width to CSS var for performance. (60388)
• @garridinsi: Interactivity API refactor to TypeScript (utils & kebabToCamelCase). (60149)
• @xhemals: Update standardization of the 'Navigation Menu' to have both words capitalized in user-facing menus. (60262), Standardise capitalization of the Navigation Menu in the sidebar. (60527)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @andrewserong @arthur791004 @artpi @asheshmagar @atachibana @carolinan @colinduwe @colorful-tones @DaniGuardiola @DAreRodz @draganescu @ellatrix @fabiankaegy @flexseth @garridinsi @geriux @getdave @ixkaito @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeryj @johnhooks @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @kevin940726 @Mamaduka @matiasbenedetto @mhkuu @mikachan @mirka @noisysocks @ntsekouras @oandregal @ocean90 @okmttdhr @prajapatisagar @ramonjd @richtabor @ryanwelcher @scruffian @shail-mehta @shimotmk @simonhammes @sirreal @Soean @sunil25393 @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @tyxla @xhemals @youknowriad