WordPress/gutenberg v19.4.0-rc.1

19.4.0 RC1

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Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

• Added keywords to query loop block. (65515)
• Added: DropZone when sitelogo is present. (65596)
• Avatar: Add block example. (65509)
• Buttons: add box-sizing:Border-box rule. (65716)
• Comment Author Name: Add block example. (65558)
• Comment Content: Add block example. (65559)
• Comment Date: Add block example. (65632)
• Comment Edit/Reply Links: Add block examples. (65601)
• Comment Pagination: Add previous and next link block examples. (65633)
• Comments Pagination Numbers: Add block example. (65635)
• Comments Title: Add block example. (65557)
• File block: Allow content only editing. (65787)
• Navigation block: Use apply_block_hooks_to_content(). (65703)
• Post Navigation Link: Add block examples. (65552)
• Query No Results: Add block example. (65555)
• Query Pagination Numbers: Add block example. (65636)
• Query Pagination: Add block example. (65556)
• Query Title: Add block example. (65554)
• Revert: Time To Read: Add block example. (65510)
• Table of Contents: Try maintaining block example attributes. (65549)
• Term Description: Add block example. (65553)
• Time To Read: Add block example. (65512)

Components

• Light branding for the reference site. (65764)
• BorderControl: Use __next40pxDefaultSize prop for Reset button. (65682)
• Composite: Always await initial render setup in unit tests. (65823)
• DatePicker: Use compact button size. (65653)
• Guide: Update finish button to use the new default size. (65680)
• Navigator: Add support for exit animation. (64777)
• Remove useEvent from components package. (65388)
• Simplify MenuGroup component styles. (65561)
• Storybook: Allow for case-agnostic filtering of icons. (65780)
• ToggleGroupControl: Improve animation. (65175)
• Tabs: Tweak sizing and overflow behavior of TabList. (64371)

Zoom Out

• Add prompt to zoom out separator. (65392)
• Make sections contentOnly in Zoom Out. (65396)
• Move the toggle button to before the device preview dropdown. (65446)
• Only show zoom out inserters on block selection. (65759)

Block Editor

• Hide block transforms in contentOnly mode for non-content blocks. (65394)
• Inserter: Always show the list of all patterns in the inserter. (65611)
• MediaPlaceholder: Use InputControl in URL popover. (65656)
• Use proper named File when uploading external images. (65693)

Data Views

• DataForm - Add combined fields support. (65399)
• Filter UI: Remove popover max height. (65835)
• Dataviews configuration dropdown: Remove style overrides. (65373)

Post Editor

• Edit Post: Remove unnecessary effect in InitPatternModal. (65734)
• Editor: Consistent external media pre-publish image/button sizes. (65668)

Global Styles

• Editor Canvas: Tweak close button. (65694)
• Style book: Create static categories. (65430)

Edit Mode

• Update tools menus with Write / Design order. (65721)

Select Mode

• Select Mode: Updates to the block toolbar. (65485)
• Select Mode: Use the content-only behavior in select mode. (65204)

Icons

• Adds envelope icon. (65638)

Site Editor

• Global Styles: Remove navigator screen overrides. (65522)
• Command Palette: "Add new page" within the site editor creates new page in site editor. (65476)
• Update elevation in the site editor. (65410)

Block bindings

• Connected blocks, add backdrop-color. (65233)

Extensibility

• Stabilize the PreSavePost and SavePost filters. (64198)

Base Styles

• Base styles: Add type tokens. (65418)

Tools

• Composer: Allow composer/installers 2.x. (65356)

Block hooks

• Hooks: Add support for async filters and actions. (64204)

New APIs

• Revert "Make wordpress/fields a private package". (65477)
• Stabilise role attribute property. (65484)

Block bindings

• Open the stable editor APIs. (65713)

Components

• Navigator: Stabilize and export APIs. (64613)

Bug Fixes

Components

• Block Editor: Validate options for the 'HeadingLevelDropdown' component. (65425)
• Composite: Fix legacy implementation passing store prop. (65821)
• Composite: Make items tabbable if active element gets removed. (65720)
• Navigator: Fix isInitial logic. (65527)
• Restore accidentally removed entries in changelog (components package). (65804)
• useToolsPanel: Calculate derived state in reducer to prevent too many renders. (65564)
• useToolsPanel: Calculate menuItems in layout effect to avoid painting intermediate state. (65494)

Zoom Out

• Fix focus loss when deleting selected block in zoom out mode. (65761)
• Handle zoom out when changing device preview. (65444)
• Hide Zoom Out Inserters when dragging into canvas. (65789)
• Makes spacing consistent in zoom out vertical toolbar. (63994)
• Remove one occurrence of the verb Toggle from Zoom out control. (65609)
• Reset zoom out level when device type is changed. (65652)
• Resize cover block only in normal mode. (65731)

Block Editor

• Fix unable to remove empty blocks on merge. (65262)
• Inserter: Fix Block visibility manager. (65700)
• Link autocompleter: Decode post title HTML entities. (65589)
• Openverse: Prevent multiple insertions during upload. (65719)
• Paste Handler: Try to fix pasting text with formatting. (63779)
• Remove user-select:Text. (65662)
• Editor: Remove edit template menu item from block settings menu in blocks outside template. (65560)
• Top Toolbar: Show document bar when no block is selected even if block tools are expanded. (65839)
• Revert "Allow multi-select on iOS Safari/touch devices". (65414)

Global Styles

• Avoid errors when a fontSize preset is not available. (65791)
• Fix: Shadow/Font size preset panel crashes the editor. (65765)
• Revert "Font Library: Group fonts by source (#63211)". (65590)
• Tweak entity save panel button. (65695)

Block bindings

• Fix editing protected custom fields in block bindings. (65658)
• Fix showing bindings field values in theme templates. (65639)
• Only pass context included in usesContext from rich text component. (65618)
• Use registry instead of select in canUserEditValue. (65659)

Block Library

• Categories block: Escape label. (65540)
• Search block: Reset size correctly when clearing unit control. (65468)
• Social Links: Fix block appender size. (65769)

Site Editor

• Fix: Makes edit mode selector persistent in top toolbar mode. (65511)
• Global styles: Do not navigate twice to home screen when opening the sidebar. (65523)
• Make resizable frame compatible with RTL languages. (65545)
• Command Palette: Fix "Add new page" command for hybrid theme. (65534)
• Export useResizeObserver React Native version directly. (65588)
• Fix useResizeObserver bugs. (65389)
• Fix aria-checked attribute not set for plugin settings buttons in Options dropdown. (65667)
• Revert "useToolsPanel: Calculate menuItems in layout effect to avoid painting intermediate state". (65533)

Focus Mode

• Limit zoom out toggle to specific post types. (65732)

List View

• Fix miscolored icons. (65707)

Media

• Fix output buffering for cross-origin isolation. (65701)

Block Directory

• Fix downloadable block item alignment. (65677)

Typography

• Remove additional Typeset screen and surface typesets in the typography panel. (65579)

Widgets Editor

• Fixed the focus cutoff of the editor buttons in the widgets editor. (65395)

Post Editor

• Omit meta boxes on “design” type posts. (64990)

Data Views

• Fix grid layout padding on small screens. (64878)

Build Tools

• Babel preset: Add missing pkg files. (65481)
• Temp disable test for Classic Block Media issue. (65793)

Select Mode

• Select Mode: Blocks outside the main sections root should be disabled. (65518)
• Select Mode: Prevent the inbetween inserter from triggering within sections. (65529)

Accessibility

Post Editor

• Make the Settings panel toggle button show its keyboard shortcut in its tooltip. (65322)
• Resizable Editor: Make the editor resizable with arrow keys. (65546)

Components

• ToggleGroupControl: Fix arrow key navigation in RTL. (65735)

Zoom Out

• Don't show tooltip in zoom out toggle button when showIconLabels is true. (65573)

Block Library

• Improve the Query Loop block display settings labels. (65524)

Block Editor

• Updates LayoutTypeSwitcher to use ToggleGroupControl. (65498)

Code Quality

• A11y: Move script module HTML printing to 6.7 compat. (65620)
• Update to use a11y script module package in Core. (65539)

Site Editor

• Update icon in home button. (65497)

Performance

Block Library

• Script Modules: Centralize (re)registration. (65460)

Block Editor

• Remove editorMode from blockProps. (65326)
• Move insertionPoint state to block-editor store/rename existing insertionPoint to insertionCue. (65098)

Documentation

• Block Bindings: Add @since tag in bindings apis JSDocs. (65796)
• Block Editor: Fix README for FontFamilyControl component. (65660)
• Composite: Add "With Tooltip" storybook example. (65817)
• DataViews documentation: Add high-level graph explaining DataViews and data sources interaction. (65457)
• Docs/interactivity api router package readme. (62062)
• Docs: Remove PHPDoc for non-existing parameter. (65640)
• Navigator: Fix README heading hierarchy. (65763)
• Packages documentation: Minor typo corrections. (65664)
• Plugin: Fix small typo in readme.txt file. (65634)
• RichText: Fix JSDoc block typos. (65607)
• SelectControl: Add story for prefix slot. (65730)
• Update JSDoc block for RichText package to-html-string. (65688)
• Update block-filters.md. (64959)
• iAPI: Refactor types and add a "Core Concepts - Using TypeScript" guide. (64577)

Code Quality

Components

• BorderBoxControl: Promote to stable. (65586)
• BorderControl: Promote to stable. (65475)
• BoxControl: Promote to stable. (65469)
• Cleanup unused ToggleGroupControl configuration values. (65456)
• Fix useInstanceId hook references. (65733)
• Navigator: Internal refactor in preparation for stabilization. (65671)
• Navigator: Mark experimental exports as deprecated. (65802)
• SearchControl: Fix rest props mutation. (65740)
• ToggleGroupControl: Clean up animation logic. (65808)

Block Editor

• Button: Add __next40pxDefaultSize in block-editor 6. (65742)
• Decouple "zoom/scaling the canvas" from zoom out mode (without mode rename). (65482)
• Don't memoize 'getContentLockingParent' and 'getParentSectionBlock' selectors. (65649)
• Inserter: Update how we compute the actual insertion point for blocks. (65490)
• LinkControl: Fix unneeded props prop. (65650)
• Navigator: Use stable export instead of experimental export. (65753)
• Button: Add __next40pxDefaultSize in dataviews, reusable-blocks, etc. (65715)
• Fix: Button Replace remaining 40px default size violations [Block Directory]. (65467)
• Fix: Button Replace remaining 40px default size violations [Block Editor 2]. (65308)
• Fix: Button Replace remaining 40px default size violations [Block Editor 3]. (65225)
• Fix: Button Replace remaining 40px default size violations [Block Editor 5]. (65361)
• Fix: Button: Replace remaining 40px default size violation [Edit Site 1]. (65226)
• Fix: Button: Replace remaining 40px default size violation [Edit Site 3]. (65309)

Block bindings

• Only pass usesContext properties to editor APIs. (65661)
• Refactor passing select and dispatch instead of full Registry. (65710)
• Unify logic in getPostMetaFields function. (65462)

Post Editor

• Customize widgets, edit post: Refactor Button to new sizes. (65807)
• Header: Remove unused property isZoomedOutView in useSelect(). (65628)

Block Library

• Blocks: Don't memoize 'hasContentRoleAttribute' selector. (65617)
• Blocks: Update '__experimentalHasContentRoleAttribute' deprecation. (65616)

Global Styles

• Global style revisions: Remove unnecessary goTo navigation call. (65810)

Site Editor

• Edit Site: Fix useLink prop mutation. (65739)

Data Views

• Migrate store/actions from editor package to fields package. (65289)

Tools

Testing

• Block Bindings: Refactor end-to-end tests. (65526)
• GH Actions: Run the tests against PHP 8.3. (65357)
• Revert "Temp disable test for Classic Block Media issue.". (65809)

Build Tooling

• Composer: Prevent a lock file from being created. (65359)
• Composer: Update minimum required PHPUnit Polyfills. (65355)
• PHP unit tests: Remove WP_RUN_CORE_TESTS const. (65631)
• DEWP: Check for magic comments before minification. (65582)
• DEWP: Handle cyclical module dependencies. (65291)
• Label enforcer: Add Gutenberg plugin to the list of single required labels. (65253)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @auareyou: Light branding for the reference site. (65764)
• @crisbusquets: Adds envelope icon. (65638)
• @davy440: Update block-filters.md. (64959)
• @dhruvang21: Fix: Button Replace remaining 40px default size violations [Block Editor 2]. (65308)
• @PARTHVATALIYA: Fix: Button Replace remaining 40px default size violations [Block Editor 5]. (65361)
• @spadeshoe: Updates LayoutTypeSwitcher to use ToggleGroupControl. (65498)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @amitraj2203 @anomiex @auareyou @carolinan @cbravobernal @ciampo @crisbusquets @DaniGuardiola @davy440 @dhruvang21 @djcowan @draganescu @ellatrix @getdave @gigitux @hbhalodia @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeryj @jffng @jrfnl @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @keoshi @kevin940726 @louwie17 @luisherranz @Mamaduka @manzoorwanijk @matiasbenedetto @michalczaplinski @mirka @mtias @noisysocks @oandregal @ockham @PARTHVATALIYA @peterwilsoncc @philwp @priethor @ramonjd @SantosGuillamot @shail-mehta @sirreal @Soean @spadeshoe @stokesman @swissspidy @t-hamano @talldan @tyxla @vcanales @vipul0425 @youknowriad