WordPress/gutenberg v7.7.0

7.7.0

on GitHub

Features

• Add the initial version of the Patterns UI as a sidebar plugin (This is not the final interface and work is in progress to integrate with the main block inserter). 20354, 20715.
  • Add an initial set of patterns 20724.

Enhancements

• Update the Block and editor UI. 19344
  • New icons. 20464
  • Avoid empty menu groups. 20495
  • Block Placeholders. 20441, 20676.
  • Various tweaks 20679, 20578.
• Improve the Back to WP Admin button in Fullscreen Mode. 20603
• Make the editor Fullscreen by default. 20611
• Remove template locking from the columns block 20465
• Make the inserter full height. 20526

Bug Fixes

• A11y:
  • Deselect first/last gallery images on blur. 14930
  • Revert top toolbar tab order 20571
• Add an overlay to the html block preview to fix block selection in Firefox. 20425
• Add missing accessibility attributes in the SVG icons. 20538
• Fix invalid syntax error on Safari 12. 20507
• Use a consistent width for the link suggetions. 20448
• Use full labels for directional block movers. 20664
• Columns block: Force 50% column width at mid-range viewport. 20597
• Media & Text block: Fix frontend styles when "Crop image to fill" is selected 20539
• Latest Post block:
  • Fix the excerpt length. 20313
  • Don't trim manual exerptts 20432
• Fix sidebar scroll issue on small viewports. 20491
• Social Link block:
  • Escape generated class name. 20479
  • Fix label attribute type as string. 20468
  • i18n: Use placeholder for the default label 20475
• Simulated Queries (Device previews):
  • Check for match in stylesheet host and protocol to prevent Chrome breakage. 20673
  • Fix IE11 editor breakage. 20226
  • Fix incorrectly displayed preview option for private post types. 20604
  • Focus preview button after opening preview. 20570
• Fix isURL regex to take account file urls. 20435
• Fix error when deleting empty paragraphs in IE11. 20594
• Fix hidden inserter toggle behind the popover. 20663
• Fix block registration shared defaults reuse across blocks. 20565
• Shim meta attributes for early block registrations. 20544
• Fix bouncing Custom color formatter. 20612
• Fix Gallery block styles in Edge causing editor breakage. 20690

New APIs:

• @wordpress/env: Add support for ZIP URL sources. 20426

Experiments

• Lighter Block DOM: allow block types to render their own wrapper 19701
  • Lighter InnerBlocks. 19910
  • Automatically add block class. 20658
• BlockPreview: Add __experimentalOnReady prop. 17242
• Edit Site:
  • Update template navigation to use new link control. 20366
  • Update the edit site save modal UI. 20608
• Fix the block toolbar in the Widgets and Site Edit screens. 20458
• Fix widgets screen inserter 20680

Documentation

• Add tutorial for creating a custom block editor instance. 20410
• Create a new "Gutenberg as a Platform" page. 20666
• Typos and tweaks: 20382, 20386, 20517, 20662, 20454, 20659.

Code Quality

• Refactoring to existing blocks to use a lighter DOM:
  • List block. 20498
  • Image block. 20576
  • Heading. 20493
• Consistent block focus behaviour on mount. 20577
• Cleanup CSS variables. 20529
• Use the EditorSkeleton component in the widgets and Edit Site pages. 20440, 20431.
• Refactor SlotFill components. 19242
• Remove useless style override for floats. 20501
• Block popover: remove data-type. 20531
• Resizable editor improvements. 20259

Various

• @wordpress/env:
  • Save the database as a volume. 20648
  • Fix accidental quotes in Site Title. 20520
  • Set owner of wp-content to www-data. 20406
• @wordpress/create-block:
  • Fix system requirements checks. 20461 20456
• Fix React warning triggered by the BlockToolbar component. 20546
• Skip the Type Writer effect component in IE 11. 20485
• Update browserslist to fix out-of-date caniuse-lite messages 20709
• Add storybook stories:
  • TextControl 20467
  • TextAreaControl 20472
  • SelectControl 20482
  • Tooltip 20322
• E2E Tests:
  • Add test for the Image block. 20622
  • More stable embed test. 20668
  • Fix intermittent RichText e2e test failure. 20457
• Travis: Avoid skipping Puppeteer download. 20547
• Plugin: Bump minimum WordPress version to 5.3 20628
• @wordrpess/priority-queue: Fix for environments that don't have window defined. 20486
• Update jest configuration to only ignore tests from /wordpress/ as a subdirectory 20420