WordPress/gutenberg v9.2.0-rc.1

9.2.0 RC1

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Features

• Widgets Screen:

  • Add legacy widget inspector card component. (26142)
  • Show the legacy widget name in list view. (26138)
  • Add unsaved changes warning to widgets screen. (26081)
  • Display Widget Area's name and description in the sidebar. (25943)
  • Widgets editor: Add basic options for extensibility. (25758)
  • Disallow multiple instances of reference widgets. (26148)
  • Embed widget type. (26093)
  • Add widget type endpoint. (26042)
  • Make edit-widgets package public. (26016)
  • Uncollapse widget area when block is dragged over. (25992)
  • Add meaningful labels for the Widgets screen ARIA landmarks. (25867)
  • Load custom block assets. (25826)
  • Test for storing raw html in widgets. (24886)

• Query Block:

  • Add Custom Post Types support in Query block. (25903)
  • Set focus on Query block on insertion. (26267)
  • Add loading message to Query block while fetching results. (26199)
  • Add no results placeholder in Query block. (25984)

• Add video tracks functionality. (25861)

• Transform multiple selected blocks to Columns block. (25829)

• Add option to make Post Featured Image a link. (25714)

Enhancements

• Add dropdown button to view templates in sidebar. (26132)
• Gallery block: Use image caption as fallback for alt text. (26082)
• Table block: Use hooks + API v2. (26065)
• Refactor document actions to handle template part titles. (26043)
• Info panel design force wrapping. (26017)
• Cover: Add repeated background option. (26001)
• Remove non-core blocks from default editor content. (25844)
• Bring the block-based theme tutorial up to date. (25830)
• Edit: Pass editor features dynamically. (25795)
• Add very basic template information dropdown. (25757)
• Update Block Based Themes Documentation. (25710)
• Rename "Options" modal to "Preferences". (25683)
• Add single column functionality to the Columns block. (24065)
• Add more writing flow options: Reduced UI, theme styles, spotlight. (22494)

New APIs

• Make block supports server-side explicit. (26192)
• New hook: UseDebounce for speak function. (25948)
• Make the custom spacing theme support flag and block support API stable. (25788)
• Add/line height support flag stable. (25769)
• Mark the font size support flag as stable. (25695)
• Mark the color support flag as stable. (25694)
• Add a button to allow resetting the ComboboxControl value. (25692)
• Block API: Light block edit/save symmetry. (25644)
• Block API: Stabilize light block hook. (25642)
• Inner blocks: Try hook approach. (25633)
• API: Stabilize localAutosave() as autosave( { local: True } ). (20149)

Bug Fixes

• Fix for current_parsed_blocks value when block has inner blocks. (26291)
• Fix updating clientId mapping. (26290)
• Fix typo in wrapper attributes. (26282)
• Fix: Keep the 'Insert from URL' entered value on ImagePlaceholder. (26262)
• Fix align order in heading block. (26260)
• Widgets screen: Add a filter function to registerCoreBlock. (26259)
• Use ToolbarButtons instead of Buttons in the Legacy Widget block's toolbar. (26258)
• Widgets screen: Add "Browse all" option to the inserter. (26256)
• Fix: Post schedule label showing wrong time if site and user timezones did not match. (26212)
• Fix Site Title block's heading levels appearance. (26202)
• Writing flow: Fix in-between inserter for aligned blocks. (26197)
• Fix Site Tagline block's text alignment. (26191)
• Fix separator and spacer blocks after api v2 refactoring. (26157)
• Global Styles sidebar (blocks tab): Protect against not registered blocks. (26149)
• Block templates: Recognize and convert old or derivative block types to their canonical form. (26147)
• Fix editing Legacy Widgets doesn't enable "Save" button. (26144)
• Fix Cover width regression. (26143)
• Fix tabbing in widgets not triggering auto-scrolling. (26139)
• Cover block: Improve overlay opacity handling. (26133)
• Fix icons type annotation. (26129)
• FullscreenMode: Remove the is-fullscreen-mode CSS class from body on unmount. (26103)
• Make sure Global Styles CPT includes a theme reference. (26061)
• Restrict legacy widget block to only being a child of widget area. (26053)
• Fix/wrong classes search block. (26052)
• Fix drag and drop in empty widget area. (26051)
• Fix unit tests by updating cover block fixtures. (26044)
• Upgrade autoprefixer to fix fit-content in firefox. (26019)
• Fix widget area title font. (26018)
• Widgets screen: Fix WP Admin Bar Widgets screen link. (26015)
• Hide parent selector in widget area. (26011)
• Document Actions: Fix unexpected label wrapping. (26004)
• Fix template part theme identifier. (25995)
• Show all widget areas on widget screen. (25977)
• Fix block editor example in storybook. (25976)
• Fix 9:16 aspect ratio styling. (25972)
• Fix gallery caption not centered in the front-end issue. (25962)
• Widgets screen: Add save keyboard shortcut. (25944)
• Widgets screen: Remove default hover background in panel title. (25939)
• Fix failing previews end-to-end test. (25938)
• Fix: Input control drag and box control change. (25933)
• Fix end-to-end tests related to template parts. (25923)
• Fix insertion indicator margin. (25893)
• Fix blue line indicator not showing at the end. (25849)
• Fix incorrect attribute type specified in Search block. (25813)
• Document Actions: Fix Block Editor Inserter Overlap with Document Titles. (25801)
• Fix PHP warning in widget utils REST controller. (25797)
• Include edit-widgets php files in build. (25792)
• Docs: Fix typo in Git Workflow. (25779)
• Widgets screen: Fix widget-area accessibility. (25732)
• Widgets screen: Fix insertion point in widget areas. (25727)
• Document Settings: Fix document title hover and select animations. (25719)
• Define text color for warning message component. (25713)
• RichText: Remove native props for web. (25700)
• Use h3 in the legacy widget title. (25690)
• Navigation block: Use unbounded query when requesting top level pages. (25689)
• Document Actions: Fix document title misalignment with an open nav sidebar. (25630)
• Fix React error in @wordpress/block-editor documentation usage example caused by applying args to setState call. (25492)
• Cover Block: Show spinner while uploading. (25401)
• Button block: Reduce chance of style conflicts. (24919)
• Fix skipped shortcode transforms in raw handling. (22840)
• Media links: Fix linking for images inserted from URL. (22195)
• Refactor reusable block edit component using hooks (and fix interactions with multiple instances of the same reusable block). (21427)

Performance

• Paragraph: Avoid selector to improve performance. (26150)
• Remove transition on block selection indicator. (25974)
• Widgets screen: Preload request to /sidebars. (25726)

Documentation

• Add more CI status badges to README. (26090)
• Docs: Getting started: MAMP: Add tip to fix WP-CLI. (26057)
• Update colors readme with additional definitions. (25954)
• Document isMultiBlock param for block transforms. (25952)
• Update CI status badge in README. (25907)
• Adds missing Curly brace. (25748)
• Add documentation for colors component. (25567)
• InspectorAdvancedControls: Add README.md. (25566)
• Add documentation for useResizeCanvas. (25558)
• Add/block navigation component readme. (24882)

Code Quality

• Pass all extra attributes down in get_block_wrapper_attributes. (26280)
• Editor: Refactor PostFormatPanel to use React hooks. (26273)
• BlockListBlock: Reduce passed props. (26251)
• Editor: Refactor PostFormat to use React hooks. (26238)
• Latest posts: Use hooks + API v2. (26122)
• Latest comments: API v2. (26113)
• Categories block: Use API v2. (26112)
• Rename ReusableBlocksButtons to ReusableBlocksMenuItems. (26099)
• Reusable block: Use API v2. (26091)
• Gallery block: Use hooks. (26088)
• Pullquote block: Use hooks + API v2. (26068)
• Components: Start adding types progressively. (26066)
• File block: Use hooks + API v2. (26063)
• HTML block: Use hooks and API v2. (26055)
• Update all blocks to API v2. (26054)
• editor: Remove two unused registry controls. (26048)
• Tweak styles of the document actions area. (26038)
• Site Editor: Navigation panel replace hardcoded menu strings with constants. (26026)
• Move left sidebar state to redux. (26003)
• Refactor Categories to function component. (25806)
• Classic block: Use hooks. (25737)
• Remove animation from mover buttons. (25728)
• Move widget-area to edit-widgets. (25673)
• InnerBlocks: Add select dependencies. (25672)
• Refactor Buttons block native edit component to use hooks. (25636)
• Data: Build the basic data controls into every store. (25362)
• Block Editor: Use optional chaining and nullish coalescing instead of Lodash.get. (23632)
• Refactor Latest Comments block to use function component. (23557)
• WordCount: Add types. (22077)

Security

• PostCSS Plugins Preset: Update vulnerable dependency. (26140)

Breaking Change

• Add separate widgets endpoint. (25958)

Various

• Stabilize batching endpoint as v1. (26295)
• Make batch opt-in more expressive. (26292)
• Remove __experimental sidebars endpoint shim. (26288)
• Warn about using core/batch-processing store. (26287)
• Remove WP_REST_Widget_Utils_Controller class. (26274)
• Minor iterations to grouping for preferences panel. (26198)
• Allow tranform to Columns from a single block. (26185)
• Use batch processing in edit-widgets package. (26164)
• Minor updates to @wordpress/edit-widgets for easier Core integration. (26136)
• TextareaControl: Use CSS-in-JS. (26131)
• Add template lock attribute to column and group. (26128)
• Reusable blocks support for widgets editor. (26097)
• Bump @actions/core from 1.0.0 to 1.2.6. (26087)
• First pass at using the new sidebars and widget endpoints. (26086)
• Don't rely on the exact count of registered widgets. (26085)
• Try: Make class and style tests less brittle. (26079)
• Components: Remove size prop from Dashicon. (26067)
• Adjust media-text attributes to default stacked on mobile to true. (26041)
• Support batch requests in data layer. (26024)
• Fallback for dropcap when __experimentalFeatures is not present. (25979)
• Site Editor: Clear the active menu state when closing the sidebar. (25957)
• Social Links: Update Placeholder experience when first inserting Social Links. (25941)
• Check that get_current_screen is callable. (25935)
• Social Link: Rename mail to email. (25924)
• Autocomplete: Use hooks. (25922)
• Skip broken template-part end-to-end test until it can be fixed. (25918)
• Heading block: Add wide and full width options. (25917)
• Social Links: Avoid conflict with themes ul text-indent. (25916)
• Site editor: Store navigation panel's active menu state in the store. (25906)
• Version bump to 9.1.1. (25904)
• Export and document LinkControl's building blocks. (25901)
• Prevent network requests related to ephemeral posts in the widgets editor. (25899)
• Site Editor: Add missing localization to the templates sidebar. (25897)
• FSE Navigation Sidebar: Move navigation sidebar in DOM hierarchy. (25884)
• Template part selection component - fix keyboard controls. (25881)
• FSE Document actions - wrap with heading. (25874)
• Site editor: Mount both wp_template and wp_template_part EntityProviders to avoid remounting. (25870)
• Extract @wordpress/reusable-blocks from @wordpress/editor. (25859)
• Unify help description text styling. (25852)
• BaseControl: Use CSS-in-JS. (25842)
• Iterations on options modal. (25837)
• BlockSelectionClearer: Use hooks. (25824)
• Update pull request documentation URLs. (25815)
• Add a dark mode to the post title. (25796)
• Automatically generate required preset classes. (25768)
• Ensure focus of input when InputControl spinner arrows are pressed. (25753)
• External Link: Use CSS-in-JS. (25751)
• Site Editor: Navigation templates. (25739)
• Update improve backward compatibility for deprecated settings. (25738)
• Initialize the state before rendering widgets editor. (25736)
• Add color palette edit functionality to global styles. (25711)
• UnitControl: Enable keyboard access (via tab) to unit select by default. (25704)
• Add EditorStyles CSS to the widgets editor. (25699)
• Display before_widget/after_widget when rendering WP_Widget_Block. (25693)
• Remove the right margin for the right-most list items in the lastest posts block. (25688)
• Update and move some Query filters. (25674)
• Remove duplicate key from tsconfig.base.json. (25664)
• Try adding a 'spotlight mode' type effect when template part or child is selected. (25656)
• Site Editor: Update Navigation Panel Toggle UI. (25622)
• Site Editor: Move page switcher to navigation panel. (25620)
• Site Editor: Add template switcher to navigation panel. (25615)
• Gallery: Add labels to img, figure and figcaption elements for accessibility. (25560)
• Navigation component: Add back button click handler. (25556)
• Hide the quick side inserter when the user is typing. (25548)
• Add border to block "Edit as HTML" style. (25539)
• Show PostFeaturedImage in editor. (25412)
• Don't allow duplicate selectors in styles. (25399)
• Gallery: Add a margin declaration. (25291)
• Page parent selector with ComboboxControl. (25267)
• Add Align support to Separator block. (25147)
• REST API: Introduce batch controller. (25096)
• Upgrade TypeScript to v4. (24892)
• Use UnitControl instead of RangeControl for column width. (24711)
• Add UI tests to unsupported block editor. (23729)
• Add a description to the Site Title block. (23462)
• Add storybook story for the FocusableIframe component. (22324)