google/blockly 3.20200924.0

Q3 2020

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In this release (Q3 2020)

• Toolbox refactor: Replaces the old closure toolbox with a new toolbox that is easier to extend and work with. Adds the ability to:
  • Define a toolbox with JSON barring some performance issues (more info to come)
  • Register a custom toolbox, flyout, and toolbox item
  • Hide and disable a category
  • Change the classes for the category
• Workspace click events (WARNING, may change in following release)
• Ability to register/unregister context menu options for blocks and workspaces via the ContextMenuRegistry

This release had 240 PRs. For a full list of pull requests in this issue, see #4319.

API Changes

• Rename trashcan api calls for open/close lid. (4110)
• Add option sub types (4096)
• Move events into the global registry (4053)
• Remove some old deprecated functions (4029)
• Update click event handling for workspace and trashcan. (4024)

Issues closed in this release

• Dragging block from trashcan flyout on mobile is not working (4303)
• blocks appear on themselves when their count is more than 150 (4297)
• Custom PHP Function to Blockly Block (4255)
• Add getter for tooltip (4252)
• Add Enum for toolbox position (4246)
• Code demo sized incorrectly when switching to certain languages (4245)
• QUESTION: this.appendAddSubGroup (4236)
• Dropdown inputs suddenly getting a 'black' background after value changes (4178)
• Clicking ⚙ of "if" block makes the block fly far away (4175)
• Custom Elements - isTargetInput fails (4157)
• Toolbox (simple and category) sizes do not get updated properly (4138)
• Investigate intermittent Travis CI errors (4127)
• Marked workspace tests failing (4113)
• FieldNumber does not respect precision for small precision values (4105)
• Refactor block_test.js Deserialization tests (4101)
• Add Pinch To Zoom Control Options (4097)
• Field date documentation should say to use the published package (4094)
• Error calling dispose on non-injected WorkspaceSvg (4091)
• Getter for value block output types (4087)
• Advanced Playground Not Working On Master (4074)
• Gamepad-based programming (4073)
• How can we create a treeview toolbox in blockly as in image any sample code or need guide to the docs (4072)
• This section of JS code how to automatically generate process graphics block (4071)
• Cleanup for asynchronous calls in Blockly tests (4070)
• Add cleanup for Events in mocha tests (4064)
• Add a footer with T&C on blockly-demos site/pages similar to https://developers.google.com/blockly (4063)
• Trashcan api cleanup (4061)
• Blockly.JavaScript.variableDB_ is undefined (4060)
• Disposing of insertion marker causes error in when handling BLOCK_DELETE event (4048)
• Toolbox categories scale when zooming (4047)
• Add a build script flag to run the strict type checker (4040)
• Cannot re-append a field after Input.removeField() (4037)
• Category UI event is not emitted when block is dragged from flyout (4034)
• Trashcan should emit UI event when flyout is closed (4033)
• domToText: Performance issue in large projects (4030)
• Allows flyout button callbacks to pass a parameter (4027)
• Moving a mutated block throws errors (4022)
• External images not working on dropdown input (4015)
• FieldDate is not included in the master branch (4013)
• Blockly dropdown causing strange resize problems (4012)
• Populate previous release metadata (4011)
• Update Advanced Compilation Documentation (4009)
• Error in Python Generator for "controls_for" block (4000)
• Multiline text field generator broken on IE 11 (3998)
• Update Configuring A Workspace (3990)
• Variable "propertyValue" of unknown origin (3987)
• Lua generator's multiline_quote_ produces invalid code (3979)
• Multiline literals are getting indented (3978)
• Flyout Fires Workspace Click Event (parent workspace id) (3976)
• Revert back programatic setShadow after release (3964)
• Document how to listen to events on all workspaces on the page (3946)
• Undo'ing a delete of a block with a shadow, loses shadow reference. (3929)
• Inconsistent behavior passing invalid values to constructor and fromJson (3903)
• Simple and fancy playgrounds (3882)
• Probably bad event order in createBlock (3584)
• When block has mutation, initModel is called before fromXml (3542)
• Dynamic toolbox category from list of block names (3376)
• Update or remove screenshot test code (3329)
• Consider using Greenkeeper (3268)
• Proposal: Standard dynamic plugin system for Blockly. (3260)
• Proposal: Pluggable common context menu items for BlockSvg (3237)
• Script for publishing release candidates to a github.io site (3208)
• Change Events before Create Event (2627)
• Add local option to build.py (2245)
• Add Undo/Redo buttons to playground and multi_playground (1947)
• Number field: change the value via mouse drag (1701)
• Add a 'strict' flag on connections (1357)
• Toolbox as .js files (1144)
• Unittest warns about prior definition of blocks (999)
• Warning thrown on some undo (968)
• Feature request: "Go to function definition" menu point (765)